♪ I'm still all alone ♪ ♪ I see me and you at the prom ♪ (laughing) Welcome back to the channel guys, it's me, Joel, from Roomie Official. The one guy on YouTube that's in most need of a haircut. Check this out. It's all terrible. It's all awful. That's why I'm wearing the hat. It's the worst. Anyway, today I have a
very interesting video. There's a bunch of compilation videos out there on the Interwebs talking about how pop songs, or at
least specific pop songs, sound exactly the same. And today I thought
that we would dive into that a little bit and see what's actually similar. And I find that often these compilations also have a bunch of duds that are not actually similar at all. So I'm gonna kind of import
it into the music program or play it on the keyboard or whatever. So yeah, let's get started. Pop songs that sound exactly the same. Let's go. ♪ She loves control ♪ ♪ She wants it her way ♪ ♪ And there's no way she'll ever
stay unless you give it up ♪ ♪ I've lost control ♪ ♪ I paddle, but you're strong ♪ ♪ But I gotta trust your flow ♪ Hmm. What do you guys think? Was that similar? It was definitely the world control and they were kind of
like on the same note. But that's the most basic
note is the root's of the key. But yeah, let's see if there's
anything else that's similar. Let's import it into the music program and match it up and see how it sounds. So now I'm gonna match these up perfectly and get them in the
same key and everything. And we're gonna see what are the chords, what are the melodies. What's different? I mean, you can kind of hear that if you listen to it over and over. But I wanna make it perfectly
clear by doing it this way. Okay, so here we have 'em and there's a couple things
that stand out immediately. I've synced these up to the
same tempo and everything. So these start at
totally different pieces. They start at totally
different times on the beat. So we got Ariana's song, starts quite a bit earlier in the bar. (rhythmical beat) ♪ She loves control ♪ ♪ She wants it her way ♪ Then you have Sia's version, and that starts like
exactly before the beat. (rhythmical beat) ♪ I've lost control ♪ Three, four. (singing) I've lost control versus three, I lost control. I mean, there's a similarity but I don't think that they knew. Or if they knew, it was
like subconsciously, right? Because it is the same key
and that's the spooky part. They're saying like, she loves control. ♪ She loves control ♪ ♪ She wants it her way ♪ ♪ I've lost control ♪ ♪ I paddle, but you're too strong ♪ But yeah, the following phrases are totally different and everything. The worst thing that
could of happened here was that the songwriters
for the Camila Cabello song were like, oh, we like how
this sounds in this Sia song. We'll take that but we'll
switch it up a little bit. What usually happens
with these things though is like, oh maybe they
heard what key it was in. And subconsciously remembered
the other song by Sia. So therefore they just did
it without it even realizing that they were quotation marks stealing. It's not even close at the end. The lyrics are different,
their rhythm is different. Everything's different. But I can get why people think
it's a little bit similar. Next. Oh, baby ♪ Oh, baby ♪ ♪ My baby ♪ ♪ Oh, baby ♪ ♪ Baby I ♪ ♪ Oh, baby ♪ ♪ Oh, baby ♪ ♪ Come give it to me my baby ♪ ♪ But keep it ♪ I mean (laughs) this compilation seems to be going a lot on lyrics
which is interesting. (singing) Oh, baby, oh. So she starts on (voice changer effect) the
root note of a minor key. And yes, the rhythm is
the same on this actually. And you know that Ariana Grande was very inspired by Mariah Carey. Like she sings that one whistle note song that Mariah Care does. (singing whistle note) Just like a show off
number and everything. My guess will be that some
songwriter was again like, oh yeah, we're using
Mariah Carey as a reference but it's not very close. It's not a copy. They don't sound exactly
the same as the title says. But I can see the similarities
and it might be on purpose. It's not that close, really. Its just how pop song writing works. ♪ Oh, baby ♪ Okay, so in a minor, which is a very easy key
