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Top 10 Sound-Alike Songs


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welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
sound-alike song she’s a rebel and a
stunner on the memory damn baby what you
know for this list we’re choosing songs
that haven’t necessarily been tainted by
lawsuits but are considered similar in
the court of public opinion
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but we’re not suggesting wrongdoing by
any of the involved songwriters here we
leave it up to you to decide
we’re also excluding cases of sampling
she’s a very kinky girl touch this
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hey Dustin if you didn’t see a song you
think should be on the list be sure to
check out our video on the top 10 ripoff
song hottest bitch in
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number ten Abba dancing queen versus
Shania Twain c’est la vie
while on first listen these two songs
are beyond different we can’t help but
think we’ve heard Shania scores before
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fan or not Abbas music was inescapable
in the 1970s
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Oh
Vande experienced a level of fame only
matched by the Beatles and like the Fab
Four they are still praised to this day
for their quality of song crap
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all of this makes the Swedish group a
perfect model for pop song compositions
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number nine Tom Petty and the
Heartbreakers Mary Jane’s last dance
versus Red Hot Chili Peppers Dani
California for two artists who are
talented in their own right these two
tracks sure do sound a lot of life you
know in the state of Mississippi pop
above the cover and the mama was a hit
man in fact their groove establishing
chord progressions are only one note
away from sameness she never was ravaged
to a darling screw a brat with the mini
and a boys on indiana bag which is both
a major and minor difference depending
on how you look at it
and
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Teddy himself doubted any malicious
purpose on the peppers part and even
said that many songs just sounds similar
booster beta gifted animator one fallen
a living for the later just ask The
Strokes who openly confess to making
Petty’s American girl
the basis for last night
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in both cases Tom opted to let it slide
and let rock be rock
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number eight Chicago 25 or 6 to 4 versus
Green Day rain stew it may be hard to
think of the punk pop rockers ever
crossing paths with the rock jazz fusion
outfit but you have to admit that brain
stews intro sure sounds a lot like the
1970 Chicago single 25 or 6 to 4
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would hardly be the only time the
threesome would dip into the oldies
either
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still with no known lawsuits in the
chicago matter maybe it’s a fair call
and besides don’t they both remind you
of another tune more specifically this
one by Led Zep
if I believe
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number seven the who baba o’riley versus
One Direction best song ever
tada
okay so it’s dressed up a lot with
modern flash and glam but isn’t that
totally Pete Townsend’s power cord rip
under there
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teenage rip-off whoa yeah
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for this part Townsend himself didn’t
bat an eyelash and let the boy bands
homage pass credit and royalty free
claiming there are really only so many
chords out there
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that may also explain one Ds 2012 single
live while we’re young which quickly
drew comparisons to the clash by the way
does Tom Cruise know he’s in this video
bread’s like a son to me sure a good man
I know I know come in
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number six the Beatles lady Madonna
versus sublime what I got
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it may not make sense to copy the
biggest band in the history of
everything but then again it kind of
does to Street cigarette shoes while we
can’t say for sure that the Scot punk
rockers had the Paul McCartney pegged
pop song on their Walkmans when they
recorded their most successful radio
single the songs are in the same key and
have nearly indistinguishable melodies
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also while not present lady Madonna’s
signature riff does tuck in nicely
throughout much of what I got so we
think that’s a mashup waiting to happen
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number five Madonna
express yourself versus Lady Gaga Born
This Way just put your paws up
because you were born this way baby well
we’re certainly not the first to point
this one out as even the Material Girl
herself
expressed that these two sound alike
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while Gaga claims there was no
intentional copying she has stated that
both songs followed the same chord
progression and has also cited Madonna
as one of her major influences
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not that she had to
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meanwhile Maja’s take on the similarity
runs the range of mildly miffed to
honored depending on when you ask her
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number four
Beyonce halo versus Kelly Clarkson
already gone
pay attention mojo holics we’re cracking
this one wide open
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No
while even the most casual ear will pick
up the sameness of these two songs the
paper trail shows something very
concrete the same co-writer
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never really had
halo I got my angel now one republic’s
ryan tedder
played a part in writing both of these
tunes and while we can’t be sure what
parts he wrote for each halo was
completed but not yet released when he
moved on to already gone
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this led Kelly Clarkson to allege that
he had reused the former’s musical
arrangement on hers though Tedder has
denied this
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although you can’t technically
plagiarize yourself laziness is rarely a
virtuous
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ready
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number three Westra Scotty doesn’t know
versus Hannah Montana rock star
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it wasn’t officially released until 2006
but the lustre song was actually first
heard in the 2004 film hero tres
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every Sunday
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meanwhile Miley Cyrus or Hannah
Montana’s rock star was taken from the
2007 Hannah Montana – movie soundtrack
to promote the next year’s best of both
worlds concert film a little faster than
school
we just again
while luster contemplated making legal
loops citing a similarity between the
guitar riff featured in both songs it’s
interesting to note that Scotty doesn’t
know has also been linked to the 1988
track reptile by the church
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so maybe they shouldn’t throw stones
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number two the Beatles oh bloody Oh blah
da vs. The Offspring why don’t you get a
job my friends got a girlfriend Manny
hits that bitch he tells me every day it
may not make sense to copy the biggest
band in the history of everything but
then again wait we said that already
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while both of these songs are in
different keys they do follow the same
tune and share the same general feel and
flow
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the Scot punk band has also been accused
of lifting elements of Simon & Garfunkel
Cecilia
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but take a listen and decide for
yourself
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job before we unveil our top pick here
are a few honorable mentions
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break it down the camel’s back
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you can be amazing – the phrase in
talking more drug I used to bite my
tongue and hold my breath it’s get to
rock the boat and make
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number one Iggy Pop lust for life versus
jet are you going to be my girl
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while many called the Aussie rockers out
on dipping into the Iggy well in 2003
jet has claimed to have gone straight to
the source Motown in fact pop and his
lust for life co-writer David Bowie did
the very same
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they used Martha and the Vandellas
as well as The Supremes as starting
points
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jeez
proving that you can’t hurry love and
you can’t beat a classic Coleman
my set
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but there’s no harm in trying
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despite the two tracks popularity and
being so openly inspired by other songs
I said are you gonna be my girl no
papers have been served and no legal
battles have ensued so far
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