cover version
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3.5
- noun
- /ˈkʌvər ˈvɜrʒən/
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versión de una canción
- Many artists create cover versions of classic songs to introduce them to new audiences.
- cover versions of songs
Examples
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If you record an 8-bit cover version of a Miles Davis song, you clearly need a license from the publisher, just as you need a license to record, say, a country version of a Beatles song.
Blog text (22) -
We're going to play your song, your cover version at the end of this episode.
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How does a cover version compare to the original?
Academic text (2015) -
Billy, you have released a charity single, and it's a cover version of the ZZ Top classic Gimme All Your Lovin'.
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The truth is that people generally like the version they hear first over other versions—even if the version they hear first is a cover version.
Blog text (14) -
In schools with access to the Internet, educators might facilitate students' comparing and contrasting existing cover versions and arrangements of music with their own.
Academic text (2013) -
I prefer listening to cover versions as they often give a fresh spin on the original melody.
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Her latest album features several cover versions of popular hits from the 1980s.
Synonyms
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4.1
A new recording of a song first made by another artist
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4.1
A new version of a film or song made from an earlier one
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3.4
A new recording or performance of a song originally sung by another artist
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A new version of a song originally sung by another artist
Antonyms
How Faithful
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional from 'cover' (a performance of a song by another artist) + 'version' (a variant or edition), so the phrase denotes a particular variant/recording of a previously released song. This noun-noun combination follows regular compounding patterns and is easily inferable by a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Cover version comes from the image of putting a new cover onto an existing version of a song, like an artist giving an old tune a new style. That's why a cover version means 'a recording of a song someone else made popular'.