remix

The word “remix” means a new version of a song created by changing or rearranging its original elements. In plain terms, a reworked version of a song (or the act of making one), usually with a different beat or added elements.

“Remix” is pronounced REE-mihks (/ˈɹiˌmɪks/ in IPA).

Here is “remix” used in a sentence: “The DJ played a remix of the summer's biggest hit.”

Depending on how it is used, “remix” can be a noun and a verb.

“Remix” is a fairly common word in modern English.

“Remix” has 2 distinct senses listed in this dictionary. The most common is: a new version of a song created by changing or rearranging its original elements.

A remix reuses the original recording itself, rearranging or altering its elements — vocals, drums, tempo — to create a new version of the song. A cover is a completely new performance of the song by a different artist, recorded from scratch. In a remix you usually hear parts of the original track; in a cover you do not.

A remaster improves the sound of an existing recording — clarity, volume, balance — without changing its arrangement, so it should sound like a better version of the same track. A remix changes the content itself, rearranging or replacing the song's elements, and can sound like a different track entirely.

An edit makes relatively minor changes to the original mix, such as shortening a song for radio, removing explicit lyrics, or extending a section for DJs, without reworking its parts. A remix goes further, rearranging or altering the elements enough to count as a new version. The line can blur, but edits trim while remixes transform.

Generally yes. Because a remix is built from the original recording and composition, releasing it commercially normally requires permission from the copyright holders — typically the label that owns the recording and the song's publishers. Unauthorized remixes, often called bootlegs, circulate online but can be taken down at the rights holders' request.