# This song sounds almost exactly like THAT song! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 6, 2009, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-song-sounds-almost-exactly-like-that-song/512809 "2009-10-06T12:36:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-song-sounds-almost-exactly-like-that-song/512809/61 "2009-10-07T20:51:11Z")
[All I Ever Wanted](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nObMAalqfsA) by Canadian Idol season 5 winner Brian Melo and [Iris](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFuJW5Bdbe4) by the Goo Goo Dolls ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-song-sounds-almost-exactly-like-that-song/512809/62 "2009-10-07T21:00:54Z")
The “why why yo” chorus to Bob Marley’s “Buffalo Soldier (2:13)” [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/S5FCdx7Dn0o/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGHIgXCgRMA8=&rs=AOn4CLBCrvAaN2PGIU9qErhqBtg8mnbAIw "Bob Marley - Buffalo soldier") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5FCdx7Dn0o) and, um, the Theme to the Banana Splits: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxhoGTq_Sms) ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Ed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Just\_Ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Ed)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-song-sounds-almost-exactly-like-that-song/512809/63 "2009-10-08T01:06:19Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > The Doors “Hello I Love You” sounds much too much like the Kink’s “All the Day And All of the Night.” Ray Davies considered suing, but decided against it. [No, he sued (and won).](http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=242) My contribution: I’ve always thought the bass lines of [Midnight Oil’s “Beds are Burning”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10BbpGKLXqk) and [Bruce Springsteen’s “Pink Cadillac”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwCdMRyWdLo) were nearly identical. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-song-sounds-almost-exactly-like-that-song/512809/64 "2009-10-08T02:45:38Z")
If you listen to the song [Wooly Bully](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHF558u6Q_8&feature=related) by the Pharoahs, you can hear the backbeat sounds almost exactly like [Wipeout](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5D07c0dJuQ) by the Surfaris. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-song-sounds-almost-exactly-like-that-song/512809/65 "2009-10-08T07:04:30Z")
Some people confuse Leroy Anderson’s [Syncopated Clock](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWdNhYJsODo) with the [Jeopardy! _Think Music._](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Jf2xypoUjo) ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-song-sounds-almost-exactly-like-that-song/512809/66 "2009-10-08T08:14:05Z")
Pretty much the whole of modern pop music sounds like [Pachelbel’s canon in D major](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdxkVQy7QLM). ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-song-sounds-almost-exactly-like-that-song/512809/67 "2009-10-08T09:09:57Z")
I think I already posted this in one of the many repeat clones of this thread.( Isn’t there a single original idea amongst you, it’s always like groundhog day around this place?). But I think there was a definite rip off in the case of [Copeland](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_KZO0XZ5aM&feature=PlayList&p=90B1A04FE3CAF152&index=0&playnext=1) vs.[Fallout Boy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0T-gxtVUzM). Copeland is the better band, but it lost out to POP. ---
**Author:** ![natterj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/dbc845/32.png) [@natterj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/natterj)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-song-sounds-almost-exactly-like-that-song/512809/68 "2009-10-08T12:49:32Z")
Joe Walsh’s [Rocky Mountain Way](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt75y38J00s) and Steve Miller Band’s [The Stake](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6u1ivbKs7A) ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-song-sounds-almost-exactly-like-that-song/512809/69 "2009-10-08T13:13:13Z")
_I’ll Be There_ by the Jackson Five v _Let It Be Me_ by the Everly Brothers. Comedy group Supergirly used to sing _Hit Me Baby (One More Time)_ and _Oops, I Did It Again_ against each other - they fit quite well. I’ve heard (but have trouble believing) that the Marley/Banana Splits thing is deliberate - that Marley liked the riff and “borrowed” it. I don’t think it’s been completely confirmed or debunked, and it’s too late now to ask Bob. ---
**Author:** ![Gesturing\_Mildly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/65b543/32.png) [@Gesturing\_Mildly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gesturing_Mildly)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-song-sounds-almost-exactly-like-that-song/512809/70 "2009-10-08T17:26:45Z")
> [@Commander\_Keen](#): > > That riff always sort of reminded me of Crazy Train by Ozzy Osbourne. The more I think about it, the more it sounds like “Hallowed be Thy Name” by Iron Maiden. ---
**Author:** ![BigNik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/73ab20/32.png) [@BigNik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigNik)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-song-sounds-almost-exactly-like-that-song/512809/71 "2009-10-08T22:02:52Z")
> [@emcee2k](#): > > Nickelback song and other Nickelback song. The comedy band Tripod some years ago had a piece where they sang a round of the first four singles from Oasis’ “(What’s the Story?) Morning Glory” to show the identical chord progressions. [QUOTE=Tripod] “And all the simple melodies are winding Around the same progression and we’re finding That you’ve released four singles When you’ve only written one Good luck to you” [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-song-sounds-almost-exactly-like-that-song/512809/72 "2009-10-09T14:42:15Z")
