Songs that sound just like other songs (sampling doesn't count)

Cafe Society
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Notice how some songs sound awfully familiar; in fact, they sound like a song you already know. I’ve wondered why more lawsuits don’t arise from this. Here are a few pairs of songs you can sing one to the other without missing a beat. Bet you guys can come up with more.

Fast Car by Tracy Chapman sounds a lot like… Jack and Diane by John Cougar

Fallin’ by Alicia Keys sounds a lot like… It’s A Man’s Man’s Man’s World by James Brown

Steal Away by Robbie Dupree sounds a lot like… What A Fool Believes by The Doobie Brothers

Please Come Home For Christmas by the Eagles sounds a lot like… Since I Fell For You by Lennie Welch

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“Oops I Did It Again”/“Woman in Love”
“Lighten Up”/“You’re So Bad”/“Ob La Di, Ob La Da”

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“Pepper” by the butthole surfers/ “Loser” by Beck.

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“Under Pressure” by Queen and “Ice, Ice Baby” by Vanilla Ice.

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“Can’t Put a Price on Love” (The Knack) = “Beast of Burden” (The Rolling Stones)

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Anything done by Rick Astley - all of his songs sound the same.

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Likewise every Blink 182 song.

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Beautiful Day (U2), and the Sun Always Shines on TV (a-ha).

Especially the chorus!!

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I think Everclear only has one song.

“Get A Job” by brainfreeze and “Obladi Obladah”

*I know the lead singer is Dexter Holland, but my, it is broke!

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duh, the Offspring!

(oh, and that would be my brain what is broke:D)

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“In the Factory” by the Vines and “Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da” by the Beatles.

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Tblue, it’s interesting that you should mention those songs by U2 and a-ha since someone decided to mix those songs together into a remix called “The Sun Always Shines on a Beautiful Day.” :smiley:

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Better Than Ezra’s “Good” and Green Day’s “When I Come Around” have the exact same chords.

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The intro to the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ “Can’t Stop” sounds like Jeff Buckley’s “Eternal Life.”

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I’m betting that The Time lifted entirely the the unmistakable background beat of “Jungle Love” from Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”.

Ditto for Billy Ocean’s “Caribbean Queen” - the beat is precisely that of Michael Jackson’s “Billy Jean”.

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Of course, there’s “My Sweet Lord” by George Harrison & “He’s So Fine” by The Chiffons (although there was a lawsuit for this one).

I believe Huey Lewis and the News also sued over “Ghostbusters” sounding too much like “I Want a New Drug”.

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“Finger Poppin’ Time” by Hank Ballard and The Midnighters and “The Twist”, also by Hank Ballard and The Midnighters, but made famous by Chubby Checker.

“Catch A Wave” by The Beach Boys and “Sidewalk Surfin’” by Jan and Dean. Anyone know how this didn’t wind up as a lawsuit?

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I thought I was the only one who noticed this. I can’t help but sing “Sun…” on top of the tune “Beautiful Day” when it comes on the radio… like it’s my own little remix.

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“Be a Clown” by Cole Porter (sung by Judy Garland and Gene Kelly in The Pirate) and “Make 'em Laugh” by Freed and Brown (sung by Donald O’Connor in Singin’ in the Rain). It’s pretty clear that the song was plagiarized, but Porter declined to make an issue over it.

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Sweet Talking Woman by ELO and Do You Believe in Love by Huey Lewis
He’s So Fine by The Chiffons, Kind of a Drag by The Buckinghams, and My Sweet Lord by George Harrison
[Some song I don’t recall] by Tears for Fears] and I Am the Walrus by The Beatles.
Baby Blue by Bob Dylan and Child of Our Times by Barry McGuire
The intro to The Joker by Steve Miller and the intro to All Right Now by Free