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Tom Petty’s I Won’t Back Down vs. Sam Smith’s Stay With Me
With all the borrowing vanilla iced tea with ice ice baby from music artist let’s not forget to add that the lyrics or borrowed two. Ice ice baby is a part of fraternity song sung by Alpha phi Alpha fraternity . And for those who want to say they borrowed from him, the fraternity was founded in 1906. The Chant predates his birth by quite a few years. Hey I bet you would predict his grandpa’s birth by quite a few years as well.
Ice Ice Baby
Cool video 😎👍🏼🌷🖤
This video had more music playing in its twenty minutes than MTV has played in the past twenty years.
I couldn't agree with you more!! We should petition MTV to change their name. No music is played on Music TeleVision.
STV.... Sick Television!
@@MichaelOKC more like STD
FACTS!
This joke is as stale as MTV is these days. Don't get me wrong, you are definitely correct but it makes me chuckle when I see this comment pop up because we've all seen/heard it a million times over since about the mid 90's. Y'all can't blame MTV. They changed with the times and were very successful in doing so. Also, nowadays it's completely pointless to run music videos when they are all on KZhead, waiting for the click of a mouse. They do however have sister channels that come with cable packages that do play videos mostly 24/7. VH1 as well.
The John Fogerty getting sued for plagiarizing himself is one of my favorite musical tidbits.
Happens on YT too. I watched a channel where the Channel Op wrote & performed his own music intro for his channel & they gave him a copy write strike for not getting permission from the writer, himself!
Didn't he win the case because he broke down both songs to show they were just similar but not the same?
Surprised that wasnt number one
Probably didn't even realize he did it...
Fogerty’s old studio saw money, popped a 1/2” Chubb and set loose their lawyers. Pathetic AF that pencil-pushing talentless douchenozzles wanted money for something they had jack .... to do with.
The funniest thing about the Coldplay case is that they found a song with that same little melody dating back to the 1800’s which just makes all the people who tried to sue them look like idiots. Like there’s only so many notes on the piano and that melody has three.
People are freaking ignorant I mean there's stuff about Coldplay is in the top 10 most hated bands lol there my favourite band also they ask permission for that small melody in the song talk from there x and y album
@@perrycoffey5410 You need to learn the difference between there, their, and they’re. You totally messed up and it makes you look not very smart.
A bit like Dua Lipa borrowing from White Town on "Love Again" who then in turn borrowed from a Russian composer.
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@@perrycoffey5410 Most of the people who hate Coldplay seem to be Americans... I don't get it. I love Coldplay.
The worst part about the Bitter Sweet Symphony case was that the Stones were dragged in the press over it even though they had no control. That part of their catalog was controlled by Klein & they had no part in the lawsuit but everyone accused Mick & Keith of being heartless, greedy bastards over the whole thing. In the last few years, they got control back on those songs & restored the Verve's royalties to 100% for it. They were actually fans of the song & hated what Klein did to them. On the Bridges to Babylon album, after the Stones cut Anybody Seen My Baby, someone pointed out that it sounded like K.D. Lang's Constant Craving. Mick couldn't say for certain he never heard Lang's song so they gave her a writing credit to be safe. They released it as a single on the album so Lang probably made out nicely without having to lift a finger. They've always been good about giving credit to their inspirations & influences & have been good to young upcoming bands.
@Dick Keith I ❤ K.D. Lang she’s amazing!
because of 2 things ... One , the Stones KNOW they are "borrowing" from early Blues records & Two, because they are rich to the gills and could care less about being dragged into court.
Gave supporting slots to Stevie Wonder, Prince and the Strokes. Always helped musicians starting out
Klein is one of the major villains of the rock world.
and its a sample of a COVER song with those instruments not even on the stones versio
Anyone remember an interview with Vanilla Ice explaining that the difference between "Pressure" and "Ice, Ice Baby" is that little "ding" in his song? I was thinking "Really dude? You're going to run with that"? Apparently he did.
I totally remember that interview. Ridiculous! "Ours goes like this...theirs goes like this." Literally identical
I do remember that. What year was that?
Lol he ended up paying for it in the end
I think that was when he on The Arsenio Hall Show.
Hey man.. Vanilla Ice is awesome.. You see him in "That's my boy"? I've never laughed so hard in my life
Robert Plant admitted "As musicians, we're all beggars and thieves". Their are only so many chord progressions that can be original in totality.
He also admitted that they ripped off a lot of black artists in their early career.
Well, he'd know - his vocal on "Whole Lotta Love" is basically identical to Steve Marriott's performance of "You Need Lovin'" on the Small Faces' first album...
I V VIminor IV
And never hid the fact when he was clearly inspired by an artist. The song Whole Lotta Love definitely was inspired by Steve Marriott, but its clear Robert Plant gave the song his own thing.
There not their
Jethro Tull's "We Used To Know" became The Eagles mega hit Hotel California. Ian Anderson gave them a nod with a Well Done Boys without even a thank you.
When I write songs, I often notice other songs creep in. It is really difficult to be truly original.
Ofc it is, specially nowadays. But imagine it being the 60's or 70's, doesnt take nearly as much!
How could you forget Rick James “Super Freak” vs MC Hammer “U Can’t Touch this?!” Rick James had to sue him.
Do obvious (with no lying about originality like Vanilla Ice did) samples really count though?
i was coming to say this.this is probably one of the most famous rip offs..
@Catharsis Is that the same Kid Rock song that sounded like he ripped off "Werewolf of London" and "Sweet Home Alabama"?
@@dolphquick2686 Yep, that's the one. Completely ripped them off
@Catharsis He has said it was arranged beforehand with royalties going to the other artists.
