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''Main article: [[Songs that sound alike]]''

This is a list of '''songs that allegedly sound alike''' where there is no evidence of legitimate authorized reuse. Each entry involves at least one video game.

In the following table, a '''demo''' is a video, recording, or other published work, whether authorized or under [[wikipedia:fair use|fair use]], that plays the relevant segments simultaneously (a "mash-up") or consecutively (a "medley") to demonstrate the similarity. Until a mash-up or medley is available, a separate video for each song may be placed in the ''First'' and ''Second'' boxes (not ''Demo''). '''Notes''' may tell what portions of the songs are similar or may include reliable coverage of the similarity, such as if the copyright owner of one of the songs sued or threatened to sue.

Only cases of plausible cryptomnesia are listed here, not authorized reuse or [[Public-domain music in video games|use of public-domain material]]. 
For example, similarities between games in the ''Mega Man'' series shouldn't be mentioned here because they are probably authorized within Capcom.
Also, avoid listing anything involving Michael Jackson or The Jetzons and ''Sonic the Hedgehog 3''; Jackson and one of his tour keyboardists ([[wikipedia:Brad Buxer|Brad Buxer]] from The Jetzons) composed portions of the game's soundtrack.<ref name="mtv_mj">[http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1627664/20091204/jackson_michael.jhtml Did Michael Jackson Compose 'Sonic The Hedgehog 3' Soundtrack?] (mtv.com). For additional references, see Wikipedia: [[wikipedia:Sonic the Hedgehog 3#Michael Jackson's involvement|Sonic the Hedgehog 3 &mdash; Michael Jackson's involvement]].</ref>
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|Yngwie Malmsteen - [[wikipedia:Marching Out|Soldier without Faith]] (1985)
|<ref>(*) Among Toshiharu Yamanishi, Takeshi Yoshida, and Tomomi Ootani, who wrote what?</ref> - [[wikipedia:Thunder Force IV|Lightning Strikes Again]] (1992)
|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NeyJjroUlc YouTube]
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|Theme from ''[[wikipedia:3-2-1 Contact|3-2-1 Contact]]'' (1983)<br /><sub><sup>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7S537b7saE ''YouTube'']</sup></sub>
|rowspan="2"|Hip Tanaka - [[wikipedia:Dr. Mario (video game)|Chill]] (October 1990)
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|MC Hammer - [[wikipedia:Pray (MC Hammer song)|Pray]] (September 1990)
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|Dave Wise - [[wikipedia:Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest|Lockjaw's Saga]] (1995)<br /><sub><sup>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heIygiA0WYE ''YouTube'']</sup></sub>
|DragonForce - [[wikipedia:Through the Fire and Flames|Through the Fire and Flames]] (2006)<br /><sub><sup>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySdLh_B3HjA ''YouTube'']</sup></sub>
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|Incipit; possibly chord progressions
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|Eduard Artemyev - ''[[wikipedia:Siberiade|Siberiade]]'' theme (1979)<br />[[wikipedia:PPK (trance duo)|PPK]] - ResuRection (2001)<ref>(*) Is "Resurrection" or "ResuRection" the right spelling? Is "ResuRection"'s reuse of the ''Siberiade'' theme really authorized?</ref><br /><sub><sup>''YouTube (ResuRection): [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUV1CyPsYLw#t=0m15s cut] ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUV1CyPsYLw#t=0m28s refrain]), [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipE9QFiWhzQ full]''</sup></sub>
|Kyle Ward (as KaW) - [[wikipedia:In the Groove (video game)|Kagami]] (2003)<ref name="itg1-synthsations">"Kagami" and "Dawn" were released prior to ''ITG'' on the album [//www.cdbaby.com/cd/kaw ''Synthsations''], but "Infection" did not appear on an album until [//www.cdbaby.com/cd/kaw2 ''Urban Comatose''].</ref><br /><sub><sup>''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dme7BVttccQ#t=0m14s YouTube] ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dme7BVttccQ#t=0m41s refrain])''</sup></sub>
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|Some other PPK songs are similar enough to "ResuRection" that they could fit here, especially "Reload"
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|Hiroshi Iuchi - ''[[wikipedia:Ikaruga|Ikaruga]]'' boss 1 (2001)<ref>(*) What is the proper title? This song is sometimes referred to as "Butsutekkai," the term used in the game for all bosses, but the song seems to be used only for the first boss.</ref><br /><sub><sup>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vftk0IcQUas ''YouTube''] ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vftk0IcQUas#t=0m22s ''climax''])</sup></sub>
|Yasuaki Fujita - [[wikipedia:Mega Man 10|Solar Inferno]] (2010)<ref name="megaman10">[[wikipedia:Mega Man 10#Music|''Rockman 10 Original Soundtrack'']]<sup>[''non-Wikipedia source needed'']</sup></ref><br /><sub><sup>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhFsjHxt23I ''YouTube''] ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhFsjHxt23I&t=0m35s ''climax''])</sup></sub>
