# What are some of your favorite musical reprises? (Link to videos if you can!)
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**Created:** [June 27, 2021, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-your-favorite-musical-reprises-link-to-videos-if-you-can/945098 "2021-06-27T00:05:13Z")
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### Author:  [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2021, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-your-favorite-musical-reprises-link-to-videos-if-you-can/945098/1 "2021-06-27T00:05:13Z")
In movies, on stage, and in albums, you’ll occasionally have complete songs that are reprises of earlier-played songs. A reprise is when a song is done again with different lyrics, sometimes by a different character or singer, and is often shorter than the original piece. Usually, they’ll have the word (Reprise) at the end of their titles.
Some of them can be particularly memorable.
Here are some of my favorites, to start us off:
“Piragua (Reprise)” from _In the Heights_ shows Lin-Manuel Miranda’s character enjoying the glorious karma that his competitor, Mr. Softee, suffers. (It’s an after-credits sequence. If you’re watching this movie, don’t miss the after-credits sequence!)
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UALdNnAszc)
“Prince Ali (Reprise)” from _Aladdin_ has the evil Jafar singing, exposing Aladdin’s ruse to Princess Jasmine, and exiling him from Agrabah. (He gets back pretty quickly, because the Magic Carpet realizes what’s happening, thinks quickly, and goes with him.)
[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBXU8-P5EY4)
And “Mother Knows Best (Reprise)” from _Tangled_ is so delightfully evil and dramatic that every time we played that movie at Blockbuster, I just _had_ to sing along.
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJNvZRAmeqY)
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### Author:  [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2021, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-your-favorite-musical-reprises-link-to-videos-if-you-can/945098/2 "2021-06-27T00:15:12Z")
**Dark Side of the Moon** has a reprise of “Breathe” after “Time.”
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### Author:  [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2021, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-your-favorite-musical-reprises-link-to-videos-if-you-can/945098/3 "2021-06-27T01:01:28Z")
The song _Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band_ has a reprise just before _A Day in the Life_.
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### Author:  [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2021, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-your-favorite-musical-reprises-link-to-videos-if-you-can/945098/4 "2021-06-27T13:29:17Z")
In, **Jesus Christ, Superstar** , Mary Magdalene sings, _I Don’t Know How To Love Him_.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/CiN4olhHMFE?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=PLsarZZElTGlCMo7uWzup7hDpPBQxPXv-t&start=89
Later, Judas puts his spin on it:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/sp_hW0n21qI?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=PLsarZZElTGlCMo7uWzup7hDpPBQxPXv-t&start=89
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### Author:  [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2021, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-your-favorite-musical-reprises-link-to-videos-if-you-can/945098/5 "2021-07-06T16:23:47Z")
The song “Wild Weekend” which originated as an early ‘60s instrumental by the Rockin’ Rebels, has gone through several incarnations with different lyrics. My favorite is the one by NRBQ:
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQ5UlyBgHN8)
The Los Straitjackets version is pretty good too.
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/lzXMD7nUfBc/maxresdefault.jpg "Los Straitjackets - "Wild Weekend" (Official Audio)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzXMD7nUfBc)
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### Author:  [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2021, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-your-favorite-musical-reprises-link-to-videos-if-you-can/945098/6 "2021-07-06T16:44:07Z")
Genesis’ [Los Endos](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EWa_yV1JDE&ab_channel=moonlitknight009), the final track of the Trick of the Tail album reprises a number of the themes and melodies from previous songs in the album.
Also, and I don’t know if this quite counts as it’s all part of the same song, but the last 30 seconds of Jethro Tull’s [Thick as a Brick](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X15PsqN0DHc&ab_channel=HipTonyXtra) reprises the opening theme and lyrics almost 40 minutes after it had been first played. When I first heard this track/album, this final moment brought me to tears (and still often does), as just an amazing and unexpected return and release after such a long journey.
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### Author:  [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2021, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-your-favorite-musical-reprises-link-to-videos-if-you-can/945098/7 "2021-07-11T23:15:34Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#):
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> _Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band_ has a reprise just before _A Day in the Life_ .
Funny story about that:
When I worked at Blockbuster, we were allowed to play music to push the sound system we were trying to get people to buy. So one time, I started the _Sgt. Pepper_ album about an hour before we closed the store. (I can’t be arsed to look up the exact time.)
The “Sgt. Pepper Reprise” began playing at closing time almost on the dot.
“We’re Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,
We hope you have enjoyed the show.
We’re Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,
We’re sorry, but it’s time to go.”
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### Author:  [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2021, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-your-favorite-musical-reprises-link-to-videos-if-you-can/945098/8 "2021-07-11T23:40:36Z")
^ Heh! Nifty!
