♪ Midnight memories ♪ ♪ Pour some sugar on me ♪ - Yeah! Okay, okay. Now we're talkin'. What up, fellow musician geniuses? My name's Joel from Roomie Official. Also a music genius. And today, we're gonna be looking at songs that may sound exactly the same. I've had one of my editors put together a compilation of songs that
people say sound the same. We gonna exactly explore
this in this video. I'm gonna put it into my music program. We're gonna play them next to each other. We're gonna analyze everything and see, are they copies? Let's get started. Remember to watch the video 'til the end so you don't miss any
of these crazy copies. Okay, so first off, we
have Bruno Mars' "Treasure" versus Breakbot's "Baby I'm Yours." Let's have a listen. ♪ Treasure, that is what you are ♪ It's a bop. ♪ Honey, you're my golden star ♪ ♪ You know you can make
my wish come true ♪ ♪ If you let me treasure you ♪ ♪ If you let me treasure you ♪ ♪ Oh oh oh ♪ ♪ Listen baby ♪ ♪ Your wish is my command ♪ ♪ Baby won't you understand ♪ ♪ That your wish is my command ♪ ♪ What can I do to make ♪ ♪ My baby understand ♪
Oh wow! That is pretty close! I gotta say. Wow. At first, there was like a little bit like "Ah, it's just kind of '70s vibe." Then the rhythmazation and then kinda like how the chords ended felt very similar. Seems very inspired, honestly. ♪ Treasure you ♪ ♪ Oh oh oh ♪ ♪ Wish is my command ♪ ♪ What can I do to make
my baby understand ♪ And the way the beats go away
in the end there, as well. Very interesting. Okay, let's get them
into the music program and analyze what's similar. And if it's similar enough. Or it's to be an issue. Okay, so I put 'em in the
same keys, same tempo. I'm gonna put one of the
left side of your speaker and one on the right. Let's see how similar it sounds. ("Treasure" and "Baby I'm
Yours" playing at the same time) Oh my god. Okay, so, they kinda do the same ending of the chords, as well. But to break this down, the chords are different. I would say that it's in the melodies where it really really
stands out as similar, but Bruno Mars' song
starts on these chords. (chords playing) While the other one starts here. (chords playing) Chords structure wise, not super close. Even though, that also lives
in the same ballpark of things. But the melodies, did you hear the melodies. ("Treasure" and "Baby I'm
Yours" playing at the same time) And they do the same little thing on the third phrase as well, where they go up in the
melody on the last note. ("Treasure" and "Baby I'm
Yours" playing at the same time) But the Breakbot song has a structure that ends earlier, since it stops on an an
eleventh chord right here. While that chord comes a lot
later in the Bruno Mars song, even though it does come. But overall, the melodies
are just very close and kinda the vibes and everything. It's very much too close for comfort. Let's see if they actually credited them or if this is one of those where I'm gonna get very mad. Due to the similarities shared with Breakbot's "Baby I'm Yours", new writing credits were added. Okay so they didn't have
it from the beginning. They thought they could get away with it. That's pretty crazy. I mean, there are clear differences but also those melodies, man. It's pretty much the exact same melodies even though the chords are different. (laughs) Breakbot calls out Bruno Mars. Hey @BrunoMars, seriously? (coughs) So it seems like Bruno
doesn't really talk about it, however, Breakbot is using
it for promo, of course. Which totally makes sense and I think that's okay. I wonder if they were aware. It's so much fascinating. Breakbot says, "We also come
from the sample generation, so it's kind of ridiculous for us to sample so many artists from the past and then get mad when
somebody takes a statement from one of your songs." Yeah, but also you did
get the songwriting credit in the end, so good for you. Okay, next. One Direction, "Midnight Memories" versus Def Leppard,
"Pour Some Sugar on Me." Let's have a listen. ♪ Midnight Memories ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ Baby, you and me ♪ ♪ Stumblin' in the street ♪ ♪ Singin', singin', singin', singin' ♪ It sounds like that old song. (hums song) Is it that one? ♪ Pour some sugar on me ♪ ♪ Ooh, in the name of love ♪ ♪ Pour some sugar on me ♪ ♪ C'mon, fire me up ♪ Again we got the most
