# Songs you didn't realize were covers

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** music\
**Created:** [December 7, 2020, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-didnt-realize-were-covers/927496 "2020-12-07T18:28:08Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 9, 2021, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-didnt-realize-were-covers/927496/121 "2021-10-09T19:09:50Z")

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> [@JKellyMap](#):
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> I pointed this out in a thread about five years ago, and was surprised few others had noticed it— especially since Deep Purple plays it at half-tempo near the end of the song (i.e., similar speed to the Beatles song). I asked Dopers which was composed first — the consensus was they were composed independently, circa Christmas 1966, so it’s a coincidence.

I’ve long wondered which was written first. I would have assumed it was more likely for Joe South to hear a Beatles song than vice versa, but then the Beatles did cover Buck Owens’ “Act Naturally”. But the timing seems to make the question moot.

And a small correction to my description: Paul’s middle part of ADitL starts in triple meter, but switches to duple when the “Hush” melody begins.

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