How much did it bother _you_ that the “stereo” mix bounced all the vocals to one side for some songs and the other side for the others and the instruments were just spread willy-nilly all over the audio spectrum?
Similarly, I joined a Mom-&-Pop video chain as they were setting up their newest store and they only had a boom box at first and “Left” was blown out, so Paul’s vocals were completely gone from, “When I’m 64.” However, John and George both jumped right in for, “We shall scrimp and save.” Drove me batshit.
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### Author:  [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2021, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-your-favorite-musical-reprises-link-to-videos-if-you-can/945098/9 "2021-07-12T00:41:35Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#):
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> …“Left” was blown out, so Paul’s vocals were completely gone from, “When I’m 64.” However, John and George both jumped right in for, “We shall scrimp and save.” Drove me batshit.
I looooove those wonky, disorienting one-channel blow-outs. During the bridge in “Girl”, all I could hear was John going “tit-tit-tit-tit-tit” 😁 while the dentist was tightening my braces in 1977.
> [@Eonwe](#):
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> Genesis’ [Los Endos](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EWa_yV1JDE&ab_channel=moonlitknight009), the final track of the Trick of the Tail album reprises a number of the themes and melodies from previous songs in the album
And of course “Duke” and “Duke’s End” off said lp. Both compositions I like equally.
ETA -
TIL - All these friggin, friggin years… the first song’s called “Behind the Lines”. (actually - it _is_ possible that registered with me, at one time.)
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### Author:  [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2021, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-your-favorite-musical-reprises-link-to-videos-if-you-can/945098/10 "2021-07-12T01:04:00Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#):
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> I looooove those wonky, disorienting one-channel blow-outs. During the bridge in “Girl”, all I could hear was John going “tit-tit-tit-tit-tit” 😁 while the dentist was tightening my braces in 1977.
::chuckle:: Even better.
BIP: At the end of, “Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five,” on Wings **Band on the Run** album, there’s a very short reprise of the chorus to, “Band on the Run,” (the song).
Not really a reprise, but the end of Queen’s, “More of That Jazz,” ( **Jazz** album) has short clips from several songs on the album. Why? You tell me then we’ll both know.
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### Author:  [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2021, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-your-favorite-musical-reprises-link-to-videos-if-you-can/945098/11 "2021-07-12T01:22:28Z")
It’s a Broadway thing, of course.
_Damn Yankees_ has the song “Heart,” sung by the ballplayers.
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ry8CpIg2fvU)
It’s later reprised by a kids chorus (the voice in the introduction should be familiar).
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvj5Tvnj_SY)
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### Author:  [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2021, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-your-favorite-musical-reprises-link-to-videos-if-you-can/945098/12 "2021-07-12T02:46:20Z")
I’ve always like this one: [Cheri Knight - Black-Eyed Susie (reprise) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qY7XUVbVYno)
Whole damn album is good. Check it out.
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### Author:  [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2021, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-your-favorite-musical-reprises-link-to-videos-if-you-can/945098/13 "2021-07-12T04:05:12Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#):
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> And of course “Duke” and “Duke’s End” off said lp. Both compositions I like equally.
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> ETA -
> TIL - All these friggin, friggin years… the first song’s called “Behind the Lines”. (actually - it _is_ possible that registered with me, at one time.)
Also, “Duke’s End” also reprises “Turn It On Again.”
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### Author:  [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2021, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-your-favorite-musical-reprises-link-to-videos-if-you-can/945098/14 "2021-07-12T04:51:29Z")
Indeed, how the main TIOA riff sneaks in for the DE break.
Hendrix’s “Voodoo Child (Slight Return)” reprising “Voodoo Chile”?
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### Author:  [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2021, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-your-favorite-musical-reprises-link-to-videos-if-you-can/945098/15 "2021-07-12T16:44:00Z")
In some of Rush’s longer tracks, they return to themes after extended jams. Might not be considered rerprises, though. A better example might be the first side of the album Hemispheres, which is titled “Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres” and reprises the track “Cygnus X-1 Book I: The Voyage” from their preceding album A Farewell to Kings:
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OMibr8CqQ4)
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0zN0VjA3As)
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### Author:  [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2021, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-your-favorite-musical-reprises-link-to-videos-if-you-can/945098/16 "2021-07-13T09:58:40Z")
“Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)”, by Neil Young, the finale of Rust Never Sleeps, reprises the solo acoustic “My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)” from the beginning of the album, and surpasses it in every way to the extent that it pretty much created grunge as a genre.
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=331kyZ9OXMc)
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### Author:  [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2021, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-your-favorite-musical-reprises-link-to-videos-if-you-can/945098/17 "2021-07-13T15:12:10Z")
The closing credits to _Casino Royale_ (1967) reprises the theme music _with lyrics!_
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5I9_UX-rAY)