"Weird Al" Yankovic
Aardvark
InspiredBy
[The Carnival of the Animals - Camille Saint-Saëns]
Part of The Carnival of the Animals - Part Two
Achy Breaky Song
ParodyOf
[Achy Breaky Heart - Billy Ray Cyrus]
Addicted to Spuds
ParodyOf
[Addicted to Love - Robert Palmer]
Albuquerque
InTheStyleOf
[Dick's Automotive - The Rugburns]
Alimony
ParodyOf
[Mony Mony - Billy Idol]
Alligator
InspiredBy
[The Carnival of the Animals - Camille Saint-Saëns]
Part of The Carnival of the Animals - Part Two
The Alternative Polka
Includes
Includes
[Sex Type Thing - Stone Temple Pilots]
Includes
[All I Wanna Do - Sheryl Crow]
Includes
[Closer - Nine Inch Nails]
Includes
[Bang and Blame - R.E.M.]
Includes
[You Oughta Know - Alanis Morissette]
Includes
[Bullet with Butterfly Wings - The Smashing Pumpkins]
Includes
[My Friends - Red Hot Chili Peppers]
Includes
[I'll Stick Around - Foo Fighters]
Includes
[Black Hole Sun - Soundgarden]
Amish Paradise
ParodyOf
[Gangsta's Paradise - Coolio]
Amoeba
InspiredBy
[The Carnival of the Animals - Camille Saint-Saëns]
Part of The Carnival of the Animals - Part Two
Angry White Boy Polka
Includes
[Last Resort - Papa Roach]
Includes
[Chop Suey - System of a Down]
Includes
[Get Free - The Vines]
Includes
[Hate to Say I Told You So - The Hives]
Includes
[Fell in Love with a Girl - The White Stripes]
Includes
[Last Nite - The Strokes]
Includes
[Down with the Sickness - Disturbed]
Includes
[Renegades of Funk - Rage Against the Machine]
Includes
[My Way - Limp Bizkit]
Includes
[Outside - Staind]
Includes
[Bawitdaba - Kid Rock]
Includes
[Youth of the Nation - P.O.D.]
Includes
[The Real Slim Shady - Eminem]
Another One Rides the Bus
ParodyOf
[Another One Bites the Dust - Queen]
Bedrock Anthem
ParodyOf
[Under the Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers]
ParodyOf
[Give It Away - Red Hot Chili Peppers]
The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota
InTheStyleOf
[30,000 Pounds of Bananas - Harry Chapin]
InTheStyleOf
[Gordon Lightfoot]
Bite Me
ParodyOf
[Endless, Nameless - Nirvana]
Bob
InTheStyleOf
[Bob Dylan]
InTheStyleOf
[Subterranean Homesick Blues - Bob Dylan]
Bohemian Polka
CoverOf
The Brady Bunch
ParodyOf
[The Safety Dance - Men Without Hats]
Brain Freeze
ParodyOf
[Shave Me - Sadgasm]
Buckingham Blues
InTheStyleOf
[Jack and Diane - John Mellencamp]
Buy Me a Condo
ParodyOf
[Buffalo Soldier - Bob Marley]
Cable TV
InTheStyleOf
[Randy Newman]
Callin' in Sick
InTheStyleOf
[Lithium - Nirvana]
InTheStyleOf
[Come as You Are - Nirvana]
Canadian Idiot
ParodyOf
[American Idiot - Green Day]
Cavity Search
ParodyOf
[Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me - U2]
Close But No Cigar
InTheStyleOf
[Cake]
Cockroaches
InspiredBy
[The Carnival of the Animals - Camille Saint-Saëns]
Part of The Carnival of the Animals - Part Two
A Complicated Song
ParodyOf
[Complicated - Avril Lavigne]
Confessions Part III
ParodyOf
[Confessions Part II - Usher]
Couch Potato
ParodyOf
[Lose Yourself - Eminem]
Dare to Be Stupid
InTheStyleOf
[Devo]
Do I Creep You Out
ParodyOf
[Do I Make You Proud - Taylor Hicks]
Dog Eat Dog
InTheStyleOf
[And She Was - Talking Heads]
Don't Download This Song
InspiredBy
[We Are the World - USA for Africa]
InspiredBy
[Hands Across America - Marc Blatte and John Carney]
InspiredBy
[Do They Know It’s Christmas? - Bob Geldof and Midge Ure]
Don't Wear Those Shoes
InTheStyleOf
[The Kinks]
the intro
Eat It
ParodyOf
[Beat It - Michael Jackson]
eBay
ParodyOf
[I Want It That Way - Backstreet Boys]
Everything You Know Is Wrong
InTheStyleOf
[They Might Be Giants]
Fat
ParodyOf
[Bad - Michael Jackson]
Finale
InspiredBy
[The Carnival of the Animals - Camille Saint-Saëns]
Part of The Carnival of the Animals - Part Two,
Frank's 2000TV
InspiredBy
[(Don't Go Back to) Rockville - R.E.M.]
Genius In France
InTheStyleOf
[Frank Zappa]
George Of The Jungle
CoverOf
[Theme song to George of the Jungle - Sheldon Allman and Stan Worth]
Germs
InTheStyleOf
[Nine Inch Nails]
InspiredBy
[Terrible Lie - Nine Inch Nails]
InspiredBy
[Closer - Nine Inch Nails]
Girls Just Want To Have Lunch
ParodyOf
[Girls Just Want to Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper]
Good Old Days
InTheStyleOf
[James Taylor]
Grapefruit Diet
ParodyOf
[Zoot Suit Riot - Cherry Poppin' Daddies]
Gump
ParodyOf
[Lump - The Presidents of the United States of America]
Happy Birthday
InspiredBy
[H.A.T.R.E.D. - Tonio K]
Headline News
ParodyOf
[Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm - Crash Test Dummies]
Here's Johnny
ParodyOf
[Who's Johnny ('Short Circuit' Theme) - El DeBarge]
Homer and Marge (Love goes on)
ParodyOf
[Jack and Diane - John Mellencamp]
Hooked On Polkas
Includes
[12th Street Rag - Euday L. Bowman]
Includes
[State of Shock - The Jackson 5 with Mick Jagger]
Includes
[Sharp Dressed Man - ZZ Top]
Includes
[What' s Love Got to Do with It? - Tina Turner]
Includes
[Method of Modern Love - Hall and Oates]
Includes
[Owner of a Lonely Heart - Yes]
Includes
[We' re Not Gonna Take It - Twisted Sister]
Includes
[99 Luftballons - Nena]
Includes
[Footloose - Kenny Loggins]
Includes
[The Reflex - Duran Duran]
Includes
[Metal Health (Bang Your Head) - Quiet Riot]
The Hot Rocks Polka
Includes
[It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It) - The Rolling Stones]
Includes
[Brown Sugar - The Rolling Stones]
Includes
[You Can' t Always Get What You Want - The Rolling Stones]
Includes
[Honky Tonk Women - The Rolling Stones]
Includes
[Under My Thumb - The Rolling Stones]
Includes
[Ruby Tuesday - The Rolling Stones]
Includes
[Miss You - The Rolling Stones]
Includes
[Sympathy for the Devil - The Rolling Stones]
Includes
[Get off of My Cloud - The Rolling Stones]
Includes
[Shattered - The Rolling Stones]
Includes
[Let's Spend the Night Together - The Rolling Stones]
Hummingbirds
InspiredBy
[The Carnival of the Animals - Camille Saint-Saëns]
Part of The Carnival of the Animals - Part Two
I Can't Watch This
ParodyOf
[U Can't Touch This - MC Hammer]
I Lost on Jeopardy
ParodyOf
[Jeopardy - The Greg Kihn Band]
I Love Rocky Road
ParodyOf
[I Love Rock 'N Roll - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts]
I Think I'm a Clone Now
ParodyOf
[I Think We're Alone Now - Tiffany]
I Want a New Duck
ParodyOf
[I Want a New Drug - Huey Lewis and The News]
Iguana
InspiredBy
[The Carnival of the Animals - Camille Saint-Saëns]
Part of The Carnival of the Animals - Part Two
I'll Sue Ya
InTheStyleOf
[Rage Against the Machine]
InspiredBy
[Bombtrack - Rage Against the Machine]
InspiredBy
[Killing in the Name - Rage Against the Machine]
I'm So Sick Of You
InTheStyleOf
[Elvis Costello]
Introduction (The Carnival of the Animals - Part Two)
InspiredBy
[The Carnival of the Animals - Camille Saint-Saëns]
Part of The Carnival of the Animals - Part Two
Introduction (Peter and the Wolf)
InspiredBy
[Peter and the Wolf - Sergei Prokofiev]
Isle Thing
ParodyOf
[Wild Thing - Tone Loc]
It's All About The Pentiums
ParodyOf
[It's All about the Benjamins - Puff Daddy]
Jerry Springer
ParodyOf
[One Week - the Barenaked Ladies]
Jurassic Park
ParodyOf
[MacArthur Park - Richard Harris]
King of Suede
ParodyOf
[King of Pain - The Police]
Lasagna
ParodyOf
[La Bamba - Richie Valens]
Let Me Be Your Hog
ParodyOf
[I Wanna Be Your Dog - Iggy Pop and The Stooges]
Probably a parody of it
Like a Surgeon
ParodyOf
[Like a Virgin - Madonna]
Livin' in the Fridge
ParodyOf
[Livin' on the Edge - Aerosmith]
Living with a Hernia
ParodyOf
[Living in America - James Brown]
Midnight Star
InTheStyleOf
[Bruce Springsteen]
Money For Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies
ParodyOf
[Money for Nothing - Dire Straits]
[Mark Knopfler] re-recorded his guitar tracks for this song.
