I am sure a topic like this already exists, but I figure why not start a new fresh one.  Ever heard a song that sounds strangely like another song?  Perhaps a song that legally samples another song right?  What if that wasn't the case?  Here's a few that I've stumbled upon ...



Mountain Music - Alabama (1983) skip ahead to 2:38
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qw9i-ixcrSA

Sweet Country Music - Atlanta (1984) skip ahead to 2:41
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpMm5YOQRFQ

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Sweet Talkin' Woman - Electric Light Orchestra (1978) skip ahead to 00:18
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LOBOJDI9yI

Do You Believe in Love - Huey Lewis and the News (1982) skip ahead to 00:15 and 00:32
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDc6S330otc

Beach Boys and Jan & Dean sound a like

I've always said that

We Connect & Two of Hearts...both by Stacy Q are interchangeable.

A bit more obscure...

Fishbone - ? (Modern Industry) and...

The English Beat's - Mirror in the Bathroom.

I know we've done this before...but that thread is probably buried way down now, and I'm pretty sure I contributed to it.


For example, I think the chorus of Maroon 5's "She Will Be Loved" sounds so much like the bridge of Cheap Trick's "The Flame."

The beginning of Livin on a prayer always reminds me of a Pet Shop Boys song. West End Girls I think

"Back To The Hotel" In To Deep and "Rump Shaker" Wreckx N Effect, probably because both probably sampled the same song

The beginning of Livin on a prayer always reminds me of a Pet Shop Boys song. West End Girls I think

Well, both of 'em came out in 1986, so... maybe they had the same sort of idea with their intro's.

I think the beginning of the first song sounds similar to Whitesnake's "Is This Love", which came out a year later.

Kraze - The Party

and

Francesco Salvi - C'è da spostare una macchina


I'm sure one was influenced by the other, but I'm not sure who influenced who.

Postal Service - Nothing Better (2003) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_9nIljBYTc

vs.

Human League - Don't You Want Me (1981) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arUqoKjU3D4

Listen to them both..  very eerie in similarity..   especially since they both have a female singer responding to the male from the beginning at about approximately the same time in in the song (around 90 seconds into BOTH songs)

"I wanna see the rainbow high in the sky,
I wanna see you and me, on a bird, flyin' away,
Then I hope to see your smile every night and day."
  - Chorus from DJ Paul Estak - Rainbow in the Sky

"I wanna see the sunshine after the rain
I wanna see bluebirds flying over the mountains again
Where is the silver lining shining at the rainbow's end?"
  - Chorus (and entire lyrics) from Berri / New Atlantic - Sunshine after the Rain

In true Eurodance tradition, the songs came out within months of each other in 1995.  The melodies are identical.  The lyrics paint pretty much the same picture, here was also a verse to the Estak track that  makes it even more clear that "pretty much the same picture" wasn't close enough.

"I wanna make lo-o-o-ove-to you,  (and hey, if the lyrics don't scan, so what?  It's techno!  Let the singer...)
Lead you to-oo-oo tomorrow,      (...just carry the word over three or four syllables, and then it scans just fine!)
I wanna feel the sunshine after rain"
  - verse from DJ Paul Estak - Rainbow in the Sky

To this day, I have no idea which was the original track and which was the copy.

Also..

Hey Mickey by Toni Basil (1982): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TskG03Rf_M0

vs.

Girlfriend by Avril Lavigne (2007): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ25-glGRzI

The verses of Heartbreak Radio by Roy Orbison and Achy Breaky Heart are very similar indeed.

The verses of Heartbreak Radio by Roy Orbison and Achy Breaky Heart are very similar indeed.

Both titles involve heartbreak... but I only know the latter.

Whenever I hear these two I feel a little relationship:


GIMME SOME KIND OF SIGN,GIRL

and

COME AND GET YOUR LOVE-REDBONE

War: Low Rider

Thompson Twins: Lies

(It's all in the bass, percussion, and Latin funk beat.

'Sussudio' by Phil Collins and '1999' by Prince sound familiar but Collins admitted that sometime ago.

The verses of Heartbreak Radio by Roy Orbison and Achy Breaky Heart are very similar indeed.

Both titles involve heartbreak... but I only know the latter.
Heartbreak Radio on YouTube

Both titles involve heartbreak... but I only know the latter.
Both songs were released in 1992 Billy Ray Cyrus in July and Roy Orbison in November

Both songs were released in 1992 Billy Ray Cyrus in July and Roy Orbison in November

But Roy Orbison was dead in late 1988...was that song a previously unreleased single of his?

