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''Main articles: [[Songs that sound alike]] and [[Songs that sound alike (video games)]]''

''See also: [[User:Eighty5cacao/misc/Mashup ideas for StepMania simfiles]]''

This is a holding cell for questionable "Songs that sound alike" ideas.

TODO: Reorganize into "acceptable matches with sourcing issues" and "weaker matches"
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Entries that involve an independent musician <code>SHOULD NOT</code> be moved to mainspace. Entries that involve two independent musicians <code>MUST NOT</code> be listed anywhere on the wiki at all. TODO: What is the correct definition of "independent" to use here? (Examples include DM Ashura and Sanxion7, though the former is now dubious.) The problem is mainly that independent musicians may feel offended if they see themselves listed as a "second" artist on the STSA pages. A "first" listing is not as much a BLP problem, though it may have verifiability issues. 

The "Garbage dump" section is for entries that are very dubious and/or that need formatting such as release years.

'''Some of the stuff below this line may be out of date'''

By "questionable" I mean one of the following:

*I have given too little attention to chord progressions, instead being misled by instrumentation, lyrics, and trivial similarities.<!--TODO: clarify "trivial"-->
*I need to find sources.

Wikipedia links will not be provided for topics of dubious notability, [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Inclusion is not an indicator of notability|even if an article currently exists]] (since external resources may be superior). With respect to music video games, this includes less notable artists as well as individual games of a series longer than five''(?)'' games.
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*Dead or Alive - [[wikipedia:You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)|You Spin Me Round]] (1984) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUatnbaNfEo] <u>vs.</u> [[wikipedia:Alexander Perls|Alexander Perls]] (as 009 Sound System) - Dreamscape (2007?) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WPCLda_erI]<br />Just a mashup idea; a weak case of cryptomnesia, if at all (the similarity ''may'' be limited to chord progressions, but I need to listen harder) - TODO: Could "[[wikipedia:The NeverEnding Story (song)|The NeverEnding Story]]" be mentioned here as well?
*Eurythmics - [[wikipedia:Here Comes the Rain Again|Here Comes the Rain Again]] (1983) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzFnYcIqj6I] <u>vs.</u> [[wikipedia:Alice DeeJay|Alice Deejay]] - Better Off Alone (1999) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dBu5X3TvNw]<br />Same disclaimer as the entry immediately above - this is just a mashup idea; the "Talk to me" parts line up best, and even those aren't long enough to be of interest. <!-- No longer true: [[wikipedia:Better Off Alone (Alice Deejay song)#Song information|Wikipedia mentions the similarity]], but the meaning of the word "borrowed" is unclear -->
*Eurythmics - Here Comes the Rain Again (1983) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzFnYcIqj6I#t=2m40s excerpt] vs. Masato Nakamura - [[wikipedia:Sonic the Hedgehog (1991 video game)|Marble Zone]] (1991) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXukwNQG0uA]
*Scooter - [[wikipedia:Rough and Tough and Dangerous – The Singles 94/98|No Fate]] (1998) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aTSjhAy9Tw] <u>vs.</u> Dutch Force - Deadline (1999) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ro6zy-330dw]<ref>Surprisingly enough(?), the Scooter song came first.[http://www.discogs.com/artist/Dutch%20Force]</ref><br />Compare especially [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ro6zy-330dw#t=1m24s this part of Deadline] with [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dszf1QDvmGs#t=1m43s this part of No Fate]. TODO: Explain more - it's dubious just like the last few
*Garbage - [[wikipedia:When I Grow Up (Garbage song)|When I Grow Up]] (1999) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpQccQy5fnw] <u>vs.</u> Cherry Filter - [[wikipedia:Audition Online|Flying Duck]] (2002-3?<!-- song exists outside of the game but sourcing is difficult; [[wikipedia:Cherry Filter]] exists but looks marginally notable -->) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otRMZvlqpXo]<br />also Celine Dion - I'm Your Angel (Format me!!!)
