♪ Oh won't you stay with me ♪
♪ Oh I won't back down ♪ - (laughs) I mean, that is
definitely too close for comfort. (beep) Hello and welcome back
to another daily video where I'm just a fragment
of who I used to be because, honestly, my life is in shambles. I'm in quarantine. I'm in, there's only two things,
and they're not that bad. Anyway, today we're once
again looking at songs that sound exactly the same that have whatever lawsuits against them because they sound the same, or they may not have lawsuits. I don't know. We're going to put them
into our music program, compare them, pitch them to the same keys, check out the chord structures, whatever. See, are they really copied? What should really be
happening with these songs? Anyway, let's get fricking started. Make sure to watch this
video 'til the end. There are some pretty crazy
ones in this one, I gotta say. I was surprised.
(synth blares) (beep) Sam Smith's "Stay With Me" versus Tom Petty and the
Heartbreakers "I Won't Back Down." Okay. ♪ Oh, won't you stay with me ♪ ♪ 'Cause you're all I need ♪ ♪ This ain't love it's clear to see ♪ ♪ But darling, stay with me ♪ ♪ Well I won't back down ♪ ♪ No I won't back down ♪ ♪ You could stand me up
at the gates of hell ♪ ♪ But I won't back down ♪ - Man. That's pretty close! Let's have a listen to
that in the music program. Pitch into the same key, that
sounded unbelievably close. I think the chords are
a little bit different, just from first listen. Structure and melody seems
too close for comfort! (elevator music) Okay, so let's have a
listen to them pitched to the same key, and
stretched to the same tempo. ♪ Oh, won't you stay with me ♪
♪ Well I won't back down ♪ ♪ 'Cause you're all I need ♪
♪ No I won't back down ♪ ♪ This ain't love ♪
♪ You could stand me up ♪ ♪ It's clear to see ♪
♪ At the gates of hell ♪ ♪ But darling, stay with me ♪
♪ But I won't back down ♪ - (laughs) I mean, that is
definitely too close for comfort. The melodies are very very
close, apart from this one part. You probably caught it. ♪ This ain't love ♪
♪ You could stand me up ♪ ♪ It's clear to see ♪
♪ At the gates of hell ♪ - But then it goes back and becomes the exact same
thing in the end anyway. ♪ Stay with me ♪
♪ Won't back down ♪ - That's just, unfortunate for, Sam Smith. I wonder if it was on purpose? I mean, it probably wasn't on purpose, it wouldn't try to get away with this. I guess someone had heard
that other song before. They're very rare, these ones
where it's exactly the same. By the way, if you're confused right now, it probably means that
you're not listening with both headphones on, maybe. Or one of your headphones is broken, as some people usually
comment on these videos. I'm playing the Tom Petty song in one ear and Sam Smith in one ear, so yeah. Deal with it! (laughs) Sorry if you can't hear
it properly, sorry. ♪ Oh won't you stay with me ♪
♪ Well I won't back down ♪ - It's just, exactly. ♪ 'Cause you're all I need ♪
♪ Well I won't back down ♪ - It's not the most genius
melody in the world, but it is distinctive
enough for me to think that there was inspiration going on. Perhaps even, plagiarism. Let's see if there was any
lawsuits or anything around this. "This song was written by
Sam Smith, James Napire, and William Philips,
with the late Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne later
receiving co-writer credits due to the song's noted melodic similarity to Petty's single 'I Won't Back Down.'" That's reasonable. But they got it later
though, it seems like. Yeah. "In January 2015, it was revealed that a settlement had been reached with Tom Petty's publishing company to add Petty and Jeff Lynne as co-writers, and that they would receive a 12.5 percent songwriting credit." I almost feel that's not enough. 12.5 percent?
