one time there were two songs with the same 'daydream' sample

the beta band and i monster, for our younger viewers. both late spring 2001

when else have two acts basically released the same song at the same time

I dont know either of these but is the sample you're referring to "we had a dream last night, we had the same dream"

I misread the thread title sorry I dont know anything about this

Glory box/hell is around the corner

'The Power of Love'

(1984/5: Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Huey Lewis & the News, Jennifer Rush)

I realise that the above example is not also an example of using the same sample, but I'd say three songs hitting the charts with the same name within the period of a year is notable confluence.

yeah that counts (not that it's for me to decide)

At one point in February 1993 there were songs in the top 40 based around samples of Buffalo Springfield's 'For What It's Worth' - a cover of the song by Oui 3 and Charles & Eddie's 'NYC (Can You Believe This City)'.

*two songs

tag team "whoomp! (there it is)" and 95 south "whoot, there it is"

Ça plane pour moi (1977)
Jet Boy Jet Girl (1977)

Same backing track used for both songs, iirc there was a dispute between Elton Motello and Plastic Bertrand about whose was 'the original'?

The Residents - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (1976?)
Devo - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (1977)

'Weird' covers of the Stones song. Not sure if Devo purposefully followed the Residents?

Cabin Crew, Sunset Strippers and Mylo all had a top ten singles based on "Waiting For A Star To Fall" at the same time

Jonas Blue featuring Dakota - Fast Car
Tobtok featuring River - Fast Car

DMX - Get at Me Dog
Rascalz - Northern Touch

Both released around 97/98, both sampling BT Express's Everything Good to You (Ain't Always Good for You).

N2 Deep - Back to the Hotel
Wreckx-N-Effect - Rump Shaker

Both were built around the saxophone sample from "Darkest Light" by the Lafayette Afro Rock Band and were big rap radio singles around the same time in 1992.

"Der Kommissar"
Falco 1981
After the Fire 1983
Laura Branigan 1983 (retitled "Deep in the Dark")
The Squids 1986 (retitled "Don't Turn Around")

2pac - "Keep Ya Head Up"
H-Town - "Knockin' da Boots"

'The Power of Love'

― emil.y, Saturday, March 26, 2016 8:03 AM (2 days ago)

(1984/5: Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Huey Lewis & the News, Jennifer Rush)

― emil.y, Saturday, March 26, 2016 8:05 AM (2 days ago)

also Laura Branigan cover of Jennifer Rush in 1987

avicii "levels"
flo rida "good feeling"

At one point in February 1993 there were songs in the top 40 based around samples of Buffalo Springfield's 'For What It's Worth' - a cover of the song by Oui 3 and Charles & Eddie's 'NYC (Can You Believe This City)'.

― Gavin, Leeds, Saturday, March 26, 2016 10:40 AM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Somewhere in there the Candyskins had a hit with a dancey cover of FWIW (which sampled "Sympathy For The Devil" iirc).

'The Power of Love'
― emil.y, Saturday, March 26, 2016 8:03 AM (2 days ago)

(1984/5: Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Huey Lewis & the News, Jennifer Rush)

― emil.y, Saturday, March 26, 2016 8:05 AM (2 days ago)

also Laura Branigan cover of Jennifer Rush in 1987

― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, March 28, 2016 11:33 PM (Yesterday)

Well, yeah, but that's not a coincidence or a sign of unconscious zeitgeist. That's a cover.

avicii "levels"
flo rida "good feeling"

― dyl, Tuesday, March 29, 2016 10:45 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i think i only realised these were 2 different songs about a year after they crested chart-wise

listening to "levels" now. seriously can't tell whether i've ever heard it or if it was just a million plays of "good feeling" and a smattering of david guetta "where them girls at."

how long went between portishead and tricky deploying that one isaac hayes sample

a few months iirc, in terms of their release dates

assume it was a deliberate/self-referential choice rather than coincidence

'Alright' by Cast and Supergrass (both UK hits in 1995).

On a tangent ikr but this thread makes me pay mind to how odd it that there're two films out about Florence Foster Jenkins.

This thread spun off a film thread that spun off a discussion of that very fact, in the "films you have recently been going to avoid" thread

Aha! Count that post as an homage to the fallacy of coincidence

how long went between portishead and tricky deploying that one isaac hayes sample

How long went between the fourth post in the thread and this one

iirc Skinny were the third (actually first?) to sample 'Daydream' in 2001