songs that sound like other songs

The main piano riff in the Vijay Iyer Trio's "Village of the Virgins" reminds me a lot of Stereolab's "Captain Easychord":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPXc_4qxNSw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ9z0Puurgk

Oh wait, hold the phone, "Virgins" is a Duke Ellington piece that Stereolab must've ripped off.

I'm sure many before me have enjoyed the way The Residents cheekily stuck the baseline of "Billie Jean" into their cover of Hank Williams' "Kaw-liga".

The Who's "Don't Let Go The Coat" and Indigo Girls' "Tried To Be True" start out pretty much identically. They diverge pretty quickly, but still.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3QcZ_1g-HI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaCf_d8M3VY

The Who's "Don't Let Go The Coat" and Indigo Girls' "Tried To Be True" start out pretty much identically.

Likewise, the Who's "I Can't Explain" and Nazz' "Open My Eyes" (which i recall Todd Rundgren says was intentional)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhuL79iEWDo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erC9qkaOHnk

Didn't see this one upthread. So incredibly blatant I need not mention the track its in debt to.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMw6lN9Fe3U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rEDIEEE7io

+
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VscTvSzoqNk

tempo and yelpings

hm looks like this one wasn't mentioned yet...

We're Not Making Love No More = Never Had A Dream Come True
they're like fucking the exact same song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKyNGSPX_8g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7idn3PcKBM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGPC-ZKrrtY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ichQOqbewA

"Johnny's Gonna Die" by The Replacements sounds like "Dreams" by Fleetwood Mac

First time I heard this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtH68PJIQLE

I immediately thought of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCH1IlOfDTM

I like that!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s88r_q7oufE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbGthv-dJp4

Get a Job, Silhouettes
No One Knows, Queens of the Stone Age

Just the very beginning of these two songs -- I always wonder how Bryan Adams got onto my ipod for 0.1 second before I remember what it is
North by North - Bats
Run to You - Bryan Adams

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GumfkPsrLF4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gF5LaVkDhyk

more specifically, the first 8 seconds of each song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAcXP6LMYWg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_7NDQxfSqc

i feel bad calling out merchandise because i like them a lot, but their new song has the same guitar lick from "Crash" by the primitives.

was trying to recall an early 90s house tune that lifted the gtr lick from "happy house" note by note and made it the main synth motif. any ideas?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXK0Ejzin4c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UVNT4wvIGY

Maybe, XD. This one is more definite (speaking of Pump Up the Jam on the 77 top tracks of 2012 thread):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaHryLkF5Jw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avcS0aYJ2a8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_EQ6yKeEQg

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

(xp) For me, "Gangnam Style" usually leads to "Pump Up the Jam" getting stuck in my head.

In fact, I'm bummed no one's mashed those 2 yet.

We have another thread for this. Why are there two? Anyway.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qQ0N4cBqXM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N-qO3sPMjc

Squeeze's "If I Didn't Love You" and Hum's "Ms. Lazarus" always blur into the same song when I remember either one (which is often; they're great)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p9sPVXGa1Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hxjMw9PmS4

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

This one's pretty obvious.

oh i don't know. this is still ilm

the biggest No. 2 hits that never topped the Hot 100

It's taken me this long to notice how similar QOTSA's "No One Knows" is to Radiohead's "Electioneering".

"Driver 8" sounds like "Don't Fear The Reaper."

Official title "(Don't Fear) The Reaper"

My kids play a lot of Green Day at the moment. They pointed out to me the similarity between the choruses of 21 Guns and ELO's Telephone Line. Uncanny....

"Driver 8" sounds like "Don't Fear The Reaper."

hmm, I never noticed that before. I feel like they both must descend from Zouzou's 'Puisque tu es revenu'.

Wow.

Boney M's "He Was a Steppenwolf":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0p0HOrn69c

...has pretty much the same chorus as The Drifters' "Under the Boardwalk":

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

They even stole the doo-wop vocal arrangement from The Drifters!

Don't know if it's ever been noted on this thread or on this board that David Bowie's "1984" has a similar groove to Isaac Hayes's "Theme from Shaft."

those intros:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3qWxumrIU8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZVC6lNjOmY

Totally.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkNZ63FW_nA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0XM3d6QLBY

Asobi Seksu - Red Sea

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUHBP6eTnSk

Mahogany - My Bed Is My Castle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGRICwJe0sY

("nugaze song from early 2006 kinda sounds like nugaze song from later in 2006" is not a shocking revelation, I know)

sally shapiro - this city's local italo dj has a crush on me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shD48VzQ9zE

calvin harris - merrymaking @ my place
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz46yymoJZ8

i guess every commenter on youtube has, like me, noticed how much rihannas 'stay' sounds like

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GHsZLD9v2s

I have been hearing this Mumford & Sons song everywhere (though I thought it was the Lumineers for most of that time) and it's driving me INSANE - the main chord progression (which starts at 5 seconds in and is repeated throughout the song) is so, so familiar, but I can't figure out where I know it from. Something 90s, I think, from the alternative nation rock canon maybe, but I might be off there. Anyone have any idea?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5HO-X_fR7o

(sorry - for re-posting it and for posting it at all)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5HO-X_fR7o

I was just reading through "Complex's 50 best songs of the year so far"....

Phosphorescent "Song for Zula" and Miley Cyrus "We Don't Stop" were both included among the few non-rap choices, which I hadn't heard yet... Turns out they're like 90% identical to each other.

R.E.M.'s "Imitation of Life" - "No one can see you cry-y-y-y-y-y-y-y"

The Buggles' "Video Killed the Radio Star" - "You are a radio sta-a-a-a-a-a-a-ar"

Eight notes on each

Bad Brains, "At The Movies" - Tom Petty, "Into The Great Wide Open"

Reich's 'Music for 18 Musicians' was mentioned way upthread, but anyway:

'Le Telecabine' by Caia (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPv_dP4V4Pc);
'8:07' and '5:23' by Global Communication (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBsVGUTntzE); and
'Low Sun' by Chicane (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw3ghsvFCZI)

are all basically 'Love on a Real Train' by Tangerine Dream, which while not a direct rip of any of '18 Musicians' sections itself, is pretty much a conscious attempt to replicate its style.

I'm surprised that no-one's mentioned the blatant rip-off of Natalie Imbruglia's 'Torn' that is forum favourite ;-) Jessie J's 'Price Tag'