Mr. Popeil
InTheStyleOf
[The B-52's]
My Bologna
ParodyOf
[My Sharona - The Knack]
Nature Trail to Hell
InTheStyleOf
[Thriller - Michael Jackson]
InTheStyleOf
[Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin]
The Night Santa Went Crazy
SoundsLike
SoundsLike
[Mama, I'm Coming Home - Ozzy Osbourne]
The intro to the song is also very similar to Zakk Wylde ' s intro
Ode To A Superhero
ParodyOf
[Piano Man - Billy Joel]
One More Minute
Genre
Pancreas
InTheStyleOf
[Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys]
SoundsLike
[God Only Knows - Beach Boys]
SoundsLike
[Good Vibrations - Beach Boys]
Party At The Leper Colony
InTheStyleOf
[Not Fade Away - Buddy Holly]
Peter and the Wolf
ParodyOf
[Peter and the Wolf - Sergei Prokofiev]
Phony Calls
ParodyOf
[Waterfalls - TLC]
Pigeons
InspiredBy
[The Carnival of the Animals - Camille Saint-Saëns]
Part of The Carnival of the Animals - Part Two
The Plumbing Song
ParodyOf
[Baby Don't Forget My Number - Milli Vanilli]
ParodyOf
[Blame It on the Rain - Milli Vanilli]
Polka Party!
Includes
[Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel]
Includes
[Sussudio - Phil Collins]
Includes
[Party All the Time - Eddie Murphy]
Includes
[Say You, Say Me - Lionel Richie]
Includes
[Freeway of Love - Aretha Franklin]
Includes
[What You Need - INXS]
Includes
[Harlem Shuffle - The Rolling Stones]
Includes
[Venus - Bananarama]
Includes
[Nasty - Janet Jackson]
Includes
[Rock Me Amadeus - Falco]
Includes
[Shout - Tears for Fears]
Polka Power!
Includes
[Wannabe - the Spice Girls]
Includes
[Flagpole Sitta - Harvey Danger]
Includes
[Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are) - Pras]
Includes
[Everybody (Backstreet' s Back) - the Backstreet Boys]
Includes
[Walkin' on the Sun - Smash Mouth]
Includes
[Intergalactic - the Beastie Boys]
Includes
[Tubthumping - Chumbawamba]
Includes
[Ray of Light - Madonna]
Includes
[Push - matchbox twenty]
Includes
[Semi - Charmed Life - Third Eye Blind]
Includes
[The Dope Show - Marilyn Manson]
Includes
[MMMBop - Hanson]
Includes
[Sex and Candy - Marcy Playground]
Includes
[Closing Time - Semisonic]
Polka Your Eyes Out
Includes
[Cradle of Love - Billy Idol]
Includes
[Tom's Diner - Suzanne Vega]
Includes
[Love Shack - The B-52's]
Includes
[Pump up the Jam - Technotronic]
Includes
[Losing My Religion - R.E.M.]
Includes
[Unbelievable - EMF]
Includes
[Do Me! - Bell Biv DeVoe]
Includes
[Enter Sandman - Metallica]
Includes
[The Humpty Dance - Digital Underground]
Includes
[Cherry Pie - Warrant]
Includes
[Miss You Much - Janet Jackson]
Includes
[I Touch Myself - Divinyls]
Includes
[Dr. Feelgood - Mötley Crüe]
Includes
[Ice Ice Baby - Vanilla Ice]
Polkarama!
Includes
[The Chicken Dance - Werner Thomas]
Includes
[Let's Get It Started - The Black Eyed Peas]
Includes
[Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand]
Includes
[Beverly Hills - Weezer]
Includes
[Speed Of Sound - Coldplay]
Includes
[The Nina Bobina Polka - "Weird Al" Yankovic]
Includes
[Float On - Modest Mouse]
Includes
[Feel Good Inc. - Gorillaz]
Includes
[Don't Cha - The Pussycat Dolls]
Includes
[Somebody Told Me - The Killers]
Includes
[Slither - Velvet Revolver]
Includes
[Candy Shop - 50 Cent]
Includes
[Drop It Like It's Hot - Snoop Dogg]
Includes
[Pon de Replay - Rihanna]
Polkas On 45
Includes
[Jocko Homo - Devo]
Includes
[Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple]
Includes
[Sex (I'm a...) - Berlin]
Includes
[Hey Jude - The Beatles]
Includes
[L.A. Woman - The Doors]
Includes
[In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - Iron Butterfly]
Includes
[Hey Joe - Jimi Hendrix]
Includes
[Burning Down the House - Talking Heads]
Includes
[Hot Blooded - Foreigner]
Includes
[Every Breath You Take - The Police]
Includes
[Should I Stay or Should I Go - The Clash]
Includes
[Jumpin' Jack Flash - The Rolling Stones]
Poodle
InspiredBy
[The Carnival of the Animals - Camille Saint-Saëns]
Part of "The Carnival of the Animals - Part Two"
Pretty Fly For A Rabbi
ParodyOf
[Pretty Fly (for a White Guy) - The Offspring]
Ricky
ParodyOf
[Mickey - Toni Basil]
The Saga Begins
ParodyOf
[American Pie - Don McLean]
Shark
InspiredBy
[The Carnival of the Animals - Camille Saint-Saëns]
Part of "The Carnival of the Animals - Part Two"
She Drives Like Crazy
ParodyOf
[She Drives Me Crazy - Fine Young Cannibals]
Slime Creatures From Outer Space
InTheStyleOf
[Thomas Dolby]
Smells Like Nirvana
ParodyOf
[Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana]
Snails
InspiredBy
[The Carnival of the Animals - Camille Saint-Saëns]
Part of "The Carnival of the Animals - Part Two"
Spam
ParodyOf
[Stand - R.E.M.]
Stop Draggin' My Car Around
ParodyOf
[Stop Draggin' My Heart Around - Stevie Nicks with Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers]
Syndicated Inc.
ParodyOf
[Misery - Soul Asylum]
Taco Grande
ParodyOf
[Rico Suave - Gerardo]
Features guest appearance by Cheech Marin.
