8 Songs That 'Rip Off' Other Songs

[@DavidBennettPiano]

Try Pianote FREE for 30-Days: www.pianote.com/affiliate/davidbennett 🎹 📌 4:16 I muddled my Russian composers and said “Tchaikovsky” when I meant “Stravinsky”! Sorry for any confusion 😅😅

[@ConceptJunkie]

That's funny becayse I heard "Stravinsky"...

[@karllegrand]

Well, Thats because Stravinsky was plagiarizing Tchaikovsky's name...

[@ShadowFireclaws]

I've got a really interesting one for you to look at. The other day I was watching Goodtimes Entertainment's 1998 movie "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie". There's a song in the movie called "Show Me The Light" which is performed by Michael Lloyd & Debbie Lytton. Now I have a lot of CDs in my house of old bands & their music, & one of the CD's was a collection of songs from a 1970s band called Bread. From the first few chords of "Show Me The Light" I couldn't help but notice that it sounded exactly like Bread's song "Lost Without Your Love" which came out in 1977, 21 years before "Show Me The Light". The verse melodies of both songs also matched up perfectly.

[@SousSherpa]

I think Huey Lewis was asked to do a song for the Ghostbusters' soundtrack and he turned it down. That may have started it.

[@manonvernon8646]

Gotta love Gene Simmon's arbitrary reasoning for who he sues and doesn't sue...

[@blunderr6113]

Tbh I got the vibe from that quote that he might have been making a deadpan quip that people took seriously

[@MusicalRadiation]

​@@blunderr6113I don't think so. Simmons is well known for being an asshole

[@markallen2984]

I got lots of reasons to love Gene

[@freakazoid4691]

@@blunderr6113 I don’t think so. I just think they like and respect the Boss.

[@MrCarrera28]

Might also be because Paul Stanley ripped off 4th of July (Sandy) when he wrote Shandi :)

[@EricD514]

I need more pitchshifted Kiss. It makes Kiss sounds like what they look like.

[@xenialafleur]

What you need is Earth, Kiss, and Fire - "I Was Made for Boogie Wonderland" by Bill McClintock.

[@pateris]

Lip-syncing live ? (Yes, I know… I'm eeeeeevil…)

[@terezajadudova]

The theme from that Black Eyed Peas song is actually from Dvořák New World Symphony, so it's ridiculous that some other group or producer is making money of it. I'm sadly surprised no one mentioned it so far.

[@hyruleemblemier]

I noticed that too, it is one of my favorite orchestral pieces currently.

[@zzzaphod8507]

I was about to post this. Beginning of the 4th movement

[@Alan_Gutierrez]

I thought the same thing

[@klaus.mp3]

i thought the same

[@klaxoncow]

I wasn't thinking the same, but I just want to join this "love in" as it seems so wholesome.

[@ericktallent5663]

David repping the First Of October shirt makes me so happy

[@bongor628]

It's so close...

[@hyruleemblemier]

I just noticed! Same here!

[@RobinSylveoff]

Honestly melodies that are just going up and down a scale should not be considered copying

[@spindriftdrinker]

Which melody was going up and down a scale? Just curious.

[@rayjr62]

According to the judge who ruled over that case, it is considered copying. We are a nation of laws, not people who think the law only applies to others and not to them.

[@zimmejoc]

or melodies that are only 2 notes--lookin' at you Lovato & Icona

[@johnes4882]

​@@rayjr62tell me why a short 2-bar sequence should be protected, especially 40+ years after it was released

[@Paulnap]

Melodies need the same harmony background to sound similar. The springteen one sounds similar but it has a totally different mood. Also, the productions are totally different. Same with Ghostbusters/Lewis and Muzik.