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|Jennifer<ref>(*) Who exactly is Jennifer, and did they share a sound producer with Naoki's team? Was the song released in any form outside DDR? There are rumors on the, uh, Internets that "MAX 300" started development as an authorized remix of "If You Were Here." (See comments of the linked YouTube videos, but they don't cite sources because per YouTube's [https://support.google.com/youtube/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=171666&topic=16641&ctx=topic comment policy], they can't. (TODO: has the policy changed?) )</ref> - [[wikipedia:Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMix|If You Were Here]] (≤1999)<br /><sub><sup>''YouTube: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GW1rp3nZ9rY cut], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1sDSLG6-xs full]''</sup></sub>
|Naoki Maeda (as Ω) - [[wikipedia:DDRMAX Dance Dance Revolution 6thMix|MAX 300]] (2001)<br /><sub><sup>''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPr1jKEKLYw YouTube]''</sup></sub>
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|Incipit of "If You Were Here"
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|DJ Aligator Project - [[wikipedia:DDRMAX2 Dance Dance Revolution 7thMix|The Whistle Song (Blow My Whistle Baby)]] (2000)<!-- blocked in US: <br /><sub><sup>''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxjnVeTPvFw YouTube (full version)]'' ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxjnVeTPvFw#t=0m45s ''relevant passage''])</sup></sub> -->
|DJ YOSHITAKA-G feat. Michael a la mode - [[wikipedia:Beatmania IIDX 14: Gold|Gold Rush]] (2007)<br /><sub><sup>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQutl7s-8Vc#t=0m07s ''YouTube'']</sup></sub>
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|Instrumentation (synthesizer?); refrain of "The Whistle Song" vs. incipit of "Gold Rush"
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|The Beatles - [[wikipedia:Lady Madonna|Lady Madonna]] (1968)
|Hip Tanaka - [[wikipedia:Dr. Mario|Fever]] (October 1990)
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HSVbrTK3R8 YouTube]<!-- "Mama Luigi" by waxination -->
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|Koji Kondo - [[wikipedia:Super Mario Bros. 3|Hammer Bros. theme]] (1988)<ref>A weaker match exists between "Lady Madonna" and the Hammer Bros. theme: [//www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9Q2JO6Twp0 demo]</ref>
|? - Theme from [[wikipedia:Noodle and Doodle|Noodle and Doodle]] (2010)
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|Rick Astley - [[wikipedia:Never Gonna Give You Up|Never Gonna Give You Up]] (1987)
|Yasunori Mitsuda - [[wikipedia:Chrono Trigger|Robo's Theme]] (1995)
|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-_XvOAF8zk YouTube]<br />[[:File:Robo roll demo.ogg|Excerpt (''ogg'')]]
|Mitsuda says it was a coincidence<ref>[http://www.kotaku.com.au/2008/12/chrono_trigger_composer_never_heard_of_rick_astley_robos_theme_completely_original-2/ Chrono Trigger Composer Never Heard of Rick Astley, Robo's Theme Completely Original] (kotaku.com.au)</ref>
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|Kyle Ward (as Inspector K) - [[wikipedia:In the Groove (video game)|Infection]] (2004)<br /><sub><sup>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaDMbmnUKI4#t=0m10s ''YouTube''] (''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaDMbmnUKI4#t=0m36s refrain], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaDMbmnUKI4#t=0m59s relevant chord progression]'')</sup></sub>
|るるるSYSTEM (RuRuRuSYSTEM) -  オトメルンバ♪ (Otome Rumba) (from [http://www.konami.jp/bemani/popn/music14/ ''Pop'n Music 14'']) (2006)<ref name="mokaisedit">"Mokai's Edit" in the video titles indicates only that the uploader has written custom notecharts. It does not mean that the uploader has remixed the music.</ref><br /><sub><sup>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvfDVkYzuqc ''YouTube''] (''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvfDVkYzuqc#t=0m46s refrain], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvfDVkYzuqc#t=1m08s relevant chord progression]'')</sup></sub>
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|Kyle Ward (as Inspector K) - [[wikipedia:In the Groove (video game)|Disconnected]] (2004)
|Fetty Wap - [[wikipedia:Trap Queen|Trap Queen]] (2014)
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|Manami Matsumae - ''[[wikipedia:U.N. Squadron|U.N. Squadron]]'' mission intro screen (1989)<ref>(*) Did this song originate from the ''Area 88'' anime? My cursory YouTube searching says no, but more sources are needed.</ref>
|Tay Zonday - [[wikipedia:Chocolate Rain|Chocolate Rain]] (2007)<br />
|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hamqgdm0XQw YouTube]<br />[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob4P6ssPEpY YouTube]
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| Joe Raposo - [[wikipedia:Sesame Street Theme|Sesame Street Theme]] (1969)<br /><sub><sup>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmcdBnj4ZOg ''YouTube'']</sup></sub>
|George Sanger - ''[[wikipedia:MIDI Maze|Faceball 2000]]'' for Super NES (1992)<br /><sub><sup>''[http://snesmusic.org/v2/profile.php?profile=set&selected=847 SPC]''</sup></sub>
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|John Barry Orchestra - [[wikipedia:James Bond Theme|James Bond Theme]] (1962)
|Sega Sound Team<ref>Sega Sound Team is reportedly Howard Drossin, Jun Senoue, Tokuhiko Uwabo, Tomonori Sawada, and Naofumi Hataya</ref> - [[wikipedia:Sonic & Knuckles|Flying Battery Zone Act 1]] (1994)
|[//forums.nesdev.com/viewtopic.php?p=157711#p157711 Dam Zone (ogg/nsf)]
