These songs have the same chords... let's swap them!

[@el_walser]

Sexy Sadie's Vocals over Karma Police's Instrumental really got me wanting that cover. 😄

[@mikestaff3042]

Yes, I’d love to hear a longer version 😁

[@grimmertwin2148]

Yeah both bands sound shite on their own 😂😂😂

[@TomDobo1992]

Same, it sounded incredible.

[@Dreamy2k]

frrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[@Mason_Reactions]

​@@grimmertwin2148 bull shite pal 😂

[@justintroyka8855]

I've also heard that "Mr. Blue Sky" was Jeff Lynne's attempt to expand the McCartney bridge section of "A Day in the Life" into a full song. One small point of comparison: the panting breath in "Mr. Blue Sky" after the line "running down the avenue" and the panting breath in "A Day in the Life" after the line "I noticed I was late".

[@wyattstevens8574]

Another one (not ADITL, but still Beatles) is the "clang clang clang" sound, which someone said could have been inspired by Penny Lane!

[@ChrisOwenGuitar]

@@wyattstevens8574 Apparently, the clanging sound was created by hitting a fire extinguisher with a drumstick.

[@bunnyleaningonasquishedbun5542]

​@@ChrisOwenGuitar jeff should've done what the Beatles did in get back, use an anvil lol

[@marknewbold2583]

Jeff was a copyist not an artist

[@GizzyDillespee]

He copies artistically, so we're slicing c hairs now

[@victorhugotoledocofre1366]

This is an epic moment in my life!! Been waiting for that "Sexy Police" mashup since 1997. Thanks, Dave!! 😍🥰

[@DavidBennettPiano]

❤

[@grimmertwin2148]

​@@DavidBennettPianocopyright tidal wave

[@ThinWhiteAxe]

"Sexy Police" lmaooo

[@forastero4ever]

"Karma Sadie"

[@RobertPrével]

@@forastero4ever👍

[@laeclorentzen6111]

Yesterday over Mr. Blue Sky is beautiful, and gives a whole new meaning to the song

[@RugbyLeaguePassport]

Ones a song of sorrow, the other of optimism

[@pooman784]

I would say the Sexy Sadie vocals with Karma Police instrumental worked better than that

[@laeclorentzen6111]

@@pooman784 I loved that one too, I need a full version. It's just that those two songs are pretty melodically similar. Yesterday//Mr. Blue Sky seems like a more drastic shift in a lot of ways, so it's more surprising that it works.

[@jcarty123]

i claim credit, for pointing out - in David's comments, earlier video, long ago - that _Yesterday_ & _Mr Blue Sky_ have same opening chords. :) Sorry to brag, but it was smart & I did notice it on my own / no software. One more thing: _Yesterday_ is a "D melodic minor" scale.

[@ChristopheOosterwijk]

agreed!

[@MonsieurBiga]

David, you can now save so much time and listen to The Beatles and Radiohead AT THE SAME TIME :O :O :O

[@DavidBennettPiano]

😂😂🥰🥰

[@gaskellr44]

Why do that, as they are both arguably the greatest bands ever to create and play music, better to have them seperate from each other.

[@shambhav9534]

@@DavidBennettPiano Seriously dude, Sexy Sadie over Karma Police instrumental is a genuinely good song.

[@urilevy1]

I now pronounce you the head a of the David Bennett’s official fan club

[@yeetyeetonthestreet-colinm1186]

@@gaskellr44r/woooosh

[@1rwjwith]

Exactly why you can’t copyright chord progressions! IT IS THE MELODY THAT COUNTS.

