"Used with permission" means that it's not "stealing."
― Dingbod Kesterson, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 11:32 (sixteen years ago) link
"Hung Up" is a great song that would have been better without the "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!" theme.
― Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 11:44 (sixteen years ago) link
Geir, the refrain melody of "Talk" also steals the riff. You and your semantics, man.
― Curt1s Stephens, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 18:50 (sixteen years ago) link
Do you think that the last, vocalless half of "Computer Love" is devoid of melody???
"You Really Got Me" and "All Day and All of the Night" are not exactly identical, but follow a very similar formula.
not sure if it was ever released as a single, but if it was, "i need you" would have turned this one into a nice triple play.
― fact checking cuz, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 21:43 (sixteen years ago) link
Rick Astley - "Never Gonna Give You Up" and "Together Forever"
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 23:04 (sixteen years ago) link
Tone Loc's Wild Thing and Funky Cold Medina
― skotbot, Thursday, 10 January 2008 00:20 (sixteen years ago) link
Geir, the refrain melody of "Talk" also steals the riff.
Not it doesn't. The riff is part of the backing track, not the melody. The melody is what the lead singer sings and nothing else than that.
― Geir Hongro, Thursday, 10 January 2008 01:27 (sixteen years ago) link
Those weren't sequels, but "Whenever You Need Somebody" was rather similar to "Never Gonna Give You Up" too.
In fact, this was usual with other SAW acts too. Brothey Beyond, for instance, following "The Harder I Try" with "He Ain't No Competition".
― Geir Hongro, Thursday, 10 January 2008 01:29 (sixteen years ago) link
nose-bleedingly similar.
what a weird phrase!
― M@tt He1ges0n, Thursday, 10 January 2008 01:31 (sixteen years ago) link
The Turtles did this ALL the time: "It Ain't Me Babe"/"Let Me Be" "Happy Together"/"She's My Girl" "Elenore"/"You Don't Have To Walk In The Rain"
Others: - Sugarloaf - "Green-Eyed Lady"/"Tongue-In-Cheek" (at least they had a sense of humor about it) - William DeVaughn - "Be Thankful For What You Got"/"Blood Is Thicker Than Water" - O'Jays - "Back Stabbers"/"Shiftless, Shady, Jealous Kind Of People"/"992 Arguments" - Newbeats - "Bread & Butter"/"Find Ya Somewhere Else To Eat Your Crackers" - Jean Knight - "Mr. Big Stuff"/"You Think You're Hot Stuff"
― Rev. Hoodoo, Sunday, 13 January 2008 18:32 (sixteen years ago) link
In fact, this was usual with other SAW acts too.
Yeah, I'm sure Mel & Kim followed Respectable with a carbon copy.
― chap, Sunday, 13 January 2008 18:35 (sixteen years ago) link
Speaking of Mel & Kim...Mel & TIM cloned "Starting All Over Again" (sterling southern soul from '72) with "The Same Folks" (a blatant copy, but it actually works)...
― Rev. Hoodoo, Sunday, 13 January 2008 18:56 (sixteen years ago) link
Those weren't sequels
In North America they were.
― LeRooLeRoo, Monday, 14 January 2008 20:14 (sixteen years ago) link
Eddie Kendricks: Keep On Truckin' & Boogie Down
― musically, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 18:15 (sixteen years ago) link
1910 Fruitgum Co. - "Simon Says"/"May I Take A Giant Step Into Your Heart"
― Rev. Hoodoo, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 19:14 (sixteen years ago) link
"You Really Got Me" and "All Day And All Of The Night"
Surprised it wasn't said yet.
― our work is never over, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 03:21 (sixteen years ago) link
You'll also be surprised to see it was said twice.
― St3ve Go1db3rg, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 03:43 (sixteen years ago) link
No, but "Respectable" itself was rather similar to "Showing Out". The actual melody was different enough for it not to be defined as a carbon copy, but they used roughly the same arrangement on both.
― Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 10:06 (sixteen years ago) link
Sometimes, the "similiar" is the one people remember more...