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| rowspan="2" | Sega Sound Team - [[wikipedia:Sonic & Knuckles|Flying Battery Zone Act 1]] (1994)
|Shinobu Tanaka - [[wikipedia:Mario Kart DS|Waluigi Pinball]] (2005)
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|Lady Gaga - [[wikipedia:Bad Romance|Bad Romance]] (2009)
|YouTube:<br />[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4ex1I4SFZs short], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSBDAlLDpu4 long]<!--[http://www.dorkly.com/video/5214/sonic-vs-lady-gaga Mirror (Dorkly)]-->
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|Percy Faith - [[wikipedia:Theme from A Summer Place|Theme from A Summer Place]] (1960)
|<ref>(*) Among Minako Hamano, Masanobu Matsunaga, and Kenichi Nishimaki, who wrote what?</ref> - [[wikipedia:Mario Kart Super Circuit|Shy Guy Beach]] (2001) <br /><sub><sup>[//www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zsBwnk8B5g#t=0m22s ''YouTube'']</sup></sub>
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|Mieko Ishikawa - [[wikipedia:Ys III: Wanderers from Ys|A Searing Struggle]] (1989)
|Chris Hülsbeck - [[wikipedia:Jim Power in Mutant Planet|''Jim Power'']] stage 1 (1992)
|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6wmPShM6Vk YouTube]
|Hülsbeck admits having played ''Ys III''<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170709150036/http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/jimpower/jimpower.htm Hardcore Gaming 101: Jim Power]</ref>
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|Robin Williams - [[wikipedia:Aladdin_(soundtrack)|Friend Like Me]] (1992)<br />Composed by Howard Ashman
|<ref>(*) Among Bob Scumaci, Mark Davis, and Brian Schmidt, who wrote what?</ref> - [[wikipedia:Zoop|Chillin' on the Corner]] (1995)<br /><sub><sup>''[http://snesmusic.org/v2/profile.php?profile=set&selected=3419 SPC]''</sup></sub>
|[[:File:STSA Aladdin vs. Zoop.ogg|Listen ''(ogg)'']]
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|Violent Femmes - [[wikipedia:Blister in the Sun|Blister in the Sun]] (1983)
|Bob Scumaci, Mark Davis, Brian Schmidt - [[tcrf:Zoop (SNES)#Unused Music|Zuckerman's Summer Flight]] (1995)
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|Minigame theme from ''[[wikipedia:Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz|Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz]]'' (2006)
|Theme from ''[[wikipedia:The Suite Life on Deck|The Suite Life on Deck]]'' (2008)
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|Suzanne Vega - [[wikipedia:Solitude Standing|Solitude Standing]] (1987)<br /><sub><sup>''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05AHPFPpHIM YouTube]'' ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05AHPFPpHIM#t=0m20s ''refrain?''])</sup></sub>
|Kyle Ward (as KaW) - [[wikipedia:In the Groove (video game)|Dawn]] (2003)<ref name="itg1-synthsations" /><br /><sub><sup>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7SFh45dQs4 ''YouTube''] ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7SFh45dQs4#t=0m59s ''refrain''])</sup></sub>
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|rowspan="2"|Akira Satoh - [[wikipedia:Raiden (video game)|Gallantry]] (Sep. 1990)<br /><sub><sup>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJd9jiRiLJQ ''YouTube''] ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJd9jiRiLJQ#t=0m13s ''start of refrain''])</sup></sub>
|Brian Johnston?<ref>(*) Of Tim Wright and Brian Johnston, who wrote what? Specifically, the songs written by Tim Wright alone include [[wikipedia:Lemmings (video game)#Music|arrangements of public-domain music]] as well as a handful of original compositions called "Tim ''(number)''." I assume everything else was predominantly Brian Johnston's work, though I haven't ruled out a collaborative effort.</ref> - [[wikipedia:Lemmings (video game)|Lemming 3]] (Feb. 1991)<br /><sub><sup>[//www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJE-IkFcZcg ''YouTube (multiple ports of game)'']</sup></sub>
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|Kyle Ward (as KaW) - Dawn (Perpetual Mix) (2006?)<ref>(*) "i09" is mentioned as a contributing artist. Who is s/he, and why is s/he not credited in some StepMania simfiles?</ref><ref name="itg3-piupro">The first commercial release of the song<!-- pluralize as appropriate once there are more uses of this named ref --> was in ''Pump It Up Pro''. The song was previously distributed unofficially in simfile collections claimed to derive from [[wikipedia:In the Groove (video game series)|''In the Groove 3'']] beta materials.</ref><br /><sub><sup>[//www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5GS8W_52nc ''YouTube''] ([//www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5GS8W_52nc#t=0m35s ''start of refrain''])</sup></sub>
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|Aya - [[wikipedia:Beatmania IIDX 6th Style|G2]] (2001)
|Kyle Ward (as Inspector K) - [[wikipedia:In the Groove (video game)|Tension]] (2004)<br /><sub><sup>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7nEGRUf4N0#t=0m10s ''YouTube'']</sup></sub>
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|Taku Isaac Sakakibara (as TaQ) - [[wikipedia:Beatmania IIDX 5th Style|Radical Faith]] (2001)<br /><sub><sup>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVFJRxsgjbs#t=0m13s ''YouTube'']</sup></sub>