[@bflopez06]

the instrumental for mr. blue sky paired with yesterday's vocals especially slapped 👏👏👏

[@carlorossi4928]

I need the full version

[@JasonOurs-u1k]

Depressing lyrics with uplifting music😅

[@Elektrochoke]

Your Spanish subtitles are always so perfect. Even the notes on the screen are translated! Muchas gracias! 🥰

[@isomeme]

8:30 "Jeff Lynne is a very big Beatles fan." Your entry in the Understatement of the Year contest has been duly recorded. 🙂

[@grantbartley483]

ELO is a Beatles tribute band with original songs

[@valerioquaranta]

@@grantbartley483ELO is the Beatles if they were good

[@grantbartley483]

@@valerioquaranta lol

[@bunnyleaningonasquishedbun5542]

​@@valerioquarantatbh I'd take that as a compliment better than being put in the same category as the backstreet boys or one direction

[@jsullivan2112]

@@valerioquaranta LOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

[@ZOB4]

David Bennett has achieved his ultimate dream - combining Radiohead and The Beatles into the same song. Now his KZbin journey is complete.

[@bettyswunghole3310]

Considering the number of songs Noel Gallagher has "been inspired by", I think it's a bit rich of him to start throwing accusations of plagiarism about!

[@giginger]

He only waited for 50% of the Beatles to die.

[@nautje]

I was thinking the same thing.

[@charliekelland7564]

You and Me both mate.

[@JeffreyChadwell]

That's just what I came here to say

[@13donstalos]

Good musician. Still a tool.

[@svivian]

1:25 I immediately recognised OK Computer even in blurred form

[@the1gip]

If David's videos were a drinking game, 1:25 would definitely be the cue!

[@joepgreijmans]

I immediately recognised The White Album, even in blurred form!

[@thesovietunion9542]

yep

[@ibdense]

What? These words have the same letters so let’s swap them… Word 1…dial Word 2…laid Now let’s swap the letters Word 1…dial Word 2…laid Terrible headline! You are so much better than this.

[@ajhhc]

No only did I recognize the albums, but I also knew which songs those would be

[@ChasMusic]

Sexy Sadie vocals with Radiohead worked really well. I very much appreciate that when you do videos that feature a tool that you think so hard about showing practical applications which reveal new insights about songs we've listened to.

[@Bradovski]

David : "See if you can identify the 2 songs that have been swapped around". Subscribers (before the audio even plays) : "A Beatles song and a Radiohead song?"

[@tweer64]

I recognized the album artwork behind the blurring.

[@alicialexists]

Wonderwall and Boulevard of Broken Dreams went so well together! Their shared chord progression reminded me of "Hello" by Adele.

[@Franlu95]

There is a really well known mashup for Wonderwall and Boulevard of Broken Dreams that also uses Travis' Writing To Reach You (which btw mentions Wonderwall in the lyrics) and Eminem's version of Dream On in Sing For The Moment. One swap that I usually do to piss off my friends is Radiohead's Creep instrumental with Andres Calamaro's Flaca, have to mention that these two doesn't share chord progression so if you want to explain why this works so good I'll be glad to hear it

[@HonestlyThor]

Yes! "Boulevard of Broken Songs" by Party Ben. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rafaq3elnLt1nJo

[@rohit.iyengar]

Those were the limewire days 😊

[@randalalansmith9883]

I ALWAYS sing Sexy Sadie when Karma Police is playing.

[@Drumulr]

Haha...i noticed this when learning Karma Police on guitar

[@DavidMcdonald-df8tb]

The name Karma Police is a self fulfilling prophecy 😂

[@josegautama]

There was a very popular rock singer in Brazil, Raul Seixas. One of his biggest hits, "Maluco Beleza", is very interesting. He took the chord progression from the chorus of John Lennon's Imagine, (You may say I'm a dreamer...) cut the progression in half, put the second half before the first half, sped it down and made his chorus (Vou ficar ah, ficar com certeza....) Very hard to notice but when you hear it, you can't unhear it. Very clever, indeed.

[@Zaffre_ENTMT]

David Bennet delving briefly and accidentally onto mashup culture wasn't something I would have expected him to do... but it makes so much sense for him to do so.

[@criggie]

More! I think there's a sub-genre of *random-song* plus Rick Astley's Never gonna give you up that could be explored. kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4W7q3mhjr1qY8k and kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYWWnnavl8ebnJI come to mind.

