ThatSongSoundsLike.com was created by Keith Hopkin in 2007 and is mainly fueled by soundalike submissions from you. And some days when Keith hears a song he thinks he heard somewhere else he drives himself nuts for days until he figures it out.

This might’ve been you at some point:

“I know I’ve heard that song before”

“That riff is totally from that song”

“Isn’t that the melody from ___ ?”

“They don’t even credit the original!”

Remember Vanilla Ice’s 1990 hit “Ice Ice Baby” ?

Sound Familiar?

Here’s a great piece that aired on MTV in the 90s where Vanilla Ice famously denies the similarity.

Do you have 2 songs that you are convinced sound the same?
Email Artists and Song Titles to music at thatsongsoundslike dot com and I will listen!

These guys do a great job of  demonstrating the ubiquity of the “I V vi iV” chord progression in modern pop music.

For an extensive site that catalogs credited samples, go to www.whosampled.com.

Some more reading and things:

OnceSong Podcast: Great podcast that breaks down a single song per episode

Chris DeMakes a podcast: Great podcast that dissects a song with the artist(s) who were involved in the making of

Song Exploder: A succinct interview with an artist about the origins of a song

Drinking with Strangers: Music Lessons from a Teenage Bullet Belt by Butch Walker

I analyzed the chords of 1300 popular songs for patterns. This is what I found.

12 Songs That Sound The Same by Keith Hopkin [buzzfeed.com]

13 Songs That Sound Just Like Green Day Songs by Keith Hopkin [diffuser.fm]

7 Famous Musicians Who Stole Some of Their Biggest Hits [Cracked.com]

NOTE: This site is for “sound-a-likes”, not samples.