You all going to forget that Chuck Barry straight stole “Johnny B Good” from a high schooler named Calvin Klein. And he stole it at a prom from what I hear. 😤
@kountree38 😏
That’s a good one! Had to read it twice- but that was good!😂
But Calvin Klein stole it from Chuck Berry! Who stole it from Calvin Klein! Who stole if from Chuck Berry! I have a headache... (BTW, this is known as the bootstrap paradox, a form of causal loop.)
Calvin Klien dated his mom, so it is tough to defend him.🤣
And from what I remember "he was just too darn loud".
There was one song that wasn’t included on this list that I had to mention, I’m a massive fan of Def Leppard and their most popular song is by far Pour Some Sugar On Me, but my brother is a bit of a One Direction fan so I came across the song Midnight Memories and I thought he was listening to Pour Some Sugar On Me, I was shocked and looked up if there was any tension between the two groups or if One Direction was inspired by their song, and I found out Def Leppard sent lawyers to see if One Direction should be sued for the similarities between the two songs, but they never got anywhere and One Direction got off easy, in my opinion, even if One Direction didn’t directly copy the song, they should’ve given them some credit after hearing similarities afterwards
Omg, now that you’ve said it, it’s clear how similar both songs are… They should’ve have sued them for plagiarism
Looked it up, definitely.
Wow, during the verse I said to myself, "Ok, the pulse of the song has some similarity," but the pre-chorus went in a different direction and I almost x'd it out. Glad I stayed for the chorus because HOLY CRAP that's a rip.
both suck
The only real similarity is that the beat and chord progression from the One Direction song is similar to the verses from Pour Some Sugar on Me. The One Direction song really lacks continuity in any sense, to be honest. It sounds like three different songs spliced together, one of which remotely resembles the Def Leppard song. However, the other thing they really have in common is the deliberate use of tone correction.
Hey, thanks for having a real person hosting and narrating!
One of Yoko Ono's songs was alleged to be a copy of the Emergency Broadcast tone.
I think all of them 🤣
😂😂😂
You mean "Don't worry Kyoko,(Mummy's only looking for a hand in the snow)?
She's ripping off a hyena.
@@garyginther6742 A cat caught in the curtains... with the house on fire.
I can't even fathom the number of times in my life I heard an intro on the radio, exclaimed, "I love this song!", only to find out it was a totally different song.
sample music in RnB/Rap alot
Totally had that happen in middle school. The gunter glieben glaughten gluben intro came on and i thought it was Def Leppard's Rock Of Ages, but it was The Offspring's Pretty Fly for a White Guy Edit: I even proclaimed to the class oh i love this song cuz i was so excited def leppard was playing in 6th grade
I did like when i heard a Garage Band loop that i know I've used personally in my own tracks on that program, on a Lupe Fiasco song.
Yes Yes YES!! "Sampling." Oh PLEASE, it is flat out f*cking THEFT!! I have a strange tick about theft (we can thank drug addled cousins for that), so when it's so in my face like that...I want to kick someone in the face. I actively will not purchase nor listen to anything that does this sampling. I also give credit where credit is due. Prince royally bent over Arrested Development (the band, not the epic tv show) for their 'sampling' his music. He waited until they hit a particular mark of income and THEN sued the bloody shit of them. GOOD.
Wtf is the radio? (Lol jk)
If you think about it, writing original material has got to be very difficult to accomplish in a business with already a million other artists out there. Kudos to those who had abundant, original ideas.
The originality is the combination of materials, not the chords or the elements themselves. It's not that difficult. Nor does it matter much, unless your near copy ends up as a big hit.
One of my favorites is the argument over "Halo" by Beyoncé vs. "I'm Already Gone" by Kelly Clarkson. The thing is, they were both written by Ryan Tedder of One Republic, who used the same riff on "Secrets." And here's the punchline: they're all just Pachelbel's "Canon" in D.
Given his name, it's ironic that Tom Petty seemed to be the least petty of artists.
That deserves more credit 👏
Petty was chill af.
@Brix Broox I am honestly so happy that I had seen him on his very last tour
For real....Petty would be the last person to sue anyone
Petty's "Last Dance With Mary Jane" was also ripped off by the Red Hot Chili Peppers in "Dani California".
When your song has 4 cords, you are taking a huge chance of a copyright lawsuit.
For real, right!!!
Common chord progressions should be considered public domain.
@@spiderman4x exactly
You ever try to add a 5th chord? It's like 1234 1234 1234 yeah this rocks 1234 yes yes yes 1234 1234 oh yeah 12345.. What the fuck?
@@thebikehippie6562 I just saw this and spit out my beer I was drinking. It's 100% True.
I noticed Radiohead's Creep sounds just like Hollies' song, The Air That I Breathe, from the first day it was released. Sometimes people steal, other times bands can accidentally come upon the same chord progression. Kind of like when late night talk shows do the same jokes in a monologue --- they aren't stealing jokes; the same jokes are just easily found in the same subject. It happens all the time. Most times, it's probably coincidence or subconscience borrowing. But when a song's chord progressions are the same, and the song's PRODUCTION is similar, we can be suspicious. One I've always noticed --- La Bamba vs Twist and Shout.....
Its acctualy doesnt sound too similar Besides its only arpegiating I III IV iv
It’s a blurred line between “influenced by” and “copied from” …… I love Zeppelin but a lot of their early stuff was definitely influenced by earlier 20’s / 30’s blues ie Muddy Waters Similarly, Oasis were definitely influenced tremendously by The Beatles
Yeah, the first album by Alice Cooper gives me The Beatles vibes, which they did start out just doing Beatle Covers so it makes sense.
Influenced doesn't equal plagiarism.