[@batti591]

4:33, this also happened in Spider-Man 2. Sam Raimi used some of Chris Young's music from Hellraiser II as temp music during the first reactor scene. He liked it so much that he asked Danny Elfman to essentially copy it, which incensed Elfman and caused them to fall out(amongst other things). Raimi then replaced him with Young for Spider-Man 3

[@noodles2799]

Here's an example of a song lifting from other song. Blur's "M.O.R." lifts it's call and response vocals and melody from David Bowie's "Boys Keep Swinging"

[@davidgerrard8661]

Gorillaz rip off Spacer too

[@9Tailsfan]

Don't forget Vanilla Ice's Ice Ice Baby ripping off Under Pressure by David Bowie and Queen.

[@TheSultan1470]

​@@9Tailsfan Well, it's a hip hop sample

[@jaynefurze9942]

I'm old so my 2 songs are very dated, but I always thought that a Peter, Paul and Mary song...Stewball the Racehorse and John Lennon's Happy Christmas (War is over) sounded similar.... we are talking 60s early 70s 😊

[@GoDawgs18]

They sound the exact same

[@prschuster]

Damn! You're right.

[@zacvee7255]

It was like a roller coaster trying to decide whether Wayne’s apology was genuine or not

[@josrodsedre5142]

Lol I felt the same, it’s borderline passive-agressive

[@damianoakes2592]

Very much a "lawyers are making me say this" kind of vibe

[@DarkSideofSynth]

Genuine??? Come on. Stevens' is one of the most famous songs of the last 50 years. He knew he copied it, and then what? Simply forgot? The whole team behind just thought they could get away with that? It's a classic case of 'let's do it and hope we don't get caught, and if we do, just play the desperate, ashamed big fan part who apologises'.

[@DarkSideofSynth]

@@damianoakes2592 Exactly. Play dumb since you've been caught red-handed, and let us try and fix this, while spiking up our fees so you'll learn the next time ;)

[@alguitarchristie]

Practically all John Williams scores for Star Wars movies sound like Holst!

[@anthonyscully2998]

And Holst sounds a lot like Wagner

[@addyd.3140]

+ new world symphony, dvorak

[@michaeljoseph7879]

Not sure if anyone has mentioned it, but I've heard the term "demo love" for cases when a director's "temp music" becomes the only piece of music they want to use and then, for whatever reason, they can't and so end up using something very similar.

[@terryloh8583]

Really loved the explanation of the use of place-holder music in movies. That is something that I knew happened, but it never occurred to me the effect it would have on the composer. The one example I can think of is for the main theme to Star Trek VI. In that case I know that the composer, Cliff Eidleman was specifically told by the director Nicholas Meyer to come up with something that sounded like Stravisky's introduction to The Firebird.... which he did.

[@PianoMan-hx3ev]

As a composer, how are we supposed to catalog a ZILLION songs while trying to write our own? HOW????

[@ArthurB]

The build up for the ending part of Coldplay's "Adventure of a Lifetime" sounds like the chorus of "It's Only Love" by the Beatles

[@RobinSylveoff]

I have a strange feeling that this particular riff has appeared in even more songs

[@jonlavigne3270]

The thing about the Demi Lovato song is that they can’t really tell it’s copying the other one because in that genre of music everything sounds so similar that they can’t tell, and most listeners don’t care anyway, as long as they can dance to it.

[@freakazoid4691]

Similar, yes, but that was pretty close to identical. Much closer than the other examples.

[@ConceptJunkie]

Yeah, my reaction was "Why would you rip off such an awful song?"

[@alfaDude156]

Also, who would take an "artist" seriously after they claimed that they invented a two-tone "melody". It's something kids play on the piano in kindergarden.

[@ayyguevara8448]

l@@alfaDude156 literally the worst argument ever made against pop music you absolute philistine

[@AGD2112]

I get the rythmic similarilty ... utltra basic though it is... but how is 2 notes a melody ?!?

[@edryba4867]

I was a Radio DJ when the first three records mentioned here were released, and had these same thoughts at the time! David, I’m guessing that you compose music. Do you find it difficult to write a melody or a chord pattern and not feel that you may have heard it somewhere before, since every possible combination of the 12-tone musical scale we use had already been used sometimes in the last several hundred years?

