Prince was an amazing composer,

but even he was sometimes

more than inspired by somebody else

so which songs sounds like other songs

my pick

Dance 4 Me Wa Wa Nee Giving Everything mixed with Zapp I Can Make U Dance

im surprised Wa Wa Nee didnt sue Prince

Guitar U2 I Will Follow

Redhead Stepchild Guess Who American Woman

The Everlasting Now Michael Jackson Burn This Disco OUt

The Most Beautiful Girl Raynard J Takin Me To Paradise

autors of the song did take Prince to court.

1999 ,Manic Monday Mamas and Papas Monday Morning

Raspberry Berret The Buzzcocks Are Everything

Erotic City Laid Back White Horse

7 Heathwave Gangsters Of The Groove

1000X and Kisses Denis Edwards Dont Look Any Further

Gotta Stop live version sounds like Knack My Sharona

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Musician9 said:

Planet Earth - Could It Be Magic - Barry Manilow

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Colonized mind: Quit it - Miriam Makeba

thebanishedone said:

The Everlasting Now Michael Jackson Burn This Disco OUT

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I would agree with almost everything except this one.

If anything, Everlasting Now is very Santana-like but I think it has absolutely nothing to do with this rather unadventurous disco-funk tune from Off The Wall.

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That Raspberry Beret/Buzzcocks one always makes me laugh, it's so definitely coincidental but you can't help but hear it.

Automatic - Pointer Sisters -> Lavaux

I remember here in prince.org a *very* similar song to Chelsea Rodgers, but I do not find the link...

jaawwnn said:

That Raspberry Beret/Buzzcocks one always makes me laugh, it's so definitely coincidental but you can't help but hear it.

Automatic - Pointer Sisters -> Lavaux

i dont think its coincidental hers why as far as i remember Lisa came up with that lead line

jaawwnn said:

fabriziovenerandi said:

I remember here in prince.org a *very* similar song to Chelsea Rodgers, but I do not find the link...

Found it - Azoto's Any Time or Place

"Sticky Like Glue" and Tom Tom Club's "Genius of Love"

OnlyNDaUsa said:

RJOrion said:

OnlyNDaUsa said:

"Sticky Like Glue" and Tom Tom Club's "Genius of Love"

NO...not even close

come on... . they are very close... the fact that as soon as I heard Sticky I thought of that song I might have heard 3 times and not for many years... they are close...

RJOrion said:

Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad & "Sweet City Woman" - The Stampeders

What part? To me, they sound nothing alike... the guitar solo? Singing in a falsetto?

paulludvig said:

jaawwnn said:

That Raspberry Beret/Buzzcocks one always makes me laugh, it's so definitely coincidental but you can't help but hear it.

Automatic - Pointer Sisters -> Lavaux

How can you be sure it's coincidental?

I feel it in my heart. Prince would understand.

thebanishedone said:

jaawwnn said:

That Raspberry Beret/Buzzcocks one always makes me laugh, it's so definitely coincidental but you can't help but hear it.

Automatic - Pointer Sisters -> Lavaux

i dont think its coincidental hers why as far as i remember Lisa came up with that lead line

Big Buzzcocks fan back then was she? With her classical training and barely knowing who Prince was when she met him? A real punk rocker. Or are we just looking for an excuse to bash Wendy and Lisa again?

OnlyNDaUsa said:

RJOrion said:

Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad & "Sweet City Woman" - The Stampeders

What part? To me, they sound nothing alike... the guitar solo? Singing in a falsetto?

LOL the electric guitar line in the chorus kinda sounds like the riff. That's hilarious, I never heard it before.

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'Satisfied' sounds like parts of 'Goodhands Tonight' by Al Jarreau especially the gospel parts towards the end.

Housequake and Papa Legba (at 3:40) by Talking Heads

Papa Legba was released September 15, 1986

Housequake was recorded October 18, 1986

This is no coincidence.

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too many to list but so what, everyone does it. as chuck berry once said "there is nothing new under the sun".

when 2 are in love -we are the world is one.

Te Amo Corazon: La Isla Bonita / Madonna

SimonCharles said:

Planet Earth - Could It Be Magic - Barry Manilow

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Both song have a piano intro but other than that I don't hear any resemblance at all.

"Cream" sounds a lot like "Get it On (Bang a Gong)" by T. Rex

herb4 said:

"Cream" sounds a lot like "Get it On (Bang a Gong)" by T. Rex

Which is itself a winking rip-off of Little Queenie by Chuck Berry.

CherryMoon57 said:

SimonCharles said:

Planet Earth - Could It Be Magic - Barry Manilow

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Both song have a piano intro but other than that I don't hear any resemblance at all.

Listen at 2.40. I can't help but sing 'spirits move me, every time I'm near you' there every time

.

My mother was a big Barry Manilow fan so it struck me on first listen.

1000 X's & O's/Aaliyah's Rock The Boat
BOYTROUBLE/a song or the vibe of Klymaxx

paulludvig said:

Listened through all of these. There are some similarities with other songs that are mostly due to genre traits. The only one which seems to be an obvious rip off is the lead line to Rasberry Beret lifted from the Buzzcock song.

Reported for being a blatent parody of yourself