Back in 2002, you had this topic:
"Songs that sound the same/different artists." (or something similar.)
I wish to bring it back to 2008.
In doing so, I've compiled my own list, for those of you who wish to compare notes
or add your 2 cents. I run a radio show on the net, and my show consists of these similar sounding songs, but from different artists.
Here is my "Working" list:

Songs that sound alike:
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Roxy Music - Love Is The Drug
Talking Heads - Psycho Killer
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Puddle Of Mudd - Blurry
Oasis - Wonderwall
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Uriah Heep - Lady in Black
The Firm - Radioactive
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Pleymo - Nawak
Primus - Jerry Was A Racecar driver
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Insolance - Natural High
Hostile Groove - Fly Routine
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Rod Stewart - Young Turks
Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark
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Seether - Fake It
Green Day - Holiday
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Dragon Ash - Life Goes On
Sugar Ray - When It's Over
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Ministry - Just one Fix
Rammstein - Du Hast
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Powerman 5000 - Free
Cheap Trick - Surrender
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Deftones - Be Quiet And Drive
Hum - Stars
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Don Henley - The End Of The Innocence
Bruce Hornsby - That's Just The Way It Is
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Meat Loaf - Two Out of Three Ain't Bad
Commodores - Three Times a Lady
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Linda Ronstadt - Blue Bayou
Billy Joel - An Innocent Man
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Super Furry Animals - Rings Around the World
Hawkwind - Silver Machine
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Pulp - Sunrise
WASP - Thunderhead
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Blur - There's No Other Way
Pink Floyd - See Emily Play
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Green Day - Basket Case
The Who - The Real Me
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Siouxsie & The Banshees - Love Out Me
Sisters Of Mercy - Alice
Sisters Of Mercy - Temple of Love
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The Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
A-Ha - Take On Me
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Erasure - Sometimes
Richard Marx - Right Here Waiting
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The Beatles - Taxman
The Jam - Start
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Blue Oyster Cult - Cities on Flame
Black Sabbath - The Wizard
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Los Lonely Boys - How far is Heaven
The Allman Brothers - Midnight Rider
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Metallica - Sad But True
Kid Rock - American Badass
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Jet - Are you going to be my Girl?
Iggy Pop - Lust For Life
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Live - Heaven
Zwan - Yeah!
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Oasis - All Around The World
Hearsay - Pure and Simple
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Cro-Mags - Crush the Demoniac
Iron Maiden - Aces High
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Muse - Stockholm Syndrome
DT - Never Enough
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Lush - I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend
Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend
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Sleeper - Inbetweener
Five For Fighting - Superman
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The Buzzcocks - Different Kind of Tension
Babes in Toyland - Bruise Violet
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The Banana Splits - Tra La La
Bob Marley - Buffalo Soldier
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Electric Light Orchestra - Do Ya
Bob Mould - It's Too Late
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Elvis Costello - Watch Your Step
The Human League - (Keep Feeling) Fascination
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David Bowie - John, I'm Only Dancing
The Mission - Sacrilege
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David Bowie - Suffragette City
The New Pornographers - Loose Translation
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George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
The Allman Brothers - Melissa
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Chris Isaak - Let Me Down Easy
The Tuesdays - Take Me Home
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The Cure - In Between Days
Wilco - Pot Kettle Black
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The The - Out of the Blue (Into the Fire)
Love and Rockets - Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven
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The Church - Blood Money
This Ascension - Isabela
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Ian Dury - Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
Aerosmith - Last Child
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The Beach Boys - Sloop John B
Glen Campbell - Rhinestone Cowboy
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Tom Petty - American Girl
The Strokes - Last Night
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Lush - For Love
Stone Temple Pilots - Big Bang Baby
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The Rolling Stones - Factory Girl
Neko Case - Whip the Blankets
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Ride - Natural Grace
The Millions - Led By Beauty
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Fiona Apple - Never is a Promise
Madonna - Oh Father
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Led Zeppelin - The Rain Song
The Judybats - Being Simple
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The Cult - Wild Hearted Son
Grant Lee Buffalo - Lady Godiva And Me
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Bob Dylan - Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
Napoleon XIV - They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Ha!
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999 - Made A Fool Of You by
The Cure - Other Voices
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Led Zeppelin - Babe I'm Gonna Leave You
Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4
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XTC - Making Plans for Nigel
Weezer - American Gigolo
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Rod Stewart - Hot Legs
Buckcherry - Lit Up
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Eric Carmen - Hungry Eyes
Grant McLennan - Simone & Perry
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Silverchair - Cemetary
Smashing Pumpkins - Disarm
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Archers of Loaf - Web in Front
Jebediah - Jerks of Attention
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Puddle of Mudd - She Hates Me
Suicidal Tendencies - I saw your mommy
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The Rolling Stones - Start Me Up
Dandy Warhols - Bohemian Like You
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Sublime - What I Got
The Beatles - Lady Madonna
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My Bloody Valentine - Come In Alone
Smashing Pumpkins - Rocket
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Audioslave - Cochise
Pantera - I'm Broken
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Marilyn Manson - This is the new sheesh
Filter - Hey Man Nice Shot
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Wilco - Nothing up my Sleeve
You am I - Heavy Heart
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Marilyn Manson - Mobscene
Faith no more - Be Aggressive
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Nine Inch Nails - We're In This Together
Powderfinger - We Should Be Together Now
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Rancid - Bloodclot
The Who - Can't Explain
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Cat Stevens - Father and son
Flaming Lips - Fight test
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The Offspring - Why dont you get a job
The Beatles - Obla di obla da
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Tears for Fears - Sowing the Seeds of Love
Kiss - God gave rock'n'roll to you
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Bob Seger - Trying To Live My Life Without You
The Eagles - The Long Run
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Nine Inch Nails - Last
Godsmac - Timebomb
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Elvis Costello - Pump It Up
Billy Joel - We Didn't Start the Fire
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The Cars - It's All I Can Do
Third Eye Blind - Never Let You Go
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By all means, this list is by far, incomplete. I would really like your input. I feel I have a good ear for music, but would love to read your comments, in regards to this list, and any other list you can add to this.