basic chords in existence and the most basic rhythm
in existence going on here. We got. (chords playing) (laughs) If you could copyright that, that would be like all of
music's copyrighted now. There's nothing left. I would say the little
guitar thing in the middle made me think more of that other song. What's that called. Steve Miller Band. ♪ People talk about me baby ♪ Just that I'm reminded of
another song just means again, how generic the whole thing is. ♪ Midnight memories. ♪ But they do that thing here. ♪ Baby, you and me ♪ ♪ Stumblin' in the street ♪ ♪ Singin', singin', singin', singin' ♪ I would say the
instrumentals of these songs, like they sound really good, but the riffs are generic. And what's really in focus in these songs and in most songs, let's be real, it's the melodies that they're singing and they're not really taken
from of these songs at least. By the way, please subscribe
if you haven't already. Turn on notifications. I make music related content everyday. Okay, let's have a look at this as well, see if anyone said that this
was exactly the same song. Did anyone go after them in court? Let's have a look. (gasps) In 2013, Def Leppard
had asked their lawyers to look into allegations
that "Midnight Memories" and "Pour Some Sugar on Me"
bear striking similarities. But then Def Leppard confirmed that they were not pursuing legal action. Campbell said, "The
chords are one-four-five. Those are the blues. You don't get more basic than that." Yes, he gets it. A musician that gets it. But then he says something. "I think what's more
reminiscent of the Leppard thing is the production, the
sound, the vocals, the reverb and the way it's assembled." Let's have a listen to that. ♪ Midnight memories ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ Pour some sugar on me ♪ Actually, I can see
that kind of the sound. I mean, yeah. It is pretty close. They would totally have lost the lawsuit, but in this theory, kinda like in the middle ground of like how far can you go with everything? You know? When it's just the drums, the guitar riff, kind of the melody. It's an interesting
question to ask yourself. I would've wanted the songwriting so the One Direction song could be a little bit
further away, honestly. It's just a lot of music
sounded like that back then. Okay, next. I don't care about this naymore. David Guetta, "When Love Takes Over" versue Coldplay, "Clocks" ("When Love Takes Over" by
David Guetta ft. Kelly Rowland) Oh. This sounds like "Clocks". ♪ It's complicated ♪ Oh, this sounds good.
♪ It always is ♪ I love it ♪ That's just the way it goes ♪ ("Clocks" by Coldplay) Okay, let's get those
into the music program. This one's interesting. I'ma get them in the right keys to really just dissect what's it like. If it's a riff though, it's hard for me to think that
a riff can be really stolen. It can, for sure. Like if I wrote a song
tomorrow that's like, (hums "Seven Nation Army"
by The White Stripes) in the bass. Of course, that would not be okay and I would have to pay royalties, but you know. Maybe it's not as much
about how similar it is but also like, if something really is a
song that everyone knows and more people will like a song I make or like because I steal
something from someone else just because of how that's
first song paved the way, then I think this should have royalties. More than you know-- Not even that riff. (hums "Seven Nation Army"
by The White Stripes) If they hadn't come up with it, I'm sure someone else would've, but now they have and I think they deserve
credit for that and money, since a big part of why people would really like that riff now is because they've heard it before. Okay, here we have them in the same key. And I didn't realize
listening to it at first, but they're different in version, right. I don't want to get too technical, but basically, it's
the difference between, (plays arpeggio on piano) and this, (plays arpeggio on piano) It's the same chord but it's higher on the
keyboard, pretty much. That's a very simplified way of saying it. Let's play them in each ear. ("Clocks" and "When Love Takes