[@Eselta_]

My first thought for the "I need a freak" riff, was Snoop Dogg's "Bring it on", where the vocals and melody in the beginning, lift directly from this as well.

[@Erotomania89]

Both "I love it" by Icona Pop and "Really don't care" by Demi Lovato were written by Swedish songwriters that know each other quite well. Could be that the writers of the Lovato song simply borrowed the hook, with consent from the writers of "I love it", or maybe it happened more subconsciously 'cause they've been working together on other projects.

[@slm_766]

There is a parody song based on "I love it" called "I ship it" (referring to members of fandoms "shipping" characters from TV shows, whether there is a logical reason for the 'shipping' or not.) It's hilarious!

[@ShadowFireclaws]

Demi Levato's "Really Don't Care" also borrows from Pat Benatar's "Shadows Of The Night". The line "And even when the stars and moon collide" in RDC sounds very similar to the line "We're running with the shadows of the night." in SOTN.

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

Another informative and entertaining video, Mr Bennett, for which many thanks. Isn't it becoming inevitable that melodies which appeal to the ear and/or don't sound too dissonant are increasingly likely to resemble earlier melodies, today? The Hurrian Hymn was written over 3,500 years ago. Repetition is impossible to avoid after so long a time.

[@robertsmith262]

This is why I like writing music outside of the 4/4 time signature. It’s less likely to sound like some other pop artists music.

[@bobby666666]

On the Beach Boys Smile deluxe boxset, there is one track that has the chorus sound exactly like the chorus for I Was Made For Loving You. The Beach Boys song was recorded 12 years before the Kiss song.

[@wllmhrnr]

You beat me to it! I replied to a post above before reading yours.

[@scytaleghola5969]

Post Toastee by Tommy Bolin and Cocaine by JJ Cale. Both released the same year, but not sure which one came first. Of course, both sound like they could have come from Cream's Sunshine of You Love. I have written stuff that I thought was original, only to find out later that it sounds like something else that it is possible I could have heard on the radio sometime in the past. However, I have also written things that sound like something else, only to learn that mine came first (but there was no way anyone could have ripped it off). In other words, coincidences happen.

[@francissreckofabian01]

I'm glad you mentioned Pop Muzik. Rite of Spring sounds like Twilight Zone ot the Outer Limits. The last example is so bland I'm surprised that this hasn't been copied many times.

[@nickstadler1906]

There has been so much talk about the Ray Parker, Jr./Huey Lewis thing over the years, yet so few ever mention M's Pop Muzik in that discussion. I'm glad you hit upon it, cos I had the link to the video in the chamber and ready to go if you didn't.

[@OldSchoolBowler]

I know you cover The Beatles extensively, David. Have you done one on the similarities between "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" and "Why Don't You Get a Job?" by The Offspring? When I heard it on the radio in 1999 it was pretty obvious. I thought they must have done it on purpose, sort of like a parody, but maybe not. Anyway, I really like your channel. I learn a great deal about music from you!

[@fnjesusfreak]

"There's something everyone can enjoy!"

[@blaisevillaume9051]

I think a few songs off the Americana album are in part meant to be twisted takes on big hits from the past. "She's Got Issues" seems to be inspired by "Hold on Loosely" by .38 Special for example.

[@ConradOsborn99]

The Black Eyed Peas and Sexual Harassment songs both sound like they're pulling from Dvorak's New World Symphony too.

[@C0X0S]

I'm disappointed. It's an obvious reference and I was expecting it to be mentioned...

[@Musicradio77Network]

There is one that I might add, the main theme to “My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic”. The first few seconds was a ripoff of a song from the 80’s which was the commercial for “My Little Pony” toy line, plus the first two specials, a theatrical animated film from 1986 and the animated series. Spencer Minchlin and Ford Kinder was the original composer for the original theme, but Daniel Ingram borrowed it without permission from the original composers, but he didn’t get credit for it. And then, the music kicked in, and the melody sounded a lot similar to the other song “Help” by the Beatles and “Walking On Sunshine” by Katrina & The Waves. That was plagiarism. Why did Daniel Ingram, the guy who did the theme song and the score borrowed it. If he did, he should’ve get sued.

