# Is the piano work from 'make you feel my love' by Adele from a different song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [June 26, 2012, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-piano-work-from-make-you-feel-my-love-by-adele-from-a-different-song/626398 "2012-06-26T23:05:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-piano-work-from-make-you-feel-my-love-by-adele-from-a-different-song/626398/1 "2012-06-26T23:05:51Z")
[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Fnn9JlqqTE4/hqdefault.jpg "ADELE - MAKE YOU FEEL MY LOVE FULL LENGTH + LYRICS") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fnn9JlqqTE4) The piano work sounds vaguely like a different song I have heard before, either an 80s song or a christmas song. I don’t know music so I don’t know anything about the tempo, scales, etc. But it sounds vaguely sampled. Does anyone know if there is another song with similar piano work? ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-piano-work-from-make-you-feel-my-love-by-adele-from-a-different-song/626398/2 "2012-06-26T23:17:53Z")
First off, it’s a Bob Dylan song. And that’s pretty much faithful to the original tune. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-piano-work-from-make-you-feel-my-love-by-adele-from-a-different-song/626398/3 "2012-06-27T00:54:25Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > First off, it’s a Bob Dylan song. And that’s pretty much faithful to the original tune. I don’t really listen to Bob Dylan, so I didn’t know that. All I can find is the Dylan/Joel song on youtube, and the piano work isn’t really the same. But since the song has been covered by dozens of artists, maybe I heard an earlier version. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-piano-work-from-make-you-feel-my-love-by-adele-from-a-different-song/626398/4 "2012-06-27T04:30:06Z")
That is the most likely thing in my opinion. The chord changes do seem familiar, but I’ve been listening to the song for fourteen years. Maybe that’s the thing, it’s a piano version of simple chord changes likely composed on a guitar originally. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-piano-work-from-make-you-feel-my-love-by-adele-from-a-different-song/626398/5 "2012-06-27T05:01:10Z")
This may sound crazy, but I think it reminds me of [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJSUCRKxVIw). ---
**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2012, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-piano-work-from-make-you-feel-my-love-by-adele-from-a-different-song/626398/6 "2012-06-29T01:13:51Z")
The first few chords sound like [(You make me feel like) a natural woman](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9nSU2hAqK4), which Adele [covers](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeNT6rgn1RI&feature=related), by the way. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2012, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-piano-work-from-make-you-feel-my-love-by-adele-from-a-different-song/626398/7 "2012-06-30T00:40:11Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > That is the most likely thing in my opinion. The chord changes do seem familiar, but I’ve been listening to the song for fourteen years. Maybe that’s the thing, it’s a piano version of simple chord changes likely composed on a guitar originally. Well, if we’re just talking chords, I’m sure those have been used quite often. Songs reuse the [same chords](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHBVnMf2t7w) all the time. (Not that this song uses the Awesome 4 chords) ---
**Author:** ![rememberthealamo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@rememberthealamo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rememberthealamo)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2015, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-piano-work-from-make-you-feel-my-love-by-adele-from-a-different-song/626398/8 "2015-11-17T10:31:20Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fnn9JlqqTE4](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fnn9JlqqTE4) > > The piano work sounds vaguely like a different song I have heard before, either an 80s song or a christmas song. I don’t know music so I don’t know anything about the tempo, scales, etc. > > But it sounds vaguely sampled. Does anyone know if there is another song with similar piano work? Sound like a slower version of Answer Me by Barbara Dixon, amongst others! ---
**Author:** ![rememberthealamo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@rememberthealamo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rememberthealamo)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2015, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-piano-work-from-make-you-feel-my-love-by-adele-from-a-different-song/626398/9 "2015-11-17T10:35:00Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > I don’t really listen to Bob Dylan, so I didn’t know that. All I can find is the Dylan/Joel song on youtube, and the piano work isn’t really the same. > > But since the song has been covered by dozens of artists, maybe I heard an earlier version. Actually more like the Nat Kink Cole version. ---
**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2015, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-piano-work-from-make-you-feel-my-love-by-adele-from-a-different-song/626398/10 "2015-11-17T11:59:33Z")
To me, the intro sounded like Elton John was about to start singing… ---
**Author:** ![MiguelElToro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@MiguelElToro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MiguelElToro)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2020, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-piano-work-from-make-you-feel-my-love-by-adele-from-a-different-song/626398/11 "2020-10-09T00:32:11Z")
Check out a song by Leon Russel called Think Of Me. He’s the man who wrote hits like Mascarade, Superstar, and Song For you. He has a song that sounds very close to Make you feel My Love.