*Enigma - [[wikipedia:The Cross of Changes|I Love You... I'll Kill You]] (1993) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsuUHbjXA7Q]<ref>The video's description says 2004. Obviously, that is incorrect, unless it refers to a reissue not listed on Wikipedia.</ref> <u>vs.</u> the following (all highly dubious):
**Tara MacLean - [[wikipedia:Passenger (Tara MacLean album)|Passenger]] (2000)
**Naoki Maeda (as DE-SIRE) - [[wikipedia:Dance Dance Revolution 5thMix|Healing Vision]] (2001) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMy4czs9kcg#t=0m13s]
**I'm sure other possibilities exist
*Yuichi Asami (as 2MB) feat. Naoki Maeda - [[wikipedia:DDRMAX Dance Dance Revolution 6thMix|Healing Vision (Angelic Mix)]] (2001) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ylCmCKhfIo#t=0m07s] <u>vs.</u> Affinity - [[wikipedia:In the Groove 2|Monolith]] (≤2005) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsFcvvR3M1E]<br />I guess I could have put the original Healing Vision here too. I'm probably being biased a bit by the fact that all these songs are predominantly 196 BPM. BTW, "[[wikipedia:Tough Enough (song)|Tough Enough]]" [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EDnOpqADiU#t=0m10s cut], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cE_nc1Tt5s8 full] (featured in ''[[wikipedia:Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix 2|ULTRAMIX 2]]'' and ''ITG1'') also happens to be very close to 196 BPM...
*Linkin Park - [[wikipedia:Breaking the Habit|Breaking the Habit]] (2004) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2H4l9RpkwM] <u>vs.</u> Yuichi Asami (as 2MB) feat. Naoki Maeda - [[wikipedia:Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova|Fascination (eternal love mix)]] (2006) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk3NF5Xjvb8#t=0m30s]<br />Someone did a mashup of this for SM simfile use under the title "Breaking the Eternal Love of Fascination." Like the entry above, this is more about rhythm than melody, which is what makes it dubious.
*Max Coveri - Running in the 90s (1999) <u>vs.</u> Kazumi Totaka - [[wikipedia:Animal Crossing|DJ K.K. (aircheck version)]] (2001) &mdash; latter's chorus and synth solo are an apparent [[allthetropes:Suspiciously Similar Song|JHV]] of the former.
*<ref>Of Makoto Uchida and Tohru Nakabayashi, who wrote what?</ref> - [[wikipedia:Golden Axe|Wilderness]] (1989) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbe0KtUn-U4] <u>vs.</u> <ref name="megaman9">Among Ippo Yamada, Yu Shimoda, Ryo Kawakami, and Hiroki Isogai, who wrote what?</ref> - [[wikipedia:Mega Man 9|Plug Man]] (2008) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7sjf6p2Dqs]<ref>Is "Plug Electric" the official title of this song?</ref> &mdash; not much more than a mashup idea
*Takoyaki - [[wikipedia:In the Groove 2|Go *60* Go]] (≤2005) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fC-Q8PC69Is] <u>vs.</u> <ref name="megaman9" /> - [[wikipedia:Mega Man 9|Tornado Man]] (2008) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTvjc12new0]<ref>Is "Thunder Tornado" the official title of this song?</ref> &mdash; not much more than a mashup idea<br />also possible connections with "My Heart Will Go On"
*Michael Jackson - [[wikipedia:Who Is It (Michael Jackson song)|Who Is It]] (1992) (possibly via [[wikipedia:Sonic the Hedgehog 3|IceCap Zone Act 1]]) <u>vs.</u> Lady Gaga - Paparazzi (2009)<!--<br />Perhaps add Tay Zonday's "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ca9GJ6mMxLw Explode]" to this comparison, although parts of its melody line progress in opposite directions from those of "Paparazzi."<br />Actually, Explode may go better with Rave Until the Night Is Over or with You Spin Me Round-->
*Scooter - [[wikipedia:The Stadium Techno Experience|Like Hypa Said]] (2003) [//www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap9_6R8zQ28#t=2m51s excerpt]<!-- recheck time --> <u>vs.</u> Sanxion7 feat. Inspector K - Disconnected (Sanxion7 Remix) (2006, no commercial release?) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCoWNcFNrpY#t=1m28s excerpt] - passing similarity in voice samples/rhythm?
*Michael Jackson - [[wikipedia:Bad (Michael Jackson song)|Bad]] (1987) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsUXAEzaC3Q] <u>vs.</u> vs. Suzanne Vega - Blood Makes Noise (1992) &mdash; There is probably some other, common inspiration for these two songs (at least rhythmically), but I can't recall right now what it might be.