[@standardofexcellence]

Music theory 102

[@kibago1]

These swapped songs are really awesome to hear and work so well! Would love to hear more examples, regardless of whether the chord progressions are uncommon or not. I applaud your work, David!

[@DavidBennettPiano]

Thank you!

[@10Mymymymy]

Pretty cool, Mr. Piano

[@DavidBennettPiano]

Thanks 😊

[@prettychords]

nice one Mr. Commenter

[@klaxoncow]

@@prettychords Hey, it's in the channel name. Mr. David Piano. Middle name: Bennett. (By the way, "Peano" - said like "piano" - is actually a real surname. Only discovered that the other day, watching a video that actually had a real "Mr. Peano" in it. And I thought "wait, what? His surname is piano?". Yes, but spelt "Peano". Though totally said like "piano". I'm surprised Dickens didn't use that for a musician in one of his novels, fond as he was of "nominative determinism" for his characters.)

[@nobodyislistening150]

@@klaxoncownerd

[@mastermind-2011]

0:16 Yesterday but Paul met Linda

[@sonja_rademacher]

This made me smile, thank you David!

[@Pyroific]

i love doing this if i randomly hear a song that reminds me of another ill try to layer them and see if they're matching!

[@Lotschi]

Twist and Shout and La Bamba always mix together in my head

[@mebamme]

Same here! It's always a magic moment. Most of the time at least one of the songs is pretty obscure though so it's tough to find anyone else appreciating the mashup :

[@gatergates8813]

"Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" matches up in a strange but nice way with "Why Don't You Get A Job?" by The Offspring

[@Pyroific]

@mebamme as someone that listens to a lot of electronic music I feel that big time lol

[@PowerRedBullTypology]

I did it a while aog with the Within Temptation song "Faster" and "Wicked Game" by Chris Isaak. Matched perfectly. Now I have this rock/metal version of wicked game...haha

[@pheaston]

The Beatles/Radiohead shared progression I've always noticed is Don't Let me Down and High and Dry. There are some differences but overall either melody can be sung over the other song's chord progression. Same key, too.

[@frrmack]

Thanks!

[@slidenaway]

Wonderwall and Boulevard of Broken Dreams better be on this list!!!

[@DavidBennettPiano]

😮

[@slidenaway]

@@DavidBennettPiano haha BOOM I know you too well 😁😁

[@LeonisYT]

Boulevard of broken songs ftw

[@RifqiMainGitar]

Let's call it Boulevard of Broken Wall

[@LeonisYT]

@@RifqiMainGitar oh, there was already a really popular mashup that also included Aerosmith at the end also in the mid 2000s. It's called boulevard of broken songs Edit: it's the one by dean gray

[@Pacozj_3DParla]

This software is amazing and you are a genius!

[@charliezard64]

Dude, I would love more of these!

[@elvwood]

It's kind of like Four Chords, but with *un*common chord progressions! I like it!

[@Crab._.940]

The Mr Blue Sky vocals over yesterday sounds like something from a Wes Anderson film

[@TDtheTV]

For people interested in song mashups I would suggest Neil Cicierega's Mouth album series, there's a lot of clever combinations in them. Most tracks even contain more than 2 songs, some really funny and others super groovy.

[@starr_forest]

Cant believe I had to scroll this far to find a mention of Neil

[@Kjt853]

Years ago, I noticed a somewhat shocking similarity between The First Edition’s “What Condition My Condition Was In” and Johnny Rivers’ “Secret Agent Man.” You can practically sing the words of either while the other is playing.

[@riffraffrichard]

For me it’s not a rip off when the mood and atmosphere and melody and other arrangements are creatively different then it becomes something different

[@luigiscazzari4724]

Cool stuff. This has the potential to become a staple of the channel

[@threeleggedman]

In my wedding guitarist days I noticed that Paul's "My love" and John's "Imagine" share the same chorus, instrumentally with one relative chord substitution. Check it out!

[@slidenaway]

Awesome idea for a video and great execution! I think you can do plenty of follow-ups, this can be a whole series where you do mashups!!!

