# Songs that sound just like other songs (sampling doesn't count) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 4, 2003, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-sound-just-like-other-songs-sampling-doesnt-count/159089 "2003-03-04T21:30:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![sugaree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@sugaree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sugaree)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2003, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-sound-just-like-other-songs-sampling-doesnt-count/159089/101 "2003-03-08T23:18:38Z")
I _think_ it’s Creed’s “With Arms Wide Open,” but it could be another Creed song. Anyway, near the end, the guitar riff from Led Zep’s “Kashmir” comes through the mix. Another reason to hate Creed. How dare they co-op Satan’s music? ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2003, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-sound-just-like-other-songs-sampling-doesnt-count/159089/102 "2003-03-09T00:21:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dinahmoe \* > \*\*“Jet boy Jet Girl” by the Damned and “Ca Plane Pour Moi” by Plastic Bertrand are the exact same song. \*\* Holy crap! I just downloaded “Ca Plane Pour Moi” after reading your post, and I swear, I thought it was a French cover of “Jet Boy Jet Girl”. Then I go to [AMG](http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll) and the writer’s just ranting about how original “Ca Plane Pour Moi” is (except for the “falsetto vocal hook straight out of the Beach Boys or Four Seasons”). Under the section of the Damned, “Jet Boy Jet Girl” is basically only mentioned as [“outrageous”](http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=7:23:47%7CPM&sql=Aezamqj4boj6a). I think we have a winner for tthe two songs that sound the most alike. ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2003, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-sound-just-like-other-songs-sampling-doesnt-count/159089/103 "2003-03-09T00:22:57Z")
Obviously, that last line was supposed to be “the”. ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-sound-just-like-other-songs-sampling-doesnt-count/159089/104 "2003-03-10T03:45:36Z")
Wait a second… Maybe I have it backwards. Maybe the Damned got the tune of “Jet Boy Jet Girl” from Plastic Bertrand. It wouldn’t be beneath them ;). I had assumed that “JBJG” came first because it is one of the first songs on “The Best of the Damned”. Also, I can only find it on the “Best of”, so I thought perhaps it was an early single. Can anyone help? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-sound-just-like-other-songs-sampling-doesnt-count/159089/105 "2003-03-10T04:36:02Z")
Ever since they juxtaposed _Every Breath You Take_ with _Peter Gunn_ in an episode of _The Sopranos_, I wonder how I ever heard one without the other. ---
**Author:** ![riserius1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ab992/32.png) [@riserius1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/riserius1)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-sound-just-like-other-songs-sampling-doesnt-count/159089/106 "2003-03-10T05:25:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Larry Mudd \* > \*\*Ever since they juxtaposed _Every Breath You Take_ with _Peter Gunn_ in an episode of _The Sopranos_, I wonder how I ever heard one without the other. \*\* Actually, a better song to juxtapose with EBYT would be “More Than I Can Say” by Leo Sayer. You can certainly sing one over the other. I’ve thought for years that Sting owes Leo royalties. Chris W ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-sound-just-like-other-songs-sampling-doesnt-count/159089/107 "2003-03-10T08:28:13Z")
Killing Joke’s **Eightes** and Nirvana’s **Come as you are**. I always wanted to do a “megamix” between Queens **We will rock you** and Falco’s **Rock me Amadeus**. > [@](#): > > Boom-boom-Kuuuuh, Boom-boom-Kuuuuh > **WE WILL, WE WILL, ROCK YOU** > _R-R-R-Rock me Amadeus_ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecccb3/32.png) [@Evil\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Death)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-sound-just-like-other-songs-sampling-doesnt-count/159089/108 "2003-03-10T10:30:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lisa-go-Blind \* > \*\*Wait a second… > > Maybe I have it backwards. Maybe the Damned got the tune of “Jet Boy Jet Girl” from Plastic Bertrand. It wouldn’t be beneath them ;). I had assumed that “JBJG” came first because it is one of the first songs on “The Best of the Damned”. Also, I can only find it on the “Best of”, so I thought perhaps it was an early single. > > Can anyone help? \*\* Sure. Doing a quick discography check _GOOGLEISYOURFRIENDTRUSTINTHEGOOGLE_ I found that before Bryan James joined the Damned, he’d performed in another band - and that band did the backing for CPFM. Most likely scenario is that the Damned lifted it, therefore. (Incidentally, apart from a Peel Session in July 78, JBJG wasn’t released anywhere until the Best Of album in 1981. Queers just ain’t punk, y’know?) ---
