As soon as I heard this song I knew there was something suspicious. Jet‘s 2005 track “Are You Gonna be My Girl” lifts heavily from Iggy Pop‘s 1977 classic “Lust for Life”. (They also must’ve made a killing from the Apple iPod ads.)
Submitted by Drew and David.
It’s like a reference to Motown, instead of being a rip-off.
You can also add Stray Heart by Green Day, off of iDos! in 2012. Besides, that sort of bass line dates back a little further than Motown; have a listen to (Your Love Keeps On Lifting Me) Higher and Higher by Jackie Wilson. In general, were talking about a soul bass line.
Sorry, I didn’t realise (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher was a later Jackie Wilson song, originally performed in 1967, but I was right the song wasn’t Motown.
I think I’ve traced that rhythm back ever further: to Sugar Foot Stomp by Fletcher Henderson. I thought a heard a similar trumpet line to the bass line in question, at the end.
And Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley and the Comets (1955).
Yeah but every time I hear that intro I’m disappointed when it’s a Jet song not lust for life… a little piece of my soul dies every time I hear it.
Hahaha. I should got through the site and collect intro’s that do this. The first one of the top of my head is The Strokes vs. Tom Petty