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Artists plagiarizing themselves

disco_chedisco_che 1,115 Posts
edited April 2009 in Strut Central
I just bought Jean Kmights 45 "You Think You're Hot Stuff" on the flea today and realized that it's nothing more than "Mr. Big Stuff" with different lyrics.Some other artists came to my mind that we're bringing out close to identical versions of their previous successes. Edwin Starr "War" - "Stop The War Now"Van McCoy "The Hustle" - "Keep On Hustlin'"More examples of self rip-offs?

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  • johmbolayajohmbolaya 4,472 Posts
    I just bought Jean Kmights 45 "You Think You're Hot Stuff" on the flea today and realized that it's nothing more than "Mr. Big Stuff" with different lyrics.

    Some other artists came to my mind that we're bringing out close to identical versions of their previous successes.

    Edwin Starr "War" - "Stop The War Now"
    Van McCoy "The Hustle" - "Keep On Hustlin'"

    More examples of self rip-offs?


    Britney Spears "Hit Me... One More Time" -- "Oops! I Did It Again"
    The Electric Express "It's The Real Thing (Part II)" -- "Where You Comin' From"
    Four Tops -- "I Can't Help Myself" -- "The Same Old Song" (at least they admitted it)
  • GrafwritahGrafwritah 4,184 Posts
    Anything with the phrase "There It Is" in the title.

  • dukeofdelridgedukeofdelridge urgent.monkey.mice 2,453 Posts
    as far as I can tell, Slayer has three songs.
  • mannybolonemannybolone Los Angeles, CA 15,025 Posts
    Isley Bros: I Know Who You're Socking It To = a reheat of "It's Your Thing"
  • LaserWolfLaserWolf Portland Oregon 11,517 Posts
    Some artists did whole lps of rewrites, Chubby Checkers and other Cameo/Parkway artists.

    The first Bobbie Gentry lp has several Ode To Billy Joe sound a likes.

    Bob Dylan's entire career.
  • breadwinnerbreadwinner 535 Posts
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    Easy E/Bone Thugs In Harmony - For The Love Of Money
  • HairyBelafonteHairyBelafonte 1,202 Posts


    dennis coffey- scorpio/son of scorpio

    slave - slide/son of slide (same lp right? does that count)
  • DJ_EnkiDJ_Enki 6,475 Posts
    John Fogerty was once sued for plagiarizing himself

    (Plaese to add "That's Fogerty!" graemlin here)
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    Nancy Sinatra - "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'"/"How Does That Grab You, Darlin'"

    Joe Tex - "Hold What You've Got"/"You Better Get It"/"You Can Tell"

    Equals - "Baby Come Back"/"Hold Me Closer"

    James & Bobby Purify - "I'm Your Puppet"/"You Can't Keep A Good Man Down"

    Box Tops - "The Letter"/"747"

    Chi-Lites - "Have You Seen Her"/"A Lonely Man"
  • KineticKinetic 3,739 Posts
    Hank Ballard 'from the love side' and Marva Whitney's 'I mad a mistake.'

    And the JBs had the instrumental version of 'King Heroine' on one of their LPs too.
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    Hank Ballard 'from the love side' and Marva Whitney's 'I mad a mistake.'

    And the JBs had the instrumental version of 'King Heroine' on one of their LPs too.

    that aint plagiarism, thats just james brown recycling the same backing track over and over

    (where is that old thread where we talked about labels and producers that used to do that all the time?)
  • hogginthefogghogginthefogg 6,098 Posts
    See also "The Entire Recorded History of Jamaican Music."
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts

    Four Tops -- "I Can't Help Myself" -- "The Same Old Song" (at least they admitted it)

    yeah, i like when the followups ADMIT that they're doing the same song twice, like the Esquires' "Get On Up"/"And Get Away"
  • LokoOneLokoOne 1,823 Posts
    Coolio.....
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