[@noscrubbubblez6515]

We're all bombarded with info nowadays. Sometimes we hear a tune- and can't get it out of our heads. The Beatles spent much time with Donovan. Though I don't know what came first, the similarities in melody to John's Norwegian Wood and Donovan's Yellow is the Color (of my true love's hair) isn't lost on me.

[@hman1151]

need more of these videos

[@pianopressofficial]

Hey I just watched your video on Pianote, but I was subed way before that video. Nice work man, you explain music theory in a way that is understood easily.

[@h8rraider227]

I am a Classic Rock DJ at an FM station and over the years , while playing requests , i hear a lot of songs vaguely similar and others way too similar! I saved up a list of these songs for 8 years .. but many YT channels that feature these " rip-off" songs has still not mentioned a lot of these songs i compiled. One thing is sure , the "Sampling epidemic" in the music industry is horrendous!!

[@allenrodgers1577]

I haven’t listened to it since it was on the radio, but I remember waiting on the world to change sounding a lot like people get ready.

[@yohualtica]

There is an early 2000 song by the Mexican alternative rock band Jumbo called Cada Vez Que Me Voy which sounds quite similar to Congregation by Foo Fighters which came out in 2014. Either Grohl was listening to some under mexican indie at the time, or they both ripped off something else... But what was it?

[@jeffery9543]

Hoping if you make another one of these that you talk about Sum41's No Reason and Theres No Solution (both from the album Chuck, 2004), that are very blatantly "inspired" by One Step Closer, Crawling, and In The End (all from Hybrid Theory, 2000) by Linkin Park. No Reason is the most blatant, and is the One Step Closer rip. I do really like the two Sum41 songs, but I also really like Linkin Park, and it jumped out at me SO quickly lmao

[@brycecombs2868]

You should do a video on Lou Reed. I have been listening to his work and realized that he is a lot more brilliant than I earlier considered, having been caught up in his extreme lifestyle instead of his music. For instance, A Perfect Day has brilliant piano work, which reminds me of another song, but I cannot say what.🤦

[@manonvernon8646]

You can thank his buddy David Bowie for producing Transformer

[@ShadowFireclaws]

There's a part about Demi Levato's "Really Don't Care" that you forgot to mention. While it does lift mostly from Icona Pop's "I Love It", it's not the only song that "Really Don't Care" borrows from. If you listen to the line "And even when the stars and moon collide", you'd notice that it sounds very similar to "Shadows of the Night" by Pat Benatar, specifically the line "We're running with the shadows of the night."

[@zappababe8577]

I was listening to "Pop Muzic" recently and the similarity didn't jump out at me like the Hughie Lewis and the News track

[@zeeburn]

One of my personal favorites is the chorus to the Diana Vickers 2010 song “My Wicked Heart” is almost *identical* to Under The Bridge by RHCP. The chili peppers considered suing but never did. Although if this song came out today they’d 100% have a writing credit on it

[@das_murks]

1. The Beach Boys - Surfin USA is a copy of Chuck Berry- Sweet Little Sixteen. They settled somehow and Berry is always credited as writer when Surfin USA is put on a record. Brian WIlson said if I remembger correct, it should have been an hommage to Chuck Berry. 2. Stand-in Soundtrack could be the old Mortal Kombat Movie Theme Song ("Moooortal Kombaat") which is inspired by many eurodance-songs but one stands out clearly: 2 Unlimited -Twilight Zone.

[@sammylane21]

Father And Son, best used song in GoTG vol 2. Yondu Udonta... I will see you in the stars. 🥺😭

[@TheGerkuman]

Yay, I helped contribute to an episode! :) Edit: For those wondering, I brought up the Pop Musik thing on a Community Post made to preview this episode and David replied saying that he didn't know about it! So it's nice to see he added it in.