*Something from the [[wikipedia:Music in the Castlevania series|Castlevania series]]; figure out what ("Crucifix Held Close"?) <u>vs.</u> ParagonX9 - Polar 240 (2005, no commercial release?) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax7IKegEt7Q]
*Koji Kondo - [[wikipedia:Super Mario 64|The Secret Aquarium]] (1996) (official title?) <u>vs.</u> ParagonX9 - Chaoz Fantasy (2007, no commercial release?) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jkq3L1bzGVw], also The Pondermatic - Fluid Data [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MQmIcpXU_U]<br />Note that ParagonX9 has done a remix of SM64's "Alternate Route" (official title?). Could "Chaoz Fantasy" have started out as a SM64 remix before being retooled into a member of the Chaoz series?
*Hibiki Godai<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4HYiM4DpwE#t=6m26s Credits (MS-DOS version)]. Many web pages list the people responsible for the game but do not clearly specify who did what.<!-- TODO: check MobyGames perhaps? --></ref> - ''[[wikipedia:Thexder|Thexder]]'' main gameplay theme (1985) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lcGpqmqGL8] <u>vs.</u> Celine Dion - [[wikipedia:Because You Loved Me|Because You Loved Me]] (1996)
**also Thexder theme and "[[wikipedia:Otherside|Otherside]]"
*Affinity - [[wikipedia:Pump It Up Pro|Y2Z]] (2006-7?) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7XlfUsgWjY] <u>vs.</u> DM Ashura - aftershock!! (2008)<ref>Specifically commented on as dubious [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_llF-twXnGQ here], but I don't think it's that bad</ref>
*Scooter - [[wikipedia:Call Me Mañana|Call Me Mañana]] (1999) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klqLd5uSHAU#t=2m23s excerpt] <u>vs.</u> Silvertear - So Deep (Original Club Mix) (≤2001) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7jTCVahpgk#t=0m46s excerpt] - a common inspiration probably exists
*Boston - [[wikipedia:More Than a Feeling|More Than a Feeling]] (1976) <u>vs.</u> Nirvana - [[wikipedia:Smells Like Teen Spirit|Smells Like Teen Spirit]] (1991)<br />This is here only because I haven't really listened to either song. Since the similarity is apparently verifiable enough for Wikipedia, this should be able to go in the main article very soon.
*Elton John - [[wikipedia:Goodbye Yellow Brick Road|All the Girls Love Alice]] (1973) <u>vs.</u> Buckethead - Jordan (2006)<br />The former may have itself taken some inspiration from The Beatles' "[[wikipedia:I Feel Fine|I Feel Fine]]"
*Kinuyo Yamashita - ''[[wikipedia:Power Blade|Power Blade]]'' stage 2 (1991) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoG0suM2kY0#t=2m34s] <u>vs.</u> Strike Man (Mega Man 10)
*The Supremes - [[wikipedia:You Keep Me Hangin' On|You Keep Me Hangin' On]] (1966) <u>vs.</u> ''Arrow Flash'' intro (1990) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llBoFGGk1aU#t=0m19s]
*Ottawan - [[wikipedia:D.I.S.C.O.|D.I.S.C.O.]] (1979) <sup><sub>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxcbFFRYKS8 original] | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-wpw5isR9w Hummer Team arrangement for famiclone, 2006] ([[tcrf:File:Rings Track6.ogg|TCRF mirror]])</sub></sup> <u>vs.</u> Kōji Sumii - ''[[wikipedia:Bokosuka Wars|Bokosuka Wars]]'' in-game theme (1983; [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR91pfqrqLI Famicom arrangement, 1985])
*Bruce Springsteen - [[wikipedia:Dancing in the Dark (Bruce Springsteen song)|Dancing in the Dark]] (1984) <u>vs.</u> Billy Joel - [[wikipedia:We Didn't Start the Fire|We Didn't Start the Fire]] (1989)<br />Digression?: note that "Dancing in the Dark" contains the lyrics "Can't start a fire, can't start a fire without a spark..." Also perhaps compare "We Didn't Start the Fire" with "Flying Duck"
*Eiffel 65 - [[wikipedia:Move Your Body|Move Your Body]] (1999) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ6HBbyJR34] <u>vs.</u> [[wikipedia:Sarina Paris|Sarina Paris]] - Look at Us (2001) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYQt11Mfb4w] &mdash; chord progressions maybe; rhythm?; dubious mashup idea
*Hiroshi Kawaguchi - [[wikipedia:After Burner II|Final Take Off]] (1987) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XNa0NLQ0c0#t=0m28s] <u>vs.</u> FIXME - [[wikipedia:Thunder Force IV|Sand Hell]] (1992) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOzgUtumOo0#t=0m43s]
*Linkin Park - [[wikipedia:In the End|In the End]] (2001) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVTXPUF4Oz4] <u>vs.</u> Evanescence - [[wikipedia:Bring Me to Life|Bring Me to Life]] (2003) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YxaaGgTQYM]&nbsp;&ndash; there are probably several other Linkin Park songs that could fit here. I'm not so familiar w/ Evanescence. [[wikipedia:Bring Me to Life#Recording and composition|Wikipedia mentions something]]
