Check out the chorus of Green Day’s “21 Guns” next to the 1972 Mott the Hoople track “All the Young Dudes” (written by David Bowie)
Submitted by Dave
This was an update for Green Day vs. Elo vs. Scott McKenzie
That Song Sounds Like
Songs that Sound Like Other Songs (Since 2007)
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Nice, it almost similar except the middle part.
The verse sounds like Heart of Gold. There are just small similarities to many songs.
What part of the song that is similar?
Never mind, I know what you say.
The Chorus of Telephone Line sounds like the Pre-chorus or whatever of More Than a Feeling (both Sep 1976), just slower. The dates are close, but More Than a Feeling was a song Tom Scholz had been working on between 1974 and 1975, so it probably came first.
And Light Years by Kylie (2000). For another Green Day similarity, the pre-chorus or whatever of Nice Guys Finish Last (1997), which has a bit of swearing in it, sounds like that of Save the Last Dance for Me by The Drifters (1960) and maybe also Under the Boardwalk, because those two Drifters’ songs sound similar.
For more Kylie similarities: The verse of Turn It Into Love by Kylie (1988) also sounds like Hello by Lionel Ritchie (1984) and the chorus reminds me a little of Love Never Felt So Good, the lead single from Michael Jackson’s new album, as does So Now Goodbye (2000), which also sounds like September by Earth, Wind and Fire; Better the Devil You Know (1990), which I think was from the Stock, Aitken & Waterman years, sounds kind of like Never Knew Love Like This Before by Stephanie Mills (1980), written by James Mtume and Reggie Lucas, which always sounds to me like it’s going to go into Rock with You by Michael Jackson (1979); and Can’t Get You Out of My Head (2002) sounds kind of like Sunglasses at Night (1987).
Here are a couple of the links.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INkbk7n98OA#t=64
A website states that She’s a Rebel by Green Day (2004) sounds like Boxcar by Jawbreaker (1994). Here is a link to the page. It unfortunately tends to exaggerate and state similarities too matter-of-factly, but there are some valid similarities, some of which you already have, but not all of them. BTW, this is where I got that about Drops of Jupiter sounding like Drift Away, but I didn’t put the others together until I heard Cliché Love Song on a Eurovision album on iTunes. I’ll include a link for another web page as well.
Sia’s new song Chandelier also sounds like 21 Guns, etc. For more Kylie similarities: No More Rain by Kylie Minogue (2007) sounds like the verse of Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again by The Angels (1976) and Cosmic (2007) sounds like Sunday Morning by Maroon 5 (2002). Starships by Nicki Minaj (2012) also sounds kind of like Fate, Tik Tok, Love at First Sight (2002), etc.
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SuspiciouslySimilarSong?from=Main.TheJimmyHartVersion
http://www.musicbanter.com/general-music/64109-songs-sound-suspiciously-like-other-songs.html
Ohhh. Good one. Jawbreaker happens to be one of my favorite bands. It’s definitely really similar.
An online forum states that Say Yeah by Kiss also sounds like 867-5309/Jenny. The title Songs that Sound Way too Similar to Be Coincidence, which I’m not sure is grammatically correct, I hope doesn’t only refer to deliberate copying but also accidental copying.
http://www.classicrockforums.com/forum/f4/songs-sound-way-similar-coincidence-3737/
Part of Desert Song by Brooke Fraser (2009) sounds like All the Young Dudes and the verse of Try by
P!nk (2012) sounds like the verse of Desert Song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlgUUeQh0CQ