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13 Songs That Famously Ripped Off Others

Posted by @coltondaniel on January 14th, 2012

There’s a fine line between sampling a song and straight ripping off someone else’s artistic integrity. Imitation is recognized as the highest form of flattery – but at what point does it go too far?

Most recently, Madonna finally spoke out about her insane influence of Lady Gaga, with focus on ‘Born This Way‘ and it’s similarity with Madge’s 1989 hit ‘Express Yourself’. And in the spirit of that buzz – we’re delighted to bring you a little sampling, thirteen songs that famously ripped off others (and were pretty successful in their own right). Some of which dealt with court settlements and others were able to slip through the legal cracks. For those arguing that the likes of Hammer and Vanilla Ice had the right to sample – both were busted by the predecessors for their use. Ice even argued in an episode of VH1′s ‘Behind the Music’ that it was completely original and the sampling accusations were bogus.

Tell us what you think! Below are thirteen examples, first being the song that ripped off the following song:

Jennifer Lopez “On The Floor (Ft. Pitbull)” VS. Los Kjarkas “Lloranda se fue”

MC Hammer “U Can’t Touch This” VS. Rick James “Superfreak”

 

Sean Kingston “Me Love” VS. Led Zeppelin “D’yer Mak’er”

 

Sum 41 “Pieces” VS. Coldplay “The Scientist”

 

Ray Parker Jr. “Ghostbusters” VS. Huey Lewis “I Want A New Drug”

 

Red Hot Chili Peppers “Dani California” VS. Tom Petty “Mary Jane’s Last Dance”

 

Flo Rida “Right Round” VS. Dead Or Alive “You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)”

 

The Offspring “Why Don’t You Get A Job” VS. The Beatles “Ob La Di Ob La Da”

 

Vanilla Ice “Ice Ice Baby” VS. Queen & David Bowie “Under Pressure”

 

Avril Lavigne “Girlfriend” VS. The Rubinoos “I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend”

 

Coldplay “Viva La Vida” VS. Joe Satriani “If I Could Fly”

 

Green Day “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” VS. Oasis “Wonderwall”

 

Fergie “Fergalicious” VS. J.J. Fad “Supersonic”

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  • axxo

    Sampling a song vs. ripping it off are totally different things… one is a legitimate art form, the other is not. Also– Pieces and The Scientist? What? 

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_DZ7DVMCYK4IRSDDDUUZ2HHQRUQ Marcus

    Where is Led  Zeppelin? Their whole career revolved around ripping people off. LOL!!