*Hisayoshi Ogura - [[wikipedia:The Ninja Warriors (1987 video game)|Daddy Mulk]] (1987-8?) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pS4lgUuEG-0 gameplay][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFjv6_p7qRE live] <u>vs.</u> Linkin Park - [[wikipedia:Numb (Linkin Park song)|Numb]] (2003) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXYiU_JCYtU][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bh5nGsMghjw "Nightcore" style]<ref>There appears formerly to have existed an artist with the alias "Nightcore," but now the word is commonly used by YouTube users to refer to any upward pitch and tempo shift of a song, with or without additional remixing.</ref><!-- The line below was written while this entry was still in the garbage dump. "Bullet point above" refers to the "Satellite One" entry.
*:Also Phil Collins - [[wikipedia:In the Air Tonight|In the Air Tonight]] (1981), and possible connections between "Daddy Mulk" and the bullet point above -->
*Manami Matsumae - [[wikipedia:Mega Man (video game)|''Mega Man 1'']] Guts Man stage (1987) vs. (''multiple?'') - [[wikipedia:Castlevania: Rondo of Blood|''Castlevania: Rondo of Blood'']] stage 2′<!-- where the prime denotes an alternate level path --> (1993) (should have an official title...)
*The [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJXdlrdws2s Master System version of ''Paperboy''] seems to rip off music from ''Moon Patrol''; see [http://www.mathpirate.net/log/2010/11/07/games-58-73/ mention here]. (A commenter on said ''Paperboy'' gameplay mentions some similarity with the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Le1z9HOY5Ss&t=15 theme song] from ''[[wikipedia:Beverly Hills Cop|Beverly Hills Cop]]'', that is, "[[wikipedia:Axel F|Axel F]].")

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*Ending theme from the Famicom game ''Akagawa Jirou no Yuurei Ressha'' <u>vs.</u> "Setsunakute" from the anime ''Magic Knight Rayearth'' [https://forums.nesdev.com/viewtopic.php?p=69966#p69966]
*Martin Galway - ''[[wikipedia:Comic Bakery|Comic Bakery]]'' (C64) loader theme (1988?) vs.:<br /><sub>''It's a port of a MSX game released in 1984, which does not contain any compositions by Martin Galway.''</sub>
**Dead or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) (1984) (compare [http://pics.pineight.com/nt2/Meatspin.nsf Meatspin.nsf])
**Backstreet Boys - [[wikipedia:Larger than Life (song)|Larger than Life]] (1999) (compare the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZoLphdE7l8 cover by Press Play on Tape])
**Level 42 - [[wikipedia:Hot Water (song)|Hot Water]] (1984) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQV-dV-ug_w] ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZoLphdE7l8 admitted inspiration by Press Play on Tape (in comments)])
**Bruce Springsteen - [[wikipedia:Downbound Train|Downbound Train]] (1984)
**New Order - [[wikipedia:Blue Monday (New Order song)|Blue Monday]] (1983)
*Bruce Springsteen - [[wikipedia:Working on the Highway|Working on the Highway]] (1984) vs. Naoki Maeda (as Z) - [[wikipedia:DDRMAX2 Dance Dance Revolution 7thMix|Maxx Unlimited]] (2002)&nbsp;&ndash; admit that the intervals upon which my mind is seizing aren't really the same
*''Crayon Shin-chan 4'' (GB) in-game (stage 1?) theme [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bODBrijQEYU] vs. Tornado Man (Mega Man 9)<br />TODO: full title and artist info. A more complete entry for Tornado Man is already in mainspace
*Water levels from ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (1988) (is this "Underwater"? see below) vs. the ''Franklin'' episode "Franklin in Two Places" (season 5 episode 8)
*[https://forums.nesdev.com/viewtopic.php?p=75448#p75448 Jedi QuestMaster's suggestion]: "Requiem" from Ninja Gaiden (NES) vs. Love Theme from ''[[wikipedia:Romeo and Juliet (1968 film)|Romeo and Juliet]]'' (1968)
*Joshua Levine - [[wikipedia:Zombo.com|Zombo.com]] (1999) ([//html5zombo.com/ html5zombo.com], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxWwEPeUuAg yt]) vs. [[wikipedia:Basshunter|Basshunter]] - Welcome to Rainbow (2006) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEl73UFmrB0]<br />This is only about the timing of Zombo.com's vocals. Specifically, start Zombo.com 4 sec after the start of "Welcome to Rainbow" (you might have to play with it a little until the first ''"welcome to rainbow"'' lines up with a ''"welcome to Zombocom"''). Lowering the volume on Welcome to Rainbow might help. Then finish listening to "Welcome to Rainbow"; Zombocom will loop a couple of times...