@@henrydiaz720Plagiarism doesn’t really apply to early blues music - no one knows who wrote any of those songs. You’d hear a riff and some lyrics and put your own spin on it. As much as I love Zeppelin, their biggest crime was copywriting the songs they didn’t create
@@henrydiaz720 they did copy paste a lot of stuff in early albums. i still think zeppelin did it better though. always more depth, more melodic, more rich. zep was dope, they just did a bit of stealing every now and again
Copied. You're welcome. Don't make excuses for them.
I love Fogerty’s defense of “I wrote it, of course I’m gonna sound like myself”
"Yeah, I sound like myself. What a surprise!"
He brought a guitar into the courtroom and showed how different the songs were. ... He won the argument.
Fantasy Records trying to stick the knife in Fogerty again. Diden't work.
👍🏿
Haha it’s my favorite ever story about a stupid lawsuit
"Ice, Ice Baby." I heard about 3 chords of that song when it first came out and thought that Queen had re-recorded "Under Pressure!" lol.
When I first heard it on the radio After the first 3second I though " The words are wrong"
"Menopause Rhapsody" is such a blatant rip off of Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody", it should be illegal. But it isn't because it's satire. Just saw a cat meme. Four cat heads, black background: Mama, just killed a mouse. Ripped it right across its head, and put it in your bed.
Freddie Mercury solo.
OMG SAME!!!
Have you ever heard of sampling before? It's when usually a rap artist takes the back beat of a song and raps over it. It's quite common. Try listening to most of Jay Z's songs, 95% are sampled from other songs.
I've always found it interesting that people have a much stronger reaction to composers stealing from other songs as opposed to filmmakers stealing from other movies. Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs (1992) is well-known for ripping off Ringo Lam's City on Fire (1987), yet he didn't get sued for it despite claiming for years that he never saw the latter. Star Wars (1977) straight up copied the editing of old war movies for the aerial dogfight sequences. Tango & Cash (1989), Rapid Fire (1992), and Bad Boys II (2003) all borrowed action sequences from Jackie Chan's Police Story (1985).
Were they supposed to use real Star fighters to make the sequences? And they didn't copy anything, they used miniatures for everything back then as there was no real CGI to copy the images over in order to so called "Steal" footage. Might wanna learn some things before going all I know something. Looking at stock footage could help them achieve a real look of how flying machines maneuver around, but that's the extent of it.
@@animalyze7120 Learn the difference between editing and visual effects, genius! Neither The Empire Strikes Back nor Return of the Jedi directly copied old war movie sequences. When you play the Star Wars theme on the electric guitar instead of an orchestra, that's still the Star Wars theme despite the modern instrument.
I didn't realize I should be so dang impressed with Chuck Berry!! Props man! 😎🎶
The thing that pisses me off about the Down Under lawsuit was that the original creator of the kookaburra song was still alive during the height of Down Under's popularity and had no problem with it. She died a few years later and the rights were eventually picked up by some company who then sued Men At Work.
wasn't it the Girl Guides? I have a mate who is a huge Men At Work fan who told me this. Greg Ham didn't have to die because of the stress this lawsuit placed on him. It was a tribute and we all loved it, as Aussies, I think. It's a travesty.
Same thing happened with Stairway to heaven, although the lawsuit got tossed anyway. Also Chicago's 25 or 6 to 4 is a clear steal of Led Zeppelin's Babe Im Gonna Leave You. for yet another fun fact :D
Exactly this. If one artist or group reaches an agreement with another artist or group to sample their song in exchange for credits/some share of royalties, then provided the sampler abides by the agreement, the sampler shouldn’t get sued by the copyright holder of the sampled song. What some particularly greedy music companies don’t seem to understand is that music is meant to be shared with the world.
An American company.
Yep, classic case of copyright/patent trolling. Total, complete, blatant misuse of the system to turn a buck.
Tom Petty has always been cool about inspiration and musical “accidents”. Be cool like Tom Petty
Chad Tom Petty
What a legend. He will definitely be missed. 😔
Tom Petty always seemed like one of the chillest "rock stars" Like he was just happy to be there and have people enjoy his music. RIP.
Be cool like Tom Petty. Don't steal music.
Didn't he say once that there were only so many cords, everyone will end up copying everyone eventually?
As a hobby musician I cant tell you how many times I think I wrote something good and weeks later I realize its just like some song I heard a long time ago. Its hard to write unique music.
when i heard green day's "waiting" from the same album (warning) it sounded so damn familiar, and it was. it borrowed the melody from mamas and the papas' "do you wanna dance"
Columbia Pictures: Hey, Huey Lewis, please write a theme song for "Ghostbusters". Lewis: No thanks. Columbia: Hey, Ray Parker Jr., please use Huey's hit tune and write a theme song for "Ghostbusters".
Nice! LMAO!
Power Of Love.
Universal Pictures: Hey Huey Lewis, since you didn't want to write the theme for "Ghostbusters", can you write the theme song for "Back to the Future"? Lewis: Sure. Universal: Hey Lewis, what do you want to name the song? Lewis: The Power of Love
I didnt hear any similarities between those two
@@CrazyCatMom24that’s because a live version of the Huey Lewis song was used. Listen to the studio version and it becomes very clear.
I would have never thought "Stay with Me" sounded like Tom Petty's song.
I honestly don't hear the similarity
Same
Glad I'm not the only one.
It's the vocal line.
The song it literally named I won't back down and they won't
I love how Ghostbusters asked Huey Lewis to do a song and when he declined they just said, mkay, we’ll just rip off your hit then that’s cool. 😂
You forgot about Hotel California , Eagles taking the exact chord progression from Ian Anderson's song We Used To Know, Jethro Tull.
I think it’s funny that 9 inch nails originally made “Hurt” and when Johnny Cash covered it Trent Resnor said and I quote “oh that’s not my song anymore, he did it way better than I did” 😂
Johnny Cash made that song his own.