Talk Soup
InTheStyleOf
[Dirty Laundry - Don Henley]
SoundsLike
[Superstition - Stevie Wonder]
hook from
Theme From Rocky XIII
ParodyOf
[Eye of the Tiger - Survivor]
This Is The Life
Genre
[late 1920s through early 1930s jazz]
(This Song's Just) Six Words Long
ParodyOf
[Got My Mind Set on You - George Harrison]
Toothless People
ParodyOf
[Ruthless People - Mick Jagger]
Traffic Jam
InTheStyleOf
[Let's Go Crazy - Prince and the Revolution]
Trapped In The Drive-Thru
ParodyOf
[Trapped in the Closet - R. Kelly]
Includes
[Black Dog - Led Zeppelin]
Just an interpolation
Trash Day
ParodyOf
[Hot in Herre - Nelly]
Trigger Happy
InTheStyleOf
[The Beach Boys]
InTheStyleOf
[Jan and Dean]
Truck Drivin' Song
InTheStyleOf
[C.W. McCall]
Twister
InTheStyleOf
[The Beastie Boys]
Unicorn
InspiredBy
[The Carnival of the Animals - Camille Saint-Saëns]
Part of "The Carnival of the Animals - Part Two"
Velvet Elvis
InTheStyleOf
[The Police]
Virus Alert
InTheStyleOf
[Sparks]
Vulture
InspiredBy
[The Carnival of the Animals - Camille Saint-Saëns]
Part of "The Carnival of the Animals - Part Two"
Waffle King
InTheStyleOf
[Peter Gabriel]
InTheStyleOf
[Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel]
Wanna B Ur Lovr
InTheStyleOf
[Beck]
InTheStyleOf
[Prince]
White - Nerdy
ParodyOf
[Ridin' (Ridin' Dirty) by Chamillionaire f/ Krayzie Bone]
The White Stuff
ParodyOf
[You Got It (The Right Stuff) - New Kids on the Block]
Why Does This Always Happen To Me?
InTheStyleOf
[Ben Folds]
Yoda
ParodyOf
[Lola - The Kinks]
You Make Me
InTheStyleOf
[Oingo Boingo]
Young, Dumb - Ugly
InTheStyleOf
[AC/DC]
Your Horoscope for Today
InTheStyleOf
[The Mighty Mighty Bosstones]
InTheStyleOf
[Reel Big Fish]
Adam Ant
Prince Charming
SoundsLike
[War Canoe - Rolf Harris]
Akon
Don't Matter
SoundsLike
[Ignition (Remix) - R. Kelly]
http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/07/16/the-twenty-craziest-soundalike-songs/
Arctic Monkeys
Teddy Picker
SoundsLike
[David Bowie]
http://www.radioparadise.com/content.php?name=songinfo-song_id=39812-start=0
SoundsLike
[Simon LeBonne]
http://www.radioparadise.com/content.php?name=songinfo-song_id=39812-start=0
SoundsLike
[Chicken Truck - Fetchin' Bones]
At the very start, briefly, oh so briefly
http://www.radioparadise.com/content.php?name=songinfo-song_id=39812-start=0
SoundsLike
[The Strokes]
http://www.radioparadise.com/content.php?name=songinfo-song_id=39812-start=0
SoundsLike
[John Lennon]
http://www.radioparadise.com/content.php?name=songinfo-song_id=39812-start=0
SoundsLike
[Ziggy Stardust]
I definitely hear the [Ziggy Stardust]/[Suffragette City Bowie], especially toward the end.
http://www.radioparadise.com/content.php?name=songinfo-song_id=39812-start=0
SoundsLike
[Suffragette City - David Bowie]
I definitely hear the [Ziggy Stardust]/[Suffragette City Bowie], especially toward the end.
http://www.radioparadise.com/content.php?name=songinfo-song_id=39812-start=0
Avril Lavigne
Girlfriend
SoundsLike
[I Wanna be Your Boyfriend - The Rubinoos]
2007-7-4
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/music/story/2007/07/04/lavigne-lawsuit-girfriend.html
Billy Joel
Honesty
SoundsLike
[Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word - Elton John]
http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/07/16/the-twenty-craziest-soundalike-songs/
Black-Eyed Peas
Where is the Love?
SoundsLike
[Torn - Natalie Imbruglia]
http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/07/16/the-twenty-craziest-soundalike-songs/
My Humps
SoundsLike
[I Need A Freak - Orrin Lynn Tolliver Jr.]
http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2011/06/26/dj_wins_my_humps_lawsuit_against_black
Blondie
X Offender
SoundsLike
[Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen]
http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/07/16/the-twenty-craziest-soundalike-songs/
Britney Spears
Oops I Did It Again
SoundsLike
[Woman In Love - Barbara Streisand]
http://www.ugo.com/channels/music/features/top11ripoffs/top11ripoffs2.asp
Bruce Springsteen
Dancing in the Dark
SoundsLike
[Young Turks - Rod Stewart]
Jeff
Buffalo Springfield
Mr. Soul
SoundsLike
[(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones]
http://www.radioparadise.com/content.php?name=songinfo&song_id=2803
http://alchemi.co.uk/archives/cul/playlist_1_neil.html
SoundsLike
[Eight Miles High - The Byrds]
http://www.radioparadise.com/content.php?name=songinfo&song_id=2803
Christopher Tyng
Futurama theme
SoundsLike
[Psyché Rock - Pierre Henry]
a lot
SoundsLike
[Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana]
Same chord progression
Coldplay
Talk
SoundsLike
[Kraftwerk]
Takes hook from
http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=3522767
Viva La Vida
SoundsLike
[If I Could Fly - Joe Satriani]
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BillboardNews-Daily/~3/kY36qRquYhs/joe-satriani-sues-coldplay-for-plagiarism-1003919842.story
http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/12/05/joe-satriani-sues-coldplay-for-viva-la-vida-plagiarism/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/entertainment/7766683.stm
SoundsLike
[Hearts - Marty Balin]
Elastica
Connection
SoundsLike
[Three Girl Rhumba - Wire]
http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/07/16/the-twenty-craziest-soundalike-songs/
Elvis Costello
Accidents Will Happen
SoundsLike
[I Wanna Hold Your Hand - The Beatles]
First three notes sound similar to
Supposedly borrows from a Dusty Springfield song as well.
http://www.elviscostello.com
Alison
SoundsLike
[Tracks of My Tears - Elvis Costello]
http://www.elviscostello.com
SoundsLike
[Ghetto Child - The Spinners]
EC has said this song is based on
http://www.elviscostello.com
Almost Blue
InspiredBy
[The Thrill is Gone - Chet Baker]
http://www.elviscostello.com
Almost Ideal Eyes
SoundsLike
[Where or When - Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart]
Tune at one point, very appropriately, appropriates part of the melody of the standard
http://www.elviscostello.com
And in Every Home
SoundsLike
[The Beatles]
Uses [The Beatles]/[Eric Clapton] lick that's used on side 2 of Abbey Road and Badge.
http://www.elviscostello.com
SoundsLike
[Eric Clapton]
Uses [The Beatles]/[Eric Clapton] lick that's used on side 2 of Abbey Road and Badge.
http://www.elviscostello.com
SoundsLike
[Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles]
Among the musical jokes in Steve Nieve's orchestral 'derangement' for this song are quotes from [Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles], [The 1812 Overture - ?], [Rhapsody in Blue - ?], and [the theme from the Tom and Jerry cartoon - ?]. Also sounds like [Threepenny Opera - ?] in places.
http://www.elviscostello.com
SoundsLike
[The 1812 Overture - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]
Among the musical jokes in Steve Nieve's orchestral 'derangement' for this song are quotes from [Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles], [The 1812 Overture - ?], [Rhapsody in Blue - ?], and [the theme from the Tom and Jerry cartoon - ?]. Also sounds like [Threepenny Opera - ?] in places.
http://www.elviscostello.com
SoundsLike
[Rhapsody in Blue - George Gershwin]
Among the musical jokes in Steve Nieve's orchestral 'derangement' for this song are quotes from [Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles], [The 1812 Overture - ?], [Rhapsody in Blue - ?], and [the theme from the Tom and Jerry cartoon - ?]. Also sounds like [Threepenny Opera - ?] in places.
http://www.elviscostello.com
SoundsLike
[Threepenny Opera - Kurt Weill]
Among the musical jokes in Steve Nieve's orchestral 'derangement' for this song are quotes from [Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles], [The 1812 Overture - ?], [Rhapsody in Blue - ?], and [the theme from the Tom and Jerry cartoon - ?]. Also sounds like [Threepenny Opera - ?] in places.
