- This video has been sponsored by Honey ♪ Hey hey you you ♪ ♪ I could be your girlfriend ♪ ♪ Hey hey you you ♪ ♪ I wanna be your boyfriend ♪ - [Joel] They must have
been credited for that, otherwise I'm, become angry Joel. Welcome back to the
channel, BFFs. It's me, Joel from Roomie Official, the biggest
music expert in the world, as you can see from the
piano I have behind me. Someone pointed it out the
other day I said piano, but what I really should
have said was keyboard. I don't care. It's a
piano. It's got piano keys. That's how much of a music expert I am. Anyway, today we're gonna
be looking at more songs that sound exactly the
same and try to figure out: do they really sound exactly the same? What are the differences and similarities? I'm gonna put 'em into
like, Pro Tools or whatever or play them on the piano.
We'll see how similar they are. Please watch this video
to the end. There's a lot of interesting examples.
Let's get started fellas. Okay, so first off we have a
Maroon 5 song, What Lovers Do versus Sexual by NEIKED. (upbeat pop music) ♪ Say say say hey hey now baby ♪ ♪ Oh my my don't play now baby ♪ (upbeat pop music) ♪ You got that thing ♪ ♪ That I been looking for ♪ ♪ Been running around for so long ♪ ♪ Now I got you I won't let you go ♪ - [Joel] I mean, so far that's
pretty similar actually. There's different keys and
everything, but there's definitely something going on
with it that feels kind of, very inspired. Let's
get that into Pro Tools. Okay, so I matched the songs
up in tempo in my music program. Needed a little
bit of tempo adjustment, but there's definitely
some similarities. I think especially in the
arrangements. So for example. (upbeat pop music) - [Joel] And then. ♪ Say say say hey hey now baby ♪ - [Joel] Compared to this. (upbeat pop music) ♪ You got that thing
that I been looking for ♪ - [Joel] It's more of a
sound and arrangement thing than exact, because the chords
ar a little bit different. It seems to close for comfort I would say. What happens if I pitch
it at the same key? (upbeat pop music) - [Joel] Compared to. (upbeat pop music) - [Joel] Then suddenly it starts
feeling a lot more similar. ♪ Say say say hey hey now baby ♪ ♪ You got that thing
that I been looking for ♪ - [Joel] There's also something
about the vocal melody as well. It's kind like,
you know, they're repetitive that way. If any of these
things were just alone, I wouldn't think that,
oh yeah this is a copy. But when it's like all of
them together, it seems very, very heavily inspired.
Let's keep watching. ♪ Gotta tell me if you love me or not ♪ ♪ Love me or not ♪ ♪ Love me or not ♪ ♪ You are you are ♪ ♪ You are you are ♪ - [Joel] Okay again, that's
very similar I arrangement, like the long path in the back,
and it's just too similar. It's definitely inspired.
It's copied, okay? ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh,
been wishin' for you ♪ ♪ Ooh, ooh ♪ ♪ Tryna do what lovers do ooh ♪ ♪ Just say you feel the way that I feel ♪ ♪ I'm feelin' sexual ♪ ♪ So we should be sexual ♪ - [Joel] Yeah, it's
definitely, definitely inspired and copied. Big ole' copy
on that. Let's see if they actually credited that. Okay, so it says in the Wikipedia page that
it contains an interpolation and that they are credited
as songwriters on it. So that's cool. Rip offs
that are being credited. I wonder if that happened
before or after people pointed it out though. It seems like
a really weird add-on here on the end so it feels like
maybe it happened later. Therefore they're credited
as songwriters, but I don't know. It's interesting.
Funny if they ripped it off and then just got put
in place. That's funny. The might be liable for a
law suit but I'm also like, the base line (imitates
melody) I very similar to many, many songs, including
stuff like Teenage Dream by Katy Perry. Those chords are like-- (piano chords) - [Joel] Oh no! I just realized
they do use the same chords. Oh my God, I'm an idiot! In the verse, the chords are exactly the
same! That puts it in a whole other ballpark of rip off.
Oh, that's hilarious. Okay. There's only one tiny
difference in the chords so, basically the Maroon 5 song does this-- (plays upbeat pop music) - [Joel] And the only
difference is one base note in the sexual song.
