# Songs separated at birth **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 20, 2009, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-separated-at-birth/490130 "2009-03-20T05:22:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-separated-at-birth/490130/1 "2009-03-20T05:22:32Z")
I’m sure I’m not the only person who hears some songs and immediately thinks of another, having somehow paired the two in our minds. What songs have you associated with each other, though? And why does one make you think of the other? The first to come to mind are: “She’s Not There” by the Zombies and “Undun” by The Guess Who “Never Say Never” by Romeo Void and “Sleep Together” by Garbage In both cases I make the associations based on the lyrics rather than the music. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-separated-at-birth/490130/2 "2009-03-20T05:29:04Z")
“Lovesong” by The Cure/311 and “Don’t Dream It’s Over” by Crowded House. I have no idea how these two got associated in my mind but I ALWAYS think of one when I hear the other. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-separated-at-birth/490130/3 "2009-03-20T06:07:44Z")
**Be My Yoko** - by The Bobs **Be My Yoko Ono** - by Barenaked Ladies **I Won’t Be Your Yoko Ono** - by Dar Williams ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-separated-at-birth/490130/4 "2009-03-20T15:09:15Z")
Simon & Garfunkel’s “Homeward Bound” & Poco’s “Crazy Love”. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-separated-at-birth/490130/5 "2009-03-20T15:21:20Z")
“All By Myself” by Eric Carmen and “I Can’t Live” by Harry Nilson. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-separated-at-birth/490130/6 "2009-03-20T15:27:45Z")
I would love to hear a duet of “There’s Me” from Starlight Express and “Think of Me” from Phantom of the Opera. ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-separated-at-birth/490130/7 "2009-03-20T16:20:38Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > I would love to hear a duet of “There’s Me” from Starlight Express and “Think of Me” from Phantom of the Opera. Along those lines, there’s “Somewhere That’s Green” from \*Little Shop of Horrors \*(the movie musical version) [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ouLiQ7KhmYU/hqdefault.jpg "Little Shop of Horrors Somewhere that's Green") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouLiQ7KhmYU) And “Part of Your World” from _The Little Mermaid_ [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8aILBp-6yi8/hqdefault.jpg "Little Mermaid -Part of Your World") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aILBp-6yi8) Both by the same songwriting duo, Menken and Ashman. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-separated-at-birth/490130/8 "2009-03-20T16:30:33Z")
For a long time, whenever I would hear the opening riff of George Harrison’s “What Is Life”, I always thought it was BTO. But not any song in particular, so I guess that doesn’t count… I challenge anyone to listen to the acoustic reprise of Wilco’s “Outta Mind Outta Site” (the one on the second disc of “Being There”) without instantly thinking of the theme to “Sesame Street”. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-separated-at-birth/490130/9 "2009-03-20T16:35:30Z")
Oh, and I always think the music played just before commercials during the Tampa Bay Bucs games sounds just like that Christmas song, “Sleigh Ride” (giddy up, giddy up, giddy up let’s go). ---
**Author:** ![Emily\_Litella](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emily_litella/32/3370_2.png) [@Emily\_Litella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emily_Litella)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-separated-at-birth/490130/10 "2009-03-20T17:16:47Z")
I always have to stop and think about it if I’m hearing Belinda Carlisle’s “I Get Weak” or Liz Phair’s “Why Can’t I?” ---
**Author:** ![Saltire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saltire/32/553_2.png) [@Saltire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saltire)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-separated-at-birth/490130/11 "2009-03-20T17:36:54Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > “All By Myself” by Eric Carmen and “I Can’t Live” by Harry Nilson. To me, these two are triplets, with “Alone Again, Naturally” by Gilbert O’Sullivan. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-separated-at-birth/490130/12 "2009-03-20T17:38:02Z")
Lust For Life - Town Called Malice. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-separated-at-birth/490130/13 "2009-03-20T17:47:40Z")
“Long Cool Woman” by the Hollies/“Bad Moon Risin’” by Creedence Clearwater Revival. ---
**Author:** ![MentalGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/439d5e/32.png) [@MentalGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MentalGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-separated-at-birth/490130/14 "2009-03-20T18:05:50Z")
Probably not really what the OP is looking for since there was legal action involving all of these but: “She’s so Fine”, “My Sweet Lord” “Good Golly Miss Molly”, “Travelin’ Band” “Sweet Little Sixteen”, “Surfin’ USA” ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-separated-at-birth/490130/15 "2009-03-20T18:12:14Z")
> [@MentalGuy](#): > > Probably not really what the OP is looking for since there was legal action involving all of these but: > > “She’s so Fine”, “My Sweet Lord” > > “Good Golly Miss Molly”, “Travelin’ Band” > > “Sweet Little Sixteen”, “Surfin’ USA” Don’t forget “Ice, Ice Baby” and “Under Pressure”. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-separated-at-birth/490130/16 "2009-03-20T18:14:06Z")
> [@KRM](#): > > Don’t forget “Ice, Ice Baby” and “Under Pressure”. Come ON! Those songs are, like, totally DIFFERENT! ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-separated-at-birth/490130/17 "2009-03-20T19:28:21Z")
Heard the first few bars of “Superfreak” on the radio the other day, and Mr. S and I both broke out with, “Can’t touch this (doo doo doo doo)” . . . (Yes, I know that one was sampled from the other.) ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-separated-at-birth/490130/18 "2009-03-20T20:42:51Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > Oh, and I always think the music played just before commercials during the Tampa Bay Bucs games sounds just like that Christmas song, “Sleigh Ride” (giddy up, giddy up, giddy up let’s go). Whew! I’m not just imagining it, then. I almost always have to hum the next line of music from “Sleigh Ride” whenever I hear the football song! ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-separated-at-birth/490130/19 "2009-03-20T20:52:44Z")
Shania Twain’s _Honey I’m Home_ always made me think of Def Leppard’s\* Let’s Get Rocked\*. I was some time in realizing why, until one day I had a :smack: moment. It finally occurred to me–Shania’s hubby=Def Leppard’s producer. And of course, he writes music for both. When I looked it up, Wikipedia confirmed the Mutt Lange was a co-writer on both songs. ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-separated-at-birth/490130/20 "2009-03-20T22:04:25Z")
The first thing I thought of was “Daisy” (= “Bicycle Build for Two”) and “The Sidewalks of New York.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-separated-at-birth/490130.md?page=2)