http://www.elviscostello.com
The Beat
SoundsLike
[Summer Holiday - Cliff Richard and the Shadows]
Opening line is from [Summer Holiday - Cliff Richard and the Shadows].
http://www.elviscostello.com
SoundsLike
[So it Goes - Nick Lowe]
The opening section of [So it Goes - Nick Lowe] uses the same chord progression as the line 'she's your friend'.
http://www.elviscostello.com
Battered Old Bird
SoundsLike
[This Boy - The Beatles]
This song about EC's boyhood has an opening similar to that of [This Boy - The Beatles] and has piano chording reminiscent of [Mother - John Lennon].
http://www.elviscostello.com
SoundsLike
[Mother - John Lennon]
This song about EC's boyhood has an opening similar to that of [This Boy - The Beatles] and has piano chording reminiscent of [Mother - John Lennon].
http://www.elviscostello.com
Beaten to the Punch
SoundsLike
[Taxman - The Beatles]
Intro
http://www.elviscostello.com
Big Sister
SoundsLike
[Under My Thumb - The Rolling Stones]
http://www.elviscostello.com
Big Tears
SoundsLike
[Gloria (Them song) - Van Morrison]
opening
http://www.elviscostello.com
Black Sails in the Sunset
SoundsLike
[Oliver's Army - Elvis Costello]
''minor relative' of [Oliver's Army - Elvis Costello], according to EC.
http://www.elviscostello.com
SoundsLike
[Talking in the Dark - Elvis Costello]
The line '..steps quite clearly' has same melody as '..not conversational' from [Talking in the Dark - Elvis Costello].
http://www.elviscostello.com
Blue Chair
SoundsLike
[Anna - The Beatles]
'oh ho ho ho ho' taken from [Anna - The Beatles].
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Brand New Hairdo
SoundsLike
[Century City - Tom Petty]
One of the two repeated guitar riffs is taken from [Century City - Tom Petty].
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Brilliant Mistake
SoundsLike
[Tangled Up in Blue - Bob Dylan]
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Busy Bodies
SoundsLike
[Oh Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison]
Guitar riff reminiscent of [Oh Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison].
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Charm School
SoundsLike
[The Summer Knows - Michael Legrand]
The repeated keyboard riff quotes from [the theme song of the film Summer of '42 - ?].
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Clown Strike
SoundsLike
[Break on Through - The Doors]
EC has played [Break on Through - The Doors] at the end of this song in concert.
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SoundsLike
[Jackie Wilson Said - Van Morrison]
The 'doo-dee-doop-doops' are similar to those in [Jackie Wilson Said - Van Morrison].
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SoundsLike
[Dear Madame Barnum - XTC]
Closely related (thematically) to [Dear Madame Barnum - XTC] on their "Nonsuch" album.
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Clowntime is Over
SoundsLike
[Cathy's Clowns - The Everly Bros]
Melody akin to [Cathy's Clowns - The Everly Bros].
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Clubland
SoundsLike
[On Broadway - The Drifters]
Bass line similar to [On Broadway - ?].
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Complicated Shadows
SoundsLike
[Jumping Jack Flash - The Rolling Stones]
Steals riff from [Jumping Jack Flash - The Rolling Stones] and background vocals (the 'oooooohs') from [Let It Bleed - The Rolling Stones].
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SoundsLike
[Let It Bleed - The Rolling Stones]
Steals riff from [Jumping Jack Flash - The Rolling Stones] and background vocals (the 'oooooohs') from [Let It Bleed - The Rolling Stones].
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SoundsLike
[Put You Down - Alejandro Escovedo]
The song's melodic line and vocals are reminiscent of [Put You Down - Alejandro Escovedo].
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SoundsLike
[When The Whip Comes Down - The Rolling Stones]
The ending is similar to the [When The Whip Comes Down - The Rolling Stones].
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InTheStyleOf
[Jimmy Miller]
The maracas and tambourine in the second verse seem to be a minor tribute to Jimmy Miller's production style with the Rolling Stones
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Deportees Club
SoundsLike
[Deportee - Woody Guthire]
Chorus sounds similar to the chorus in the [Deportee - Woody Guthire] which was record by the Byrds in 1969.
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Different Finger
SoundsLike
[Save the Last Dance for Me - Ben E. King]
Recalls [Save the Last Dance for Me - ?].
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Distorted Angel
SoundsLike
[IDWTGT Chelsea - Elvis Costello]
Bass line is similar to guitar figure from [IDWTGT Chelsea - Elvis Costello]. (EC sung the lyrics to Chelsea over the music to Distorted Angel during a show in NYC 1996-08-12).
http://www.elviscostello.com
SoundsLike
[Riders on the Storm - The Doors]
Arrangement of intro similar to the [Riders on the Storm - The Doors].
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SoundsLike
[Golden Years - David Bowie]
The word 'Angel', sung on its own towards the end of the song is remiscent of [Golden Years - David Bowie].
http://www.elviscostello.com
Favourite Hour
SoundsLike
[Isolation - John Lennon]
The slow opening piano chord progression is highly reminiscent of the slow opening piano chord progression of [Isolation - John Lennon].
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Forgive Her Anything
SoundsLike
[Both Sides Now - Joni Mitchell (Clouds)]
Borrows part of its melody from [Both Sides Now - Joni Mitchell (Clouds)].
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From A Whisper To A Scream
SoundsLike
[Ain't That Peculiar - Marvin Gaye]
The background instrumentation during the verse is highly reminiscent of the same for [Ain't That Peculiar - Marvin Gaye].
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Georgie And Her Rival
SoundsLike
[Oliver's Army - Elvis Costello]
Opening verse echoes piano intro to 'Oliver's Army'.
http://www.elviscostello.com
Getting Mighty Crowded
SoundsLike
[See Saw - Steve Cropper and Don Covay]
Similar to 'See Saw' by Aretha Franklin (from 'Aretha Now' album released in 1968) , written by Steve Cropper and Don Covay. (jdpayne@prairienet.org)
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God's Comic
SoundsLike
[Lullaby in Birdland - George Shearing]
- tune resembles 'Lullabye in Birdland.' (ravsky@aol.com)
http://www.elviscostello.com
Hand in Hand
SoundsLike
[Be My Baby - Phil Spector, Jeff Barry, and Ellie Greenwich]
Also has the 'Be My Baby' drum part accompanying the verse. (goopsoup@iastate.edu)
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Heathen Town
SoundsLike
[Sit Down You're Rocking the Boat - Frank Loesser]
'And the devil will drag you under/by the sharp tailfin of your checkered cab' is lifted from 'Guys and Dolls'.
The song is 'Sit Down You're Rocking the Boat' and the lyric is 'And the devil will drag you under/by the sharp lapel of your checkered coat.'
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High Fidelity
SoundsLike
[When The Love Light Starts to Shine - The Supremes]
Steals riff from a Supremes song 'When The Love Light Starts to Shine'??
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SoundsLike
[Some Things You Never Get Used To - The Supremes]
Opening lyric is from 'Some Things You Never Get Used To' by the Supremes.
http://www.elviscostello.com
Home Truth
SoundsLike
[Television Man - Talking Heads]
'I switch on the TV again and the world comes crashing in' compare this to Talking Head's 'Television Man' (recorded about 12 months later) 'And the world comes crashing into my living room'.
http://www.elviscostello.com
SoundsLike
[You've lost that lovin' feeling - The Righteous Brothers]
Quotes The Righteous Brothers' "You've lost that lovin' feeling" "You don't close your eyes when we kiss" (agneta.adeen@ostrasmaland.se)
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Home Is Anywhere You Hang Your Head
SoundsLike
[Day After Day - Badfinger]
The melody of the last few words of the chorus is from Day After Day by Badfinger (jrobertson@wlb.hwwilson.com)
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Honey Are You Straight Or Are You Blind?
SoundsLike
[Break on Through - The Doors]
Intro similar to the Doors' 'Break on Through' (berlyant@eden.rurgers.edu)
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How To Be Dumb
SoundsLike
[Next Time Round - Little Joy]
Same guitar riff as Next Time Round, ending echoes 'Stand' by REM.