@@Kevin-593 didn’t even steal it. The song chose him lol
He claimed that he believed it was never his song to begin with and that when Cash asked for it he knew instantly that that was who he wrote it for
Trent also found out they were selling one of his albums for 18ish in Australia, and said boot leg it, come see me live when i come
Johnny Cash actually called up and asked, Trent said no , Johnny Cash said f*** you I'm going to do it anyway I'm dying and then after it was done Trent rezner said it was like he stole my girlfriend
I can't help but think a lot of songs genuinely aren't rip offs or intentionally stealing others material. I think in many cases people hear things throughout their life and it stays with them. When they're creating something they can't even tell they're just regurgitating what they heard before.
Makes sense
That may be likely the case. It’s actually a thing called Cryptomnesia
Happens to me a lot of times, it's a common thing
Lol. “It just came to me in a dream”
ATC all around the world vs Ava max my head and my heart they are the same tune practically I think Ava max copied ATC all around the world from the 1990s for Ava max song my head my heart
I THOUGHT 80's sounded like Come As You Are!!!!!!! Thank you SOO MUCH, for backing up my brain!!!!!
The court case against Men At Work for the 'Kookaburra' riff in 'Down Under' was nasty because the owner of Kookaburra was not the writer; they were someone who'd bought the rights... How this person could buy and own another person's creative IP is a bit perverse, but to then sue another artist who was merely quoting what he assumed was part of local folk culture... was just about getting the payout and nothing to do with creative credit. Greedy.
The fact that this starts with The Kinks makes me happy that their huge contribution to music is not forgotten!
I know... They are so underrated yet so many musicians were "inspired" by them
People that truly appreciate good music know who they are, and that is really all that matters. Their contributions to rock and roll, and pop culture are massive, but slightly off the radar. Personally, I think that is kind of a good thing.
one of the best rock bands ever.
@R G The Kinks and the Hollies are two of the best British bands ever!
Ray Davies!
“Dani California” by RHCP also sounds like Pettys “Mary Janes Last Dance.” Petty and the RHCP noticed it but Petty refused to sue them. In fact, he loved “Dani California.” Petty truly was a legend.
Petty’s “Mary Janes Last Dance” was itself a ripoff of sorts. Listen to the beginning of “Waiting for the Sun” by the Jayhawks, which came out one year BEFORE Mary Jane. It’s identical!
Jon Bon Jovi's "Queen of New Orleans" sounds a lot like "Mary Jane's Last Dance" as well.
Yeah both songs sound similar but are different in their own right, personally I prefer Tom Petty's song but both are really good songs
Absolutely❤
All of RHCP songs sound like the same song.
That Ghostbusters one was crazy he didn't even try to hide it🤣
This was really interesting. Thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it!
No matter how original you try to be, you will always have someone with a similar idea. I think it is impossible to be 100% original, especially nowadays since millions of artists and creators lived on this earth. The more time goes by, the harder it will be to avoid copyright conflicts to a point where it would be impossible. Feel free to disagree.
That's why there's that 100 years copyright free rule. That's why Maroon 5's Memories can't be sued for its blatant plagiarism of Pachelbel's Canon in D
@@hacantyapradipta1119 That's good to know that there is some kind of regulation.
I agree. Some of these are a little petty
Black Sabbath has written every heavy metal riff in existence, its just played backwards, slower or lower. And they don't give a shit who uses them. Metal is the greatest genre of music for this reason.
I won't disagree I'll simply point out nirvana, and Aic.
Chuck Berry has probably the most appropriated work in the world, and yet gets little respect for his contributions. As the Godfather of Rock and Roll, his legacy is still hidden from most of the world.
If you look back further you will find the shoulders he stood on.
Chuck borrowed heavily from the country and western catalogue.
Chuck Berry got his sound from Calvin Klein. He received a phone call from his cousin Marvin who was performing at the Enchantment Under the Sea Dance. Marvin suffered from an unexpected accident with a knife and Calvin stepped in to finish out the set.
@@iconiccreations2492 wow that's awesome!
@@iconiccreations2492 I thought it was the Fish Under the Sea Dance?
Interesting list. I was always was surprised by how much the bass line from Carl Carlton “Bad Mama Jama” and Michael Jackson “Pretty Young Thing” were similar. More recently though is hearing the melody from Tom Tom Club’s “Genius of Love” in Latto’s “Big Energy”, but commentators say that it’s from Mariah Carey’s “Fantasy”. 😂
Years ago I was playing guitar in a rock/roll band and we were playing 'Just What I Needed' by the Cars (E, B, C#m, Ab) and a good friend/guitarist told me 'Those are the same chords for verses as The Beatles 'I Wanna Hold Your Hand'. And yes!, they are!
With Queen/Bowie vs Ice. It was ice's comments that lead to the lawsuit. Brian May said they more or less would have said yes. But Ice made a comment like "I made the riff a hit" and that is when the lawsuits got filed
I get caught every time it comes up at music trivia!! The bars start and I ALWAYS pick the wrong one! They are exactly the same. Some of the others are a but of a stretch??? Ice, Ice Baby is just blatant!
Ice has always been, and will always be, an asshat.
ego starts a fire again
egos get you every time
@@garyfrazier5414 Actually it's worse than that. He's now a real estate salesman. But what could we have expected. The guys an asshat.
"It takes just seven notes to recognise 'Ice, Ice, Baby'." No. It takes just seven notes to recognise Queen's "Under Pressure". That came first, as a UK national, and Queen fan in a family of Queen fans, that is the song instricably linked with that riff. I think the main reason Ice Ice baby got the market penetration it did, is because it sampled the genius performers and creative powerhouses that were Queen.
Bowie had nothing to do with that song then?
Queen sued and lost. The copy changed ONE NOTE and convinced the court that makes it not the same.
The only similarity between the two was the bassline which was written by John Deacon so I don't think Bowie's contribution formed the basis of the suit. I loved Bowie BTW.