It's like, they go here. That's the only difference,
oh my God. Okay. It's totally ripped off now. I can see it. Sorry for being so slow. The
whole arrangement, the chords, the little flutters of
vocal samples, even kind of the concept of the melody
in the verses. Oh my God. By the way, 63.7% of you guys
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to trickle back in ♪ ♪ You hate that I usually don't open up ♪ ♪ I know when I say it
doesn't say enough ♪ - [Joel] Okay so chords are
similar, vibes are similar. But it's not close
enough for me yet to say that it's a rip off. It
might be that the songwriters of Katy Perry's song dd
work with it as a reference, and they were just like, "Yeah,
well let's keep it in the ballpark of this, but be
far away enough so that it's not gonna be incriminating." ♪ Just because it's over
doesn't mean it's really over ♪ ♪ And if I think it over maybe
I'll be comin' over again ♪ ♪ And I'll have to get
over you all over again ♪ ♪ You know how they say
you got the real thing ♪ ♪ When nothing else matters
I love you like that ♪ ♪ I love you like that ♪ ♪ I love you like that ♪ ♪ I love ya, I love ya,
I love ya like that ♪ - [Joel] Okay, there we
have it. It's very similar. Come on! That's pretty much
stolen. Of course, like if you went note by notes,
no it's not the same. But it's the same key. It's the same beat. And almost the same melodies.
Definitely the same melodic concept. Come on. ♪ Just because it's over
doesn't mean it's really over ♪ - [Joel] This is the one note thing here. ♪ You know how they say
you got the real thing ♪ ♪ When nothing else matters
I love you like that ♪ - [Joel] They did end
on another note there, so you gotta point that
out. It's so close. Definitely inspired, I would say. People get inspired by stuff,
and the pop music industry is like, "Yeah, that works.
Let's do a version of that." You can discuss to what
extent that's cool or good, but it works. Like, I
haven't heard this Dagny song that much, but when I heard the
Katy Perry song, I was like, "Oh, this is good!" It's
sad that it's like that. People hear something
that sounds good, and then they're like, "Okay I'll just
change it up a little bit." I'll probably end up doing
this in the future as well. Maybe unconsciously, but still.
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Coldplay's Vida La Vida versus Joe Satriani's If I Could Fly. ♪ I used to roll the dice ♪ ♪ Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes ♪ (guitar riff) - [Joel] That is close! That is close. It's also like kind of the
natural thing you play on top of those chords, and it's
not the most uncommon chord progression ever, but yeah, I kind of want to put them together in
the recording program, because that will sound
funny on top of each other. I was like, yeah this is
just gonna be a few notes that line sup, but it lined
up pretty well throughout. That's crazy! Okay, so
I've overlapped 'em, put them in the same tempo,
and pitched the Satriani song so it's in the same key. And
it's, it's petty similar. I'll put them in the right
and left speaker for ya. It's a bit ridiculous how close it is. ♪ Roll the dice ♪ ♪ Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes ♪ ♪ Listen as the choir sings ♪ - [Joel] Yeah, it's, it
seems too close for comfort. It really does. God. Okay so apparently this one went to court, but it was dismissed by the judge, okay. They both had to pay their own
legal fees, and it seems like they settled out of court.
Most likely that Coldplay paid Satriani off.
Makes sense to me. Next. Okay so next up is Ed
Sheeran's Shape Of You versus Sia's Cheap Thrills.
Let's have a listen. ♪ The club isn't the best
place to find a lover ♪ ♪ So the bar is where I go mmmm ♪ ♪ Me and my friends at
the table doing shots ♪ ♪ Drink it fast and then we talk slow ♪ ♪ C'mon c'mon turn the radio on ♪ ♪ It's Friday night and I won't be long ♪ ♪ Gotta do my hair put my make up on ♪ ♪ It's Friday night and I won't be long ♪ - [Joel] Okay, this one
I just don't hear at all. Potentially, maybe there was
a little bit of inspiration, but like, nah, I just, I don't
see it. It's not the same chords. The melodies aren't
similar. Even if it was inspired It's such light inspiration.