|Buckethead - [[wikipedia:Jordan (Buckethead composition)|Jordan]] (2006)<br /><sub><sup>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTcg9JybEp8 ''YouTube'']</sup></sub>
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|Both may be inspired by "[[wikipedia:Goodbye Yellow Brick Road|All the Girls Love Alice]]" (1973) and/or "[[wikipedia:Strictly Business (EPMD song)|Strictly Business]]" (1988)<!-- todo: a similarity of this extent should be promoted out of Notes, if there really is similarity, which I'll think about more -->
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|Mario Gonzalez and/or Javier Perez? - [[wikipedia:The Cheetahmen|''The Cheetahmen'' theme (NES)]] (1991)
|Masakazu Sugimori - [[wikipedia:Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney|Cornered]] (2001)
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsGDqBviJ0o YouTube]
|Very likely coincidental<ref>The same song is used in all levels of ''The Cheetahmen'' and ''Cheetahmen II''. Active Enterprises products were probably not well-known in Japan before the ''Cheetahmen II'' music meme started on the video-hosting site [[wikipedia:Niconico|Nico Nico Douga]] around [[wikipedia:The Cheetahmen#References in mass media|October 2007]].</ref>
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|Bette Midler - [[wikipedia:Bathhouse Betty|That's How Love Moves]] (1998)<br />Faith Hill - [[wikipedia:Breathe (Faith Hill album)|That's How Love Moves]] (1999)<br /><sub><sup>''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mz0ddWQeABg YouTube] (unofficial fan performance/recording)''</sup></sub>
|rowspan="2"|DM Ashura - Euphorium (from ''O2Jam''<ref>Specifically the ''O2Jam NX'' version; [http://www.dmashura.com/blog/releases/ DM Ashura - Releases]</ref>) (2005)<br /><sub><sup>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_megFL7xew4 ''YouTube'']</sup></sub>
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|Lara Fabian - [[wikipedia:Broken Vow|Broken Vow]] (2000)<br />Josh Groban - [[wikipedia:Closer (Josh Groban album)|Broken Vow]] (2003)<br /><sub><sup>''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xitFS24joao#t=1m11s YouTube] (Lara Fabian performance)''</sup></sub>
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|Especially "I let you go" from "Broken Vow" vs. start of "Euphorium"'s refrain
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|Faith Hill - [[wikipedia:Fireflies (Faith Hill album)|I Want You]] (2005)
|DM Ashura - [[wikipedia:Dance Dance Revolution Universe 3|aftershock!!]] (2008)<br /><sub><sup>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7x76g7reM8#t=0m09s ''YouTube'']</sup></sub>
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|Chord progressions, especially around refrains
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|Frank Zappa - [[wikipedia:You Are What You Is|You Are What You Is]] (1981)
|Dust Devil - [[wikipedia:In the Groove 2|Determinator]] (≤2005)<ref>Release date is the release date of the ''In the Groove 2'' arcade game. The song was originally produced for use as TV background music, not for distribution to the public.</ref>
| [[:File:YAWYI vs Determinator.ogg|Listen (ogg)]]
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|? - ''[[wikipedia:Lode Runner|Lode Runner]]'' (NES) in-game BGM (1987)
|Yū Miyake - [[wikipedia:Music of the Katamari Damacy series|Katamari Nah-Nah (tutorial mix)]] (2004)
|[http://pics.pineight.com/dwi/bomblodev2.ogg Listen (ogg)]
|Similarities are in the bass line
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|New Order - [[wikipedia:Confusion (New Order song)|Confusion]] (1983)
|TaQ - [[wikipedia:Beatmania IIDX 4th Style|DXY!]] (2000)<br /><sub><sup>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxLz2fX-o-8#t=0m13s ''YouTube'']</sup></sub>
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|Hiroshi Kawaguchi - ''[[wikipedia:Space Harrier|Space Harrier]]'' main in-game theme (1985)<br /><sub><sup>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_Tam9lv1KQ ''YouTube'']</sup></sub>
|Mikio Saito - ''Gemini Wing'' stage 1 (1987)<br /><sub><sup>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwK20cNVy-c ''YouTube'']</sup></sub>
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|The Cascades - [[wikipedia:Rhythm of the Rain|Rhythm of the Rain]] (1962)
|Hip Tanaka - ''[[wikipedia:Dr. Mario|Dr. Mario]]'' multiplayer ending (1990)<br /><sub><sup>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvNLyLTTNwM YouTube]</sup></sub>
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|Michiharu Hasuya - [[wikipedia:Rygar (Nintendo Entertainment System)|''Rygar'' Guru]] "old man/guru" music (1987)
|Michiharu Hasuya - [[wikipedia:Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (video game)|''Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'' opening]] (1988)
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|Not authorized because Hasuya worked under Tecmo on ''Rygar'' and Advance Communication on ''Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde''<ref>[http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Blog:Share_a_Song_of_Six_Pence Blog:Share a Song of Six Pence - GDRI (Game Developer Research Institute)]</ref>
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|Hummer Cheng - [[wikipedia:Colorful Dragon|Title]] (1990)
|Hummer Cheng - [[wikia:bootleggames:Super Mario World (Famicom)|Ending]] (1995)
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|''Colorful Dragon'' is Sachen and ''SMW'' is Hummer Team.