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SoundsLike
[Stand - REM]
Same guitar riff as Next Time Round, ending echoes 'Stand' by REM.
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SoundsLike
[Ain't That Pretty At All - Warren Zevon]
Also similar to Warren Zevon's 'Ain't That Pretty At All', bass line of 'Twist and Shout', and 'Away From Home' by Stewart Copeland (recorded under the pseudonym Klark Kent).
http://www.elviscostello.com
SoundsLike
[Twist and Shout - The Beatles]
Also similar to Warren Zevon's 'Ain't That Pretty At All', bass line of 'Twist and Shout', and 'Away From Home' by Stewart Copeland (recorded under the pseudonym Klark Kent).
http://www.elviscostello.com
SoundsLike
[Away From Home - Stewart Copeland]
Also similar to Warren Zevon's 'Ain't That Pretty At All', bass line of 'Twist and Shout', and 'Away From Home' by Stewart Copeland (recorded under the pseudonym Klark Kent).
http://www.elviscostello.com
SoundsLike
[Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan]
Similarities to 'Like A Rolling Stone' by Dylan.
http://www.elviscostello.com
InTheStyleOf
[Al Kooper]
The organ throughout cops Al Kooper's vibe, the lyrics are a scathing rebuke to a former 'loved one', and the guitar lick at the end before the last chorus is nearly identical to the original. (DWeil2@aol.com)
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I Almost Had A Weakness
SoundsLike
[Looney Tunes theme - Dave Franklin and Clif Friend]
Chorus same as 'Looney Tunes' theme.
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IDWTGT Chelsea
SoundsLike
[Long Shot Kick de Bucket - Pioneer]
Guitar hook from Pioneer's song 'Long Shot Kick de Bucket'?. Opening similar to 'Pushing Too Hard' by the Seeds. Fuzz bass tone (mostly audible on headphones) similar to that in George Harrison's 'Think For Yourself' (janw@tiac.net)
http://www.elviscostello.com
SoundsLike
[Pushing Too Hard - the Seeds]
Guitar hook from Pioneer's song 'Long Shot Kick de Bucket'?. Opening similar to 'Pushing Too Hard' by the Seeds. Fuzz bass tone (mostly audible on headphones) similar to that in George Harrison's 'Think For Yourself' (janw@tiac.net)
http://www.elviscostello.com
SoundsLike
[Think For Yourself - George Harrison]
Guitar hook from Pioneer's song 'Long Shot Kick de Bucket'?. Opening similar to 'Pushing Too Hard' by the Seeds. Fuzz bass tone (mostly audible on headphones) similar to that in George Harrison's 'Think For Yourself' (janw@tiac.net)
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I Throw My Toys Around
SoundsLike
[child's song "It's raining it's pouring - Traditional]
Quotes melody from child's song "It's raining it's pouring" (much like Sly Stone's Everyday People). (ravsky@aol.com)
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I Turn Around
SoundsLike
[Honey Don't - Carl Perkins]
The first line of the song, the words 'you say you will and I say you won't' is a rephrasing of Carl Perkins' Honey Don't (i.e., 'How come you say you will when you won't, say you do honey when you don't'). (ravsky@aol.com)
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I Want To Vanish
SoundsLike
[Inch Worm - Frank Loesser]
The opening bars are reminiscent of 'Inch Worm' (by Frank Loesser, from the movie 'Hans Christian Anderson') (ravsky@aol.com). The line 'You arrange the mirrors and the spools' echoes 'treat me like a piece of human furniture' from 'Seconds Of Pleasure' (ravsky@aol.com). Opening bars are lifted from 'Deserted Cities of the Heart' by Cream (wasigle@ibm.net)
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SoundsLike
[Seconds Of Pleasure - Rockpile]
The opening bars are reminiscent of 'Inch Worm' (by Frank Loesser, from the movie 'Hans Christian Anderson') (ravsky@aol.com). The line 'You arrange the mirrors and the spools' echoes 'treat me like a piece of human furniture' from 'Seconds Of Pleasure' (ravsky@aol.com). Opening bars are lifted from 'Deserted Cities of the Heart' by Cream (wasigle@ibm.net)
http://www.elviscostello.com
SoundsLike
[Deserted Cities of the Heart - Cream]
The opening bars are reminiscent of 'Inch Worm' (by Frank Loesser, from the movie 'Hans Christian Anderson') (ravsky@aol.com). The line 'You arrange the mirrors and the spools' echoes 'treat me like a piece of human furniture' from 'Seconds Of Pleasure' (ravsky@aol.com). Opening bars are lifted from 'Deserted Cities of the Heart' by Cream (wasigle@ibm.net)
http://www.elviscostello.com
I Want You
SoundsLike
[Sunny - Bobby Hebb]
The bass line recalls that of the 60's song 'Sunny' (ravsky@aol.com). Portion of 'I Want You' melody (i.e. the part accompanying the words 'I'm not ashamed to say I cried for you') recalls portion of melody from song 'Two for the Road' by Mancini (accompanying the lyrics 'in Winter we'll drink Summer wine') (ravsky@aol.com). 'I've had my fun if I don't get well no more' is the first line of St. Louis Jimmy's blues standard 'Going Down Slow,' also recorded by Howlin' Wolf, Little Walter, B.B. King, Guitar Slim, and most recently, Eric Clapton. (janw@tiac.net)
http://www.elviscostello.com
SoundsLike
[Two for the Road - Mancini]
The bass line recalls that of the 60's song 'Sunny' (ravsky@aol.com). Portion of 'I Want You' melody (i.e. the part accompanying the words 'I'm not ashamed to say I cried for you') recalls portion of melody from song 'Two for the Road' by Mancini (accompanying the lyrics 'in Winter we'll drink Summer wine') (ravsky@aol.com). 'I've had my fun if I don't get well no more' is the first line of St. Louis Jimmy's blues standard 'Going Down Slow,' also recorded by Howlin' Wolf, Little Walter, B.B. King, Guitar Slim, and most recently, Eric Clapton. (janw@tiac.net)
http://www.elviscostello.com
SoundsLike
[Going Down Slow - St. Louis Jimmy]
The bass line recalls that of the 60's song 'Sunny' (ravsky@aol.com). Portion of 'I Want You' melody (i.e. the part accompanying the words 'I'm not ashamed to say I cried for you') recalls portion of melody from song 'Two for the Road' by Mancini (accompanying the lyrics 'in Winter we'll drink Summer wine') (ravsky@aol.com). 'I've had my fun if I don't get well no more' is the first line of St. Louis Jimmy's blues standard 'Going Down Slow,' also recorded by Howlin' Wolf, Little Walter, B.B. King, Guitar Slim, and most recently, Eric Clapton. (janw@tiac.net)
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I'm Not Angry
SoundsLike
[I'm Happy Just To Dance With You - The Beatles]
Opening riff is directly lifted from [I'm Happy Just To Dance With You - The Beatles].
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Imagination (Is A Powerful Deceiver)
SoundsLike
[Cable Hogue - John Cale]
Guitar chord progression following the line, "I'll go out of my mind if I'm losing your touch" seems lifted from the John Cale song Cable Hogue, on his Helen of Troy album. (samsa@pacifier.com)
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Inch By Inch
SoundsLike
[I'm Only Sleeping - The Beatles]
Bass intro and break are lifted from [I'm Only Sleeping - ?].
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Invisible Man
SoundsLike
[You Won't See Me - The Beatles]
Coda echoes [You Won't See Me - The Beatles].
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It's Starting To Come To Me
SoundsLike
[Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts - Bob Dylan]
Similar to Bob Dylan's 'Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts' from 'Blood on the Tracks.' (soulbarn@earthlink.net).
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SoundsLike
[Marrakesh Express - Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young]
Opening instrumental reminiscent of 'Marrakesh Express' by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young (Roylopez@aol.com)
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It's Time
SoundsLike
[God Shuffled His Feet - the Crash Test Dummies]
Resembles 'God Shuffled His Feet' by the Crash Test Dummies.
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SoundsLike
[Interstate Love Song - Stone Temple Pilots]
The guitar riff after the second 'You must see it's time that you went' similar to 'Interstate Love Song' by Stone Temple Pilots (tarnown@carleton.edu).