Double Trouble & The Rebel MC "Just Keep Rockin" was followed by Rebel MC & Double Trouble "Street Tuff"
Both top ten (or thereabouts), but it's "Street Tuff" that gets the plays nowadays.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 10:12 (sixteen years ago) link
george jones "white lightning" and "who shot sam"
― fact checking cuz, Sunday, 3 February 2008 08:36 (sixteen years ago) link
Ciara, "Goodies" and "1,2 Step"
― miryam, Sunday, 3 February 2008 15:07 (sixteen years ago) link
Inner City's "Good Life" and "Big Fun"
The Ohio Express's "Yummy Yummy Yummy" and "Chewy Chewy"
― eeyore19, Sunday, 3 February 2008 21:15 (sixteen years ago) link
Didn't a label actually release the same single consecutively but with a different name and packaging, as a prank/art statement? I seem to recall that they actually got reviews stating the second single was better/worse (ie. different) than the first.
― djh, Sunday, 3 February 2008 22:51 (sixteen years ago) link
Actually, it was an album. From sabotage.at:
The second album of Pomassl "Skeleton 2" (craft 19) was a test for the consumer behaviour and the reception in the music media. The first album "Skeleton 1" (craft.07) was repressed and completed with a new cover, a new catalogue number and new titles of songs. Also the press item talked of a new record of the artist. Most of the critics proudly reported on the new record and the musical differences to the first one.
― djh, Sunday, 3 February 2008 22:55 (sixteen years ago) link
Every Coheed and Cambria single?
― our work is never over, Sunday, 3 February 2008 23:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Just took a quick look but I didn't see Chuck Berry listed. A lot of his stuff sounded the same. All of it great though.
― steampig67, Sunday, 3 February 2008 23:15 (sixteen years ago) link
- "Rescue Me"/"Safe & Sound", Fontella Bass (I've never heard "Recovery," but I'll bet that was a "Rescue Me" clone too)
- "1-2-3"/"Like A Baby", Len Barry
- "Uptight"/"Nothing's Too Good For My Baby", Stevie Wonder
― Rev. Hoodoo, Monday, 4 February 2008 00:33 (sixteen years ago) link
Marvin Gaye - Can I Get A Witness/You're A Wonderful One
― musically, Wednesday, 6 February 2008 19:42 (sixteen years ago) link
"Two Kinds of Teardrops" by Del Shannon. In places, the *exact same melody* as "Little Town Flirt". Mike Love would have creamed himself.
― February Callendar, Wednesday, 6 February 2008 22:44 (sixteen years ago) link
Anyone who calls you a pussy for liking any period of Killing Joke's illustrious career should be pushed off a perilously high cliff onto a merciless field of jagged, pointy rocks.
-- Alex in NYC, Friday, February 8, 2008 2:57 PM
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Friday, 8 February 2008 20:16 (sixteen years ago) link
Killing Joke Remasters Part DEUX!
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Friday, 8 February 2008 20:17 (sixteen years ago) link
Kevin Rudolf: Let It Rock/Welcome to the World
― lil waynes babymama (musically), Wednesday, 15 April 2009 00:28 (fifteen years ago) link
McCoys, "Hang On Sloopy"/"Fever"
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Wednesday, 15 April 2009 06:25 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah, heard that one...
― Mark G, Wednesday, 15 April 2009 06:27 (fifteen years ago) link
Another Rickroll here because "Never Gonna Give You Up" was actually followed by "Whenever You Need Somebody". But you could easily make that three successive very similar singles had it not been for the fact that the not particularly similar sounding "When I Fall In Love" had been released for Christmas in the UK.
― Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 15 April 2009 09:04 (fifteen years ago) link
I was sure this thread had been revived for "Just Dance" and "Poker Face".
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 15 April 2009 19:24 (fifteen years ago) link
What about...
