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Madonna vs. ABBA

Submitted by Lynn

It’s not a dead ringer but Madonna‘s 1989 “Like a Prayer” and ABBA‘s 1975 “S.O.S” share a similar overall sound.  Have a listen to these parts:

ABBA – “S.O.S” (1975)
Madonna – “Like a Prayer” (1989)
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This entry was posted on Tuesday, June 8th, 2010 at 6:45 am and is filed under Music, User Submission. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

9 Responses to “Madonna vs. ABBA”

  1. plub says:
    June 10, 2010 at 5:15 pm

    I was just thinking the same thing, and googled, and found this entry.

    Nice site concept.

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    Keith Reply:
    June 10th, 2010 at 7:30 pm

    Thanks!

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  2. saunders says:
    June 22, 2010 at 1:41 am

    My bf and I were discussing this yesterday. You’re bang on. :)

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  3. noone says:
    October 11, 2010 at 7:38 am

    I know this is an old entry, but Madonna was allowed to use ABBAS background music for this song.

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    Keith Reply:
    October 12th, 2010 at 12:57 am

    An entry is never too old :)

    Thanks for the tip. Do you have a link or some sort of documentation that mentions that ABBA gave permission?

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  4. KL says:
    October 13, 2010 at 12:46 am

    ^No, that commenter is mistaken, and is thinking about another Madonna song, ‘Hung Up’, which samples another ABBA song, ‘Gimme a Man After Midnight’. That one has the sample. This one just sounds vaguely, minimally like the other one- but a stretch is pretty accurate.

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  5. Cowbell says:
    January 15, 2011 at 3:00 am

    Kim Wilde’s Cambodia (1981) sounds a lot like ABBA’s S.O.S. (1975)

    S.O.S. :

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJTUn1ya6X4

    Cambodia:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI2K8d-52rE

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  6. Travis says:
    January 19, 2012 at 5:01 pm

    if this double posts sorry but its doesnt show it went through

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJI6GGa6ZQc#t=0m50s

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    Travis Reply:
    January 19th, 2012 at 5:01 pm

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y62OlGvC-bk#t=1m25s

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