for me to play on piano, the Ariana Grande song is (singing) oh, baby, oh, baby. In comparison, Mariah Carey's melody is (singing) oh, baby, oh, baby. Which yes, it's similar. But it's definitely not exactly the same. Next. ♪ You got that nine to five ♪ ♪ But baby so do I ♪ ♪ So don't be thinking I'll be
home and making apple pies ♪ ♪ I never learned to cook ♪ ♪ But I can ♪ ♪ My name is Olly, nice to
meet you, can I tell you baby ♪ ♪ Look around there's a
whole lot of pretty ladies ♪ ♪ But none like you, you shine so bright ♪ Okay, this one I think misses the point which is that both these
songs just basically copy old like rock and roll music, right? It's not Olly Murs' song was
the first to do that either. I don't know enough about the
old rockabilly style of music to find one that sounds exactly the same. But it seems like one of those typical duh dit duh dit duh dit duh dit
duh dit duh dit duh dit duh. So basic, so many people have done it. Next. Before we continue with
more songs that sound exactly the same, please click that like button. I appreciate it. I-- yeah. ♪ Shout out to my ex ♪ ♪ You're really quite the man ♪ ♪ You made my heartbreak
and that made me who I am ♪ ♪ Okay, you're pretty ♪ ♪ Your face is a work of heart ♪ ♪ Your smile could light up
New York City after dark ♪ Okay, so basically they're just hammering on the fifth, right? (singing) shout out to my ex,
you're really quite the mess. Duh dit duh dit duh. So we're in another key now,
we're in A instead of F. But let's see if it's the same. ♪ Your smile could light up
New York City after dark ♪ If there's anything copyrightable
about that first song it's a little thing that
would go down in the end. ♪ You made my heartbreak and that ♪ Because it's a little bit distinctive and it's not stolen. But yeah, they sound very similar. But it's also basic. But it's similar. But it's basic. But it's similar. Ah! One of the sounds that always bothered me with how similar it was was Icona Pop had a song a while back. Like it's a really old one. But yeah, it's called "I Love It." ♪ I got this feeling on a
summer day when you were gone ♪ ♪ I crashed my car into the
bridge, I watched, I let it burn ♪ So that's the verse there. And then this. ♪ I don't care, I love it ♪ And then they sing I don't care, right? And then you have Demi
Lovato releases a song called "I Really Don't Care." ♪ You wanna play, you wanna
stay, you wanna have it all ♪ ♪ You started messin' with
my head until I hit a wall ♪ I know it's pretty much the same thing I was talking about earlier. - Exactly. - But this is so blatant to me. And it's called "I Really Don't Care" and the other song
starts with I don't care. It bothered me, okay, when it came out. And the worst part is
it's a really good song. The Demi Lovato song, the
copy, is a really good song. And I still like it. And I still like the original too. So it's working on me as well. Dang it. ♪ Love me now, now, now, now, now, now ♪ ♪ Now or never ♪ ♪ Hey, hey ♪ ♪ You needed me ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ You ♪ I don't see what's similar here at all. They go down the pentatonic
scale, both of 'em. Come on. Come on, that's
not the same lyric. This video has been
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TikTok, @RoomieOfficial. Thanks. ♪ Flex, time to impress ♪ ♪ Come and climb in my bed ♪ ♪ Don't be shy, do your thing ♪ ♪ It's all in my head ♪ ♪ Flex, time to have sex ♪ ♪ Long time you have the
rude boy a sweat girl ♪ ♪ Flex, time to have sex ♪ Huh, that one was kind of interesting. ♪ Flex, time to impress ♪ ♪ Flex, time to have sex ♪ I mean, that's a little bit
too close for comfort there with both lyric and melody. I'm gonna say that
actually sounds the same. To be fair, I do like the Fifth
Harmony, the copy, better. And they kind of fleshed
out the melody a lot more. Like, it's a lot catchier and everything. But I hope the other guy got
some of the money for that. Just gotta see if there
was anything about this. Mad cobra. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So it's credited that. It contains an interpolation