**Author:** ![Fish42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4da419/32.png) [@Fish42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish42)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-sound-just-like-other-songs-sampling-doesnt-count/159089/109 "2003-03-10T16:40:25Z")
Chic’s “Good Times” and Queen’s “Another One Bites the Dust” Prince’s “1999” and Phil Collins’s “Susudio” ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-sound-just-like-other-songs-sampling-doesnt-count/159089/110 "2003-03-10T16:58:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JeanLinen \* > \*\*The Rolling Stones “Has Anybody Seen My Baby” is EXACTLY the same as k.d. lang’s “Constant Craving” > > She was ‘flattered’ when this came out, meanwhile, they were total pricks when it came to “Bittersweet Symphony” by Verve. \*\* My understanding is that, before the Stones released that album, they played that song for Keith Richards’ daughter, who immediately recognized the kd lang tune, and starting singing “Constant Craving” to the melody of “Has Anybody Seen My Baby.” The Stones weren’t aware of lang’s song previously, but decided it was best to give her co-writing credit for the song. So, while I’m not a huge Stones fan, it appears they did the right thing in this case- they didn’t “rip off” kd lang, they gave her credit where it was due. - As for John Fogerty’s “The Old Man Down the Road,” you must remember that Fogerty lost the legal rights to most of the old songs he wrote for CCR. His old manager and nemesis Saul Zaenz owns most of those songs. Fogerty loathes Zaenz more than any man on Earth- you may recall that, on the “Centerfield” album, Fogerty wrote a song called “Zaenz Can’t Dance,” which is all about a pig who steals people’s money. Now, on that same album, there was a song called “The Old Man Down the Road,” which sounded quite a bit like Fogerty’s old CCR song, “Run Through the Jungle.” Now, Saul Zaenz was none too pleased about Fogerty insulting him with that pig song, and when he realized that Fogerty’s new song sounded a lot like an old Fogerty song that Zaenz held the rights to… well, it’s hardly surprising that Zaenz would sue Fogerty for “stealing” a song he himself had written, but no longer owned rights to. I don’t recall how the whole affair was resolved, and I honestly don’t know whose fault it was. It’s entirely POSSIBLE that Zaenz is just a real sleaze bag who did Fogerty wrong. But I’ve seen Fogerty interviewed enough times to know that, while he’s one of the most talented rock artists of all time, he’s also a petty, mean, vindictive S.O.B. Far be it from me to judge which of them is right in this case. ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-sound-just-like-other-songs-sampling-doesnt-count/159089/111 "2003-03-10T17:48:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Evil Death \* > \*\*Sure. Doing a quick discography check _GOOGLEISYOURFRIENDTRUSTINTHEGOOGLE_ I found that before Bryan James joined the Damned, he’d performed in another band - and that band did the backing for CPFM. Most likely scenario is that the Damned lifted it, therefore. > > (Incidentally, apart from a Peel Session in July 78, JBJG wasn’t released anywhere until the Best Of album in 1981. Queers just ain’t punk, y’know?) \*\* Ahhhhhh. Thanks. Everything makes so much sense now. Time for me to take a nap. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_Who](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c2a13f/32.png) [@The\_Man\_Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_Who)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-sound-just-like-other-songs-sampling-doesnt-count/159089/112 "2003-03-10T18:57:26Z")
Walk on Water - Eddie Money = If I Could Turn Back Time - Cher Draggin’ the Line - Tommy James and the Shondells = Chili’s Babyback ribs jingle. -M ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-sound-just-like-other-songs-sampling-doesnt-count/159089/113 "2003-03-14T19:12:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Already in Use \* > \*\*The Doors’ “Hello, I Love You” sort of ripped off the Kinks’ “All Day and All of the Night.” > \*\* And of course, ADAAOTN was itself a rip-off of the earlier Kinks song “You Really Got Me”. I think Ray Davies once said hey, we figured people liked the song so much, we’ll hit 'em with it again. Also: Sweet Dreams are Made of These and Sunglasses at Night. ---
