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The following is a list of songs that have been the subject of plagiarism disputes. In several of the disputes the artists have stated that the copying of melody or chord progression was unconscious. In some cases the song was sampled or covered. Some cases are still awaiting litigation.
Music plagiarism is the use or close imitation of another author's music while representing it as one's own original work.Plagiarism in music now occurs in two contexts—with a musical idea (that is, a melody or motif) or sampling (taking a portion of one sound recording and reusing it in a different song).
Sound-alike albums have been known to chart. In 1971, the sound-alike album Top of the Pops, Volume 18 reached No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart. A medley of sound-alike recordings of Beatles songs recorded by the Stars on 45 reached number one on several national charts in 1981. On February 3, 2012, a sound-alike version of the will.i.am track "T.H.E.
A judge in Brazil has ordered Adele’s song Million Years Ago to be removed globally from streaming services due to a plagiarism claim by Brazilian composer, Toninho Geraes. Geraes alleges that ...
The song reached new heights in 1972 when University of Tennessee at Knoxville marching band, the Pride of the Southland, played it for the first time and set the stage for the 1967 country ...
This list is of songs that have been interpolated by other songs. Songs that are cover versions, parodies, or use samples of other songs are not "interpolations". The list is organized under the name of the artist whose song is interpolated followed by the title of the song, and then the interpolating artist and their song.
She later commented: "I was so embarrassed about it. Standing on stage singing a song you hate is awful." She also referred to it as humiliating. [4] At the time, she conceded victory gracefully saying that "the best song won" and wished Dana well. [4] In 1970, a sound-alike cover appeared on the album Top of the Pops, Volume 10.
[66] IGN's Jesse Lord said it was a "really good CD that verges on being great", however, "there are simply too many songs that sound alike." [59] He noted that while the intros on the majority of the songs reveal "the diversity of the band", they then revert to "the screaming and the overdriven guitars."