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SoundsLike
[This Magic Moment - Jay and the Americans]
'This Magic Moment' is an old song covered by Jay and the Americans in the mid 60's (ravsky@aol.com).
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SoundsLike
[The Party's Over - Jule Styne]
Contains lyrical references to 'The Party's Over' from the musical 'The Bells Are Ringing' (ravsky@aol.com).
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SoundsLike
[Sweet Talking - the Heptones]
Resembles 'Sweet Talking' by the Heptones (the version reissued on Heartbeat/Rounder Records disc entitled Fire Down Below) (eddieg@cerf.net).
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Jack Of All Parades
SoundsLike
[Message to Michael - Dionne Warwick]
Opening melody recalls melody accompanying words 'Fly away Kentucky Bluebird' from the '60s song 'Message to Michael.' (ravsky@aol.com)
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Just A Memory
SoundsLike
[Flower Lady - Phil Ochs]
Opening piano sequence recalls opening piano sequence in Phil Ochs' song 'Flower Lady' (Ravsky@aol.com). It also is similar to 'Raindrops Keep Fallin' on my Head' by Burt Bacharach. EC has in fact combined these tunes in concert. (bigter@mindspring.com)
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SoundsLike
[Raindrops Keep Fallin' on my Head - Burt Bacharach]
Opening piano sequence recalls opening piano sequence in Phil Ochs' song 'Flower Lady' (Ravsky@aol.com). It also is similar to 'Raindrops Keep Fallin' on my Head' by Burt Bacharach. EC has in fact combined these tunes in concert. (bigter@mindspring.com)
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Just About Glad
SoundsLike
[Get Back - The Beatles]
During the refrain 'They called time and vodka and lime in some far flung Canadian club (just about glad),' the melody accompanying the words 'just about glad' recalls the repeated three note guitar phrase from [Get Back - The Beatles].
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Kid About It
SoundsLike
[Carmen - Bizet]
The notes accompanying the words 'So what if this is a man's world' recall melody line from the Seguidilla in Bizet's opera 'Carmen.' (ravsky@aol.com)
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King Horse
SoundsLike
[I'll be there - Four Tops]
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SoundsLike
[Its All Too Much - The Beatles]
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King Of Confidence
SoundsLike
[Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again - Bob Dylan]
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Last Boat Leaving
SoundsLike
[All My Sorrows Lord, Soon be Over - Traditional]
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Less Than Zero
SoundsLike
[Hang on Sloopy - The McCoys]
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Let Them All Talk
SoundsLike
[Fa-fa-fa-fa-fa - Otis Redding]
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Lip Service
SoundsLike
[She Loves You - the Beatles]
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The Loved Ones
SoundsLike
[London Calling - The Clash]
Intro similar to that of The Clash's 'London Calling'
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(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding
CoverOf
[Ibid. - Brinsley Schwarz]
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SoundsLike
[There's A Place - The Beatles]
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Satellite
SoundsLike
[Unchained Melody - Alex North and Hy Zaret]
At the chorus.
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SoundsLike
[Big Sister's Clothes - Ibid.]
The opening verse recalls the notes accompanying the words 'sheep to the slaughter' in 'Big Sister's Clothes'
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SoundsLike
[Wishin and Hopin - Dusty Springfield]
The notes accompanying the words 'she looks like an illustration of a cocktail party' sound similar to the notes coming right before the words 'all you gotta do is ... etc.' in the Dusty Springfield song 'Wishin and Hopin'
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Sweet Pear
SoundsLike
[Don't Let Me Down - The Beatles]
Intro
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The Sweetest Punch
SoundsLike
[Caroline No - The Beach Boys]
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Tears Before Bedtime
SoundsLike
[Revolution - The Beatles]
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Temptation
SoundsLike
[Time is Tight - Booker T and the MG's]
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SoundsLike
[Rescue Me - Fontella Bass]
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SoundsLike
[Windy - the Association]
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13 Steps Lead Down
SoundsLike
[Loose - The Stooges]
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This Is Hell
SoundsLike
[Getting Better - The Beatles]
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This Year's Girl
SoundsLike
[We Can Work It Out - The Beatles]
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SoundsLike
[Stupid Girl - The Rolling Stones]
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SoundsLike
[Ticket To Ride - The Beatles]
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SoundsLike
[You Won't See Me - The Beatles]
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SoundsLike
[We Can Work it Out - The Beatles]
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SoundsLike
[Dr. Robert - The Beatles]
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Tiny Steps
SoundsLike
[We Gotta Get Outa This Place - The Animals]
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Tokyo Storm Warning
SoundsLike
[Subterranean Homesick Blues - Bob Dylan]
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SoundsLike
[Hurry Down Doomsday - Bob Dylan]
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SoundsLike
[19th Nervous Breakdown - the Rolling Stones]
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SoundsLike
[Last Train to Clarksville - the Monkees]
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25 To 12
SoundsLike
[Heroes - David Bowie]
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20% Amnesia
SoundsLike
[I Feel Fine - The Beatles]
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Tramp The Dirt Down
SoundsLike
[Isn't She Lovely - Stevie Wonder]
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Two Little Hitlers
SoundsLike
[Rebel Rebel - David Bowie]
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Uncomplicated
SoundsLike
[Love Gets Dangerous - Billy Bragg]
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SoundsLike
[Wild Thing - The Troggs]
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Unwanted Number
SoundsLike
[Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves - Cher]
Verse has a melody similar to
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Watching The Detectives
SoundsLike
[Down By The River - Neil Young]
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SoundsLike
[Hotter Than July - Stevie Wonder]
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Waiting For The End Of The World
SoundsLike
[Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett]
Guitar intro recalls intro of
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We Despise You
SoundsLike
[Standing Still - Sam Phillips]
Ending
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SoundsLike
[We Love You - The Rolling Stones]
Ending
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White Knuckles
SoundsLike
[Twinkle Twinkle Little Star - Traditional]
Intro quotes
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The World And His Wife
SoundsLike
[I Only Wanna Be With You - Dusty Springfield]
The opening melody recalls opening, bouncy melody of.
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You Belong To Me
SoundsLike
[The Last Time - Rolling Stones]
Steals opening/tune of [The Last Time - Rolling Stones]
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SoundsLike
[Last Train To Clarksville - The Monkees]
Opening also similar to [Last Train To Clarksville - ?]
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SoundsLike
[19th Nervous Breakdown - The Rolling Stones]
Bass line at end similar to [19th Nervous Breakdown - ?]
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SoundsLike
[Whatcha Gonna Do About It - Small Faces]
Also borrows from [Whatcha Gonna Do About It - Small Faces]
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SoundsLike
[Hey Girl - Small Faces]
Intro is similar to the intro of [Hey Girl - Small Faces]
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You Bowed Down
SoundsLike
[Marquee Moon - Television]
Guitar lick at the end
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SoundsLike
[In The Crowd - Jam]
The fade out is similar to
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SoundsLike
[Blue Chair - Ibid.]
The intro chords are similar to
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InTheStyleOf
[The Byrds]
Whole intro is (intentionally) remiscent of The Byrds. (EC wrote this song for Roger McGuinn).
