Submitted by Alexis

This is a strange one. Although I can’t seem to pinpoint this directly there are definitely a few similarities with Gaga‘s “Alejandro” and the title song to Cirque Du Soleil’s Grammy nominated ”Alegría“.

Chorus

Verse

Ryan sent this in a while back. Finally getting to it now.

Check out Oasis‘s 1998 “Don’t Go Away” alongside these Lifehouse and Sick Puppies tracks. Do it.

Submitted by Dustin and Craig

After two people sent me the same track this week I figured I would post this up. This is my first time hearing Noah and the Whale and I must say there’s definitely a strong Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers resemblance here. Check ou the chorus from the Heartbreakers‘ “Don’t Come Around Here No More” (1985) and Noah’s “Life Goes On” (2011).

Submitted by Michael

Here’s a quickie. Check out The Black Eyed Peas‘ 2009 “I Gotta Feeling” and Snow Patrol‘s “Open Your Eyes” (2007)

Thanks to “sodapop” for submitting a comment about this one.

Lady Antebellum took home Song of The Year at the 2011 Grammy Awards for their song “Need You Now”.  In 1982 British progressive rock band The Alan Parsons Project released “Eye in the Sky” which shares a resemblance to the “Need You Know” melody. Have a listen!

Thanks to Augie for sending me this.

Adding to the Lady Gaga on ThatSongSoundsLike we have a new single called “Born This Way” that suffers from a strong resemblance to Madonna‘s 1989 hit “Express Yourself”. It sounds like Gaga used the old “use the chorus as the verse trick”. Have a listen to these edits.
Enjoy!

Lady Gaga “Born This Way” verse and  Madonna “Express Yourself” chorus

Verse and Choruse of both

I also included Madonna’s “Vogue” (1990) since there is a similar “talking” style in this Gaga track as well.

Joseph submitted this one.

Pretty close here. Listen to the combination of Jason Derulo‘s synth line and vocal cadence of “In My Head” (2009) next to Lady Gaga‘s “Just Dance” (2008).

This is the first of many that Gustavo has submitted to me. I was particularly excited about this one since the signature guitar riff in  Van Halen‘s “Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love” (1978) was one of the first things I learned to play on guitar. Although I think the first time I heard it was  a sample in a 2 Live Crew song (I’ll let you discover the title yourself). Gustavo suggests that Dio‘s “Rainbow in the Dark” (1983) sounds pretty similar to the main Halen riff. Have a listen.

Mark B. points out the similarities of the basslines of Garbage‘s 2002 hit “Cherry Lips” and Nikka Costa‘s 2001 “Everybody Got Their Something”.