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Our countdown of rip off songs that are more popular than the original includes George Harrison's “My Sweet Lord”, Nirvana's “Come as You Are”, Led Zeppelin's “Whole Lotta Love”, and more!
Most of the 80’s and 90’s were “rip offs” too, even the example you give, Whitney Houston, half of her biggest hits were covers of someone else’s songs. Your gripe isn’t with people ripping off prior songs, it’s that your generation of rip offs are now themselves being ripped off. TLDR: Rip off
As far as an actual, unashamed rip off goes listen to Goodbye Mr. A by the Hoosiers and then Mr. Blue Sky by ELO. Thankfully for the Hoosiers not everyone is as shameless as Satriani when implying ownership of a particular melody.
- Bright Eyes, ‘First Day Of My Life’ (2005) Quite a lovely sentiment to this acoustic ditty: the first day you met that special someone, that was when your life truly began.
- David Bowie, ‘Heroes’ (1977) Bowie’s most-streamed track after his death, this is an epic paean to the redemptive qualities of romantic love, which can make superheroes of us all.
- Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, ‘Home’ (2009) A love-up indie-folk duet between singers Alex Ebert and Jade Castrinos, who were in a relationship at the time, this features the unforgettable line, “Home is wherever I’m with you.”
- Dolly Parton, ‘I Will Always Love You’ (1974) Though Whitney Houston’s belted-out cover of Dolly Parton’s biggest tearjerker is just as iconic, there’s a certain melancholy resignation to the country-tinged original – a song about saying goodbye to someone you love so that they can thrive without you.
Jul 30, 2024 · The 1989 Tears for Fears single 'Sowing the Seeds of Love' could be history's most extensive Beatles tribute. But which songs by The Beatles does it reference?
Feb 21, 2020 · Is your favorite song a rip off of another famous musician? Find out in the list below.