But Roy Orbison was dead in late 1988...was that song a previously unreleased single of his?
Very true.

"Paralyzer" by Finger Eleven and "Take Me Out" by Franz Ferdinand sound similar.

What I Like About You - Romantics

and

R.O.C.K. in the USA - Mellencamp

(I've heard DJs mix these two together on several occasions)  8)

The Boy Does Nothing ~ Alesha Dixon

and (ripped off)

Lou Bega Mambo No 5 (A Little Bit Of...)

originally...

Mambo No.5 ~ Perez 'Prez' Prado And His Orchestra

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URAqnM1PP5E
Ring My Bell- Anita Ward

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zpgnE34lug
Frederick Knight- Let Me Ring Your Bell Again

For example, I think the chorus of Maroon 5's "She Will Be Loved" sounds so much like the bridge of Cheap Trick's "The Flame."

And in turn, the intro chords to "The Flame" sound similar to those of "Nature's Way" by Spirit (1971).

"Roar" by Katy Perry vs "Brave" by Sara Bareilles.

We just had another thread pretty much the same as this, but I'll list a couple more just because they're fresh off my mind...

Goodies / Ciara feat. Petey Pablo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtC92pzp5vw

Telephone / Lady Gaga feat. Beyoncé:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVBsypHzF3U

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Sent from Up Above / Mariah Carey:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1Yp7F_pd58

Hold My Body Tight / East 17:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1McitdCJA1g

Speaking of East 17, the version of "Do U Still" that's on the American iTunes (erroneously tagged as the song "I Remember") but apparently nowhere else sounds remarkably similar to Owl City's Fireflies, especially during the intro in particular.

Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" and "Together Forever", which were back-to-back #1 singles of his in 1988, seem to have pretty much the same chords in most places (especially the respective choruses).

"My Sharona" by The Knack → "Fly by Night" by Rush

"Fly Like an Eagle" by The Steve Miller Band → "Scar Tissue" by the Red Hot Chilli Peppers

"I Got You" by Split Enz → "Mamma Mia" by ABBA

"Where Is the Love" by the Black-Eyed Peas → "The World Should Revolve Around Me" by Little Jackie

"Still in the Game" by Steve Windwood → "Anything Now" by Genesis

"Had Enough" by The Who → "Jump" by Van Halen → "Here Comes the Feeling" by Asia

"Jane" by Jefferson Starship (obviously not as good as the REAL Starship 8) ) → "Hold the Line" by Toto

"In Your Eyes" by Peter Gabriel → "Do the Neurotic" by Genesis

"Wannabe" by the Spice Girls → "Cory in the House" theme song by Kyle Massey and Maiara Walsh (I hate the meme surrounding this show, but I really think the beat between these two songs is similar)

"King of Wishful Thinking" by Go West → Gracie Films jingle by Jeffrey Townshend (you know the one, it's at the end of Simpsons episodes)

This is actually something my Dad has noticed and talked to me about last night. The guitar riff in Boston's "More Than A Feeling" and this song by Australian band, Hunters and Collectors. While the songs themselves aren't similar sounding, take a closer listen to the guitar riffs and the structure of both songs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4QK8RxCAwo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQI5fdVCvlU

It's something that I have never noticed before, but now that I am aware of it, it's quite noticeable!

I was listening to The Beatles' "Ob-La-Di, Ob La Da" this morning and it made me realise how similar the melody of the song is to The Offspring's, "Why Don't You Get a Job?". I've never picked up on it before, to be honest. Whilst the songs themselves sound nothing alike, listen to how similar the melodies are.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJoQbLV2sQU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH-i8IvYIcg

^Obviously the Beatles song was first; Offspring probably didn't realize what they were doing when they wrote their song. In fact, according to Wiki, "Get a Job" attracted attention for its close similarity to "Ob-la-di", and this was even pointed out by many music writers.

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These two songs...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIpPpj7-en8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMEHJPuggHQ

Also these...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozx-VvqO_ys

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjmp8CoZBIo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gW-1LbhZUzY
Rick James- You Turn Me On

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anuTyczANyo
Bruni Pagan- You Turn Me On

The first lyrical line in "Stand" by R.E.M. (1989) -- "Stand in the place where you live" -- sounds quite similar to the instrumental opening to "La Bamba" (originally recorded by Richie Valens in 1958; covered by Los Lobos in '87).

yeah, but not a perfect match in syllable or sound tones, but simlar

...yes. It's the respective melodies that sound so close.