John Deacon. Great songwriter😊. One of the most memorable riffs in rock and roll. Queen was one of the rare bands (along with The Eagles) where all the band members wrote at least one or more of their hits (with Mercury responsible for writing the most).
@@irenec4210ueen won! It’s still obvious it’s Queens. He paid them $4 million dollars
Sounds like a whole lot of greed and ego
Always is. Not just in the music industry.
CCR that was hilarious! 😅 how did the record company even dare
I'm a writing teacher, and I have talked about unintended plagiarism all the time. We read/hear a particular selection, jot it down, either forget to attribute it OR we believe it's our own original idea ... you get the picture. I've done it myself, wholly without malicious intent. It happens, although most of us do not end up in court over it.
There's only so many combinations of words, notes, colors, etc. Human beings will independently create similar works. I happened across a sculpture from around 1914 that is a spitting image if General Grievous from Star Wars, for instance. I would bet money the SW designers have never seen it. Yet the similarities are striking.
I've found that "borrowing" in music is way more criticized than doing the same in movies, TV shows, literature, etc... The original Star Wars trilogy was heavily borrowed from multiple sources (even directly copied certain scenes like the dogfights), yet people are more surprised about the score resembling classical works.
That's because it should never get that far. A blatant remake claiming original could be an issue, but writing a song in a basic A,E,D chord progression is almost cliche' and should never be chased after. The Monkey's "A little bit me a little bit you" which Neil Diamond wrote was later redone by Neil with his own hit "Cherry Cherry", the Romantics used the same chords in a different rhythm for "What I like about you". It's just how music goes and there's only so many enjoyable melodies you can make the chords available without some similarities creeping in.
what kills me is the stones will sue anyone that even sounds even a little like their songs, but straight up stole from lesser known Black artist. it’s the hypocrisy for me.
@Caleb Hurley Yeah, I was always under the impression that it was mostly Alan Klein who did the suing. He's infamous for being, to put it mildly, a shark.
@Caleb Hurley And Bittersweet Symphony doesn't sound anything like the Stones' song... just someone else's arrangement of it.
Klein kept Jodorowski's filmography hidden for a long time
@Caleb Hurley I know! I hear ya
@Caleb Hurley Hey, check this out if you can. Bryan Adams released a song called "Please Forgive Me" in 1993 that was co written by Mutt Lange (I think). In 1999, the Country band Lonestar released a song called "Amazed" that is nearly identical. The vocal melody, key, tempo, and even many of the lyrics are the same. I have no idea how they got away with that one. And nobody ever mentions it in these "lists." It's cool to talk to someone who knows what they're talking about. Cheers
Oh THANK YOU!!! I am a fan of Joe Sat and Coldplay. The second I heard Coldplay I thought.... I've heard this! You finally reminded where!
Lately I heard a ton of similarities btw ABBA 's "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! and Michael Jackson's "Thriller" and I can not unhear them ever since. Won't somebody help me... Especially at 2:51 of Abba's song I usually start whispering " Darkness Falls across the land..."
"we drink Pepsi now" lmaoooo
Coke: And?
They switched drinking Pepsi, but continued snorting coke...
I think that Tom Petty, Chuck Berry, and The Kinks all got multiple tunes copied by other artists is testament to how talented and creative they were.
Men At Work being sued for their awesome unofficial national anthem Down Under was so sad and really unAustralian!
I thought this was really interesting to listen to. What came to mind was a nice gesture made by R. City a few years back for the song Locked Away. After listening to the recording, they realized it sounded a lot like Do That To Me One More Time by the Captain & Tennille (written by Toni Tennille). So, they added Tennille as a songwriter. Nice guys!
Chuck Berry is the true king of rock. So underrated.
Facts
Thank you
Buck Cherry*
Elvis begs to differ
The two kings are little Richard and Elvis
I think sometimes songs just happen to sound very similar, there's literally a finite number of musical possibilities melodically or harmonically that can be created, anyway.
This is right. Music is patterns. Also, there is a socially accepted format for all popular songs. Similar instruments are used and styles are copied.
Wow I haven’t heard that before 🙄
I always say that 😬
The problem is that judges seem extremely quick toward writes and credit for any songs that sound similar
@@aidanfl No, he meant finite
Eurovision participant Loreen - Tattoo will be next. Chorus is exactly the same as Mika Newton - V plenu. The follow up of Mika's song after the chorus sounds like Loreen's beginning of the song aswell. Tattoo also has elements of Abba - Winner takes it all
Every time I sing Hard To Handle by The Black Crows in my head I get to that little riff that comes in after "'cause mama, I'm sure hard to handle now, gets around" and immediately transition into the guitar solo from Over The Hills And Far Away by Led Zeppelin. I can't not do it. Even when I know it's gonna happen.
You know that’s actually a cover song yeah? Originally by Otis Redding.
maybe figure out a way to mix the songs together? as a musician, maybe i’ll talk to some band members i know and try to perform this lol-
Interesting story about this... I was listening to Alice Cooper's show back in the day, and he was talking about getting sued by Kiss one time. Can't remember the song, but he was completely caught off guard. So he's sitting in the courthouse, waiting for the trial to start and Paul Stanley walks up. He told Coop "Look, I have no idea what in the hell any of this is about, this is all the studio doing this.". Alice went on to say that's what these almost always are. it's not the band suing people, it's the studios doing it, and a lot of the time, the musicians aren't even aware until they get some kind of paperwork from an attorney or the courts.
Pretty sure it was the other way around for the KISS song 'Dreaming' being in litigation for sounding too much like Alice Cooper's 'Eighteen'. but your point still stands. Cheers!
That must've been an entertaining courtroom.