Thank you,
DJTEAZER

I'm not familiar with all of the songs on your list but where I do know both songs in a pair a can't say that I see any similarity at all.  Perhaps you could tell me how you think they sound the same.  For example The Police Everything Little Thing She Does Is Magic and A-Ha Take On Me

Jet - What Have You Done?
The Beatles - Sexy Sadie

You kinda need to know the Beatles a bit more than just their most well known tracks, but it's clearly obvious that the first song was inspired by the second. Even the lyrics are similar:

JET
Oh, look what you've done
You've made a fool of everyone

BEATLES
Sexy Sadie what have you done
You made a fool of everyone


And another new Aussie rock band, Airbourne sounds very similar to another Aussie band, AC/DC. If you like AC/DC I'd suggest checking them out.

I'm not familiar with all of the songs on your list but where I do know both songs in a pair a can't say that I see any similarity at all.  Perhaps you could tell me how you think they sound the same.  For example The Police Everything Little Thing She Does Is Magic and A-Ha Take On Me


Howdy Karen,
Yeah, if you get time, check out the other bands and their song similarites, you'll find a lot have the melody, lyrics, solos, etc that are so close, you would think they we're the same song. And I'm not talking about COVERS, I'm talking about such close similarites, likes, like Luke speaks of, however about the Police and A-ha song:

comparing them both on a wav editor, they have virtually the same melody as the songs get going. True, the police are using a more Reggae beat, however as the A-ha melody progresses with their off beat drum pattern it starts to mesh with the Police song. Plus, the way they Stop to nothing then start again, is almost identical at the SAME place in both songs, it's bizarre, you could almost over lay the songs and hear the similarities, they are fine, but they are there.

About 1:40 into both songs, you'll hear in the Police's song, there are those Steel drums playing a melody in the way background... It's IDENTICAL pattern to the A-ha's synth section... listen carefully, it's the SAME exact notes. =o)

How about these two sounding similar?

Sweat (A La La La La Long) ~ Inner Circle (1992)
Mysterious Girl ~ Peter Andre (1996)

...these are deadringers!