I must be ready to write some parodies at Amiright again if I'm talking about matching syllables

I've thought that the intro to "Shape Of You" by Ed Sheeran (2017) sounds rhythmically similar to that of "Cheap Thrills" by Sia (2016).

From "samethattune.com":
The intro to Ed Sheeran's Shape of You (released January 6, 2017) is very similar to the intro to Sia's Cheap Thrills (released February 11, 2016). Both feature a marimba-sounding synth playing staccato quarter note triplets for each chord. In terms of chord structure, Shape of You (in the key of E) follows a vi-ii-IV-V (or minor 6, minor 2, 4, 5) progression, while Cheap Thrills (in the key of A) follows a vi-IV-I-V (or minor 6, 4, 1, 5) progression.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wOggZb02QA
Earlene Bentley- Boys Come To Town

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_MiRWo4Myw
Miquel Brown- So Many Men, So Little Time

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The intro to "Wild Thing" by The Troggs vs. that of "Louie Louie" by the Kingsmen

I remember One Direction were under heat a few years ago because all of their songs sounded like songs by other artists :o

Don't know how I missed this earlier, but... the chorus of "Bubbly" by Colbie Caillat (2007) sounds melodically similar to that of "Superman (It's Not Easy)" by Five For Fighting (2001).

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This song from a Christian musical:BaurD6bGJU0
This secular song: WRwb6-urKmA
Reading my old posts and hot damn, the similarities are uncanny.  :o ;D

"Listen To Your Heart" by Roxette (1989) and "Alone" by Heart (1987), particularly in the respective choruses. (Could be ironic in a sense, since one song has the word Heart in the title, and the other is by a band called Heart!)

It's Not Living if it's not with you-  The 1975  and Belinda Carlisle - Heaven Is A Place on earth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqoXU583vsY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-WP6POdTgY

Once you hear both choruses you'll never unhear it!

and the intros to Backstreet Boys - Drowning and O-Town All Or Nothing are ridiculously similar too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZXHBgjQjNM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG8IkUoZ6j0

When I heard "Sit Next To Me" by Foster The People, first song I heard of was "I Live For You" by Chynna Phillips.

We just had another thread pretty much the same as this, but I'll list a couple more just because they're fresh off my mind...

Goodies / Ciara feat. Petey Pablo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtC92pzp5vw

Telephone / Lady Gaga feat. Beyoncé:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVBsypHzF3U

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Sent from Up Above / Mariah Carey:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1Yp7F_pd58

Hold My Body Tight / East 17:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1McitdCJA1g

Speaking of East 17, the version of "Do U Still" that's on the American iTunes (erroneously tagged as the song "I Remember") but apparently nowhere else sounds remarkably similar to Owl City's Fireflies, especially during the intro in particular.
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Ouch, this webpage is slow!

Could be that there are four Youtubes in that post which you are quoting.

"Listen To Your Heart" by Roxette (1989) and "Alone" by Heart (1987), particularly in the respective choruses. (Could be ironic in a sense, since one song has the word Heart in the title, and the other is by a band called Heart!)

I realize that "What About Love", also by Heart, also has some similarities to "Listen To Your Heart."

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I'm pretty sure that the opening lines in both songs' choruses are essentially the same, lyrically and melodically.

"Feelings Show" by Colbie Caillat, from her 2007 album Coco:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REoYDVAWdVQ

I just heard this on my SiriusXM app yesterday and thought it sounded a lot like "Pieces Of Me" by Ashlee Simpson (2004), both rhythmically and melodically in several places.

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Heard this on yacht rock radio tonight. From 1982.

First song I thought of was below. From 1980. As I’m a big Christopher Cross fan.

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Heard this on yacht rock radio tonight. From 1982.

First song I thought of was below. From 1980. As I’m a big Christopher Cross fan.

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Wow!  I had never heard of that Craig song before.  He was a Canadian singer and I know a few of his 70s hits, but you can totally hear Cross in that song.  I had to look it up and he is credited as sole writer.  I wonder if Cross knows about that song even

Is it just me, or does the instrumental break in "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)" by Pet Shop Boys (1985) sound a little bit like the melody of "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" by Steam (1969)?

Take a listen to "Opportunities"; the instrumental break begins at the 2:25 mark: https://youtu.be/S5hN_vvgALE?t=145

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Better Get Used To It, Roger Voudouris, 1979

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You’re Good For Me, Exile, 1980

What’s surprising to me is Exile is a country band.

