Songs that sound alike

Dolbert

My Lovely Horse is a shameless rip-off of that nice B-side by Nin Huguen and the Huguenotes. Not many people heard it, turns out everyone connected with the song was killed in a plane crash

Chardee MacDennis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvB9Pj9Znsw

fryup

here's another two

The Stones being ripped off by Oasis

demanufactured

Dolbert wrote: »

No, nothing alike at all, apart from the same riff, song structure, melody etc.

Here's another, Katy Perry's ET and All The Things She Said by Tatu

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chzVOJyoJLQ

Are you tone deaf?

ofcork

Some of these songs are obvious samples ie pitbull hotel room samples nightcrawlers.There is a series of albums called sampled,some tracks are obvious others not as much.

Sudden Valley

The XX -Infinity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCBm5VbwJvY

and

Chris Isaak- Wicked Games

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBx1Q3DEyDY

rubadub

"My sweet lord" was copied from "he's so fine" and was Harrison was sued

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYiEesMbe2I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rinz9Avvq6A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kNGnIKUdMI

Later in the 1970s, "My Sweet Lord" was at the centre of a heavily publicised copyright infringement suit, due to its similarity to the Ronnie Mack song "He's So Fine", a 1963 hit for the New York girl group the Chiffons. In 1976, Harrison was found to have subconsciously plagiarised the earlier tune, a verdict that had repercussions throughout the music industry. He claimed to have used the out-of-copyright "Oh Happy Day", a Christian hymn, as his inspiration for the song's melody.

There is a tesco advert currently on TV and to me it sounds like it was heavily influenced by Malcolm McLarens double dutch. As do several songs on Paul Simon's Graceland, which did come out after double dutch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt6Co7EMNCU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT1qQ4v15vE

MRnotlob606

The Superman theme and the Star Wars theme

Dolbert

demanufactured wrote: »

Are you tone deaf?

Hope not, as someone who plays by ear a hell of a lot and has done for the last 20 years. Who knows though, maybe everyone's just been really polite this entire time. I'm not saying it's always intentional of course. When you're writing a song you're constantly wondering if it's accidentally similar to something else. There's only a certain amount of chord progressions and melodies out there.

Just thought of another, Oasis and the Coca-Cola song. Ah, the 90s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUoVQ-kB7DQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib-Qiyklq-Q

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MCtSVjIQNw

Roanmore

AnonoBoy wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJLDjYRfx3g

Bohemian Like you has just ripped the riff from this song by The Specials:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YthLQSqXjLo

Both use the riff from Brown Sugar.

Dolbert

Green Day were heavily 'inspired' by The Kinks on this track

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eebfMFzJHNs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7encWb7lNQ

The Adversary

T-Rex- Get it on.

Oasis- Cigarettes and alcohol.

Beady eye- Flick of the finger.

The prodigy- stand up.

Also, one direction shamelessly stole the riff to the whos "baba o Reilly" and still had the audacity to claim it was their own song.

AnonoBoy

Roanmore wrote: »

Both use the riff from Brown Sugar.

I don't hear it.

Bonzo Delaney

Beyoncé's If I were a boy or what ever it's called is an unashamedly rip of
of Joan Osbourne's If god was one of us

Bafucin

“Run Through The Jungle” (1970) and John Fogerty “The Old Man Down The Road” (1985)

The White Stripes “Ugly As I Seem” (2005) and Kid Rock “Born Free” (2010)

Keith Jarrett “Long As You Know You’re Living Yours” (1974) and Steely Dan “Gaucho” (1980)

The Kinks “All Day and All of the Night” (1964) and The Doors “Hello, I Love You” (1968)

The Hollies “The Air That I Breathe” (1974) and Radiohead “Creep” (1992)

Cat Stevens “Father & Son” (1970) and Flaming Lips “Fight Test” (2003)

There are LOADS more i think of.

Bonzo Delaney

Also reckon Bob Daisley fell asleep listening to The Temptations Papa was a rolling stone the night before he wrote the bass line to Crazy Train for Ozzy Ozbourne.

Arne_Saknussem

AnonoBoy wrote: »

I don't hear it.

Always got Brown Sugar from that Dandy Warhols song too

KeithM89

Probably mentioned already but:

Complete rip-off of Eurovision winner:

The narrator even makes a dig at the end of the first vid.

accountname

accountname wrote: »

Also, an unlikely one; One Directions "Midnight Memories" is very reminiscent of Def Leppards "Pour Some Sugar On Me"!

Think that One Direction song actually does sample "Pour Some Sugar On Me", so it's not just a coincidence.

Weezer's Beverly Hills sounds like "Pour Some Sugar On Me" - according to this piece, "Beverly Hills" came from an assignment that Rick Rubin gave to Rivers Cuomo to write a song using the beat from "Pour Some Sugar On Me"!

AnonoBoy

Arne_Saknussem wrote: »

Always got Brown Sugar from that Dandy Warhols song too

Interesting. I've listened back to them and wouldn't say they're close enough.

Whereas The Specials song is the exact same riff.

KungPao

Submission by the Pistols sounds like All Day...by the Kinks.

Rain Down On Me by Phil Collins is like Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd.

The keyboard solo part (and la la las) of Coping by Blur is very similar to the main riff of Holiday Song by the Pixies...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ir4iDEmSrg8

And from around 1:30...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozV0WZ5_5FA

fryup

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkcZV97O3pw

philstar

Was listening to the radio just now, and i must say...Led Zeppelin's Trampled under foot sounds very like Doobie Brother's Long train Running

...agree

chopperbyrne

dr.bollocko wrote: »

I know that pain.
It grabs a hold of me tightly.
Flowing like a harpoon daily and nightly.

Will it ever stop?

This post deserves far more thanks.

KungPao

On an advert these days...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwVA5zYfNWw

Is a total rip-off of:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEoW3ZJViD0

Don't make me bust you up, man!

fizzylizzy

I don't think I can post links as I don't have enough posts but Cheryl Cole's - Fight for this love and Kelis' - Little Star

DEFTLEFTHAND

The Doors had to give The Kinks a writing credit on 'Hello I love you' to stay out of court.

Green Day blatantly lifted the riff of the Kinks 'Picture book' and used it in their song Warning.

Oasis were successfully sued by Coca Cola for $500,000. (I'd like to teach the world to sing vs Shakermaker)

Creation Records pulled 'Step Out' from the Oasis album Whats the story morning glory at the last minute when Stevie Wonder's legal team made contact. The chorus's of both songs were deemed to be too alike. Step Out was buried to the B side of Don't Look Back in Anger and Stevie was given a writing credit, entitling him to 10% royaltys on the song.

Hozier's Take Me To Church and Sinead O'Connor's Take Me To Church.

Saipanne

fryup wrote: »

This song is a rip off of this song

its basically the same tune at a slower pace, don't you agree?? .........

I hate the term "rip off" in describing songs. Before the commercialisation of music, songwriters borrowed ideas from each other all the time. It was considered paying homage. Then a bunch a lawyers showed up and ruined the whole thing.

So, when people say "rip off", all I hear are the words of lawyers.