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How to you say "song cover" in Japanese. When I see song covers in youtube,
the titles have 歌ってみた which, I believe, translates to "tried to sing". So is
there no native Japanese way of saying "XYZ song cover" instead of "XYZ 歌カバー"?
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"Song Cover" in Japanese
歌ってみた is just the common way of saying it, like how "Song Cover" is the
accepted way in English. Typically, what I see is 【歌ってみた】SONG NAME【ARTIST】,
with the special brackets included. It's likely a bit different than what
you're used to, but this will net the most traffic since it looks the most
natural.
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You can just use カバー, as in ボブ・ディランのカバー or 「少年時代」のカバー. There's no native
Japanese word for it as far as I know, I think partly because the notion of
"[someone other than the original
artist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cover_version)" is peculiar to modern
music scene.

歌ってみた, which I guess is prevalent in [Niconico](http://www.nicovideo.jp/) or
wherever, is better translated as "fancover". As you may know, the uploaders
are supposed to be of amateur (though not so much these days) fandom who want
to sing like their favorite artist, and that's what the word ～みる ("try to do,
do a bit") conveys.
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