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.)

Lets Wait Awhile by Janet Jackson
Daisy Jane by America

Underneath Your Clothes-Shikira "The Goat"
Eternal Flame-The Bangles.

I got good ones

ALICIA KEYS -UNBREAKABLE <<<<< EDDIE KENDRICKS - INTIMATE FRIENDS

BEYONCE -UPGRADE YOU <<<<< BETTY WRIGHT - GIRLS CAN"T DO WHAT THE GUYS DO

LOL LISTEN TOO IT
[Edited 5/27/10 22:26pm]

Mazarati/Prince "Jerk Out" - Egyptian Lover "Freak-A-Holic"

Harlepolis said:

But that was just a rip of "Free World" by Jesse

Janet Jackson - RHYTHM NATION is a def rip off of Sly and The Family's - THANK YOU (FALETTINME BE MICE ELF AGIN)

Janet Jackson - RHYTHM NATION is a def rip off of Sly and The Family's - THANK YOU (FALETTINME BE MICE ELF AGIN)

Robin Thicke "Magic"/ Move On Up (Curtis Mayfield)
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Fergalicious is a definite rip off of Kraftwerk "It's More Fun To Compute"

NY SONGWRITER: RASCAL FLATTS STOLE MY TUNE

A veteran New York songwriter, who penned Pat Benatar's "Shadows of the Night," is accusing the country group Rascal Flatts of stealing his iconic 1980s song.

The group, which is playing at Madison Square Garden Thursday with guest Jessica Simpson, is being attacked for "No Reins," a song off its platinum "Still Feels Good" album.

Big Apple song man D.L. Byron filed a federal lawsuit against Rascal Flatts, their producers and Disney Music Group label.

Byron is specifically miffed about the first 17 seconds of "No Reins," which sound familiar to the chorus from "Shadows of the Night."

"It's just too much, too strikingly similar," Byron told The Post.

"They'd have to have a tremendous lapse of memory not to realize what they were doing. It's my contention there's willful infringement."

The Rascal Flatts concert is the group's first visit to Gotham since Byron filed his lawsuit last August in Manhattan federal court.

A rep for the group did not immediately respond to calls for comment. But a member of country boy band defended himself in court papers, saying that any parallels betwe en "No Reins" and "Shadows" is purely an accident.

"To the extent that 'No Reins' shares any similarities with the plaintiff's alleged copyrighted work, any such similarities between the two works are the result of coincidence and/or the use of common or trite ideas," according to lawyers for band member Joe Don Rooney.

Arguing that similarities were unintended might not completely get Rascal Flatts off the hook, according to an NYU Law School professor.

"They ["No Reins" and "Shadows"] certainly sound alike," said Rochelle Dreyfuss, who teaches intellectual property and cited George Harrison's famous case with "My Sweet Lord" and the Chiffons.

"George Harrison lost, even though the court assumed the copying was unintentional -- that Harrison had heard 'He's So Fine' but forgotten it.

Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/n...z0pLT7qnSc

dag said:

holy crap, well the bassline is the song

Teddy Riley may have been channeling this dancefloor classic.

"Break On Through"/ The Doors
"What I Say" / Ray Charles.

The Doors were obviously inspired by this tune...

shorttrini said:

Barret Strong's "Money(Thats What I Want)" have afew elements from Brother Ray's "What I Say", which is quite understandable, Ray's influence on his peers was unavoidable at the time.

The song from the Wiz that was played during the "poppy field" scene sounds just like "For the Love of Money" by the Ojays.

PurpleCharm said:

LOL. I always thought it WAS "For The Love of Money".

Harlepolis said:

That's SO true...But, the Doors was just blatant.