[@REDOPTICALCORP]

This was so cool!!! Thanks for doing this!

[@lucastorres6023]

Mr. Yesterday - Sexy Police - Wonderwall of Broken Dreams are songs featured here in this video, thanks David

[@kristinawessely3888]

,,Ruby Tuesday" and ,,Blinded by Rainbows", both written by Mick Jagger, have the same chord progression, too. I used to mock at them singing the wrong lyrics whenever I heard one of them

[@mbossaful]

These remind me of those pictures I see posted around the place where two jigsaw puzzles with identical cutting patterns are merged, so you get a perfectly-assembled jigsaw of a train galloping on horse legs.

[@michawrzosek5417]

4:05 you don't realise how bad I've wanted to hear this done so well

[@Crhoedso]

Actually, there’s a mash up of this two songs from 13 years ago, and it sounds amazing! It’s called Wonderwall Of Broken Dreams, here’s the link. kzbin.info/www/bejne/sF6zlYlsZr9rg8ksi=ebdhhWNkGhGxDyRt

[@TigerRogers0660]

That was a very entertaining video David!!

[@DavidBennettPiano]

❤

[@ghfr34k01]

To your point at the end, The Beatles also start the melodic minor run, “all my troubles seem so far away,” on that same A (or 11th)!

[@TheSmokeofAnubis]

Jeeeesus.. the sponsor.. the things we can do with audio in the blink of an eye these days never fails to blow my mind.

[@BillGraper]

I love your videos! This one was quite interesting. I loved hearing the swapped vocals in the first example.

[@DavidBennettPiano]

@@BillGraper 😀

[@JoshLarson]

I feel like Mashups used to be a much bigger genre online that has died down quite a bit, but this would be super helpful.

[@real_Fabiot]

Both mashups of Wonderwall and Boulevard of Broken Dreams sound really good

[@r.m.m.1333]

Noel Gallagher talking about other artists stealing his and/or Oasis' songs is peak irony.

[@ShiningHourPop]

That was fun! I was only talking today about how “Someone like you” by Paolo Nutini sounds like the same chord sequence as “It never rains in Southern California” by Albert Hammond Jr.

[@TheGerkuman]

I hadn't expected David to cover basic mashup content but I'm not gonna complain

[@mastermind-2011]

1:42 I saw all white and immediately knew it was the White Album

[@Antitrite]

I'm REALLY digging Sexy Police

[@nopuedomas2006]

I love just how you can change the feel of a chord adding or eliminating a note to the chord. It’s really amazing

[@Bacopa68]

Sweet Home Alabama and Werewolves of London was one I was looking for.

[@jerrymossing9652]

Sheryl Crow and Kid Rock did some of it in ‘All Summer Long’

[@GRAHAMAUS]

Ah, "One Song Sung To The Tune Of Another". Could be an idea for some sort of game show!

[@adnap]

Noel Gallagher has zero right to complain about copyright, especially on such a common chord progression. Does he not remember the intro to "Don’t Look Back In Anger," which is a blatant lifting of Imagine by John Lennon? This is all so silly. Another example is when Radiohead were surprised when they got sued by the Hollies for “Creep" when stealing/borrowing from "The Air That I Breathe." The beat, bass line, chord progression used throughout, and the verse melody was used in the bridge of Creep. and then they tried to turn around and sue Lana Del Rey for using the chord progression alone, with her song, "Get Free." The saga continues...

[@ethanhood5304]

As soon as I saw the thumbnail I knew it was gonna be Sexy Sadie and Karma Police

[@cuchonava]

Man this is awesome. I want to hug this video.

[@Aracore]

Mr Blue Sky also mixes and matches up really well with "Shine" by Take That.

[@HesterClapp]

They sound similar but the chords don't really match :(

[@PerEdlund]

This has to be the smoothest brand deal in existence, hats off to you my good sir

[@cheesefunny5188]

Sounds like you would hear this in a vine 0:22

[@Dreadtower]

Great stuff, David. I think being able to analyze precisely what notes are present in the recorded part is very valuable.

