# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2009, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-separated-at-birth/490130/21 "2009-03-21T00:02:24Z")
Peter Murphy had a college-radio hit with a song\* that sounded like a lawsuit with the names “Matt Johnson [The The]” and “Uncertain Smile” all over it. > [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > “All By Myself” by Eric Carmen and “I Can’t Live” by Harry Nilson. Nah, Eric Carmen’s song is the one that sounds just like Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in E-minor. 😉 - I think it was “Cuts You Up,” but I’d have to hear both that and “Indigo Eyes” to figure it out. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2009, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-separated-at-birth/490130/22 "2009-03-21T00:36:07Z")
Why Don’t You Get a Job by the Offspring almost invariably turns into Cecelia by Simon and Garfunkel in my brain. ---
**Author:** ![bluecanary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bluecanary/32/3614_2.png) [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2009, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-separated-at-birth/490130/23 "2009-03-21T00:40:13Z")
“Stay” by 60ft Dolls and “Hey Jealousy” by the Gin Blossoms ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2009, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-separated-at-birth/490130/24 "2009-03-21T06:09:42Z")
“Hush”, Deep Purple “A Day in the Life”, Beatles (the second half of the middle section) Both came out in 1967…does anyone know which was released first? If they were released within a few months of each other, I doubt one band could have heard the other in time to record their version…I guess it was just something in the (English) air. ---
**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 24, 2009, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-separated-at-birth/490130/25 "2009-03-24T19:32:47Z")
> [@KRM](#): > > Don’t forget “Ice, Ice Baby” and “Under Pressure”. As long as we’re going there, let’s not forget “I Want a New Drug” and “Ghostbusters!” Also: - “Viva La Vida” and “If I could Fly”. - “Dani California” and “Mary Jane’s Last Dance” ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-separated-at-birth/490130/26 "2009-03-24T19:41:11Z")
California Dreamin-Mommas and Poppas Don’t Fear the Reaper-Blue Oyster Cult They go well together ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-separated-at-birth/490130/27 "2009-03-24T19:55:04Z")
“All Day and All of the Night” by the Kinks and “Hello, I Love You” by the Doors. ---
**Author:** ![DfrntBreign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DfrntBreign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DfrntBreign)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-separated-at-birth/490130/28 "2009-03-24T21:00:22Z")
Twist And Shout = La Bamba ---
**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 24, 2009, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-separated-at-birth/490130/29 "2009-03-24T21:28:11Z")
> [@DfrntBreign](#): > > Twist And Shout = La Bamba My wife always sings the first line of the chorus of The Contours “Do you love me?” followed by the second line of The Isley Brothers “Twist and Shout”. ---
**Author:** ![Mixolydian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-separated-at-birth/490130/30 "2009-03-24T21:30:14Z")
Bob Marley & The Wailers’ “Buffalo Soldier” & The Banana Splits Theme song. ---
**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 24, 2009, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-separated-at-birth/490130/31 "2009-03-24T21:30:55Z")
George Harrison’s “My Sweet Lord” is so much like the Chiffon’s “He’s So Fine” that the songwriters sued him successfully for plagarism. And then they recorded “My Sweet Lord.” [Wiki cite](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Sweet_Lord#Legal_controversy). ---
**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 24, 2009, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-separated-at-birth/490130/32 "2009-03-24T21:39:19Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > George Harrison’s “My Sweet Lord” is so much like the Chiffon’s “He’s So Fine” that the songwriters sued him successfully for plagarism. And then they recorded “My Sweet Lord.” > > [Wiki cite](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Sweet_Lord#Legal_controversy). [Master’s cite.](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/128/did-george-harrison-really-plagiarize-my-sweet-lord) ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-separated-at-birth/490130/33 "2009-03-24T22:06:22Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > “All Day and All of the Night” by the Kinks and “Hello, I Love You” by the Doors. Never noticed it before but, yeah. Also “Goin’ Up the Country” by Canned Heat and “A Good Feelin’ to Know” by Poco. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-separated-at-birth/490130/34 "2009-03-24T22:23:19Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > “Hush”, Deep Purple > “A Day in the Life”, Beatles (the second half of the middle section) > > Both came out in 1967…does anyone know which was released first? If they were released within a few months of each other, I doubt one band could have heard the other in time to record their version…I guess it was just something in the (English) air. Actually, the Deep Purple version was recorded in 1968, but the original by Billy Joe Royal _was_ from 1967, and does contain the same “na-na-na-na” riff. For a trifecta, add the ending of “Surf’s Up” by the Beach Boys. The theme from _The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour_ and “Love and Marriage.” ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-separated-at-birth/490130/35 "2009-03-25T02:19:01Z")
> [@koeeoaddi](#): > > Never noticed it before but, yeah.. Really? Ray Davies was going to sue, but decided not to bother. ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-separated-at-birth/490130/36 "2009-03-25T02:21:38Z")
“Rocket Man” makes me think of “Space Oddity”. Both are about men riding rockets into space, and both were produced by Gus Dudgeon. “Benny and the Jets” reminds me of both “Changes” (the stuttering refrain) and “Ziggy Stardust” (songs about fictional front men/women). So now pretty much any Elton John song makes me think of David Bowie. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-separated-at-birth/490130/37 "2009-03-25T02:27:53Z")
[QUOTE=MadTheSwine] California Dreamin-Mommas and Poppas Don’t Fear the Reaper-Blue Oyster Cult They go well together [/QUOTE] The melodies are sort of similar, but “Reaper”'s got too much cowbell. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-separated-at-birth/490130/38 "2009-03-25T02:40:14Z")
How about _Smells Like Teen Spirit_ & _More Than A Feeling_? ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-separated-at-birth/490130/39 "2009-03-25T02:53:52Z")
Not because of the lyrics or melody, but I always expect to hear Somebody to Love after White Rabbit. It’s because I own the 45 and usually play 'em both together. There are also a bunch of other songs that I expect to follow each other, courtesy of KTel! ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-separated-at-birth/490130/40 "2009-03-25T04:52:11Z")
When I hear Pachelbel’s Canon in D. I sing “Jolly Old Saint Nicholas”. And when I hear the Final Jeopardy music, I sing “I’m a Little Teapot”. And, pursuant to what **zoogirl** just said, you’re not allowed to play CSN’s _Suite: Judy Blue Eyes_ without immediately following it up with _Marrakech_. Also _At the Zoo_ must follow _Hazy Shade of Winter_ (Simon and Garfunkel), and Elton John’s _Funeral For a Friend_ isn’t finished until you’ve played _Love Lies Bleeding_. Finally, The second half of Queen’s _We Will Rock You_ is _We Are The Champions_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-separated-at-birth/490130.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-separated-at-birth/490130.md?page=3)