Here’s a threesome: Seether - [Rise Above This](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NO2nqcN3EGg&feature=channel) Lifehouse - [Hanging by a Moment](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFzUB_tX-Io) …and (Chris) Daughtry sounds like both of those songs, I thought Rise Above This was Daughtry. ---
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-song-sounds-almost-exactly-like-that-song/512809/73 "2009-10-09T19:59:09Z")
Well, of course, every beginning guitar player (at least did back when I was one) figures out that “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” and “Feelin’ Alright (I’m not Feeling Too Good Myself)” are the same song. Many such guitarists also realize that “Take a Walk On the Wild Side” is also the same song, with bass lick added. ---
**Author:** ![Chum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3ab097/32.png) [@Chum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chum)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-song-sounds-almost-exactly-like-that-song/512809/74 "2009-10-09T20:19:02Z")
> [@Gesturing\_Mildly](#): > > Can I ask for help on one? The first time I heard Papa Roach’s [Last Resort](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zy0o7nybhY) (which is beyond terrible, IMO) I knew the riff was a ripoff of something. But for the life of me, like 10 years later, I still can’t figure out what it is. When I was in high school, a friend and I did a project for a political science class about Tommy Thompson (then US Secretary of Health and Human Services). Rather than a boring presentation, we did a song that mixed together “Last Resort”, Green Day’s “Brain Stew” (which **control-z** already mentioned), and the Foo Fighter’s “My Hero.” It was pretty good. I wish I had a recording of it to share. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-song-sounds-almost-exactly-like-that-song/512809/75 "2009-10-09T22:00:39Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > The “why why yo” chorus to Bob Marley’s “Buffalo Soldier (2:13)” > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5FCdx7Dn0o](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5FCdx7Dn0o) > > and, um, the Theme to the Banana Splits: > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxhoGTq\_Sms&feature=related](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxhoGTq_Sms&feature=related) Thank you! For years I thought I was the only one who thought that. (The problem being that most people I mention it to have no idea who the Banana Splits were.) And on a similar note, the beginning of the acoustic version of “Outta Mind Outta Site” on Wilco’s “Being There” (the one on the second disc) has always reminded me of the Sesame Street Theme. ---
**Author:** ![HelloKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@HelloKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKitty)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-song-sounds-almost-exactly-like-that-song/512809/76 "2009-10-10T16:55:06Z")
I am cracking up thinking about the Banana Splits! Mingo, Jingo, Drooper and Snortz?? The first sound-alikes I thought of are Phil Collins’ **Sussudio** and Prince’s **1999**. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-song-sounds-almost-exactly-like-that-song/512809/77 "2009-10-10T17:10:54Z")
> [@Kizarvexius](#): > > but is also the melody for Monty Python’s song about traffic lights. > > I still haven’t forgiven him for that. Oh thanks for putting\* that\* in my head. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-song-sounds-almost-exactly-like-that-song/512809/78 "2009-10-10T17:16:25Z")
Elvis Costello: [Little Palaces](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihoYSmmBkG8) = Bob Dylan:[Wedding Song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTRSVmxiLoQ) ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-song-sounds-almost-exactly-like-that-song/512809/79 "2009-10-10T18:05:25Z")
The choruses to Bon Jovi’s “Living on a Prayer” and Belinda Carlisle’s “Heaven Is A Place On Earth” are remarkably similar. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-song-sounds-almost-exactly-like-that-song/512809/80 "2009-10-26T03:16:42Z")
> [@devilsknew](#): > > But I think there was a definite rip off in the case of [Copeland](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_KZO0XZ5aM&feature=PlayList&p=90B1A04FE3CAF152&index=0&playnext=1) vs.[Fallout Boy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0T-gxtVUzM). Copeland is the better band, but it lost out to POP. No, wait… I was actually thinking of the newest from Alexisonfire, _not_ Fallout Boy (although, there are some clear sonic parallels…). The eerie lyrical and melodic case of [Copeland- Walking Downtown](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_KZO0XZ5aM&feature=PlayList&p=90B1A04FE3CAF152&index=0&playnext=1) versus [Alexisonfire- This Could Be Anywhere In The World](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23Ivt-ikYIk&feature=PlayList&p=B2A5D94714790816&index=0&playnext=1) This City , this City is Haunted. Walking Downtown. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-song-sounds-almost-exactly-like-that-song/512809.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-song-sounds-almost-exactly-like-that-song/512809.md?page=5)