Studios generally have no rights to the music, they’re just a facility when the music is recorded. If there’s any truth to this story, it must have been either the label or the publisher as they hold the rights to the songs.
The Stones never wanted the Verve sued in the first place. It was the label and managers. As far as I could tell, Mick and Richards like Bittersweet Symphony from an artists perspective
Sounds about right. The labels and managers are starving for money. They could give a shit about the art.
Sounds like a lot of the cases on this list. Were it not for the label and managers, several of these cases would never have existed.
That’s the case for a lot of these. The artists usually don’t really care it’s the rights holders (publishers managers and record labels generally) who sue
It's worse than that, because the sample is of an orchestral arrangement that Mick and Keith didn't write or arrange. Alan Klein was a shifty bastard who bought the rights to an old song just so he could sue his own managed artist, George Harrison, over his latest song. May that guy rot in hell.
The Stones don't own any of their songs rights upto the early 70's. How come such rights are tradeble anyway?
I first heard of “Sweet Little Sixteen” through the original video. It’s now my favorite song.
The major realisation from this video came during the "land down under" segment, where I realised The Last Leg's Adam Hill is hosting the gameshow
It’s poetic justice that Queen’s resurgence in popularity had Under Pressure once again being recognized by all ages as the original.
Maybe it's because of where i'm from but i had never, NEVER heard of ice ice baby, only under pressure. And same goes for my friends 🤷♀️. But anyway, justice has finally been made all over the world
Queen - David Bowie " Under Pressure " is one of the greatest songs EVER..!
@@melrankin3682 definitely 👍😊🎶🎵
@@emili9715 yeah I’ve honestly never heard Ice Ice Baby on the radio except for the 90’s pop Sirius stations. I was born in 2000 so that was after Ice Ice Baby’s popularity came and went
@@denistuohy2535 maybe. I was born in '97 and live in italy and here you hear under pressure on the radio, in the stores and such. Ice ice baby probably was never a hit here 🤷♀️
"Neglected to credit Berry..." That's the story of his career. Such a tragedy.
Even Berry plagiarized himself. He rewrote his own 1957 hit School Days in 1964 as No Particular Place To Go.
Yeah, probably not helped by all his troubles with underage girls and hidden bathroom recordings. Tragic
@@JMacSD I never heard of that.
@@chrismulwee4911 yeah Berry is a weirdo for sure
@@chrismulwee4911 Yeah dawg. Berry was a sexual creep
Wait a minute! All the songs on the radio sound alike! You mean, they're not supposed to sound alike?
Here's one I never hear mentioned. Bruce Springsteen Glory Days 1984 lifted from Do You Know What I Mean by Lee Michaels 1971. I think they sound a lot a like. Especially the organ music.
There's only so many notes and so many ways to combine them - Hell, if Johann Pachelbel was still alive, he could sue 75% of the music industry...
Lmfao everyone uses Canon! From the graduation song, to that maroon 5 memories
Very true!!!
That’s a fact
Make that 100% if the fact he invented the bass line is true.
And Bach could sue more or less everyone.
Music labels suing over minute differences is ridiculous. I can understand lawsuits like Vanilla Ica "Ice Ice Baby" but some of the others are far fetched
@Dominic Wileman but it's kind of hard when pretty much every note has been recorded.
@@somberstricken4424 I had always wondered about this. We have a finite number of notes. We also have a finite number of combination of said notes that are pleasing to hear. Therefore, at one point,we are going to run out of unused combinations. It's nonsense.
Some i can believe some aren't
Very true.
I knew the members of The Other Garden, we were all Cambridge based. I cannot tell you how devastating it was for them to hear the replica tracks released, knowing their CD had been sat on the same manager’s desk between meetings. They were a brilliant band and had the opportunities stolen away by the meat grinding sausage making ‘music’ industry. We will NEVER forget those TOG gigs guys! Xxxx
I haven't seen this one anywhere but Panic at the Disco used the B-52s Bass line for their song Rock Lobster in their song Don't Threaten me With a Good Time
" Is it just me or does 'Do You Wanna Build a Snowman' from Frozen sound suspiciously like 'Papa, Can You Hear Me?' from Yentl? and nobody fucking realizes it." - Deadpool
That IS so true! Seriously!
You are so right!
Lol haha should of been on the list
And also just like Tool's Forty Six and Two. It's freaky!
omgosh, yes! lol
I remember getting so pissed off when Ice Ice Baby came out. Under Pressure has always been one of my all time favorite songs, one that didn't get much airplay... so I would get so excited when I heard the familiar base chain.... then I would hear Ice Ice Baby... and would be so disappointed!
I used to go to 80's night at a dance club about 20 years ago and it was ABSOLUTELY hilarious when "Under pressure" would come on. I'd say a good half to 3/4 of the crowd thought it was going to be "Ice, Ice, baby" (even though it's a 90's song) and were left completely confused. Probably saw that happen a good dozen+ times and every time I'd tip DJ Dead Air extra for the laugh.
That puff daddy song with Kashmir bugs me more 😮
Had the same experience when “Stupid Girl” by Garbage would come on, would always be disappointed it wasn’t “Train In Vain” by the Clash.
Me too! He really is just a white rapper from Texas with a funky hair cut (quoted from Roger Taylor)😂
But David was so cheery about it. RIP
The opening riff to Free's "All Right Now" and Steve Miller's opening riff to "Rock' N Me".
Lennon and Berry performed together on stage while Yoko started wailing as backup. They had to cut the 🎤 to shut her up.🤫
What does this have to do with this video?
Next up, AC/DC sues AC/DC who in turn sues AC/DC for writing different lyrics for the same song 40 times. Fans don't care and listen anyway.
So true 😂
Yeah, Bon Jovi is facing the same kind of troubles.
Same with Status Quo.