[@SoleaGalilei]

I think you misspoke at 4:15. Obviously you meant Stravinsky, not Tchaikovsky!

[@angelthman1659]

Thanks for bringing up Pop Muzik. It boggles my mind that almost no one ever talks about how I Want a New Drug ripped that off. I've been saying it for decades.

[@marcusnolte7476]

Ray Parker (& Raydio) did this all the time: "All In The Way You Get Down" is in the vein of Michel Jacksons "Off The Wall", "Until The Morning Comes" is more than a nod to "Lost In Music" by Sister Sledge

[@edsimnett]

The Morrissey song Every Day is Like Sunday is awfully similar in melody (and chords) to Love You by Primal Scream (Primal Scream is often derided as one long "influence," but to me this specific example seems very clear, and I've never seen it commented on). LY was being played live by Primal Scream as early as 1985, and released in 1987 while EDILS was written after/as the Smiths broke up in 1987 at the earliest, and not released until 1988.

[@vladislav_ivanovskiy]

I need a Freak theme was stolen from Dvorak's symphony, what do u think?

[@StillBowling4Dollars]

Great clip, David. Here's my submission for a "rip-off" song: "Mockingbird" by Grant Lee Buffalo (1990s) is clearly taken from "Goodbye Stranger" by Supertramp (1970s), all the way down to the falsetto chorus.

[@ShadowFireclaws]

I have a few more for you. 1) The instrumental to "My Baby Loves Me" by Martina McBride sounds strangely similar to that of "Born In The USA" by Bruce Springsteen 2) The opening chords and chord progression of "Show Me The Light" by Michael Lloyd and Debbie Litton sounds exactly like those from "Lost Without Your Love" by Bread 3) "Tennessee Whiskey" by Chris Stapleton sounds exactly the same as "I'd Rather Go Blind" by Etta James

[@PlanetoftheDeaf]

The Kylie/Kaiser Chiefs example is an interesting one, as while Ricky Wilson might be friendly with Kylie, the rest of the band (who co-wrote the song and don't have Ricky's TV and radio career) might be tempted by the chance of some income. Especially as it wasn't as Kylie wrote Padam Padam anyway, so the court case wouldn't be against her.

[@OBrasilo]

The Kaiser Chiefs song itself copied from the opening theme of the 1989 Italian TV show Il pranzo è servito, which was in turn influenced by a piece of classical music, I forgot which now.

[@OzMike]

Sweet child of mine and Australian Crawl's Unpublished Critics. Although Gunners only used the chord progressions (and rearranged the order) but as Ed Sheeran recently proved - you can't copyright a chord progression so technically not a copy which is probably why there has never been a lawsuit, but they definitely used it.. Australian Crawl were signed by Geffen Records in the early 80's.

[@dustinsutton6166]

In regards to KISS, they admitted that "Deuce" was inspired by The Rolling Stones "Bitch". I'd like to see a breakdown of both songs, should it be something that you'd be interested at looking into.

[@exF3-86]

I know I'm getting old when I remember Ghost Busters, I Want A New Drug AND Pop Musik when they first came out...

[@ernestscribble4922]

7:00 it is so a particular moment movement in Dvorack symphonie 9

[@gieselats]

My recommendation for a comparison. „Can‘t touch this“ (mc hammer), Falco „der Kommissar“. 😊

[@wiseoldfool]

Thank you David, another really informative and entertaining presentation! Keep them coming!

[@VariedView]

"Rock n Roll" by The Plasmatics was released in 1982. Certainly sounds like the inspiration for "10 Seconds To Love" by Motley Crue at 1:56. That track was released in 1983."

[@gregrozman328]

I recently purchased a Nord Grand…..do you love yours’ ? I just love mine.

[@ijskålleter]

@DavidBennettPiano Have you noticed that the melody of „I need a freak“ sounds exactly like Dvoraks 9th Symphony? 7:04

[@bobfrog4836]

I don't think the classical music in Star Wars was originally meant to be "temp" music. I believe that Lucas wanted a classical score in the same way that 2001 had used classical music. But John Williams was the one who thought Star Wars would be better served using Wagnerian leitmotivs and offered to compose the soundtrack.