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|Maajyan Higashio - Yo Noid/Masked Ninja Hanamaru
|Yoshiaki Sawada? (Citation Needed) - Widget
|[[:File:Noidvswidget.ogg|Listen (ogg)]]
|Coincidental match in Melody, They go together except that Noid has a few extra melodic notes before looping and needed to be cut for the tune itself.
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|The Bob Crewe Generation - [[wikipedia:Music to Watch Girls By|Music to Watch Girls By]] (1967)
|Masato Nakamura - [[wikipedia:Sonic the Hedgehog (1991 video game)|Marble Zone]] (1991)
|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lr8fIoruMdQ YouTube]
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| <ref>(*) Lee Ringuette composed the theme song. I don't know who composed the rest of the show's soundtrack.</ref> - [[wikipedia:Press Your Luck|Big Board]] (1983)
| Ryoji Yoshitomi and Yumiko Kanki - [[wikipedia:Super Scope 6|Mole Patrol]]
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|Paul McCartney and Wings - [[wikipedia:Jet (song)|Jet]] (1974)
|Yukio Kaneoka, Akito Nakatsuka, Kenji Yamamoto - [[wikipedia:Punch-Out!! (NES)|Let's Rematch]] (1987)
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|Koji Kondo - [[wikipedia:Super Mario Bros. theme|Here We Go!]] (1985)
|[[wikipedia:Lucky Dube|Lucky Dube]] - Different Colours (1993)
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|Incipit of the latter
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|Judy Garland - [[wikipedia:We're Off to See the Wizard|We're Off to See the Wizard]] (1939)<br />Written by Harold Arlen and E.Y. "Yip" Harburg
|Jun Ishikawa - [[wikipedia:Kirby's Dream Land|Stage Clear]] (1992)
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|"If ever, oh ever a wiz there was, The Wizard of Oz is one because"
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|The Four Seasons - [[wikipedia:December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)|December, 1963]] (1975)
|Masaya Matsuura et al. - [[wikipedia:PaRappa the Rapper|I Gotta Believe]] (1996)
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|Masaya Matsuura et al. - I Gotta Believe (1996)
|Kenji Ninuma & Fumina - [[wikipedia:Music of the Katamari Damacy series|The Moon and the Prince]] (2004)
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|Steve Lawrence - [[wikipedia:Go Away Little Girl|Go Away Little Girl]] (1962)
|? - shop tune from ''[[wikipedia:Harvest Moon: Magical Melody|Harvest Moon: Magical Melody]]'' (2005)<br /><small>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfyQchlXKWI#t=35 YouTube]</small>
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|Van Halen - [[wikipedia:Jump (Van Halen song)|Jump]] (1984)
|Akira Satoh - [[wikipedia:Raiden (video game)|Lightning War]] (1990)<br /><small>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PdGao4vV0A YouTube]</small>
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|Metallica - [[wikipedia:For Whom the Bell Tolls (Metallica song)|For Whom the Bell Tolls]] (1984)
|Nobuo Uematsu - [[wikipedia:Music of the Final Fantasy VII series|Still More Fighting]] (1997)
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6dZdZoPZ1Q YouTube]
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|Bruce Broughton - Theme from ''[[wikipedia:Tiny Toon Adventures|Tiny Toon Adventures]]'' (1990)
|Theme from ''[[wikipedia:Mayhem in Monsterland|Mayhem in Monsterland]]'' (1993)
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|Peter Wagner - T-Maxx (1991)
|Coldplay - [[wikipedia:Paradise (Coldplay song)|Paradise]] (2011)
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|Akito Nakatsuka - [[wikipedia:Zelda II: The Adventure of Link|Battle]] (1987)
|Naoto Tanaka, Naoya Kamisaka, Takuya Miyawaki - [[wikipedia:Mega Man X5|Decisive Battle (Zero vs. X)]] (2000)
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|[[wikipedia:Markus Kaarlonen|Markus Kaarlonen]] (as Captain) - Space Debris (1990)<br /><small>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyfjxH6_M30 YouTube]</small>
|Tommy Tallarico - [[wikipedia:Cool Spot|Rave Dancetune]] (1993)
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|Tommy Tallarico - Rave Dancetune (1993)
|Seal - [[wikipedia:Seal (1994 album)|Bring It On]] (1994)
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|Keiichi Tanaka? - Dream of Chopper (from ''Chopper I'') (1988)<br /><small>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GodBWtgS3o YouTube]</small>
|Robert "Bobby" Prince - [[wikipedia:Doom (1993 video game)|At Doom's Gate]] (1993)
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| Sammy Hagar - [[wikipedia:I Can't Drive 55|I Can't Drive 55]] (1984)
| Kiyoshi Yokoyama - Motif in ''[[wikipedia:Vice: Project Doom|Vice: Project Doom]]'' soundtrack (1991)<br />''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAQP-0ObDqs&t=585s YouTube]''
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| Iron Maiden [[wikipedia:Aces High (song)|Aces High]] (1984)
