Songs that sound awfully similar.

"Say Yeah" by Mötley Crüe uses a riff that oddly sounds like a heavier version of "Girl U Want" by Devo. The former is officially from a 1999 B-Side/rarity compilation, but was apparently an outtake from Dr. Feelgood. So still written a good 8 years after the Devo song.

Edited by MikeK on Apr 10th 2021 at 5:14:24 AM

I have two, both involving Anime Theme Songs.

"Let It Go" from Frozen (2013) has a similar feel to Hunter x Hunter (2011)'s opening theme, "Departure". You can especially hear this in the former's bridge.

The old Doraemon opening theme and Caillou's theme also have similar melodies.

Edit: Here's Let It Go in Japanese, if you want to make a mashup.

Edited by ccorb on Apr 13th 2021 at 7:27:34 AM

And while we're here, compare "Brave Shine's" chorus to that of "Behind These Hazel Eyes".

Edited by PhysicalStamina on Apr 13th 2021 at 7:04:33 AM

Whispered Words' A Ke Mi Ya Ma Sa Ki bears the same feeling of tense calmness as Medal of Honor: Allied Assault's Nebelwerfer Hunt.

Edited by sohibil on Jun 19th 2021 at 10:43:29 AM

"Call Me" by Blondie and "Celestial Soda Pop" by Ray Lynch.

Transportation by Jason Shaw is a shameless degenerated ripoff of the awesome Crystalline by Solus Lunes.

Edited by sohibil on Jun 28th 2021 at 10:32:13 AM

Chasing Rats of Struggling sounds like a rearrangement of Dr. Hawking's^no not that one action theme from MDK2.

Edited by sohibil on Sep 24th 2021 at 4:53:46 PM

Anybody else thinks that In My Mind by Georgy Kai sounds like a rearrangement of Gigi D'Agostino's L'Amour? Then Gigi himself nailed it back and his cover version now sounds even more similar to L'Amour.

Mother Teresa (Ibara) uses similar guitar riffs to The Don and Hellhound's Centre Head (Gungrave Overdose)

In the case of The Don, it sounds very similar to Metal Scratchin' (Sonic Rush) and Uncanny Noise (Devil May Cry 2)

I wonder if there are any more video games boss themes with similar guitar riffs to Mother Teresa.

I just added this to the YMMV page of Toy Story.

• Suspiciously Similar Song: The musical arrangement for "Strange Things" sounds like "Everybody Loves A Clown" by Gary Lewis & The Playboys.

So it's a pretty basic "hard rock" riff, but the verses of "C-lebrity" by Queen + Paul Rodgers sound like "The Metal" by Tenacious D. They also have practically the same intro.

Did I already mention that Avril Lavigne's "I'm With You" sounds like Goo Goo Dolls' "Iris"?

Seconded.

Anyone else thinks that Stay by The Kid LAROI sounds somewhat like Tomáš Dvořák's Mr. Handagote?

Annie's theme and the opening to Onegai My Melody have similar melodies/notes at some points. i can't unhear it

Edited by coemedypink on Feb 24th 2024 at 8:42:34 PM

The giutar phase in Right in the Night sounds kind of like the synthetic keyboard motif in 2 Unlimed's The Real Thing, don't you think?

Edited by sohibil on Mar 16th 2024 at 3:15:10 PM

When Spotify started playing "Snakes of Christ" by Danzig, and I heard the opening riff and saw the artist name, I started singing "Sex Type Thing" to myself in a bad Glenn Danzig impression. It turns out the Danzig song was released a couple years before STP's Core though.

Edited by MikeK on May 8th 2024 at 1:08:59 AM

I always think that Beyond the Network/The Journey Begins from Bejeweled 2 OST took stuff from The Chemical Brothers´s The Test.

The Test - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhS9LnDoo_w

Bejeweled 2 OST - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Frb3XMQCbOE

My current earworm sounds like a nostalgic Croatian Rammstein

Rim Tim Tagi Dim - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmg8EAD-Kjw

Du Hast - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3q8Od5qJio