[@Halfpipesaur]

I've heard "Padam, padam" and "Everyday I love you less and less" many times but somehow never noticed the similarity. I'd say they're different enough and the plagiarism lawsuit wouldn't hold.

[@eclipsemusic13cadomusic2]

Padam padam is a french song from Edith Piaf

[@Testgeraeusch]

I guess you could make a lawsuit work if you really wanted to; Adam Neely had a vid about this a while ago. Basicly, if it "kinda feels like a similar vibe" -> you can sue and maybe settle or win. Or just "it has notes that go up, hen down" -> you can also sue, even if the "vibe" is different. In short, most judges don't know much about music but still have to make a decision and with suggestive phrasing and framing, you can make these types of lawsuits work if you have the money and patience. It's sad :(

[@letter1014]

They hardly sound similar.

[@novakingood3788]

The fact he could write a song and record it, mix it, etc. and at no point did anyone in the band or the production team say, "Er, hang on a minute, isn't this a Cat Stevens' son?" I Love It/Really Don't Care don't have a melody. They're, to all intents and purposes, virtually monotonic.

[@TimothyJames-u5w]

Sorry if it's in a different video, but did you ever look at "Lady Madonna" (Beatles) and "What I Got" (Sublime)?

[@antonnym214]

Helen Reddy's Delta Dawn and the classic hymn, Amazing Grace. Warewolves of London and Lynyrd Skynyrd's Sweet Home Alabama.

[@FriendofWigner]

These comparisons are always entertaining, but also a bit discouraging. I have been 'writing' a song in my head for a couple years now (mostly lyrics and melody), but I am almost certain it is based on an existing song. The lyrics are basically a joke, and I tried singing them in a more blues/folk style, but I still hear a familiar cadence. FWIW, I think the tune is from a marching band piece; is Souza's work still under copyright?

[@davidmcauliffe8692]

Louie, Louie and Magic Carpet Ride had similar riffs, along with another song in the 70s (title and artist both escape me). The I, IV, V was pretty common among blues based rock musicians though.

[@pateris]

One that always seemed obvious is the riff from The Police's "Message in a bottle" that comes from the Blue Oyster Cult's "Don't fear the reaper". There's also the case of Rod Stewart using the theme from Jorge Ben's masterpiece "Taj Mahal" for "D'ya think Im sexy", which Stewart recognized (and probably made M. Ben rich !). Nirvana used Killing Joke's riff from "eighties" in "Come as you are", so far that they did not want to make it a single, but KJ said plagiarism is a form of flattery, since it gives out such a great song, and that's all they wrote. There's also the fact that Deep Purple's "Child in Time" look suspiciously like a song from forgotten band "It's a beautiful day", who recorded it first (as an instrumental) Another case would be Coldplay taking a theme from the mighty Kraftwerk (the band that was 40 years ahead of everyone, but I digress)… But the difference is that Coldplay asked nicely and Kraftwerk said "Go ahead !". That's class to you…

[@neilmclaughlin2347]

The Nirvana/Killing Joke riff are both ripped off from Thw Damned song ‘Life Goes On’

[@pateris]

@@neilmclaughlin2347 I absolutely love the Damned, especially the Phantasmagoria period, but I don't know this one, I'll check it out. thanks mate ! (Edit : checked. You're absolutely right. it's on their only album I don't have !

[@davidmcauliffe8692]

I would disagree on the Police song. Most of Don't Fear the Reaper revolved around the Am F to G riff while the Police riff in question was more complicated.

[@pateris]

@@davidmcauliffe8692 Since you obviously know more about the musical technique Involved than me, I'll trust you on this. Thanks mate !

