Adisa said:

I think it's because Hall & Oates were inspired by the same thing, but there was only one hip way to produce a hit in the 80s - drum machine!

SoulAlive said:

Here is an even better example:

The Rolling Stones "Miss You"/Joan Osborn "Safety In Numbers".

vainandy said:

Shine/On Your Face-Earth Wind & Fire
Holy Ghost/Mighty, Mighty-Earth Wind & Fire
Shake Your Rump To The Funk/Shining Star-Earth Wind & Fire
Superfreak/Hard To Get-Rick James
Just Be Good To Me/Just The Way You Like It-S.O.S. Band
Time After Time-Cyndi Lauper/Little Red Corvette-Prince
Play That Funky Music-Wild Cherry/Skin Tight-Ohio Players
She's A Bad Mamma Jamma-Carl Carlton/Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)-Gap Band
Snapshot/Wait For Me/Steal Your Love-Slave
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diamondpearl1 said:

I get the same feeling on the opening but I reckon they have different chords.

diamondpearl1 said:

You know that song "Slide" by Slave reminds me of some other, too bad I can't think of the damn name of it.

Thomas Dolby "She Blinded Me With Science" = Foxy "Get Off"

I love FF and give them their props, but they did their share of jacking too.

Unfaithful So Much = Sugarwalls

Frinds B4 Lovers = The Whispers "When the Beat Goes On" and Guy's "I Like"

Quickie = Chubb Rock "Treat Em Right" and ABC's "Iesha"

Adisa said:

ABC's Iesha sounds more like Poison dude.
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NastradumasKid said:

Who doesn't know that? "Quickie"'s melody and "Iesha"'s melody are identical and the music on the hooks are quite similar as well.

Aretha Franklin did not write (You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural woman
Carole King did and she performed it a million times better too

Adisa said:

Treat Em Right????

Isn't that just a sample from First Choice http://www.youtube.com/wa...oE#t=0m35s
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Cinnie said:

Something like that. Whatever happened to Chubb Rock anyway?

Adisa said:

I guess he never signed those autographs

Beyonce: Resentment...Curtis Mayfield...Think () did she credit Curtis for that? I can't remember
Usher: Do it to me...Prince: The Beautifal Ones
Madonna: Like a Virgin...Michael Jackson: Billie Jean
Kelis: Goodbye...Janet: Luv
Cheryl Cole: Fight for this love...Janet: Escapade/Love will never do

Adisa said:

Chubb Rock was rumored to be in medical school.

TonyVanDam said:

No that's actually true and then he dropped out.

Adisa said:

Hmmmm,,,,I don't know about that.

Harlepolis said:

That's cool. I don't know about a lot of examples on this thread.

Adisa said:

I mean, everything about the "Camille" albums gives me more of a Sly Stone mood than Stevie. I can understand why you say that though, Stevie did the helium sound effect in "Maybe Your Baby"(and the end of Living Just Enough For The City) but everytime I hear "Camille", Sly Stone comes to mind.

I don't know though, maybe you meant something else by your example

carlcranshaw said:

Interesting story about that song. Mick's daughter noticed the how similar the two songs sounded, and advised him to give a writer's credit to KD.

"The Knowledge" ripped off by MJ's "Money"

midiscover said:

It's a straight rip of "Do It Anyway You Wanna", by People's Choice.
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shorttrini said:

What?

MJ's "Money" rips off Janet's "The Knowledge" Its so obvious.

midiscover said:

Just because it sung in a monotone does not mean that she rips it off. It just means that they are sung in the same style. However, if you listen to "Do it anyway you wanna", they both have similar chord progressions.



Both songs sound like this song...they are just slowed down.

I'm not saying Janet ripped off MJ's song. Its the other way around. Just listen to both songs back to back.

mrjun18 said:

... and ripped off by :
Boyz II Men - "4 Seasons Of Loneliness"
... and, again, ripped off by:
Boyz II Men - "Oh Well"

.. The 4 songs use the same chord progressions are slow jams with similar musical and vocal arrangements...

Hate it when 'artists' use the same formula and genre, melody as " This is gonna be a hit" formula...

Same shit goes for :

Usher - "U Got It Bad"/ Usher - "Burn"
(and Mariah Carey "The One", Monica, "Shoulda Better", Toni Braxton "Trippin' and many others
)

TLC - Creep // Texas In Our Lifetime (You can literally sing the chorus of Creep over that of the Texas song! I think Dallas Austin was involved in both, though.)

Kool and the Gang - Celebration // Prince - Get Yo Groove on (You get the impression that every so often, Prince goes, "I want one of those!" and just takes it.)

Chuck Berry - Sweet Little Sixteen // The Beach Boys - Surfin' USA