Come on. Who I thinking this? The only thing is like,
there's a certain rhythm in the chords. Imagine if every
rock song that had eighths on the guitar, like (imitates beat) would be like, oh yeah,
that's a copy. Come on. Okay, let's move on before I get angry. Okay here we have Fun
Some Nights, versus Simon and Garfunkle Cecilia. Interesting. ♪ Some nights I wish that
lips could build a castle ♪ ♪ Some nights I wish
they'd just fall off ♪ ♪ Oh Cecilia I'm down on my knees ♪ ♪ I'm beggin' you please to come home ♪ ♪ Anymore oooooh oooooh ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh ooh ooh ooh ♪ - [Joel] Hmm that's
interesting. Like it sounds very inspired, but not the
same still. I could see Fun having used Cecilia as the
reference for that song, writing of course. Rather,
I'm certain they must have had it in their back of
their heads that they liked that song and they wanted
to do something similar. Especially the chords seem
a little bit too close, because it's kind of like
a weird "rhythmisation" with the (imitates beat) And also the "oh oh oh" thing
is probably one of the things you can pick up if you're
like, oh yeah they had that, so I'm gonna do the
"whoa whoa whoa" thing. Sounds pretty similar.
It's more inspiration than something else. ♪ Cecilia you're breakin' my heart ♪ (overlapping singing) - [Joel] Yeah, totally pretty close. Okay, so Avril Lavigne
Girlfriend versus The Rubinoos I Want To Be Your Boyfriend. If this is similar, then
it's pretty incriminating with the titles. Let's have a listen. ♪ Hey hey you you I don't
like your girlfriend ♪ ♪ No way no way I think
you need a new one ♪ - [Joel] Ugh, I hate this song. ♪ Hey hey you you I could
be your girlfriend ♪ ♪ Hey hey you you I
wanna be your boyfriend ♪ ♪ I'm tryna say I wanna
be your number one ♪ ♪ Hey hey you you I
wanna be your boyfriend ♪ - [Joel] Okay, that's just
a straight rip of the first half of that chorus, I mean, come on. They must have been credited for that. Otherwise, I'm become
angry Joel. That's crazy! Okay, it's written by
Lavigne and Dr. Luke. The songwriters of I Wanna Be
Your Boyfriend sued Lavigne and Dr. Luke for copyright
infringement. The suit was later settled. Yeah, they paid
'em off. Of course they did. That would've been an easy
win. Come on! Oh my God. They did not, like reach out
to them before they released that? That's insane! Did they
think they could get away with that? ♪ Hey hey you you I don't
like your girlfriend ♪ ♪ Hey hey you you I
wanna be your boyfriend ♪ - Now that I'm listening
to it again, the melodies are different. The boyfriend
version isn't as like-- (imitates annoying melody) It's kinda like, if you would harmonize on the I Wanna Be Your
Boyfriend song, you would get that, pretty much. Yeah,
still super close. Bruh! If you haven't liked this video
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Taylor Swift Style, okay. ♪ I'm a little unsure how
we got so complicated ♪ - [Joel] That's such a good voice. ♪ If I let go I know I'll regret it. ♪ (elevator music) - [Joel] Wait, what was similar
here? The synth wave beat? ♪ If I let go I know I'll regret it ♪ - [Joel] Okay, so for a few
years there in the pop scene, these synth wave beats with
the pumping basses were like on every song. It's very hard
to say the two songs that used it are like, the same.
And the chords are too basic to say anything. It's
whatever. It's fashion, right? It's like Gucci using
something and then like, other fashion brands are
like, "Yeah we'll do something similar because that looks
cool and people will like it, because Gucci did it." Not
saying that like, Jason Derulo is a rip off and Taylor Swift
is the original. I think both of them are really
big and awesome artists. It's just fashion. You look at each other. That's how trends persist.
Taylor Swift's Look What You Made Me Do versus Right Side Fred I'm Too Sexy. ♪ Oh look what you made me do ♪ ♪ Look what you made me do ♪ ♪ Look what you just made me do ♪ ♪ Look what you just made me ♪ ♪ I'm too sexy for Milan ♪ (Laughing) - [Joel] No, not at
all. It's just talking. Like, it's not close! It's
not even close to close. It's far from close. They're just talking. Oh look what you made me do. I'm too sexy for my shirt. It's one of the very
natural rhythms you can get when you're talking. It's whatever. Thanks for watching. Click
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