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You Little Fool
SoundsLike
[She's Leaving Home - The Beatles]
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SoundsLike
[Going Out Of My Head - Cilla Black]
The opening electric harpsichord part is identical to a melody from the mid-1960s hit
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Feist
Mushaboom
SoundsLike
[Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell]
Fergie
Clumsy
Samples
[The Girl Can't Help It - Little Richard]
Fergalicious
SoundsLike
[Supersonic - J.J. Fad]
http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/07/16/the-twenty-craziest-soundalike-songs/
Flaming Lips
Fight Test
SoundsLike
[Father and Son - Cat Stevens]
http://www.ugo.com/channels/music/features/top11ripoffs/top11ripoffs1.asp
Foo Fighters
Monkey Wrench
SoundsLike
[Whipping Boy - Elton John]
http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/07/16/the-twenty-craziest-soundalike-songs/
Walk
SoundsLike
[She’s So High - Tal Bachman]
Gavin Rossdale
Love Remains the Same
Lyrics
Lyrics reference "buzz just like a fridge"
George Harrison
Got My Mind Set on You
CoverOf
[Ibid. - James Ray]
My Sweet Lord
SoundsLike
[He's So Fine - Chiffons]
http://abbeyrd.best.vwh.net/mysweet.htm
This Song
Lyrics
[I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) - Four Tops]
Lyrics
[Rescue Me - Fontella Bass]
Green Day
Brain Stew
SoundsLike
[25 or 6 to 4 - Chicago]
http://musicalripoffs.blogspot.com/2008/06/25-or-brain-stew.html
Boulevard of Broken Dreams
SoundsLike
[Wonderwall - Oasis]
http://www.ugo.com/channels/music/features/top11ripoffs/top11ripoffs1.asp
I Fought the Law
CoverOf
[Ibid. - Sonny Curtis and The Crickets]
Jesus of Suburbia
SoundsLike
[Summer of 69 - Bryan Adams]
http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/07/16/the-twenty-craziest-soundalike-songs/
Warning
SoundsLike
[Picture Book - The Kinks]
http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/07/16/the-twenty-craziest-soundalike-songs/
We Are the Champions
CoverOf
[Ibid. - Queen]
Hootie and the Blowfish
I Only Wanna Be With You
SoundsLike
[Tangled Up in Blue - Bob Dylan]
Jens Lekman
A Sweet Summer’s Night On Hammer Hill
SoundsLike
[Do I Love You - The Ronettes]
http://rewriteablecontent.blogspot.com/2006/11/compare-and-contrast-songs-that-sound.html
Jet
Are You Gonna Be My Girl?
SoundsLike
[Lust for Life - Iggy Pop]
http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/07/16/the-twenty-craziest-soundalike-songs/
http://www.ugo.com/channels/music/features/top11ripoffs/top11ripoffs2.asp
Jim Hughart
Barney Miller Theme
SoundsLike
[Fleetwood Mac - The Chain]
Joe Satriani
If I Could Fly
SoundsLike
[Hearts - Marty Balin]
Joe Walsh
Meadows
SoundsLike
[Woman From Tokyo - Deep Purple]
Main riff from
John Legend
I love you, Love
SoundsLike
[Tunnel of Love - Dire Straits]
John Lennon
Jealous Guy
RewriteOf
[Child of Nature - John Lennon]
Rolling Stone
John Petrucci - Jordan Rudess
In the Moment
SoundsLike
[Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin]
Solo near the beginning has a lick that's from another song, I think [Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin]
Kinks
Somebody Stole My Car
SoundsLike
[Drive My Car - The Beatles]
At the very end, borrows "beep beep beep beep yeah" from [Drive My Car - The Beatles]
Led Zeppelin
http://www.warr.org/zep.html
Babe I'm Gonna Leave You
CoverOf
[Ibid. - Amy Bredon]
Black Mountain Side
CoverOf
[Ibid. - Traditional]
Bring It On Home
CoverOf
[Ibid. - Willie Dixon]
the first section is an uncredited cover of the Willie Dixon tune
Communication Breakdown
SoundsLike
[Nervous Breakdown - Eddie Cochran]
apparently derived from [Nervous Breakdown - Eddie Cochran].
Custard Pie
CoverOf
[Shake 'Em On Down - Bukka White]
Lyrics
[Drop Down Daddy - Sleepy John Estes]
lyrics taken
Dazed And Confused
CoverOf
[Ibid. - Jake Holmes]
Gallows Pole
SoundsLike
[The Maid Freed from the Gallows - Lead Belly]
SoundsLike
[Slack Your Rope - Jimmie Driftwood]
Hats Off To (Roy) Harper
CoverOf
[Shake 'Em On Down - Bukka White]
How Many More Times
SoundsLike
[? - Howlin' Wolf]
part one of song
SoundsLike
[The Hunter - Albert King]
part two of song
In My Time Of Dying
CoverOf
[Ibid. - Traditional]
The Lemon Song
CoverOf
[Killing Floor - Howlin' Wolf]
Moby Dick
SoundsLike
[The Girl I Love She Got Long Black Wavy Hair - Ibid.]
Nobody's Fault But Mine
CoverOf
[? - Blind Willie Johnson]
Since I've Been Lovin' You
CoverOf
[Never - Moby Grape]
lyrics, not music
Stairway To Heaven
SoundsLike
[Taurus - Spirit]
The main guitar line is from "Taurus" by Spirit.
http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=328
The Girl I Love She Got Long Black Wavy Hair
CoverOf
[Ibid. - Sleepy John Estes]
SoundsLike
[Watch Your Step - Bobby Parker]
Trampled Underfoot
SoundsLike
[Superstition - Stevie Wonder]
When the Levee Breaks
CoverOf
[Ibid. - Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe McCoy]
White Summer
CoverOf
[She Moved Through The Fair - Davey Graham]
Whole Lotta Love
CoverOf
[You Need Love - Willie Dixon]
lyrics
You Shook Me
CoverOf
[? - ?]
Louis XIV
A Letter to Dominique
SoundsLike
[Metal Guru - T-Rex]
http://www.ugo.com/channels/music/features/top11ripoffs/top11ripoffs2.asp
Madonna
Frozen
SoundsLike
[Ma Vie Fout L’camp (My Life’s Getting Nowhere) - Salvatore Acquaviva]
18-11-2005
http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2005/11/18/madonna-loses-plagiarism-lawsuit/
Marilyn Manson
I Don't Like The Drugs (But The Drugs Like Me)
SoundsLike
[I need somebody - Iggy Pop and The Stooges]
Maybe sounds like [I need somebody - Iggy Pop and The Stooges]
The Dope Show
SoundsLike
[I need somebody - Iggy Pop and The Stooges]
Maybe sounds like [I need somebody - Iggy Pop and The Stooges]
Matchbox 20
How Far We've Come
SoundsLike
[Melt with You - Modern English]
http://musicalripoffs.blogspot.com/2008/01/matchbox-20-vs-modern-english.html
MC Lyte
Brooklyn
Samples
[Funky Drummer - James Brown]
http://the-breaks.com/wiki/index.php/Funky_Drummer
Metallica
All Nightmare Long
SoundsLike
[Wynnona's Big Brown Beaver - Primus]
Broken, Beat & Scarred
SoundsLike
[YYZ - Rush]
Miley Cyrus
See You Again
SoundsLike
[I Wear My Sunglasses At Night - Corey Hart]
Muse
Uprising
SoundsLike
[Call Me - Blondie]
SoundsLike
[Dr. Who Theme - Ron Grainer]
United States of Eurasia / Collateral Damage (Excerpt from Nocturne in E-Flat, Op. 9 No. 2)
SoundsLike
[We Are the Champions - Queen]
Nazareth
Hair of the Dog
SoundsLike
[Day Tripper - The Beatles]
http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/07/16/the-twenty-craziest-soundalike-songs/
Nelly Furtado
Do It
SoundsLike
[Acidjazzed Evening - Janne Suni]
Timbaland used motifs and samples from [Acidjazzed Evening - Janne Suni].
