# These two songs sound so alike, how is there not a lawsuit? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 28, 2016, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-two-songs-sound-so-alike-how-is-there-not-a-lawsuit/767151 "2016-09-28T21:03:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 38
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-two-songs-sound-so-alike-how-is-there-not-a-lawsuit/767151/38 "2016-09-30T13:42:45Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I’d swear that crap “Pretenders” (true in so many ways) _Don’t Get Me Wrong_ is the same song as some equally shitty Miami Sound Machine dance tune. > > Despise both of them! That reminds me of this exchange you and I had back in 2013 in [this thread:🙂](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=705847) > [@THIS song sound just like THAT song.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-song-sound-just-like-that-song/672106/95): > > There is a crappy **Pretenders** song (_Don’t get me wrong_?) from late in the catalog when they really were pretending that sounds just like some crappy **Miami Sound Machine** song. I despise them both, and won’t go looking for links. > [@THIS song sound just like THAT song.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-song-sound-just-like-that-song/672106/101): > > That must be “[Words Get in the Way](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdZ4SeK3Gos).” Don’t bother to thank me; I accept cash or checks. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-two-songs-sound-so-alike-how-is-there-not-a-lawsuit/767151)._