*Tsukumo Hyakutaro<ref>There is some dispute on the best transliteration of this name and whether it should be written in Western or Eastern order (which order is it in now?). It is given here as it appears in the credits of the North American PlayStation release of ''Thunder Force V''.</ref> - [[wikipedia:Thunder Force V|Steel of Destiny]] (1997) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfTCd8Qb_zs] <u>vs.</u> Josh Groban - [[wikipedia:Closer (Josh Groban album)|Caruso]] (2003)&nbsp;&ndash; probably coincidental
*Tomomi Ootani & Toshiharu Yamanishi - [[wikipedia:Thunder Force III|Hunger Made Them Desperate]] (1990) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ugpeNkSyMc] <u>vs.</u> Go Sato - [[wikipedia:Raiden IV|Can't Retrace]] (2007-8?) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehOk2nQItzY]
*Tsukumo Hyakutaro - [[wikipedia:Thunder Force V|Legendary Wings]] (1997) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcW61jvUW70] vs. Go Sato?<ref>Is Go Sato an alias of Akira Sato(h)?</ref> - [[wikipedia:Raiden IV|A Stormy Front]] (2007-8?) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfZLi00yLno]<br />Also, similarities between "Back to the Fire"/"Legendary Wings" and "If You Were Here."<br />Also [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMbSAQitlx4 Mega Man 10 - Wily stage 3]
*Format me: Insert "[[wikipedia:Everytime We Touch (Cascada song)|Everytime We Touch]]" into the Flying Battery Zone / Bad Romance comparison
*Format me: I remembered DM Ashura's "Ψ²" while typing up ResuRection / Not Fair. NB: No commercial release; date will need to be inferred from [http://www.stepmania.com/wiki/Download_StepMix_3_Songs StepMania simfiles]<sup>[''dead link'']</sup> until I ask DM Ashura directly
*Format me: Hiroshi Kawaguchi - ''[[wikipedia:Space Harrier|Space Harrier]]'' stage 4 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOH68OsvOEI#t=3m27s TODO: better link] vs. the incipit of "[[wikipedia:Raiden (video game)|Gallantry]]" ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH2Rk7csm8g YT comments])
*Format me: ATC - All(?) Around The World vs. "[[harddrop:Tetris (Famicom)|Technotris]]" (did Tepples already mention this somewhere?)
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25_kuaHTbvc High Seas Havoc - Symphony Orchestra (Sometime Somewhere)] - (Video description appears to contain the needed artist info) Demo is [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BemtQtLOooI here].
*Decide order: [[wikipedia:Jonne Valtonen|Jonne Valtonen]] (as Purple Motion) - Satellite One (1993) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evWrXX5FC1o] vs. Siberiade / ResuRection / Kagami / Not Fair
*:also possible connections with "[[wikipedia:California Dreamin'|California Dreamin']]"
*Format me: My Chemical Romance - Demolition Lovers / Evanescence - My Immortal [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKgnlgseKk4 (demo)]
*Format me: Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive / Pink Floyd - In The Wall [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U13xOvDa19U demo]
*Format me: " - " / Michael Jackson - Billie Jean [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z12I-4RHq3E demo (dubious)]
*Format me: Bee Gees - [[wikipedia:New York Mining Disaster 1941|New York Mining Disaster 1941]] (1967) / KaW - Dawn (Perpetual Mix)
*Format me: A-Moe - Bagpipe / Lagoona - The Promised Land (former is from ITG3/PIUPRO, latter is in at least one of the StepMixes, not sure about order)
*Format / check sources: Riyu Kosaka - Love ''[heart symbol]'' Shine (≤2002) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0N0H6on1BM] vs. Miley Cyrus - Permanent December &mdash; especially "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-WLa8ORTTw#t=0m57s Won't let you go, go, go, go...]"