[@davidmcauliffe8692]

@@pateris Thanks for being respectful. I try not to be a know- it-all, but sometimes I may overshare. 🤣

[@clementecontreras7944]

david i think you got the star wars soundtrack song and mars the bringer of war mixed up in the editing room

[@MortenMaehre]

The most obvious songs that spring to mind: The hook/title lines from Electric Light Orchestra (Jeff Lynne) "Can't Get It Out of My Head" and Kylie Minogue (Cathy Dennis / Rob Davis) "I Can't Get You Out of My Head". Even the lyrics are almost identical.

[@marlonennes1206]

Suggestions: * "Footlose" by Kenny Loggins & "All Right Now" by Free * "Feel this Moment" by Pitbull/Christina Aguilera & "Take On Me" by A-Ha * "Taj Mahal" by Jorge Ben & "Do You Think I'm Sexy" by Rod Stewart * "Misirlou" by Dick Dale & "Pump it" by The Black Eyed Peas * "The Time of my Life" by Bill Medley/Jennifer Warnes & "The Time" by The Black Eyed Peas

[@ShadowFireclaws]

I'll add a few more: - "My Baby Loves Me" by Martina McBride vs. "Born In The USA" by Bruce Springsteen - "Tennessee Whiskey" by Chris Stapleton vs. "I'd Rather Go Blind" by Etta James - "Show Me The Light (From the soundtrack of "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer: The Movie")" by Michael Lloyd ft. Debbie Lytton vs. "Lost Without Your Love" by Bread

[@saemikneu]

The capter descriptions are off on the second part of the video.

[@_seaiscalling42_]

my favourite example is Golden Skans by Klaxons and Hung Up by Madonna, it's not an exact rip off but the similarities (even mentioned by Klaxons) are quite funny

[@iliketrains3495]

Damn, that's a good catch, kind of ironic when Hung Up samples ABBA

[@computernaut]

I found that last example really interesting. I know the Icona Pop track well, so it was almost eerie to hear something that sounds something so similar not just in melody (or, let's be honest, lack thereof) but also in instrumentation.

[@ShadowFireclaws]

Demi Levato's "Really Don't Care" also borrows from Pat Benatar's "Shadows Of The Night". The line "And even when the stars and moon collide" in RDC sounds very similar to the line "We're running with the shadows of the night." in SOTN.

[@TwilightZeaux]

The opening riff to Around the World by Red Hot Chili Peppers sounds an awful lot like the opening riff to the cover of Breadfan by Budgie played by Metallica. Breadfan by Budgie = kzbin.info/www/bejne/a2WrZHiLdt-jjMk (1973) Cover of Breadfan by Budgie, by Metallica = kzbin.info/www/bejne/bnmVZoF7ea58h7M (1998) Red Hot Chili Peppers' Around the World = kzbin.info/www/bejne/l2rIf4SQl8-jgM0 (1999)

[@matthewmoran4158]

I like that the tune for the Pianote commercial used was George Martin's solo for The Beatles ' In My Life ', which for playing ease was recorded over a slowed down backing track. Similar process Pianote uses, same idea anyway.

[@downzy56]

Every time I hear Icona Pop's "I Don't Care," I think of U2's "Numb." The two choruses sound a lot alike.

[@Elizabeth-vh6il]

The "I Need a Freak" vs. "My Humps" one is reminding me of something else but I can't think what that is and it's bugging me. Closest an online search turned up was Brahms' Quartet for piano & strings, Opus 60, which *might* have been what I was thinking of because I do listen to a lot of classical music but the first 2 pitches are different and I'm not convinced that I was remembering something classical in this case.

[@simonjohnson3641]

I’m thinking Dvořák and movement IV of the New World Symphony - is that it by any chance?

[@D800Lover]

For Jethro Tull, Ian Anderson wrote "We Used To Know" and then later "Hotel California" and the fact that Jethro Tull performed their song whilst on tour with The Eagles. Unconscious, perhaps. But Ian Anderson never sued. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXjZpqttrJZ4l5Y Edit: Take Martin Barre's guitar solo that takes out the song "We Used To Know", and put it in for Joe Walsh's solo in "Hotel California" and it would pretty much work.