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Timbaland_plagiarism_controversy
Neutral Milk Hotel
Oh, Comely
SoundsLike
[Leslie Anne Levine - The Decemberists]
http://rewriteablecontent.blogspot.com/2006/11/compare-and-contrast-songs-that-sound.html
Nice and Smooth
Sometimes I Rhyme Slow
SoundsLike
[Fast Car - Tracy Chapman]
hook
Nirvana
Smells like Teen Spirit
SoundsLike
[More Than a Feeling - Boston]
http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/07/16/the-twenty-craziest-soundalike-songs/
The Man Who Sold The World
CoverOf
[Ibid. - David Bowie]
http://www.ugo.com/channels/music/features/top11covers/top11covers1.asp
Come As You Are
SoundsLike
[Eighties - Killing Joke]
Jamie Yount, Facebook
Oasis
Part of the Queue
SoundsLike
[Once around the Block - Badly Drawn Boy]
http://www.ugo.com/channels/music/features/top11ripoffs/top11ripoffs2.asp
Put Yer Money Where Your Mouth Is
SoundsLike
[Roadhouse Blues - The Doors]
http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/07/16/the-twenty-craziest-soundalike-songs/
Offspring
Give it to me
SoundsLike
[Rock of Ages - Def Leppard]
The beginning, german speaking
Why Don't You Get a Job
SoundsLike
[Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da - The Beatles]
http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/07/16/the-twenty-craziest-soundalike-songs/
Pearl Jam
(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding
CoverOf
[Ibid. - Brinsley Schwarz]
Performed at Vote for Change 2004
Given to Fly
SoundsLike
[Going to California - Led Zeppelin]
http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/07/16/the-twenty-craziest-soundalike-songs/
Peter Morén
Social Competence
SoundsLike
[Freedom - Wham!]
chorus
http://www.avclub.com/content/music/peter_moren
Phish
Farmhouse
SoundsLike
[No Woman, No Cry - Bob Marley]
http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/07/16/the-twenty-craziest-soundalike-songs/
Queen
We Are the Champions
SoundsLike
[Send in the Clowns - Stephen Sondheim]
The verse has some similarities to the [Send in the Clowns - Stephen Sondheim], both in melodic pattern and rhythm. The main difference is the key. Sondheim starts in major key, Mercury in the minor. The similarity may be intentional.
SoundsLike
[My Way - ?]
The song bears a passing similarity to [My Way - ?].
SoundsLike
[Don't Cry For Me Argentina - ?]
The song bears a passing similarity to [Don't Cry For Me Argentina - ?].
SoundsLike
[It's Raining, It's Pouring - Traditional]
The chorus can be heard entirely as a set of modulations of the common children's 'taunting song', 'na nana na na', a melody also associated with many other nursery rhymes, e.g. It's Raining, It's Pouring.
Radiohead
Just
SoundsLike
[No New Tale to Tell - Love and Rockets]
http://www.ugo.com/channels/music/features/top11ripoffs/top11ripoffs2.asp
Ray Parker Jr.
Ghostbusters
SoundsLike
[I Want a new Drug - Huey Lewis and the News]
http://www.ugo.com/channels/music/features/top11ripoffs/top11ripoffs1.asp
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Breaking the Girl
SoundsLike
[We Three Kings - Traditional]
The refrain
Danni California
SoundsLike
[Mary Jane's Last Dance - Tom Petty]
Lyrically similar, and base line or riff or something
Deborah
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/10481746/latest_news_petty_vs_chili_peppers_townshend_explains_song_and_more%5Burl%5D
Hollywood (Africa)
SoundsLike
[Who is it? - Talking Heads]
Jordan Dykes says it, I don’t really hear it
Robin Thicke
Blurred Lines
SoundsLike
[Got to Give It Up - Marvin Gaye]
Sean Kingston
Beautiful Girls
SoundsLike
[Stand by Me - Ben E. King]
SoundsLike
[Dy'r Mak'r - Led Zeppelin]
melody and lyrics
Sheryl Crow
Steve McQueen
SoundsLike
[Take the Money and Run - The Steve Miller Band]
http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=3920753
Soul Decision
Faded
SoundsLike
[Disillusion - Badly Drawn Boy]
http://www.ugo.com/channels/music/features/top11ripoffs/top11ripoffs1.asp
Spin Doctors
Little Miss Can't Be Wrong
SoundsLike
[Take the Money and RUn - Steve Miller Band]
http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=3920753
Spoon
Don't Make Me a Target
SoundsLike
[Walken - Wilco]
http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/07/16/the-twenty-craziest-soundalike-songs/
Stereogram
Walkie Talkie Man
SoundsLike
[Picture Book - The Kinks]
Stone Temple Pilots
Interstate Love Song
SoundsLike
[I Got a Name - Jim Croce]
Noticed by Jeff Szkody!
Sublime
Scarlet Begonias
Samples
[Funky Drummer - James Brown]
http://the-breaks.com/wiki/index.php/Funky_Drummer
What I Got
SoundsLike
[Lady Madonna - The Beatles]
http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/07/16/the-twenty-craziest-soundalike-songs/
Suede
Saturday Night
SoundsLike
[Song for Guy - Elton John]
http://www.ugo.com/channels/music/features/top11ripoffs/top11ripoffs2.asp
Sugarhill Gang
Jump On It
SoundsLike
[Apache - The Shadows]
The Avett Brothers
The Weight of Lies
SoundsLike
[? - Goo Goo Dolls]
The Beatles
All I've Got to Do
InTheStyleOf
[Smokey Robinson]
http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=4817
The Corral
Dreaming of You
SoundsLike
[You're the one that I want - John Farrar]
The base line
The Din Pedals
Aliens
SoundsLike
[Lucky - Radiohead]
http : // rewriteablecontent.blogspot.com/2006/11/compare - and - contrast - songs - that - sound.html
The Fiddlers
Star of the County Down
SoundsLike
[We Are the Champions - Queen]
very end
The Flaming Lips
(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding
CoverOf
[Ibid. - Brinsley Schwarz]
Fight Test
SoundsLike
[Father and Son - Cat Stevens]
http://rewriteablecontent.blogspot.com/2006/11/compare-and-contrast-songs-that-sound.html
The Killers
When You Were Young
SoundsLike
[Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen]
http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/07/16/the-twenty-craziest-soundalike-songs/
The Little Ones
Lovers Who Uncover
SoundsLike
[Oh, Mandy - The Spinto Band]
http://rewriteablecontent.blogspot.com/2006/11/compare-and-contrast-songs-that-sound.html
The Raconteurs
Steady as she goes
SoundsLike
[Is She Really Going Out With Him - Joe Jackson]
The Rolling Stones
Anybody Seen My Baby
SoundsLike
[Constant Craving - k. d. lang]
melody
Brown Sugar
SoundsLike
[Rough Justice - The Rolling Stones]
Deborah
The Ronettes
Be My Baby
SoundsLike
[Sex - The Pipettes]
http://rewriteablecontent.blogspot.com/2006/11/compare-and-contrast-songs-that-sound.html
The Steve Miller Band
Fly Like An Eagle
SoundsLike
[My Dark Hour - Ibid.]
http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=1187
The Strokes
Last Nite
SoundsLike
[American Girl - Tom Petty]
The Undertones
Teenage kicks
SoundsLike
[One Way or Another - Blondie]
Three Days Grace
I Hate (Everything About You)
SoundsLike
[Lakini's Juice - Live]
opening riff
TLC
Shock Dat Monkey
Samples
[Funky Drummer - James Brown]
http://the-breaks.com/wiki/index.php/Funky_Drummer
Waterfalls
SoundsLike
[Waterfalls - Paul McCartney]
http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/imji6/til_that_paul_mccartney_thought_tlc_stole/
U2
Walk On
SoundsLike
[Eclipse - Pink Floyd]
http://confessionsofafanboy.com/2008/walk-on-to-the-eclipse/
Vanilla Ice
Ice, Ice Baby
SoundsLike
[Under Pressure - David Bowie and Queen]
Stop That Train
Samples
[Funky Drummer - James Brown]
http://the-breaks.com/wiki/index.php/Funky_Drummer
Warrant
Cherry Pie
SoundsLike
[Pour Some Sugar on Me - Def Leppard]
SoundsLike
[I Love Rock and Roll - Joan Jett]
SoundsLike
[Cult of Personality - Living Colour]
Weezer
Beverly Hills
SoundsLike
[The Joker - Steve Miller Band]
solo
SoundsLike
[Pour Some Sugar on Me - Def Leppard]
http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/07/16/the-twenty-craziest-soundalike-songs/
Burndt Jamb
SoundsLike
[Breezin - George Benson]
Mentioned on Adam Greaser’s radio show The MotherShip 4/9/2013
Heart Songs
SoundsLike
[? - Weezer]
At the end, solo thing sounds like certain song on blu album.
White Stripes
Catch Hell Blues
SoundsLike
[In My Time of Dying - Led Zeppelin]
http://confessionsofafanboy.com/2008/listening-room-the-white-stripes-catch-hell-blues/
Wilco
Pot Kettle Black
SoundsLike
[In-between Days - The Cure]
http://www.ugo.com/channels/music/features/top11ripoffs/top11ripoffs1.asp