(sad violin music) Okay, so Tom Petty actually said he didn't believe Sam Smith
plagiarized him, saying, "All my years of songwriting have shown me these things can happen. Most times you catch it before it gets out the studio door but in this cate it got by. Sam's people were very
understanding of our predicament and we easily came to an agreement." Tom Petty and the other
songwriter for the old song, did not receive a Grammy, even though the song get a Grammy. That's interesting that
that's how it works. So, if you sample something and your sampled song gets a Grammy, the person you sampled
doesn't get a Grammy. That's (laughs), I gotta make that my life's work now just to start sampling
songs and try to get Grammys that the original writers
don't get anything of. That's a funny life story. I got 28 Grammys by sampling, and the people who I
sample didn't get anything. Lol. And then you die. In your grave like, (laughs)
(eerie music) "All my 28 Grammys, my sample Grammys!" (laughs) Anyway, next copy. Okay so here we got
Fergie's "Fergalicious." Real masterpiece. Versus J.J. Fad, "Supersonic." Let's have a listen. ♪ Fergalicious definition ♪ ♪ Make them boys go loco ♪ ♪ They want my treasure ♪ ♪ So they get their
pleasures from my photo ♪ ♪ You could see me, you can't squeeze me ♪ ♪ I ain't easy, I ain't sleazy ♪ ♪ I got reasons why I tease 'em ♪ ♪ Boys just come and go like seasons ♪ ♪ Fergalicious ♪ ♪ It's hot, hot ♪ ♪ So delicious ♪ ♪ Supersonic motivating ♪ ♪ Rhymes are creating ♪ ♪ And everybody knows ♪ ♪ That J.J. Fad is devastating ♪ ♪ We know you like us girls ♪ ♪ So you better get stirl ♪ ♪ 'Cause we are the homechicks ♪ ♪ That are rockin' your world ♪ - Ha! ♪ Supersonic ♪ - Oh. ♪ Supersonic ♪ - Okay. That was close. Let's get that into the
music program as well. The "Supersonic" and "Fergalicious" thing really sold it for me. At first I was like, yeah, it's just (mimicking rhythms) I think you can say the same thing about the Kesha song. ♪ Wake up in the morning feeling like ♪ It just feels like a classic,
nineties-ish rap flow. But, anyway. Let's see how they sound together. - [Narrator] One Eternity Later. - Okay, so I have them
time-stretched to the same tempo. It was so easy to do, literally three beats per minute apart. So basically the same tempo, right? I didn't notice this the
first time I listened, but listen to the beats. ♪ Supersonic motivating ♪ ♪ Rhymes are creating ♪ (mimicking beat) And they have the beat
for the Fergie song. ♪ Fergalicious definition ♪ ♪ Make them boys go loco ♪ ♪ They want my ♪ - I think this rap flow in combination with that
beat is not an accident. It was surprise me if it
isn't credited as a sample or like they have
songwriting credit on it. But anyway, let's keep comparing anyway. ♪ Fergalicious definition ♪
♪ Supersonic motivating ♪ ♪ Make them boys go loco ♪
♪ Rhymes are creating ♪ ♪ They want my treasure ♪
♪ And everybody knows ♪ ♪ So they get their pleasures ♪
♪ That J.J. Fad ♪ ♪ From my photo ♪
♪ Is devastating ♪ ♪ You could see me ♪
♪ We know you ♪ ♪ You can't squeeze me ♪
♪ Like us girls ♪ ♪ I ain't easy, I ain't sleazy ♪
♪ So you better get stirl ♪ ♪ I got reasons ♪
♪ Cause we are ♪ ♪ Why I tease 'em ♪
♪ The homechicks ♪ ♪ Boys just come ♪
♪ That are rocking ♪ ♪ Like seasons ♪
♪ Your world ♪ ♪ Fergalicious ♪
♪ Supersonic ♪ ♪ It's hot, hot ♪ ♪ Fergalicious ♪
♪ Supersonic ♪ - Yeah, both the hook, the "Fergalicious" and the
"Supersonic" thing comes in. And the beat changes in the exact same way to like more subdivisions,
like (mimicking beat) stuff. The "Fergalicious" beat is
a little bit more detailed and modern of course. It's a later song, but you got the fast beat of the "Fergalicious" song,
and it sounds like this. ♪ Fergalicious ♪ ♪ It's hot, hot ♪ - And, in Supersonic. ♪ Supersonic ♪ ♪ Supersonic ♪ - That was like really aged, 808 samples. Is it 808 or 909?
