name two songs with the same title that couldn't be more different

Sweet Dreams, Air Supply vs Marilyn Manson

"Cuckoo" I Am Kloot vs. AFX

"Dance" Motorhead vs. The Egyptian Lover

"Dead Bodies" Air vs. Cex

"Dry Your Eyes" The Tokens vs. The Streets

"Earth Angel" The Penguins vs. Clinic

"Electricity" Suede vs. The Avalanches (and many others)

"Everest" Obscure Celebrities vs. Ratatat

"Fire" The Swing West vs. Lizzy Mercier Descloux

i'm over it

"Sunrise" - New Order v's Pulp

"This Time" - Smashing Pumpkins v's The Verve v's Suede

"Always" by Blink-182, Erasure & Irving Berlin
and bon jovi
"I Miss You" by Blink 182, Aaron Hall & Bjork
and Lisa Loeb and Savage Garden
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"Trust Me" Swans vs Barenaked Ladies
-- Si Carter (SiCarte...), February 6th, 2005
and Australians I'm Talking
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"Venus," Television and Shocking Blue
-- Josh in Chicago (Vitesse9...), February 6th, 2005.
and Frankie Avalon
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"Breathe" Erasure vs Faith Hill
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"Rocksteady " Bryan Adams vs Rocksteady Crew
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"Don't Cry" Boy George vs guns and Roses

"hold on" -- ian gomm, triumph (simultaneous top 40 hits, years before wilson phillips and en vogue!!)

Nas, Billy Joek

"She's The One" - Beta Band vs. Robbie Williams
-- neil tacus (neiltaci...), February 7th, 2005.
and Australians(pre-Wiggles)-The Cockroaches
And Bruce Springsteen.

"Saturday Night" - The Bay City Rollers vs. Aaron Carter

And Buddy Holly and The Knack (the same song, in their cases).

Only The Lonely - Roy Orbison, The Motels

and it's the same song!

Anyway, Scrooge-like comments over, I'll settle for the no-it's-not-a-cover-version-but-wouldn't-it-be-funny-if likes of

"The Model" - Kraftwerk & Belle and Sebastian
"Twilight Zone" - Manhattan Transfer and Iron Maiden
"The Power" - Snap and Suede

"Sentimental Journey" - Doris Day/Pere Ubu

and STP!

the funniest thing was, all three songs were out around the same time

ahahaha

And Chino XL wasn't far behind.

add to "One In A Million" the Giles Giles and Fripp song, which is perfectly ridiculous.

I don't know the former, but I'm willing to bet neither is anything like the Bob Dylan version.

Electricity: Peter Jeffries vs. Suede

Likewise Captain Beefheart here.

2022 single called Girlfriend, anyone? But this time we get to hear from the girlfriend? Take it away, Hemlocke Springs!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEvbBFV3zB4

(I really like this)

Slayer - Angel of Death
Angel Witch - Angel of Death

both completely different, both great

Dr Dre - Fuck You
Bad Religion - Fuck You
Overkill - Fuck You
Cee-Lo - Fuck You

“Black Coffee” by Peggy Lee and “Black Coffee” by Black Flag are two songs that couldn’t SOUND more different but in the end are basically about the same thing.

I came in to say this year's "Girlfriend" and the Matthew Sweet song! Should we up the ante to triples of songs with the same title, each pair of which couldn't be more different?

Xpost Heavy D - Black Coffee

Ha, the Heavy D thing is a 180 degree take on the black coffee concept

Braggadocio vs Self pity

Blue Pearl - Naked in the Rain
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Naked in the Rain
Dio - Naked in the Rain
Crosby & Nash - Naked in the Rain
Loretta Lynn - Naked in the Rain

at least three of those couldn't be more different - blue pearl, dio, loretta lynn. rhcp & crosby split some of the differences.

"This Time" - Smashing Pumpkins v's The Verve v's Suede

+ Bryan Adams

"Don't Cry" Boy George vs guns and Roses

+ Asia

ok so 7 years ago I wrote a song called “the shape of you” that took me years to figure out &is gonna be on the record but obv Ed Sheerans “shape of you” came out like 5 years ago. Do I change the name of the song or just go for it knowing that forever ppl will think of Ed ?

— MP (@mannequinpussy) February 23, 2023

Change the name, no-brainer.

Unless u want people to constantly say "no no not THAT Shape of You, the other one" when discussing your song.

Suggest "Shape of U".

Shape of Yoo
Shape of Yuu
Shaype of U

Many alternatives really

the uncommon shape of you

gah I have just had this argument

I recently played drums on a single that the writer titled "Don't Forget About Me" and I keep having to tell people it isn't the Simple Minds song

maybe stylize it as “(Don’t You) Forget About Me”

Chez Puff Ewe

I'll Never Forget You -- Husker Du, Rosemary Clooney (also the O'Jays, Francis and the Lights, about a zillion others)

"Rave On" by Buddy Holly and Happy Mondays