As an AC/DC fan, this is so untrue...they actually came out with the same song 200 times, and the lyrics were pretty much the same every time too😝
Angus Young, AC/DC’s lead guitarist himself, has actually poked fun at this, saying, and I quote, “I’m sick to death of people saying we’ve made 11 albums that sound exactly the same. In fact we’ve made 12 albums that sound exactly the same.”, poking fun at the fact people often forget about the Australian version of High Voltage, as well.
Lady Gaga’s Born This Way is just Madonna’s Express Yourself sped up. Madonna just never sued Gaga over it.
There is something from "La isla bonita" in "Alejandro", too.
I've heard people make this arguement before but honestly I've just never been able to hear the similarities.
i think madonna just said it was a compliment.
@@mammyewok she most certainly did not. Go see her performance of Express Yourself in the MDNA tour.. she never thought it was a compliment.
@@sylviatamieanan4088 Alejandro steals from “don’t turn around” by age of base. Gaga is just THAT basic apparently.
Heard that Ray PJ faded out the vocals for I want a new drug, karaoke style, and wrote lyrics right over it
The guitar riff in A Little Bit of Soul by The Music Explosion is very similar to the one in Summertime Blues
Man, that John Fogherty case. Just another example of how scummy record labels are
But it did sound like a remake.
Lol when you’re sued for sounding too much like yourself 🤣
Ill get that john fogerty up here to sing for you! What you don't know who the fuck he is?? Anyone?
Saul Zaentz is the thug here. He sued Fogerty bc of the "almighty $" in the 4m of royalties. Even more clever; Fogerty's "tribute" 2 Zaentz w/"Zanz Can't Dance" but l8r retitled & re-recorded as "Vanz Can't Dance" bc of the lawsuit. After all; there r 2 versions of the "Centerfield" LP that was indicative as such. I oughta know bc I used 2 have both versions but lost 'em ovr 18 yrs ago when I residentially reloc8d. However; the CD version only has the "V" version (i.e.: "Vanz Can't Dance").
@@justayoutuber1906 Wouldn't you redo a song that you wrote and sang?
"There are only so many notes and chords, inevitably some songwriters will hit on the same progression and sound completely independent of one another"
Nice, nice, baby.
@@GregMoress 🤣👍 Yeah, not all of them are coincidence!
It goes beyond notes and chords. A melody is a series of notes, and can contain different time signatures. Some sequences sound less musical than others, but there's the potential for a lot of variation if one works at it.
@@tr5947 its just a quote from a music theory professor I used to know.
Melanie Martinez is a few who dont copy the music chords for her songs
With so many songs, eventually you run out of combinations. You could find 100 songs that sound similar to any particular song. Some people think they are so unique that it is impossible that any of the million people out there could come up with the same idea, joke, song, etc.
In the '70s, I thought "My Maria" by B,W, Stephenson and "Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)" by Jim Croce had a similarity, but just a little one. the four-syllable lyrics "My Maria" and "Operator" from their subsequent songs both have the same notes. As a kid, I briefly thought one was a remake of the other.
I don’t know the proper way musicians need to go about doing songs that sound alike, but I honestly love when a new song reminds me of a song from my childhood. It makes me want to listen to both so much more. Nostalgia at its finest.
Do it like MC Hammer did, when he wanted to sample Super freak. Ask first. Edit: I was wrong. He didn't ask either.☹️
I feel like you could put Kidd Rocks entire career in this video.
"American Bad Ass" comes to mind lol
He changed his name to sKidd Mark
Be wit da ba=Striesand
When they put Kid rock on Super Bowl halftime show. I was watching Lingerie Bowl.
Or Jay-Z's. As much as I love his music, Jay-Z literally hit his peak doing Biggie and Pac lyrics, and making entire tracks based around songs that they as well as others like Dre/Snoop did. Always respected Nas 100000x more, Ether tells it all, he took Biggie's everything. But at the same time, Jay-Z is 1 of the best 10 rappers of all time and personally he has multiple albums I've listened to over and over my entire life. Its proof that if you get the go ahead approval to sample, you'll be respected if you make a great finishing product. Honestly pays off!
You missed 'Oh Yeah' by Shadows of Knight, 'La Fille du Pere Noel' by Jacques Dutronc, 'The Jean Genie' by David Bowie and 'Blockbuster' by The Sweet, all four of which sound incredibly similar.
For a band that has been around since the stones age the kinks have the prolific catalog and creativity to make everyone want to be them. This is my favorite classic old school rock band.
How about this: The Kinks 1968 album features, "Johnny Thunder" which copies "Green Tambourine" which was released in 1967, "Big Sky" copies "1906" by West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band which was released in early 1967, and "Last of the Steam Powered Train" copies "CC Rider, and so forth. This Kinks' album is a ripoff of numerous songs that came before Nov. 1968. I'm not sorry for bursting your bubble but The Kinks were not a very good band and Ray Davies turned out to be a bitter and envious song writer (which the YT channel "Yesterday's papers" has also brought out).
@@JimDeferio where have all the good times gone and you really got me. There's other stuff but that's pretty top shelf for me- I like art lover the story the whole thing and death of a clown I think they are just a stunning band. Each his own I guess. I think when someone says covering it usually means a known artist. I am fairly well read and have never heard of West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band. I did check some of their discography where it shows west coast covering kink songs that sounds more like collaboration not a cover- no one has heard of that band they are credited as what Davies was credited on the west coast album. Those youtube channels that do the history lessons are a whole lot of peoples opinion. Depends on who you're talking too.