[@parid1gm640]

Now I’m going to go to karyoke for Boulevard of Broken Dreams and just sing Wonderwall.

[@MrHibro]

Yesterday with that melody is great

[@wyattstevens8574]

Here's an interesting one: (3 songs this time!) "Smooth" (Santana) "Havana" (Cabello) "We Don't Talk About Bruno" (Encanto)

[@pika-2]

absolutely amazing

[@DavidBennettPiano]

Thank you 😊

[@Rishnotfishandnochips]

Question: could you perhaps talk about rock operas for an episode?

[@endareddan]

3:42 it is actually 3 songs that uses the same progression. Wonderwall and D’you know what I mean by Oasis and Boulevard of broken dreams

[@jamlemon]

And Writing to Reach You by Travis. They even reference Wonderwall in the lyrics.

[@bazza5699]

i always thought mr blue sky sounded like the paul mccartney section in 'a day in the life'

[@BogoBob]

Jeff Lynne said he did that intentionally.

[@HenryThomas-vc2wy]

I think it's more "Good Day Sunshine". It's definitely a Beatles-y track

[@rizzard_6724]

Sound like "Do You Remember Walter" of The Kinks too, and "Amar en el Campo" of Teleradio Donoso

[@RicDube]

Hush by Deep Purple

[@briankrosky3567]

I’ve always wanted to hear : in my life / let down mashup with vocals & instrumentals. You should try it plz!

[@HesterClapp]

Another Green Day song that sounds like Oasis: Basket Case & Don't Look Back in Anger! Other songs I've managed to mash together before (with fairly common chord progressions): Gangnam Style & Moves Like Jagger Crystal Ball & Part Of Me Let It Go & Firework Price Tag & Party in the USA Stayin' Alive & Another One Bites the Dust Thunderbirds Are Go & To The Sky We Found Love in a Hopeless Place & Love At First Sight Domino & Last Friday Night Dschingis Khan & Money Money Money

[@PaulEvans-j7h]

Well done, that was a serious amount of work, even with the software. I notice how the Beatles lyrics worked better on the donor backing tracks than vice versa.

[@Mr._MatchIt]

Nice that we have a Jeff Lyne thumbnail. I just saw him on tour two weeks ago. Shy guy, but really humble man 💪🐢 Edit: WEEEEEEEEEELP, thumbnail changed :0

[@petersage5157]

I'm sure a lot of us found our way to David's channel after hearing mashups and medleys like "4 Chords" by Axis of Awesome, all of which exploit songs having passages with similar chords. A good mashup artist can blend songs together to the point where they feel like they were written that way. My favorite is "Intergalactic Spell" by The White Panda, which sets The Beastie Boys' lyrics against music by Alphabeat, but a mashup that Beatles fans in particular might appreciate is "Let It Be Liebe.Fertig" by DJ Schmolli, which has the Beatles music we all know and love supporting vocals from a Euro pop band most of us have never heard of.

[@chordsoffnaf6298]

We need a sequel! this was really cool 👍

[@ric8248]

One very good example that never gets mentioned of an unusual chord progression that was repeated in two hit songs is Ready To Go by Republica and Raoul And The Kings Of Spain by Tears For Fears. It's one of those cases where you have listened to these songs over and over again and never notice the similarity but when it's pointed out you can't unhear it. Also, another song with the Yesterday progression is Ya No Te Espero by Silvio Rodríguez. So now you can remove that phrase at 3:09 lol.

[@stoneagedjp]

Start with a blues song. Now, let's see if we can find another with similar chords 😆

[@peterbernhard7415]

To me, some wonder wall, one of the most illuminating vids I saw. Especially, the inversion with "Wonderwall" and "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" was able to show to me that not only melodies but chord progression instrumentalized (specified rhythm) are able to gain an orginal status in the sense of copyright. Where the very first example Beatles/ELO is strikingly chosen, as it shows that the chord progression alone cannot guarantee ... which makes me assume some mysterious relationship between rhythm and harmonies. "Later on!" Cheers.

