Songs that sound like other music works and recordings
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Jessica Simpson's "I Think I'm In Love With You" samples John Mellencamp's claps and beat from "Jack and Diane". I was listening to a new Ashley Tisdale song the other day that I initially thought was Pink's "So What". The beginning of Boston's "Foreplay/Long Time" reminded me a little of MJ's "Thriller". The beginning and ending melody of Sarah Brightman's "Running" is "Jupiter" from Classical composer Gustav Holst's "The Planets" Suite. This may be slightly obscure but the "Admiral Yularen" track from the Clone Wars (movie) soundtrack sounds vaguely like John Williams' Lando/Cloud City theme from "The Empire Strikes Back"
Some have thought that Ray Parker Jr.'s theme song for Ghostbusters sounds a lot like "I Want a New Drug" by Huey Lewis and the News. Lewis and his band seemed to think so too, since they subsequently sued Parker for it.
The Rolling Stones' song "Have You Seen My Baby?" sounds very similar to k. d. Lang's "Constant Craving". It apparently was just a coincidence, but the Stones gave Lang a co-songwriting credit anyway, perhaps to cover their bases.
The Rolling Stones' song "Have You Seen My Baby?" sounds very similar to k. d. Lang's "Constant Craving". It apparently was just a coincidence, but the Stones gave Lang a co-songwriting credit anyway, perhaps to cover their bases.
The funny thing is that both have the same bass riff as "Pop Muzik" by M.
Oh yeah, and I was listening to "Do Something" by Britney Spears and "Supermassive Black Hole" by Muse and I couldn't help but notice the resemblance.
The stupid Fox Football theme is identical to the bridge in "Sleigh Ride". (The part that goes "giddy-up, giddy-up, giddy-up, let's go".)
It's driven me crazy since they first started using it.
--Ted
It's driven me crazy since they first started using it.
--Ted
Harrison was sued and lost badly in court. It was almost a note-for-note duplication, but the style of the song was so different I don't think he sat down and thought "I can rip off 'He's So Fine'" and no one will ever know."
It wasn't deliberate ... just extremely unfortunate.
Also, the stupid Fox Football theme is identical to the bridge in "Sleigh Ride". (The part that goes "giddy-up, giddy-up, giddy-up, let's go".)
It's driven me crazy since they first started using it. And since they use it as their hook, they shouldn't profit from it.
--Ted
Along those lines, the opening of Nirvana's 'Come as You Are' is very similar to Killing Joke's 'Eighties':
Killing Joke:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1oyfG6t2ew
Nirvana:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOL5cpwTkes
The Rogue Trader's 'Voodoo Child' borrows the guitar riff from Elvis Costello's masturbation anthem 'Pump it Up' (with his blessing):
Elvis Costello:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpprOGsLWUo
Rogue Traders:
http://tr.youtube.com/watch?v=7m7PfRxeh3Q&feature=PlayList&p=A75721D200B48DF4&index=8
This one is kind of funny. Apparently a songwriter sold Bon Jovi and Bonnie Tyler songs in the mid-80s with the same chorus, so you end up with Bonnie Jovi's 'If You Were a Woman, You'd Give Love a Bad Name':
http://thecopycat.nazwa.pl/category/copycats/bonnie-tyler/
Oh yeah, and I was listening to "Do Something" by Britney Spears and "Supermassive Black Hole" by Muse and I couldn't help but notice the resemblance.
That's the one I was thinking of when I saw this thread.
Fantasy Creedence Clearwater Revival's label thought John Fogerty's (previously of CCR) "The Old Man Down the Road" sounded a lot like "Run Through the Jungle." They sued Fogerty for what amounted to pretty much plagiarizing himself and lost in court.
Click on the links and decide for yourself.
Click on the links and decide for yourself.
Not really the same thing, but that reminds me that Modern English's early '80s "new wave" standard "I'll Melt With You" has the NBC chime notes in the bridge.
--Justin
Rhythmically and note for note identical. Two sixteenth notes, two groups of an emphasized eighth followed by two sixteenths, followed by three eighth notes. And the pitches are the same.
--Ted
Is this the Red Dwarf theme tune? 
[No - someone]
[No - someone]
Right. I meant that what I was about to mention wasn't really the same thing as your post or the OP was talking about .
--Justin
Serge Gainsbourg borrowed (purposely) a lot from classic.
Jane B and Chopin (the video compare both musics)
Initials BB and Dvorak (2 minutes after the beginning)
Lemon incest and Chopin
Baby alone in Babylone and Brahms
And another one was Eric Carmen. Twice. From the same composer (which to his credit he does credit in the songwriting).
"All By Myself" vs. Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto no. 2, II - Adagio sostenuto [part 1] [part 2] (featuring Evgeny Kissin!
)"Never Gonna Fall In Love Again" vs. Rachmaninoff's Symphony no. 2, 3rd movement [part 1] [part 2]
(warning, the classical music links may cause diabetes and hyperglycaemia due to its high schmaltz content
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Sting's "Russians" song used melodic elements from a classical composition by Sergei Prokofiev (himself Russian). I've wanted to find the name of the composition but have been unable to date to figure it out.
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