| Kiyoshi Yokoyama - ''[[wikipedia:Vice: Project Doom|Vice: Project Doom]]'' stages 2 and 7 (1991)
| [[:File:Vice project doom iron maiden.ogg|Listen (ogg)]]
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| Mecano - [[wikipedia:Entre el cielo y el suelo|No es serio este cementerio]] (1986)
| Yuzo Koshiro - [[wikipedia:Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit video game)|Bridge Zone]] (1991)
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| Yuzo Koshiro - Bridge Zone (1991)
| Janet Jackson - [[wikipedia:Together Again (Janet Jackson song)|Together Again]] (1997)
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| Kinuyo Yamashita and/or Satoe Terashima - [[wikipedia:Castlevania (1986 video game)|Vampire Killer]] (1986)
| Go Sato - [[wikipedia:Raiden III|Electric Resistance]] (2005)<br /><small>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meM9BvVuxuk YouTube]</small>
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|rowspan="2"|Hiroshi Kawaguchi - [[wikipedia:Fantasy Zone|Hot Snow]] (1986)
| <ref>(*) Among Kouji Murata, Seiichi Fukami, Yuko Kurahashi, Kiyohiro Sada, and Atsushi Fujio, who wrote what?<sup>[''non-Wikipedia source needed'']</sup></ref> - ''[[wikipedia:Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa|Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa]]'' first in-game theme (1988)
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| The later [[tcrf:Fantasy Zone (Arcade)#Revisional Differences|revision]] of "Hot Snow" added a melody line; compare especially its first four notes to those of Upa's [[nesdev:FDS audio|2C33]] melody line. Also compare the earlier revision of the former to the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TbU24omogQ&t=0m32s 2A03 parts] of the latter<!-- gameplay video of a cartridge bootleg of the FDS version -->.
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| Kedo & MaoRio - ''Dezaemon Plus'' sample ''Little Chaser'' stage 3 Sweet Paranoia (1996)
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| Kedo & MaoRio - ''Dezaemon Plus'' sample ''Little Chaser'' stage 3 Sweet Paranoia (1996)
| [[wikipedia:Dora the Explorer|Dora the Explorer Theme]] (2000)<br>Written by Joshua Sitron and Billy Straus
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|ZUN - [[wikipedia:The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil|U.N. Owen Was Her?]] (2002)
|Tatsh - [[wikipedia:Beatmania IIDX 12: Happy Sky|Xepher]] (2005)
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|Benny Mardones - [[wikipedia:Into the Night (Benny Mardones song)|Into the Night]] (1980)
|Hiroki Isogai and Ippo Yamada - [[wikipedia:Mega Man 10|Abandoned Memory]] (2010)<ref name="megaman10" /><br /><small>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4o-8ikvK9I YouTube]</small>
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|<ref>(*) Between Azusa Hara and Hiroaki Yoshida, who wrote what?</ref> - ''[[wikipedia:Bad Dudes Vs. DragonNinja|Bad Dudes Vs. DragonNinja]]'' stage 2<!-- also used in one other stage (which?) --> (1988)<br /><small>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsmtaV6SyjM YouTube]</small>
|<ref>(*) Among Akira Souji, Keizo Nakamura, Tomoko Sano, and Mikio Saito, who wrote what? Is the title "Divine Bloodlines," "Opposing Bloodlines," or just "Bloodlines"?</ref> - ''[[wikipedia:Castlevania: Rondo of Blood|Castlevania: Rondo of Blood]]'' stage 1 (1993)
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|<ref>(*) Among Seiichi Fukami, Miki Higashino, Mutsuhiko Izumi, Keizo Nakamura, and/or Junichiro Kaneda, who wrote what?</ref> - [[wikipedia:Gradius III|Departure for Space (arcade version)]] (1989)<br /><small>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YStfw9IDMSk YouTube]</small>
|Apple Inc. (Gerhard Lengeling?)<ref>Roemmele, Brian. "[https://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2013/04/30/whats-the-story-behind-the-iphones-default-marimba-ringtone/ What's The Story Behind The iPhone's Default "Marimba" Ringtone?]" ''Forbes.'' April 30, 2013. Accessed June 17, 2017.<br />The article discusses Dr. Lengeling's involvement with the "classic" set of ringtones. Though he remains employed at Apple, it is unknown what (if any) role he played in the new ringtones introduced in iOS 7.</ref> - [[wikipedia:IOS 7|Uplift]] (2013)<br /><small>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNz4XtZ-XMs&t=4m53s YouTube]</small>
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|Incipit of the former
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|? - ''[[wikipedia:Twin Eagle|Twin Eagle]]'' stage 1 theme ("Eagle Spirit"?) (1988)<br /><small>YouTube: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kdLcp3-Aho arcade], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TMyqkx8Nxg NES]</small>
|t.A.T.u. - 30 минут (2001)<br />t.A.T.u. - [[wikipedia:30 Minutes (song)|30 Minutes]] (2003)
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|Especially the piano part in the latter's incipit