(inquiring piano music) I don't even know. Lemme know in the comments,
(bell dings) music nerds, what that was. Anyway. Totally straight up a rip. I will be very, very angry if this is not very heavily credited. "It contains compositional
samples of 'Supersonic.'" And, another song, apparently. "Give It All You Got." I need to hear that too. ♪ Uno, two, tres, four ♪ - Ah yeah. That's where that's sampled from. Okay. So, the thing I thought
was cool in the new beat was also taken from somewhere else. And then, "the bridge
contains an interpolation of 'Night Train' by Jimmy
Forrest and James Brown." What the? Is there anything original to this song? The only original thing
they added was changing "Supersonic" to "Fergalicious." Or like, changing the lyrics to be like about how delicious she is or whatever. Okay, let's listen to the bridge. And whatever they sampled in that part. ♪ Baby, baby, baby ♪ ♪ If you really want me ♪ ♪ Honey, get some patience ♪ ♪ Maybe then you'll get a ♪ - Okay. I think that was it. So let's see. "Night Train" by Jimmy
Forrest and James Brown. - Yeah. I feel bad for whoever clears the samples for will.i.am and Fergie and everything. That's just like, that's gotta be half the
work of making a song. It's not actually making the song, it's just getting the
legal rights to release it. This is the weirdest example
of this I've ever seen. I get that it's rap, I
get that people sample but are you gonna write
something, you know? Are you gonna do something? (laughs) And people criticize DJs
for just pressing play. What do you guys think? Let me know in the comments.
(bell dings) Maybe you think "Fergalicious" is genius. What a masterpiece of a song. If you think that, you are very special and I hope you take good care of yourself. (laughs) Let's move on. By the way, please subscribe
if you haven't already, I'm so close to hitting
six million subscribers, I have some big videos planned for that that you don't wanna miss. So yes, subscribe. Turn on them noti, fications. Thank you. (laughs) "Imperial March" from Star Wars versus "A Spoonful of
Sugar" from Mary Poppins. I don't think I can
sing any of these songs. Anyway. (dramatic orchestral music) Oh yeah, no sorry. I can't, of course. It's one of the most iconic
Star Wars soundtrack songs. Let's have a listen. (dramatic orchestral music) ♪ That a spoon of sugar ♪ ♪ Helps the medicine go down ♪ ♪ The medicine go down ♪ - Wait what? ♪ Medicine go down ♪ ♪ Just a spoon ♪ - Okay the vibes of the songs are obviously intensely different, but let's get that in the music program. That's interesting. It's definitely not going
to be a straight up rip. But, maybe, there's something to it. Okay, I'm excited about this. Let's see what they sound
like at the same time. ♪ Spoonful of sugar helps
the medicine go down ♪ ♪ The medicine go down ♪ ♪ Medicine go down ♪ - That's funny, the rhythm is so close. Okay, let's get 'em to
the same key as well. Okay so here they are
technically in the same key but it doesn't sound any
good on top of each other. I think the harmonic structure. Nerd stuff, okay? It doesn't entirely line up. But, anyway, there's some, like, advanced, some, little bit jazzier, little bit crazier
things going on with this than in most pop music, so they don't really overlap
in the best way possible. However, listen to this. It's pretty funny. ♪ Spoonful of sugar helps
the medicine go down ♪ ♪ The Medicine go down ♪ ♪ Medicine go down ♪ ♪ Just a spoonful of sugar
helps the medicine go down ♪ ♪ In a most delightful way ♪ (laughs) - That's a fun remix. Maybe one of you guys can
make a remix out of it. - You can do it! - When you auto tune "Spoonful of Sugar" to be on top of, the, "Imperial March," maybe
someone has already done it. There's so many Star Wars nerds out there. Come on Star Wars nerds,
don't disappoint me! Show me your strength. - [Obi-Wan] Use the force, Luke. - Here we go, let's see. I think this should work. ♪ And ev'ry task you undertake
becomes a piece of cake ♪ ♪ A lark, a spree, it's very clear to me ♪ ♪ That a spoonful of sugar
helps the medicine go down ♪ ♪ Helps the medicine go down ♪ ♪ Medicine go down ♪ - Yeah, so like, yeah you can
definitely sing it on top. I would love to hear an
auto tune version though. If anyone wants to do it, I will applaud. I will feature you in a
video if you do a real one. Anyway, let's move the frick on. Okay so we got ABBA. Very epic music. "Waterloo" versus The Foundations,
"Build Me Up Buttercup." Okay I've heard both of these songs, I've never thought of them
