Songs that are ripped off from other songs

[JohnnyTheFox]

Whether it be whole songs or just bits and pieces, post them here if ya got it.

The first and perhaps the worst offender is What I Got/Sublime which clearly uses the first part from Lady Madonna/The Beatles..




Next up is Creep/Radiohead{vocal melody which starts at 2:25} is quite similar to a part in The air that I breathe/Hollies.




And last but not least Greta Van Fleet/Highway Tune which intro wise and a bit in the middle{around 1:50 are a direct note for note rip off of Zeppelins The Rover. The singer is obviously trying to ham Plant and heck even the drummer is playing a kit similar to one of Bonhams. Please stop with the next Led Zeppelin talk.....



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teO03JUx-xI

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

Obvious ones but don't feel like posting videos

Ghostbusters. Movie wanted Huey Lewis and news to do title song, they turned down request.
Ghostbusters took Huey Lewis song I WANT A NEW DRUG. Sped it up, changed lyrics had Ray Parker Jr sing it.

Ice Ice Baby. Vanilla Ice
Under pressure . Queen aBowie

Not a rip off really as writing credits were shared.

Four Horsemen Metallica
Mechanix Megadeth

 

[Idgit]

 

[Idgit]

Another famous one.

 

[Robbieac]

 

[blindzebra]

 

[CyberB0b]

Every song is made up of 4 chords.

 

[Idgit]

Every song is made up of 4 chords.

I'd forgotten all about those guys. Thanks for sharing it.

 

[chagus]

DMX- Party Up (Up in Here) ripped off the childrens song - Wheels On The Bus

Think about it.

 

[cowboyec]

parts of I Want a Hippopanimous For Christmas sounds an awful lot like the Ucla fight song.

sorry...thats all I got...I'll go back to the fan zone now.

 

[YosemiteSam]

Every song is made up of 4 chords.

I prefer to just use three cords.

 

[CouchCoach]

The Stones "Anybody Seen My Baby" ripped "Constantly Craving" by K.D. Lang, note for note. They didn't get sued like George Harrison did for "My Sweet Lord" but Jagger/Richard apologized and gave her credit for an infectious melody, which it is.

 

[timb2]

I can't stand when songs get ripped off and you got some ignorant moron singer/rapper trying to act so cool like he was the originator of the song because he knows kids are not going to listen to other generations music.

 

[Roadtrip635]

Sometimes it just isn't intentional, it happens by accident. I have a friend Terri Hendrix, a sensational songwriter in her own right, come up to me one day excited by a song she just finished writing. She was gonna debut it during a Songwriter Open Mic Night that night and wanted to sing it for me first. She sings it and I tell her, I know that song, it's slower and the words are different, but it's The Who's I can See For Miles. I start singing The Who's version to her and she gets this look like I just killed her puppy, she was heartbroken.

She doesn't sing it that night, but tells the story about this great new song she had and she new it was a great song because The Who had written it first. The crowd got a good laugh and begged her to play it anyway, but she never did. It was a good song though.

 

[Xelda]

The beginning of Under Pressure by Queen gets ripped off for Ice Ice Baby by Vanilla Ice.

 

[Melonfeud]

Every song is made up of 4 chords.

 

[Melonfeud]

I can't stand when songs get ripped off and you got some ignorant moron singer/rapper trying to act so cool like he was the originator of the song because he knows kids are not going to listen to other generations music.

I never felt the molecular bond gravitating over from MARVIN GAYE to that HAPPY song,,,sorry Aficionado connoisseurs!,,, but if a cool or unique hook or pitch is considered theft/ infringement, well,,,SHEESE
( that Anthony Kiedis of the Red Hot Chili Peppers could sing a song about a crappy $4.50 frozen pizza with his hook & voice inflection to where it'd get radio air time,,,that cat is an amazing talent.)

 

[BigStar]

Both artists sucked but remember this being a thing where Vanilla Ice ripped off MC Hammer

 

[PJTHEDOORS]

Everyone ripped off Chuck Berry's rifs, Beach Boys wrote alot of their songs using his rifs. As did many others.

 

[GMO415]

All you Slim Shady people....this ought to sound familiar.