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|The Beatles - [[wikipedia:Here, There and Everywhere|Here, There and Everywhere]] (1966)
|Theme from ''Animal Crossing: Wild World/City Folk'' (2005)
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6I0B-tJ7BwA SiIvaGunner]
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|Alan Silvestri - [[wikipedia:Forrest Gump – Original Motion Picture Score|I'm Forrest...Forrest Gump]] (1994)
|Yishen Liao - Intro from ''[[wikia:bootleggames:Shi Kong Xing Shou|Shi Kong Xing Shou]]'' (2001)
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|Friendship - Let's Not Talk About It (1979)
|Koji Kondo - ''Super Mario Bros.'' underground (1985)
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|David Whittaker - [[wikipedia:Lazy Jones|Star Dust]] (1984)
|Zombie Nation - [[wikipedia:Kernkraft 400|Kernkraft 400]] (1999)
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|Mentioned on Wikipedia
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|T-Square - [[wikipedia:Adventures_(album)|Sister Marian]] (1984)
|Koji Kondo - [[wikipedia:Super Mario Bros. theme|Here We Go!]] (1985)
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|About 1 minute into "Sister Marian"
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|Piper - Summer Breeze (1983)
|Koji Kondo - [[wikipedia:Super Mario Bros.|Invincible]] (1985)
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|''?'' - [[wikipedia:Hoshi Wo Miru Hito|''Hoshi Wo Miru Hito'' title]] (1987)
|[[wikipedia:Magda Fronczewska|Magda Fronczewska]] - Laleczka z saskiej porcelany (1990)
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|Hiroshi Kawaguchi - [[wikipedia:Out Run|Magical Sound Shower]] (1986)
|Mariah Carey - [[wikipedia:The Emancipation of Mimi|I Wish You Knew]] (2005)
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|[[wikipedia:Silent Circle|Silent Circle]] - Touch in the Night (1985)
|<ref>(*) Hirofumi Murasaki, Morihiko Akiyama, and/or Masayuki Nagao</ref> - [[wikipedia:Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master|Whirlwind]] (1993)
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|Four Tops - [[wikipedia:Loco in Acapulco|Loco in Acapulco]] (1988)
|Koji Kondo - [[wikipedia:Yoshi's Island|Make Eggs, Throw Eggs]] (1995)
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|Hank Williams - [[wikipedia:Jambalaya (On the Bayou)|Jambalaya (On the Bayou)]] (1952)
|''?'' - Wikid Joystick Balloon War (Balloon Fight hack) - Bonus Round (200x)<br />[https://youtube.com/watch?v=TmdrtcvuvyI&t=334 YouTube]
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|Chorus of "Jambalaya" (or at least Carpenters' cover thereof)
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|Billy Idol - [[wikipedia:White Wedding (song)|White Wedding]] (1982)
|"Isamashii" (from ''[[wikipedia:RPG Maker|RPG Maker]] GB'') (2000)<br />"Get Equipped" (from ''Rockman 4 Minus Infinity'')
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|"Hey little sister" lines
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|Gloria Gaynor - [[wikipedia:I Will Survive|I Will Survive]] (1978)
|Kinuyo Yamashita - ''[[wikipedia:Power Blade 2|Power Blade 2]]'' Stage 4 (1992)
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iy884_wRQZw YouTube]<ref>This misidentifies the artist of "I Will Survive"</ref>
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|Alan Parsons Project - [[wikipedia:Sirius (instrumental)|Sirius]] (1982)
|Yasunori Mitsuda et al. - [[wikipedia:Chrono Trigger|Corridors of Time]] (1995)
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|Lionel Richie - [[wikipedia:Running with the Night|Running with the Night]] (1983)
|Jeroen Tel - Theme from ''[[wikipedia:Cybernoid II: The Revenge|Cybernoid II: The Revenge]]'' (1988)
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|Acknowledged by Tel in YouTube comments; he claims not to have heard Richie's song at the time
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|Ural Russian Folk Choir - Uralskaya ryabina (1954)<br>Composed by Evgeny Rodygin<sup>[''[[wikipedia:ru:Родыгин, Евгений Павлович|ru]]'']</sup> (d. 2020) in 1953
|Subor educational famiclones - Uralskaya ryabina (ca. 1994)
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|Zabrałaś Serce Moje, Upływa szybko życie, ''so many'' Slavic folk songs use this chord progression
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| Hirokazu Tanaka, Ryoji Yoshitomi, and Kazumi Totaka - ''[[wikipedia:Mario Paint|Mario Paint]]'' BGM 2 (1992)
| Sonic 3 sound team - ''[[wikipedia:Sonic the Hedgehog 3|Sonic the Hedgehog 3]]'' data select (1994)
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|Kojiro Mikusa - [[wikipedia:Sonic Chaos|Mecha Green Hill Zone]] (October 1993)
|Alph Lyla - [[wikipedia:Mega Man X (video game)|Enter Zero]] (December 1993)
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|[https://www.deviantart.com/tlhftw1/art/Zero-In-Mecha-Green-Hill-Zone-784020183 TLHFTW1 asks]: "Where the Hell am I?"