[@jacksonsay37]

I don't know if you covered this already, but "Gloria" by Laura Branigan copied the riff from "Saturday Night's Alright" by Elton John.

[@robertomarega6499]

Gloria was written by Umberto Tozzi, italian singer and Composer

[@MrDrakedrake]

In the score on I want a new drog, the score says it is D major (##) , but in the analys you write D as IV? this also happen in other songs in the video. Misstake? or am I just confused?

[@DavidBennettPiano]

It’s because those songs use a mode. It is still the right sharps in the signature but yea it is confusing. Sorry about that!

[@sammylane21]

M was just a few months ahead (it came out in '79... shocking, huh?) of everyone because their song Pop Muzik has a very '80's electronica sci-fi sound to it.

[@charky6683]

the riff from the end has no end by the strokes CLEARLY rips off the riff from sweet child o mine by guns n roses

[@XistoKente]

If you ever do another one of these, Ghost's 2022 song off of Impera called "Griftwood" opens with a riff that is strikingly similar to Van Halen's "Ain't Talkin Bout Love".

[@littlelego]

I've always found it interesting how songs can be inspired by others, but I have never heard anyone mention the following songs- The similarity. It seems I am the only one that hears it: 38 Special "Hold On Loosely" & Keith Urban "Kiss the Girl". I can swear the main rhythm guitar sounds exactly alike! Just take a listen sometime.....

[@GoDawgs18]

They definitely do

[@GeorgeNikolaidis-w2x]

This "I need a freak" song piece (and "My Humps" also) look to me being directly taken from Dvorzak Synphony Nr 9

[@48Ender48]

There's a line in a Blink 182 song that's lifted straight from 'Come as you are'. "I took my time, I hurried up. The choice was mine..."

[@paristhalheimer]

Q: is it me, or is the piece of music, "Think!" used on the game show, "Jeopardy!" basically end with almost the exact notes and melody as Pop Goes the Weasel?

[@ShadowFireclaws]

That could also explain why Gotye's "Somebody That I Used To Know" sounds like The Alphabet Song, Baa Baa Black Sheep, and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. 😂

[@philipmccann2358]

How about “ hotel California “ And “What we used to know “ by Jethro Tull The Eagles had been support band for Tull who did “ what we used to know” Then they went away and wrote “ hotel California”

[@howardhales6325]

Escape Club's "Wild, Wild West" sounds a lot like "Pump It Up" by Elvis Costello. When askes why he didn't sue, Elvis said because "Pump It Up" was largely stolen from Bob Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues." They all do it to some extent.

[@psrando]

In country music. Atlanta's song " Sweet Country Music" appears to be a clone of Alabama's "Mountain Music"

[@I_Will_Cook_What_I_Want]

Just discovered one the other night, Jelly Roll, "Save Me", sounds almost just like "Smile" by Sixx AM

[@unknownfilmmaker777]

What’s that music at the end?

[@OBrasilo]

The Italian opening theme of a Nils something (forgot the second part now) cartoon also copied that Kiss song.

[@user-eh1gv5ld5o]

"I Will Survive" and the original "Rocky" theme song has a part which sounds very similar to each other.

[@MichaelForbes-d4p]

Every christmas I listen to Rite of Spring. Its so christmassy

[@getahanddown]

I'm confident the Flaming Lips example would be a cheeky nod not an accident. Listen to their works, none of it is accidental from the lyrics to the arraingement

[@davidvirgilio902]

I’m still waiting on someone to make a link between the lead guitar in “Take It On The Run” by REO Speedwagon and the main rhythm in “Life Goes On” by Poison. Also, “Best Day of my Life” by American Authors was very heavily plagiarized by We Are Messengers song “Everything Comes Alive”.

[@wildwillieshow6203]

There's a part in Cover Me by Springsteen that sounds like Dirty Livin by Kiss. Its small but there.

[@paulanthonymorrisjr]

Maybe you can do a series where you explore world music?