[@LPsMartIn]

can you make a video deconstructing some songs from the Love album by the Beatles? there's some great mashups in there as well.

[@HeckVK]

I used to love swapping Depeche Mode's But Not Tonight and The Cranberries' I Can't Be with You in my head :)

[@benedictnothing]

I once made a little mash-up between The Fear by Lilly Allen and My Iron Lung by Radiohead. It actually turned out lovely, especially layering both vocals as a two part thing.

[@gaskellr44]

Please, lets not ruin any Radiohead songs.

[@ericlebaron47]

Thanks for noting sexy saddie and karma police. From the first hearing of karma police I could hear the Beatles in there.

[@La_domniz]

5:00 So it's okay if you do it Noel? Shakermaker, Cigs and Alcohol, Supersonic, Colombia. Bruh

[@monjaros]

Thank you. Now I know why Boulevard Of Broken Songs is such a smooth mashup.

[@DarrenLandrum]

It's "One Song to the Tune of Another" but without Colin Sell.

[@arnold08]

without Jeremy Hardy as well :(

[@aidenmcnatt6113]

Sexy sadie vocals and radiohead backing track was surprisingly really good

[@LunaticCraft]

if this super powerful tool sounded better I'd actually think about buying it

[@K.Dwizzle]

Oh man. That’s so cool. Especially with one seeming so sad, and one so dramatically more upbeat.

[@scottmatznick3140]

Both Wondervard and Bullywall sound insanely good.

[@stanislasjaskiewicz5947]

That was brilliant. Please feel free to do a 2nd video ^^

[@pebblefattree6404]

Someone on Tumblr did the same thing with Creep by Radiohead and the Steven Universe theme song

[@gettingkilt]

Yeah that was just waiting to happen. I sing creep over we are the crystal gems already.

[@domdude64dd]

The standard "Yesterdays" is in D minor and uses the minor 2-5 throughout so I'm sure that contributed if only subconsciously

[@peterreeves6825]

Paul Weller Changing Man and 10538 Overture by ELO?

[@pensivepenguin3000]

These types of mashup videos were all over the Internet like 10, 15 years ago. Even if people didn’t know the theory behind it, I think they intuitively understood when two songs were close enough to combine

[@alesundgresiek8389]

I like how Gallagher waited till John Lennon died to use Imagine's Chord Progression and Rhythm and basically copy pasting the entire Piano part in Don't Look Back in Anger. What a decent and inspired person.

[@edamix3184]

Noel Gallagher was 13 when John Lennon died... You'd except him to make Don't Look Back before that age ?

[@musicl0ver543]

No-one can copyright a chord progression of C Major to F Major. Yes it was lifted but it’s only the opening.

@@deeingalaplike This is common knowledge.

[@gaskellr44]

But if it was classed as plagurising, they wouldn't have to pay owt to the the remaining Beatles , or the deceased ones family as last i heard Michael jackson had bought the rights to their music decades ago, although, someone else may have bought them off him later?

[@stephenbrown7500]

Yes, what a cheek!

[@kellyfreas]

Noel frequently revisits his own chord progressions in different songs quite extensively. For example D'you Know What I Mean is built on Wonderwall, while Don't Look Back in Anger is a straight Whatever recycle.

[@BeatlesCentricUniverse]

The GREAT writer Rob Sheffield (Dreaming the Beatles) ACCURATELY points out that the ONLY Beatles songs that sound dated are the two produced by Jeff Lynn: Free As A Bird and Real Love. He's 100% correct.

[@paulhaynes8045]

Oh God - I would like this a thousand times if I could. Letting him anywhere near Lennon's songs was a musical crime of the first order.

[@BeatlesCentricUniverse]

@@paulhaynes8045 Agreed! Thank you!

[@sholpana_musicologist]

This was so creative and cool !!! thank you for sharing your ideas🤩

[@Petch85]

I was here befor the video was taking down 😂😂