being similar, let's see. ♪ Waterloo couldn't
escape if I wanted to ♪ ♪ Waterloo knowing my
fate is to be with you ♪ - Excellent. ♪ Oh, oh oh oh ♪ ♪ Why do you build me up,
build me up, buttercup, baby ♪ ♪ Just to let me down, let
me down, and mess me around ♪ ♪ And then worst of all, worst
of all, you never call, baby ♪ ♪ When you say you will, say
you will, but I love you still ♪ ♪ I need you, I need you,
more than anyone, darlin' ♪ ♪ You know that I have from the start ♪ - God I'm such a sucker
for that sort of song, like those harmonics and happy melodies. I'm instantly in a good mood
from "Build Me Up Buttercup." When I hear it now, it kinda feels like "Waterloo"
was inspired by this. Quite heavily. But they have changed up enough things for it to be different. Let's get it into the music program. Just so I can highlight
what I think are different and why they're not very similar. Okay, so let's have a listen to 'em. I would say that the
melodies have the same rhythm in the beginning, and
they kind of harmonize. Which makes me think that
ABBA, my Swedish brethren, must have use "Build Me Up Buttercup" as a reference in their song writing, and just, like, switched it up. "What if we take it
one-third up," or whatever, to get this right here. So, the lead-in is a little bit longer in "Build Me Up Buttercup." You will here it. ♪ Why do you ♪ ♪ Build me up ♪
♪ Waterloo ♪ ♪ Build me up ♪ ♪ Buttercup, baby ♪
♪ I was defeated ♪ ♪ Just to let me down ♪
♪ You won the war ♪ ♪ Let me down ♪ - So the ABBA song is up here. ♪ Waterloo ♪ And "Build Me Up Buttercup" is, ♪ Build me up ♪ - You actually have them
being perfect thirds and harmonizing. ♪ Why do you ♪ ♪ Waterloo ♪
♪ Build me up ♪ ♪ Build me up ♪ ♪ Buttercup, baby ♪
♪ I was defeated ♪ ♪ Just to let me down ♪
♪ You won the war ♪ - And there, the melody
starts diverging a little bit, they're a little bit different. ♪ Let me down ♪ ♪ And mess me around ♪ ♪ And then worst of all ♪
♪ Waterloo ♪ ♪ Worst of all ♪ ♪ You never call, baby ♪
♪ Promise to love you ♪ - I would say that, sorry Swedish mates but "Build Me Up Buttercup"
is just a better song. It's got a little more
of a minor feel to it, while the ABBA song is really flat. (mimicking "Waterloo") While "Build Me Up Buttercup"
has like a little bit of something to it. Like, with all the cool harmonies. And then it's also way happier
when the happy parts come in. It's just a great song. Another thing that makes me
think that ABBA was inspired was the (mimicking drum rhythm) because "Build Me Up Buttercup"
has the exact same thing. (upbeat drums) Which is almost identical to ABBA's. (upbeat drums) Definitely very, very heavily inspired. But I wouldn't say that there should be any
royalties going anywhere. Let's have a look and
see if there actually is. It's not actually mentioned
anywhere on the Wikipedia page. Which I actually think
is a little bit weird, because it does have some
pretty stunning similarities. Instead, they said that it was inspired by Phil Spector's "Wall of
Sound" production technique. Whatever, who cares. I know it's a big thing
in music production, okay, like, that's when they started putting way too much stuff into the songs and tried to push up
the volume and whatever and make it feel like you're like (grunts) Right now, with trap music and everything, we're kinda having the opposite of that, where everything is going like, they want less and less in the song. Like there's less and less
instruments in the songs, if you've noticed. Anyway. Not a single mention. Crazy. Has no one ever talked about this? Okay, so here we have,
on the forum abbachat. People talking about it. Okay, so someone here says, "It's no surprise that
ABBA's early music tends to sound like a deliberate
review of what 1960s music had, and I also read Stikkan
Anderson," the producer, "tend to buy songs in order
to make Swedish hits." (laughs) That's really interesting. So it was kinda like a, the times of plagiarism back in the day. Because, we didn't really
have a global music industry at that point, so often, there would be like a Swedish version of an international song,
that became a hit in Sweden. I'm sure that still happens with translations and stuff of songs, like, whatever, Eastern
Europe, or Asia and stuff, that you can make cover that becomes that country's or that
region's version of a hit song. Ah anyway, that's it for today's video. Click here for more
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