*ABBA - [[wikipedia:The Winner Takes It All|The Winner Takes It All]] (1980) <u>vs.</u> Manami Matsumae - ''[[wikipedia:Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man 1]]'' Elec Man stage (1987)<br />NB: Flying Omelette mentions Journey's "[[wikipedia:Faithfully (song)|Faithfully]]" (1983)[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVs4jDL-JBo] which ''might'' be a better match, but if we leave Elecman out of this, then we might have an entry for the main STSA page...<br />similarities exist with the game over theme from [[wikipedia:Raiden (video game)|''Raiden'']] (title?)<br />relevant to "Faithfully," also Akon's "Right Now (Na Na Na)" (did one of us already mention this somewhere?)
*Format me: Daniel Bedingfield - If You're Not The One / David Cook - Light On / Miley Cyrus - Permanent December &mdash; only the refrain of "Permanent December" applies &mdash; the lyrics of the latter two songs contain "leave the ''light on''," but that is not where the melodies are most similar
*Billy Joel - [[wikipedia:Piano Man (song)|Piano Man]] (1973) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxEPV4kolz0] <u>vs.</u> DM Ashura - [[wikipedia:Beatmania IIDX 16: Empress|neogenesis]] (2008) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tLhP5bBYfo] &mdash; time signatures differ, which may hinder the creation of a demo &mdash; also mention Hotel California?
*Suzanne Vega - [[wikipedia:99.9F°|Blood Makes Noise]] (1992) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6qvIhygLTs] <u>vs.</u> Sanxion7 - Blood Lullaby (2009, no commercial release?) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=578TT0su1tU][http://sanxion7.com/track/blood-lullaby official site]<!-- TODO: Blood Makes Noise and Toxic? -->
*Sanxion7 - Midnight of the North (2005, no commercial release?) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsiHDNf9QTs][http://sanxion7.com/track/midnight-of-the-north official site] <u>vs.</u> Lady Gaga - [[wikipedia:Paparazzi (Lady Gaga song)|Paparazzi]] (2009) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2smz_1L2_0#t=2m03s]
*Format me: La Bouche - Be My Lover vs. ATC - All Around the World vs. IceCap Zone Act 1 vs. Natalie Browne - My Favourite Game (from ''ITG'')
*Wonderboy - Pink Fuzzy Bunnies [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gprQcV4axcY] (ITG3, Mungyodance 2, PIUPRO?) <u>vs.</u> EeL - 777 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZ3tGK3q_p8] (appears in ''[[wikipedia:Dance Dance Revolution Universe 3|Dance Dance Revolution Universe 3]]'', but the first appearance was somewhere in the ''Pop'n Music'' or ''DrumMania'' series) &mdash; instrumentation may make the similarity sound better than it really is
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPtWh5XjiH0 The Beatles / LCD Soundsystem / The Kinks] (TODO: what are the titles of the other songs besides Get Back? explain more)
*MAXX UNLIMITED (or other MAX?) <u>vs.</u> Linkin Park - [[wikipedia:New Divide|New Divide]] (2009) &mdash; but what should be mentioned about "Gone Away"?
*Celine Dion - [[wikipedia:My Heart Will Go On|My Heart Will Go On]] (1997) <u>vs.</u> Enya - [[wikipedia:Only Time|Only Time]] (2000) &mdash; not including the climax of "My Heart Will Go On"
*Eurythmics - [[wikipedia:Here Comes the Rain Again|Here Comes the Rain Again]] (1984) → Red Hot Chili Peppers - [[wikipedia:Otherside|Otherside]] (Jan. 2000) → Enya - [[wikipedia:Only Time|Only Time]] (Nov. 2000) &mdash; dubious due to chord progressions approx. "backwards" between Otherside and Only Time
**"Only Time" could also have been inspired by "[[wikipedia:Words (Bee Gees song)|Words]]"
*''Final Fight'' (SNES) stage 4 second half[?] vs. ''[[wikipedia:Space Harrier|Space Harrier]]'' stage 4 / incipit of "[[wikipedia:Raiden (video game)|Gallantry]]" (the arcade version should be checked too)
*Neil Diamond - [[wikipedia:Heartlight (song)|Heartlight]] (1982) <u>vs.</u> Reflection Theory - [[wikipedia:In the Groove (video game)|Don't Promise Me]] (≤2004)