Has anyone notice the similar guitar work for "Losing Sleep" by Chris Young (2017).

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For it sounds just like Justin Bieber's "Love Yourself " from 2015.

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"Rolling In The Deep" by Adele (from a decade ago) might sound a bit similar -- melodically -- to the Beatles' "Lady Madonna".

"Mr Haze" (a new single) by Texas sounds very similar to Donna Summer's "Love's Unkind" from 1977.

"Mr Haze" (a new single) by Texas sounds very similar to Donna Summer's "Love's Unkind" from 1977.


The Texas song samples Love’s Unkind. I don’t think that sampling is the same as sounds like

Depeche Mode - See You (1982) (particularly at 1:28)
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The Crystals - And Then He Kissed Me (1963)
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In "Need You Tonight" by INXS (1987), the hook sounds oh so similar to "Another One Bites The Dust" by Queen (1980). (Bump, bump, bump, another one bites the dust - that part.)

Dua Lipa's recent hit "Break My Heart" also seems to have a similar sounding hook!

"Cherish" by Kool & The Gang (1985) and "Hungry Heart" by Bruce Springsteen (1980).

Just listening to the radio when Love Spreads by Stone Roses came on. Dai thought it was a Led Zeppelin song. Much googling to find out which one. What do you think?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ct-qa6SjRZo
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2N_xP67utPk

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100 Years was written by Five For Fighting (Vladimir John Ondrasik) but nowhere on the James Blunt song does his name appear, but as you can hear, it 100% should.  How a lawsuit never erupted over this one baffles me  ...

James Blunt - Heart to Heart (2014)
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Five For Fighting - 100 Years (2003)
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Maybe it's just me, but I have noticed that the chorus of "Over It" by Katharine McPhee (2007) sounds a bit similar, melodically, to the "ah-ah-ah..." part of "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" by Elton John (1973).

"Over It" - at 0:39
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"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" - also at about 0:39 or so:
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The 2021 hit A Second to Midnight by Kylie Minogue and Years & Years sounds like the 2007 hit Relax, Take it Easy by Mika.  I could also say it sounds like the 1987 hit (I Just) Died in Your Arms by Cutting Crew but Mika intentionally borrowed the melody of it for his song and the dance beat of Kylie's song makes me think of the Mika song more

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Maybe it's just me, but I have noticed that the chorus of "Over It" by Katharine McPhee (2007) sounds a bit similar, melodically, to the "ah-ah-ah..." part of "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" by Elton John (1973).

"Over It" - at 0:39
"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" - also at about 0:39 or so:


I hear that.  I never noticed that before.  Good find!

Recent hits "Hot Girl Bummer" and "Abcdefu". Just listen to the first 15 seconds of each, that's all it takes to hear the similarities

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"Dos Oruguitas", sung by Sebastián Yatra, from the latest Walt Disney film Encanto, to me it sounds like two other songs. The verse sounds like "Can't Take Eyes Of You" (Frankie Valli and Andy Williams) and the chorus of the song is similar to "Under The Sea" from The Little Mermaid.

I hear that.  I never noticed that before.  Good find!

Yeah...when I first heard "Over It" 15 years ago, I really liked it (thought it had a beautiful sound and all, and I still like it) but when I heard the chorus part, I thought "Hey, this (melody) sounds just like 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road'!" :D

Lindsey Buckingham kind of ripped off the Rolling Stones "Torn & Frayed" from the classic "Exile On Main Street" album (1972) for his song "Steal Your Heart Away" from Fleetwood Mac's "Say You Will" album (2003). He even takes the title from a lyric in "Torn & Frayed", "just as long is the guitar plays/ let it steal your heart away". How blatant! He also sings his song in a Stones-ish accent.

Rolling Stones
"Torn & Frayed"
1972

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Z-U2HUl7lg


Fleetwood Mac
"Steal Your Heart Away"
2003

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4EVEm-5vMI

Here is an album track from 2000 titled I'll Never Fall In Love Again by German group Modern Talking.  Next to it is the world famous 1981 hit Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) by Christopher Cross.  Yeah, you hear it lol

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Here's one that I just realized now.  Can't believe I never noticed this one before.  To be fair, the melody of Dilemma is based on a Patti Labelle song that pre-dates The New Hollywood Squares, but the way it's presented in Dilemma sounds very much like HSQ

Nelly and Kelly Rowland - Dilemma (2002)
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Theme from The New Hollywood Squares (1986)
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