Music
| Type of work | UK title | US title | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Song | "9 to 5"* | "Morning Train (Nine to Five)" | Avoid confusion with the Dolly Parton song "9 to 5" |
| Album | Peter Gabriel* (1982) | Security | This was the fourth album released by Peter Gabriel with the name Peter Gabriel. |
| Album | The Electric Light Orchestra* | No Answer | The US title resulted from misunderstanding the note left by a United Artists Records employee who had tried to phone Harvest Records for the title but got no answer. |
| Album | Suede* | The London Suede | Eponymous debut album by the British rock group Suede. The group had to change their name for the American market due to a trademark owned by an American singer with the same name. |
| Album | Loud & Clear | All Night Long* | Live album by American singer Sammy Hagar originally released in 1978 in the US. Released in the UK in 1979 with a different title and cover. |
| Album | My Generation* | The Who Sings My Generation | |
| Album | A Quick One* | Happy Jack | American record company executives at Decca Records released the album under the title of Happy Jack in the U.S. instead of the sexually suggestive title of the original UK release |
| Album | Killing Machine* | Hell Bent for Leather | Title changed for US release as Columbia/CBS did not like the murderous implications of the album title. |
| Album | What Is Beat?* | What Is The English Beat? | The British band The Beat was known as The English Beat in North America due to a copyright problem. |
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Famous quotes containing the word music:
“Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with difficulty. Magical music never leaves the memory.”
—Thomas Beecham (1879–1961)
“For I have learned
To look on nature, not as in the hour
Of thoughtless youth, but hearing oftentimes
The still, sad music of humanity.”
—William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
“The music of an unhappy people, of the children of disappointment; they tell of death and suffering and unvoiced longing toward a truer world, of misty wanderings and hidden ways.”
—W.E.B. (William Edward Burghardt)