**Author:** ![available\_light](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@available\_light](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/available_light)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-sound-just-like-other-songs-sampling-doesnt-count/159089/114 "2003-03-14T22:39:06Z")
Istanbul by They Might be Giants and Puttin’ on the Ritz by Taco sound like the same tune. Someone once told me this was intentional, but I don’t know. Also, the guitar riff in David Gray’s Babylon sounds similar to the riff from America’s Ventura Highway to me. They aren’t exactly the same, but whenever I hear Babylon it just bugs me b/c of that. I like Ventura Highway, btw. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-sound-just-like-other-songs-sampling-doesnt-count/159089/115 "2003-03-14T23:26:17Z")
The intro to **I Typed For Miles** by Jets To Brazil sounds suspiciously like **Heart Shaped Box** by Nirvana. \*\* Why I’m Here\*\* by Oleander sounds so much like a Nirvana song that people kept calling the radio stations around here to ask if it was one of the “missing” songs. Problem is, no one could decide _which_ Nirvana song it sounds like. (don’t get me wrong, I like Jets to Brazil and Oleander, so I’m not really critizing). OTOH, It does bother me that the intro to **Bawitaba** by Kidrock sounds very like \*\* Natural One\*\* by Folk Implosion, since I rarely hear natural one on the radio ☹ Now, for a rather odd one…My brain is malfunctioning, so I can’t recall which Korn song, but the intro to one of them sounds very much like the intro to **She Cries Your Name** by Beth Orton. It’s really odd to expect that the song is going to be one, and getting the other! ---
**Author:** ![dogchow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e495f1/32.png) [@dogchow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogchow)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2003, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-sound-just-like-other-songs-sampling-doesnt-count/159089/116 "2003-03-15T00:56:08Z")
Creed and Bush are pratically interchangable. There was a Creed song (I forgot the title) that sounded like Bush’s “Glyncerine”. The two bands could join and be one big band and it would all sound the same. The beginning of International’s Noise Conpiracy’s “Ready Steady Go” reminds me of U2’s “Desire”. ---
**Author:** ![mojave66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@mojave66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mojave66)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-sound-just-like-other-songs-sampling-doesnt-count/159089/117 "2003-05-01T18:59:37Z")
\>Sure. Doing a quick discography check GOOGLEISYOURFRIENDTRUSTINTHEGOOGLE I found that before Bryan James joined the Damned, he’d performed in another band - and that band did the backing for CPFM. Most likely scenario is that the Damned lifted it, therefore. Actually, in the early '80s a guy named Elton Motello did the original “Jet Boy Jet Girl”, which is where the Bryan James connection comes in. [http://www.punk77.co.uk/groups/eltonmotello.htm](http://www.punk77.co.uk/groups/eltonmotello.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-sound-just-like-other-songs-sampling-doesnt-count/159089/118 "2003-05-01T21:13:56Z")
Ah, thanks **mojave66**. 😃 Actually, I think “Jet Boy Jet Girl” dates from '77 or '78–both the Damned’s version (from a John Peel show) and “Ca Plane Pour Moi” date from 1978, and “Jet Boy Jet Girl” shows up on **The Best of the Damned** (1981). I just attempted to listen to Elton Motello’s version, but about halfway through I was going crazy, so I stopped. Talk about a cover improving on the original. Seven minutes is ridiculous, especially for a jokey ditty. ---
**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2003, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-sound-just-like-other-songs-sampling-doesnt-count/159089/119 "2003-11-11T09:05:14Z")
The Jitterbug from The Wizard of Oz Last Midnight from Into the Woods Bali Ha’i from South Pacific All start with the same first three notes: “Who’s that hid-(ing)” / “It’s the last” / “Bali Ha’i” ---
**Author:** ![Forty-Six\_Two](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/919ad9/32.png) [@Forty-Six\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Forty-Six_Two)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2003, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-sound-just-like-other-songs-sampling-doesnt-count/159089/120 "2003-11-11T09:19:12Z")
You can sing the same thing to “Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground” and “There’s No Home For You Here Girl”, both by the White Stripes. Hooray for unoriginality and the exact same chord changes on adjacent albums! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-sound-just-like-other-songs-sampling-doesnt-count/159089.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-sound-just-like-other-songs-sampling-doesnt-count/159089.md?page=7)