**also Land of Confusion & Don't Promise Me? That's more about lyrical content/themes though
**also Don't Promise Me, Gone Away, and New Divide?
*Tamayo Kawamoto - ''[[wikipedia:Commando (video game)|Commando]]'' stage 1&ndash;(2?) (1985) <u>vs.</u> Josh Groban - [[wikipedia:Si Volvieras a Mi|Si Volvieras a Mí]] (2003)
*Third Eye Blind - [[wikipedia:Semi-Charmed Life|Semi-Charmed Life]] (1997) <u>vs.</u> Carly Rae Jepsen - [[wikipedia:Call Me Maybe|Call Me Maybe]] (2011) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfihF5BD1Rs (demo)]
*Michael Jackson - [[wikipedia:Smooth Criminal|Smooth Criminal]] (1988) <u>vs.</u> Vince Perri? - [[wikipedia:Action 52|Cheetahmen theme]] (1991) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wC0HkJLc5dw (demo)]
*[[wikipedia:Markus Kaarlonen|Markus Kaarlonen]] (as Captain) - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyfjxH6_M30 Space Debris] <u>vs.</u> [[wikipedia:DM Ashura|DM Ashura]] - neoMAX
*Bee Gees - [[wikipedia:How Deep Is Your Love|How Deep Is Your Love]] (1977) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpqqjU7u5Yc] <u>vs.</u> [[wikipedia:Umihara Kawase#Umihara Kawase Shun|''Umihara Kawase Shun'']] Field 0&ndash;9? in-game music (1997) [//www.youtube.com/watch?v=wavBP2mAlOE]&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;<!-- see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_xkPcBU3MQ for the claim of use in Fields 0-9 -->
**regarding "How Deep Is Your Love" itself, see [[wikipedia:Selle v. Gibb|Selle v. Gibb]]
*Joe Raposo - [[wikipedia:Sesame Street Theme|Sesame Street Theme]] (1969) vs. Hiroshi Kawaguchi - Opa Opa! (''Fantasy Zone'' in-game stage 1&ndash;? theme) (1986)
*Basshunter - ...DotA vs. Linkin Park - Leave Out All The Rest (album: Minutes to Midnight) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBTXNPZPfbE]
*The following vs. Vanilla Ninja - Tough Enough (2003):
**Suzanne Vega - [[wikipedia:Tom's Diner|Tom's Diner]] (1987)&nbsp;&ndash; very weak match; just a mashup idea
**''Volley Fire'' (Game Boy) stage 1 (1990)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi0krF2PyfQ&t=0m14s TODO: better yt link]
*Joe Brooks (writer), Kasey Cisyk (singer) - [[wikipedia:You Light Up My Life (song)|You Light Up My Life]] (1977) vs. FIXME - [[wikipedia:Galaxy Force (video game)|''Galaxy Force II'']] stage 1 (1988) (or should that be called "stage A"? probably titled "Beyond the Galaxy")
*[//www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDFjwtuH7es Some ideas from a Japanese DDR/ITG player], esp. "Dead End" vs. "Chromatic Blitz" (The video is not a collection of demos. It just contains gameplay videos of some DDR edit charts, with mentions of similar ITG charts.)
*Kinuyo Yamashita and/or Satoe Terashima - [[wikipedia:Castlevania (1986 video game)|''Castlevania'']] "Stage" 4 (2nd level) ("Stalker"?) (1986) [//www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQMIsw5fMKc] vs. ''[[wikipedia:Line of Fire (video game)|Line of Fire]]'' stage 1 (1989) [//www.youtube.com/watch?v=snM2kXrxprU#t=0m31s] [//www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFvI-d9XRAw Amiga port plays the song on the title screen] (who composed the latter?)