Lou Bega - I Got a Girl (Mambo No. 5)PPK - Reload (ResuRection)Lieutenant Pigeon - Desperate Dan (Mouldy Old Dough)DJ Aligator Project - Lollipop (Blow My Whistle Bitch)Procol Harum - Homburg (Whiter Shade of Pale)The Applejacks - Like Dreamers Do (Tell Me When)Petula Clark - I Know a Place (Downtown)Keith West - Sam (A Teenage Opera)Tony Di Bart - Do It (The Real Thing)Sister Bliss - Oh! What a World (Can't Get a Job Can't Get a Man)DJ Sakin & Friend - Nomansland (Protect Your Mind)
Some of those more than others, admittedly
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Tuesday, 3 October 2023 21:24 (seven months ago) link
first thing that came to mind was that Lou Bega song. man, the audacity.
Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs following "Wooly Bully" with "Ju Ju Hand", I mean it's basically the same song. in fact pretty much all their early singles were identical.
― frogbs, Tuesday, 3 October 2023 21:31 (seven months ago) link
Although I can barely remember 'Do It' I do remember having a weird insistence (to no-one but myself) at the time that it was better than 'The Real Thing'. Not sure the thread really gets into such situations but it's funny when 'we' do this.
As mid-90s Eurodance really owns the thread, Atlantic Ocean's 'Body In Motion' was basically 'Waterfall' one key up and with added vocals iirc
And the Candy Girls ft. Sweet Pussy Pauline 'Fe Fi Fo Fum' and 'Wham Bam' are pretty similar - again tho I think I slightly preferred the latter.
― nashwan, Tuesday, 3 October 2023 21:36 (seven months ago) link
Oh wow, I actually had Wham Bam on my list but I took it off for thinking the whole WHAT AM I SAYING thing set it quite apart (from memory anyway). But it probably doesn't, that much.
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Tuesday, 3 October 2023 21:38 (seven months ago) link
also this is the second mention of Body in Motion in under a month (I mntioned it in the songs that rhyme with the artist thread), which I wouldn't be surprised were the *only* mentions on ilx
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Tuesday, 3 October 2023 21:42 (seven months ago) link
Went to that thread after the post to see if it had already been mentioned. And I'm not even watching the TOTP repeats.
But somehow nobody mentioned Nightcrawlers 'Surrender Your Love' (after 'Push The Feeling On') yet.
Robert Miles 'Fable' maaaybe or may be just different enough from 'Children' to not qualify.
― nashwan, Tuesday, 3 October 2023 21:49 (seven months ago) link
Ann Lee's Voices might count, with regards to being 2 Times
I think there's a group of several 90s dance hits which were ripped off for *a* follow-up except it was someone else doing it. E.g. Red 5's I Love You...Stop! is a lot like DJ Quicksilver's Bellissima, more than DJQ's own follow-up Free (although there were a lot of trance tracks in 96/97 used pizzicato strings and Faithless were the overall model). Or like how Doop is the obvious inspiration for Dorothy's What's That Tune?, or the Grid's Swamp Thing being the inspiration for 2InATent's When I'm Cleaning Windows (except both that and WTT were borrowing familiar source material, unlike Doop and Swamp Thing).
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Tuesday, 3 October 2023 21:58 (seven months ago) link
using*
There's not really much similarity between Sandstorm and Feel the Beat but the latter still makes sure to include a bit of the dududududu as a hook.
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Tuesday, 3 October 2023 21:59 (seven months ago) link
Not exactly the same, but I've always felt these were very similar in both sound and meaning:
Bob Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone / Positively 4th Street
― henry s, Wednesday, 4 October 2023 12:46 (seven months ago) link
Side question... At first glance it seems the vast majority of these soundalike singles are products of the same songwriter or songwriting team. Are there notable cases where that wasn't true, i.e. a different songwriter or songwriting team deliberately aped the style of a hit single they had not been involved with?
― Josefa, Wednesday, 4 October 2023 14:48 (seven months ago) link
- William DeVaughn - "Be Thankful For What You Got"/"Blood Is Thicker Than Water"
came to post these two, but Rev. Hoodoo beat me to it by 15 years. both john davis productions. blood came first, so be thankful is like the refined version i guess.
― andrew m., Wednesday, 4 October 2023 15:36 (seven months ago) link
shirley and company, "shame shame shame" and "cry cry cry"
― andrew m., Wednesday, 4 October 2023 15:39 (seven months ago) link