@@abee3515 I have WCPAEB on vinyl! Just because you are ignorant and love a lie doesn't change truth. I have a HUGE vinyl record collection (I'm 73 years old). Yeah, the Kinks had a few good songs but they were always a raggedy bottom tier band and though they had high hopes they were pretty much rejected as a top level band. Perhaps you should educate yourself as to the tremendous amount of music produced in the 1960's and early 1970's. The Kinks were a very minor part of this. Btw, I rarely take anything by KZheadrs as Gospel when it comes to music. I have two science degrees, I used to play three instruments (I'm down to two now), I have been actively listening to all sorts of music since I was ten years old (1960) and I know some music theory and have an excellent ear for melodic phrasing and sounds (which drives me a bit crazy at times because it is difficult to listen to many songs without thinking, "Hey, they stole this from so and so...". When you talk about The Kinks you are talking about the music of the 1960's and in the 1960's the Kinks were never considered an important band simply because of the deluge of great music from The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Cream, Creedence, The Doors, the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Moby Grape, the Music Machine, Love, the Moody Blues, the Hollies, the Beach Boys, even the Monkees (who wrote 12 of their own songs and had about 7-8 great songwriters who contributed all the other many songs for them), and the list goes on and on and on.
@@JimDeferio their first album credited davey so I'm not sure what ignorance you claim- so there's that. I have heard throughout my long life people tell me how long they've done this or how much experience that have from long life and my response is it doesn't matter if you've been doing it wrong the whole time. I like the kinks and nothing you've said will change that- but you should probably change your depends. Have you every heard of the Hungry Tongues? Didn't think so. I have so much vinyl I'm on a superfund list.
@@abee3515 No crime in liking the Kinks but there is no way that The Doors plagiarized them, little child. However, The Kinks ripped off numerous bands but were never sued probably due to the Kinks lack of fame and money. People usually go after the rich offenders. Btw, you would NEVER talk to me like that in a face to face conversation because you would find out really fast how tough as nails we Italians are. Do you play guitar? If you do then play both songs and tell me HONESTLY if the two riffs are the same. They are NOT. I can go to the guitar right now and play numerous riffs and, guess what, it doesn't take special talent to do so or to make up new riffs because it is elementary music 101. However, there are a few sophisticated riffs within the rock & blues genre of music but the Kinks are in no way a sophisticated band.
Fogarty being sued for plagiarizing himself will always be an amusing bit of music trivia.
I'd call it more of a pathetic harassment attempt - the RESULT was amusing though.
But seriously he needs to pay up, uh to himself.
@@thomas1630 He does - every time he gets income from his later songs. 9-)
There’s millions of songs out there. How can a song not sound similar to another song?
True
Truth. There's going to be sounds that match sometimes else every time. It's only when rich people have it happen that we hear about it though.
Similar and close to blatant or actually blatant rip offs is the difference. Between shared chords, riffs, lyrics, what have you; you're right, some songs are going to sound similar but it shouldn't be practically the same song. It's along the same lines as writing; two authors might have similar writing styles, shared words, the same genre, some of the same words in the title but plagiarism isn't subtle.
You can tell if you are a musician.
Hi there! Funny how you say "Is there a song you think sounds similar to another?" I have one that NO ONE has ever mentioned: 38 Special "Hold on Loosely" & Keith Urban "Kiss the Girl". I swear the rhythm guitar is exactly the same! I've even played them side by side for friends & they agree. Don't get me wrong I love both songs, its just amazing that people don't hear the similarity, except me.
those 2 are not the same. The strumming timing is similar, but only the first 2 chords are the "same"...and the 38 Special tune is a 4-chord progression while the Keith Urban song is a 3-chord progression. But because of the strumming pattern I can see how someone would think they're similar
I was playing our version of Soul Limbo and someone said "that's Walking on Sunshine". No it wasn't - Walking on Sunshine came from Soul Limbo. Interestingly Katrina said she was having trouble with the song and suddenly it came to her whilst watching TV. In the UK when cricket was on the TV, Soul Limbo was the main theme. Some kind of link there, I believe.
So the Kinks basically get ripped off the most and are original and cooler than everyone else. Got it.
I never got the connection between Hello I love you......
@@WooBino. I kinda hear it but it ain't that bad. Personally I think sam smith and tom petty songs sounded nothing alike
God Save the Kinks!
@@garyrhone1395 I was never super into them, so after this video I got their 1964-1971 Anthology that was released in 2014 that has 150 songs on it.. So now I'm super into them! They're great!!
So underrated
The theme to the 90’s cartoon X-MEN and Whitney Houston’s “I’m your baby tonight”
Wait really?
good one. That's funny
Lol they do sound fairly similar
Good fn ears man that one got by me. Im stunned!
IM SCREAMING THIS IS SO RANDOM
I never thought about "Hello, I Love You" sounding like The Kinks. Also, I feel like Coldplay's "Clocks" "borrows" from Bronski Beat's "Smalltown Boy."
The main riff to Whole Lotta Love is taken from Hey Joe covered by Hendrix two years earlier at about the 14 second mark
Radiohead completely ripping off Creep then trying to come for Lana’s song is the shadiest, greediest thing I’ve ever heard of lol glad she called them out and they dropped it
In both cases none of the writers or band members had anything to do with the action of suing in each it was entirely out of their control and done by their agents and lawyers respectively. Also I which you’d listen to all 3 of those songs . The air that I breathe is very different to creep . Where as get free is quite similar to creep.
They're a Creep
Lana should have said that she rip off the original song that creep ripped off
Two groups I absolutely cannot stand are Radiohead & Coldplay. Horrible music with middling musicians and abysmal writing.
@@tedwojtasik8781 you’re joking right?
The Offspring "Why Don't You Get A Job" vs The Beatles "Ob La Di Ob La Da"
And apparently McCartney plagiarized it fromJimmy Scott
dang i just relistened to both and they really do sound similar
That's right they do both sound similar. I never noticed that. Good observation Dave.
There's a TV show in the UK called Howard's Way where the theme tune sounds like Sunday Girl by Blondie. I don't know which came first though.