call me crazy, but I was listening to the radio and then I hear a familiar tune and im like oh i know this song and its starts out the same and then its not the song i thought it was, ya see i thought i was listening to "Jack and Diane" from John Mellencamp, but it was really "I Think I'm in Love With You" by Jessica Simpson the beginning of these two songs sound the same I swear which if ya have heard Jack and Diane ya know how it starts out with the guitar in the beginning, well Jessica's song starts out the same way, has this ever happend with any other songs.

Yeah. Jessica Simpson ripped off... er, sampled... from John Mellencamp.

"At the Hop," "Rock and Roll Is Here To Stay" - Danny and the Juniors

"He's So Fine" - the Chiffons
"My Sweet Lord" - George Harrison

"Sweet Little Sixteen" - Chuck Berry
"Surfin' U.S.A." - the Beach Boys

"School Days," "No Particular Place To Go" - Chuck Berry

"O Sole Mio" - Italian public domain song
"It's Now Or Never" - Elvis Presley

"La Bamba" - Ritchie Valens
"Everybody La Bamba" - the Starland Vocal Band (I wish I were making this up. . . :eek: )

every song Weird Al Yankovic has ever parodied
Weird Al's song parodies :lol:

original first, soundalike second

You Give Love A Bad Name - Bon Jovi
Heaven Is A Place On Earth - Belinda Carlisle
- a dj actually mixed the two songs together, I never realized how similar they were

Express Yourself - Madonna
Where's The Love - Hanson

I Want A New Drug - Huey Lewis
Ghostbusters - Ray Parker Jr.
- Huey actually sued

Hot Thing - Prince
Love Is All We Need - Celine Dion

Do You Really Want To Hurt Me - Culture Club
Tonight - David Bowie

"You Can't Catch Me" - Chuck Berry
"Come Together" - The Beatles

"Dream On"- Aerosmith
"Sing For The Moment"- Eminem
"Every Breath You Take"- The Police
"I'll Be Missing You"- Faith Evans, P.Diddy or Puff Daddy

There's probably more. It's like so many rap songs seem to sample other people's songs.

I could name all the songs rappers have ripped off - er, "sampled" - but I don't want to be here all week! :lol:

Originally posted by RustyShackleford
call me crazy, but I was listening to the radio and then I hear a familiar tune and im like oh i know this song and its starts out the same and then its not the song i thought it was, ya see i thought i was listening to "Jack and Diane" from John Mellencamp, but it was really "I Think I'm in Love With You" by Jessica Simpson the beginning of these two songs sound the same I swear which if ya have heard Jack and Diane ya know how it starts out with the guitar in the beginning, well Jessica's song starts out the same way, has this ever happend with any other songs.

By the way, is it just me, or do the acoustic notes that follow the first verse of "Jack and Diane" sound like the opening notes of Tracy Chapman's "Fast Car?" ("Da-da da DA. . . .")