Demi Lovato “Neon Lights” Sounds Like These 3 Other Songs

Posted on May 24, 2026 by keith — Leave a reply

Demi Lovato’s 2013 “Neon Lights” contains a distinct motif that you know you’ve heard before. I’ve traced this motif back to 2002 with DJ Sammy’s version of Bryan Adams “Heaven”. From there we take a journey 7 years later to Calvin Harris’ “I’m Not Alone”. Only 1 year later we hear Chris Brown’s “Yeah 3X” (2010) when apparently Calvin Harris nearly “choked on [his] cornflakes” when Brown’s new single, Yeah 3x, came on the radio while he was eating breakfast.

“Stealing is still stealing, doesn’t matter who you are,” Harris wrote on Twitter. “[Just] because Chris Brown is an international celebrity doesn’t make it OK to rip off a guy from UK not many people have heard of.” Harris is being modest. I’m Not Alone debuted in April 2009 at the top of the UK charts, knocking Lady Gaga’s Poker Face from the peak position. It also reached No 5 on the European Hot 100. The LP it’s taken from, Ready for the Weekend, later crowned the album charts. – The Guardian

I thought this was the end. But only 3 years later Demi Lovato needed to chime in with “Neon Lights”. The other player in the game here is OneRepublic’s Ryan Tedder who produced and co-wrote “Neon Lights”. There’s a really interesting post on the site about Kelly Clarkson’s “Already Gone” and Beyoncé’s “Halo” with Tedder in the middle.

Anyway have a listen to all 4!

Lady Gaga Sued for “Shallow”

Posted on August 12, 2019 by keith — 5 Comments ↓

It’s a new era folks. Although I’ve been running this site for over 10 years cataloging decades of soundalikes in popular music there has been a recent wave of mega hitmakers being sued for copyright infringement. Most recently Katy Perry and her songwriting team who lost a case for her 2013 hit “Dark Horse”. In 2015 Marvin Gaye’s family successfully won against Robin Thicke and Pharrell for their hit “Blurred Lines”. The defending argument is generally the same throughout – there are only so many notes, chords and combinations thereof to create a melody. But take the qualities of a vocalist, the playing style of an instrument, the melody of the bass guitar under the melody of the vocals, the synthesizer patch, the tempo, the vocal harmony. These things all interact and in sometimes ways that have never been heard before. But it’s also impossible for everyone in the world to hear every single piece of music to either ensure originality or to avoid being plagued by the opposite.

So here’s the latest. Via Forbes:

Lady Gaga’s song “Shallow” earned the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter her first Academy Award. The song, featured in the 2018 film A Star Is Born, is now the subject of a multi-million-dollar lawsuit. Steve Ronsen, an until-now-unknown songwriter claims Gaga stole a three-note progression from his 2012 song “Almost.” Through his lawyer, Mark D. Shirian, he has filed suit for copyright infringement and damages in the “millions and millions” of dollars. Lady Gaga and her lawyer have denounced the suit as a “brazen shakedown” and have indicated that they will fight it “vigorously.” This suit comes as the latest in a string of music copyright lawsuits, beginning with the “Blurred Lines” case, that has the music industry on edge as artists, producers, and publishers adapt to a changing legal landscape. – More at Forbes

Steve Ronsen – “Almost” (2012)

Almost Video Steve Ronsen