Over" playing at same time) Yeah. Definitely inspired. A little bit modified. David Guetta does a change here that "Clocks" doesn't do. Those two don't line up. And then we have here. ("Clocks" and "When Love Takes
Over" playing at same time) Yeah, it's not the same there either. He kinda does the change that
happens in the last part here, he does here. So I could match them
up if I copy that there. And just do a copy of this, I think. ("Clocks" and "When Love Takes
Over" playing at same time) Yeah, so then it would
be exactly the same, but it's not like that. Well, not exactly, but very close. But now it is different. I'm gonna go ahead and
say I think it's okay. It's just a riff. It's not like a bunch of
words that are stolen. It's not a melody per se that's stolen. I don't call this a melody. (plays arpeggio) Just an arpeggio. Basic, basic arpeggio. Okay, let's see if anyone
tried to sue anyone. It seems like critics pointed
out that it was similar to "Clocks" but they liked it. And I would agree. God, I have forgotten about that song. I'm gonna add that to my playlist later. There's always that one guy though. So Mikael Wood of the Los Angeles Times was less impressed than other critics, simply noting the song
as "a cheesy synthpop makeover of Coldplay's 'Clocks'." That's just you trying to sound smart. Nothing else about the
song is that similar. Oh my god. Music journalists. What's poppin'? Okay, next. Tim McGraw and Faith Hill,
"The Rest of Our Life" versus Jasmine Rae, "When I found you". Never heard of any of these songs before. This will be super interesting. Hey don't drive that nice
car out in the grass, it'll get ruined. ♪ Sitting with you in a dark room ♪ Wait, did it changed song?
♪ Warmed by a fireplace ♪ ♪ Today I held flowers ♪ ♪ And I dressed in white ♪ Wait, this is like the same song. What's going on? Hmmmm. I need to hear those piano riffs again and those verses. ("The Rest of Our Life" by
Tim McGraw and Faith Hill) ("When I found you" by Jasmine Rae) ♪ Sitting with you in a dark room ♪ ♪ Warmed by a fireplace ♪ ♪ Today I held flowers ♪ Okay, these are extremely similar, right. ♪ And I dressed in white ♪ ♪ Oh, I'll be fine ♪ ♪ If one gray hair shows ♪ ♪ 'Cause I never knew ♪ ♪ Love like you show me ♪ ♪ You see me ♪ Yeaah. Okay, okay, now we're talking (laughs) I gotta say again, that that piano riff
while extremely similar, it seems like something
pretty much any pianist would just kinda play. (plays riff on piano) I don't know. It's just something you play in piano. It can't really be like,
"Oh yeah, that's my--" (plays notes on piano) (laughs) Oh yeah, this is mine. (plays notes on piano) No one else is allowed
to play this anymore. (laughs) I need to listen to these verses. Properly figure out how similar they are because that's seem too close. This seems both these songs are like designed for the wedding waltz, right. They're both in the waltz six-eighth. One, two, three, one, two, three. It's just for you to dance
to on your wedding day. Okay, so I can't really
sync this up properly because I think that one of the songs is not recorded to a click track, which makes my life miserable. Everyone at home, record your songs to click track, otherwise, I can't check if
you copied someone later. The melody start at different places, so they're not the exact same, but it's kinda like
he's echoing her melody. ♪ Today I brought flowers ♪ And then he's like, ♪ Sitting with you in a dark room ♪ The same melodies but different parts, timing-wise to the beat. Just not exactly the same. Also, again, very very basic. Tell me in the comments if I'm wrong. Anyway, let's see if these
people ended up suing each other. Oh god. So Ed Sheeran was
involved in writing this. He wrote it together with
Tim McGraw and Faith Hill. They settled it. So basically they paid her off. I'm surprised. I just thought the songs were kinda like, not very interesting. But apparently, in the eye of the law, they were too similar. And that's interesting. Seems Ed Sheeran has a lot
of lawsuits against him. I guess he writes to some
extent, generic songs sometimes. At least, like classic sounding songs. So I can see it happening. Okay guys, click here for
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