of the 1995 song "Flex" by Mad Cobra. So they knew it, that's good. If he would not have
gotten any money for that, I would have been a mad, mad boy. ♪ Hey ♪ ("Same Old Love" playing) It's just a basic piano thing. Nah. Ah. No. I don't care. It's not even the same chords, come on. My eyes roll up into my head, ugh. ♪ Another one ♪ - We the best music! - Debatable. - DJ Khaled! ♪ I don't know if you could take it ♪ ♪ Ladies and gents ♪ Yeah that's definitely,
totally just ripped. But that also has to be with permission. Yeah, it's sampled. But yeah, that makes sense. When someone samples something, it has a tendency to sound the same. ♪ Bop ♪ ♪ Light my body up ♪ Yep, definitely sounds like they were inspired by each other. Even though it's pretty basic, the way it was like bop and
then the beat started with the same boom, boom, boom. Definitely similar, probably
not enough for a lawsuit. But I would say that
they sound pretty much exactly the same. Title of this video guys, thumbs up. ♪ 'Cause I'm real ♪ ♪ The way you walk, the way
you move, the way you talk ♪ ♪ 'Cause I'm real ♪ ♪ Who would've thought baby ♪
♪ Would be ♪ ♪ Missing you baby ♪
♪ Would you ♪ ♪ I need you baby ♪
♪ Why me? ♪ ♪ Why me? ♪ Pretty similar, probably
inspired by each other. There's a lot of technical
differences with it but yeah, when you got something like, (voice changer effect)
a really low voice guy and then the like, nana thing. It's hard to deny it though. It's easy to mix up those two
because they're so similar. I would pretty much say that they sound exactly the same,
parenthesis mind blowing. (laughing) ♪ Has gone ♪ ♪ I'm still all alone ♪ ♪ How could this be? ♪ ♪ Once I close my eyes ♪ ♪ I see me and you at the prom ♪ (laughing) ♪ We've both been waiting so long ♪ It's easy to forget how
lame Bieber's music was when he started. "I see you and me at the prom." Amazing. That is very similar
though, how it starts. I don't think they would have to credit Michael Jackson for that. But let's see. Most music critics were skeptical of the lyrical content
presented in the song. And according to Jon Caramanica
of The New York Times, the songs melody is similar to that of Michael Jackson's "You Are Not Alone." Apparently, it's not credited. Yeah, it's just really similar. I need to hear a little
bit more of that song, that's so funny. Oh, my God. (laughs) ♪ The DJ's playing my favorite song ♪ ♪ Ain't no chaperones ♪ ♪ This could be the night of your dreams ♪ Ain't no chaperones. What does that mean? This could be the night of our dreams? Is that implying what
I think it's implying? Not okay, Justin. You were like 14, come on. Come on, man. ♪ Only if you give ♪ ♪ Give the first dance to me ♪ Wait, what? Oh, my God. I promise I'll be gentle but we gotta do it slowly if you give. What? What adults were involved in this? Don't write this with
like a 15-year-old dude. ♪ Let's make this a night
the two of us remember, ♪ ♪ no teachers around to
see us dancing close. ♪ (laughing) This is suggestive. God, okay. (laughing) Oh, my god. I hope Justin Bieber does
that at a concert now though, that would be hilarious. ♪ Don't stop make it pop ♪ ♪ DJ blow my speakers up ♪ ♪ Tonight I'ma fight 'til
we see the sunlight ♪ Another very minimalistic song. ♪ Tik tok on the clock ♪ ♪ California girls, we're unforgettable ♪ ♪ Daisy dukes, bikinis on top ♪ ♪ Sun kissed ♪ So yeah, I mean those
two are very similar. They're by kind of the same
songwriting group as well. I think for a while there during that era, a lot of people were like, oh yeah, we'll just like make a
beat that's kind of groovy. And they would be like, dun dun duh duh duh duh
duh duh duh duh duh. Like minimalism on one note
was super in right then. (playing piano) It's like whatever. (wheezing) Okay guys, that's it. Click here for more
music reactions videos. Click here for me making music
in different ways, whatever. Bah, bah, bah, bah, bah.
- Bah, bah, bah, bah, bah. - Super fun. There was some really
interesting ones in here. A bunch of sounds that sound
kind of exactly the same and some that were not very close. But they're similar for
sure, a lot of them. I will see you tomorrow
in another video. Bye.