*The Beatles - [[wikipedia:Revolution (Beatles song)|Revolution]] (1968) vs. Akira Satoh - [[wikipedia:Raiden (video game)|Rough &amp; Tumble]] (''Raiden'' stages 3 and 6) (1990) [//www.youtube.com/watch?v=tY1Oj7HtZew]&nbsp;&ndash; there are a few other Beatles songs that might fit here
*Mikio Saito? - [[wikipedia:Castlevania: Rondo of Blood|Bloodlines (''Castlevania: Rondo of Blood'' stage 1)]] (is "Divine Bloodlines" the correct title, or is that a different song?) (1993) vs. Sixpence None the Richer - [[wikipedia:Kiss Me (Sixpence None the Richer song)|Kiss Me]] (1998) (specifically [//www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N-qO3sPMjc&t=1m50s these few notes in "Kiss Me"], but I think there are chord progressions elsewhere)
*NiNi - Little Kitty Mine (≤2006<!-- album is titled Mermaid -->) (ITG2) <u>vs.</u> Coconut<!-- vocalist --> / Oscillator X<!-- group containing Kyle Ward et al. --> - Kitty Cat (PIUPRO 1 or 2?; found in "ITG Rebirth 2 (BETA)" simfile collection)&nbsp;&ndash; are both based on the same folk song?
*Ozric Tentacles - [[wikipedia:Strangeitude|"Sploosh!" and "Strangeitude"]] (1991) ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yb0Sp1hSTN8 YT: Sploosh!]) vs. Neil Baldwin - [[wikipedia:F-1 Hero MD#Nintendo Entertainment System/Game Boy|''Ferrari Grand Prix Challenge'' (NES)]]<!-- some moving/splitting is probably needed on the Wikipedia article --> race theme 1 (1992) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnA6NS05si4]&nbsp;&ndash; [http://dutycyclegenerator.com/#FerrariGrandPrix admitted by Neil Baldwin], but not much real resemblance outside possibly of the bass line of "Sploosh!"
*Eduard Artemyev - Siberiade theme / PPK - ResuRection vs. Lily Allen - Not Fair [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbUxWJOoYn0]
*George Sanger and/or Cliff Falls - [[wikipedia:Home Alone (video game)#Sega platforms|Mansion theme]] (1992) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDKGIe59WW4] vs. Masahito Nakano, Atsuhiro Motoyama, and/or Shinji Tachikawa (as Pas de chat?) - [[wikipedia:Umihara Kawase|Umibe Theme]] (1994) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5DLI9muO3w]<!-- Note on the video's description: Atelier Double is the developer of the sound driver, not the whole game. -->&nbsp;&ndash; This is mainly about the four notes C-D-E-G; very likely coincidental, since no ''Home Alone'' video game was officially released on a Sega platform in Japan (TODO: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3dwk2gzKsw YT video by Console Wars] points out that the Genesis game's title theme sounds like something from the film ''Weird Science'')
*Koji Kondo - [[wikipedia:Super Mario Bros. 3|Underwater (real title?)]] (1988) vs. ''see above'' - [[wikipedia:Umihara Kawase|Taki Theme]] (1994) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqQK7SQJXWw]
*Tomomi Ootani - [[wikipedia:Thunder Force II|Tan Tan Ta Ta Ta Tan]] (1988) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_tuV9NrrPs] vs. Apple Inc. ([https://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2013/04/30/whats-the-story-behind-the-iphones-default-marimba-ringtone/ Gerhard Lengeling?]) - [[wikipedia:IOS 7|Uplift]] (2013) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNz4XtZ-XMs&t=4m53s]&nbsp;&ndash; weaker match; I was fooled by rhythmic structure. Another shmup is a better answer (see mainspace)
*? - "Hard Rush" from ''[[wikipedia:Psycho-Nics Oscar|Psycho-Nics Oscar]]'' (1987) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCMQUe-fW_E&t=6m11s] vs. Yanni - [[wikipedia:Niki Nana|First Touch]] (1989)
*Blue Öyster Cult - [[wikipedia:(Don't Fear) The Reaper|(Don't Fear) The Reaper]] (1976) vs. Yoshio Nagashima (sp?) - ''Gomola Speed'' stage 1 (1990) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP7VYFu4KGQ demo in "SiIvaGunner fan rip" style]
*[[wikipedia:Jackal (video game)|''Jackal'']] stage 2 (1986) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCZ4gO2Dfmg] vs. ''[[wikipedia:R-Type|R-Type]]'' stage 2 (1987) - these probably have composers and titles publicly known, but none is mentioned on Wikipedia
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== Notes ==
Flying Omelette has [http://www.flyingomelette.com/oddities/musicalsim.html a page] on this topic (focusing on video games). Maybe take a look there later on
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