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|Kenichi Matsubara - [[wikipedia:Haunted Castle (video game)|Don't Wait Until Night]] (1988)
|Naoki Kodaka - [[wikipedia:Journey to Silius|''Journey to Silius'' Stage 4]] (1990)
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|Laura Shigihara - [[wikipedia:Plants vs. Zombies|Crazy Dave (Intro Theme)]] (2009)
|Billie Eilish - [[wikipedia:Bad_Guy_(Billie_Eilish_song)|Bad Guy]] (2019)
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yR4a9RrDcQI YouTube]
|Eilish confessed<ref>Kirk McKeand. "[https://www.vg247.com/2020/02/20/billie-eilish-bad-guy-literally-plants-vs-zombies-duh/ Billie Eilish’s Bad Guy is 'literally Plants vs. Zombies' – duh!]" . ''VG247'', 2020-02-20. Accessed 2020-09-25.</ref>
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|Arka Noego - Święty uśmiechnięty (2000)
|Paul Salameh - [[wikipedia:Pou (video game)|Cliff Jump]] (2012)
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|Kinuyo Yamashita - [[wikipedia:Mega Man: The Wily Wars|Wily Tower Stage Select]] (1994)
|SmashBroPlusB - ''Nido Force'' - Bubble Rock (2015)<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CMcBP24As0&t=1698 video]</ref>
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|Philip Bailey and Phil Collins - [[wikipedia:Easy Lover|Easy Lover]] (1984)
|Kazunaka Yamane - [[wikipedia:Double Dragon II: The Revenge (NES video game)|A Quiet Pursuit]] (Rooftops) (1989)
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtbKBs2g9ZY YouTube]
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|Hip Tanaka - [[wikipedia:Dr. Mario|Fever]] (October 1990)
|? - [[wikipedia:Motorola MPx200|midi_10]] (December 2003)
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSd2ZS6blH0 YouTube]
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|rowspan="3"|Henry Mancini - [[wikipedia:Baby Elephant Walk|Baby Elephant Walk]] (1962)
|Hiroaki Suga and Tadashi Ikegami - [[wikipedia:Wario's Woods|Menu]] (1994)
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|ACE+ - [[wikipedia:Xenoblade Chronicles (video game)|Riki the Legendary Heropon]] (2010)
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|Jun Ishikawa - [[wikipedia:Kirby's Dream Land 3|Sand Canyon 1]]
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxu5W0DHTA4 Listen (YouTube)]
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|Toby Fox - [[wikipedia:Undertale|Megalovania]] (2009)
|Juhani Junkala - [[wikia:megamanfanon:Mega_Man:_Rock_N_Roll|Stealth B]] (2019)<br /><small>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOc8RUrZVw8&t=1425 YouTube @ 23:45]</small>
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|Naofumi Hataya & Masafumi Ogata - [[wikipedia:Sonic CD|Tidal Tempest]] (1993)
|Kenji Yamazaki - Super Gussun Oyoyo - Special (1995)
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|Fasolki - Moja fantazja (1988)
|Mahito Yokota - [[wikipedia:Super Mario Galaxy|Gusty Garden Galaxy]] (2007)
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|a-ha - [[wikipedia:Take On Me|Take On Me]] (1984)
|Charles Deenen - [[wikipedia:M.C. Kids|Level theme 4]] (1992)
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Th_IO_Z4ZzM YouTube mash-up]
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|Stevie Wonder - [[wikipedia:I Just Called to Say I Love You|I Just Called to Say I Love You]] (1984)
|Hikaru UTADA - [[wikipedia:Hikari (Utada Hikaru song)|Simple & Clean (PlanitB Remix)]] (2002)
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|George Michael - [[wikipedia:Faith (George Michael song)|Faith]]
|Masato Nakamura - [[wikipedia:Sonic the Hedgehog 2|Emerald Hill Zone (2 players)]]
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|Masato Nakamura - [[wikipedia:Sonic the Hedgehog 2|Options]]
|Nobuo Uematsu - [[wikipedia:Super Smash Bros. Brawl|I'll Be the Marth]]
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|Sonic and some music from ''Sonic'' games appear in ''Brawl'' under license, but I doubt this particular tune was in the licensed music package.
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|Adrian Boult and the Queen's Hall Orchestra - [[wikipedia:The Planets|Mars]] (1918)<br>Written by Gustav Holst (d. 1934)
|Koji Kondo - [[wikipedia:Super Mario All-Stars|Airship (SPC version)]] (1993)
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|European copyright expired in 1985, restored in 1993 by [[wikipedia:Copyright Duration Directive|Copyright Duration Directive]] 93/98/EEC, expired again in 2005
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|Gennady Gladkov - [[wikipedia:Gentlemen of Fortune|Gentlemen of Fortune]] Main Theme (1971)
|Han Li - [[wikia:bootleggames:Fuzhou Waixing Computer Science & Technology Co.,LTD/Copyright List|Germ Killer]] (Waixing, 2006) - Main Theme
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|Glenn Frey - [[wikipedia:The Heat Is On|The Heat Is On]] (1984)
|Yoshinori Kawamoto - ''[[wikipedia:Burning Force|Burning Force]]'' "Boss enemy's weak point target is here" scene (1989)
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|Vladimir Troshin - [[wikipedia:Moscow Nights|Moscow Nights]] (1955)
|Nobuo Uematsu - [[wikipedia:Final Fantasy (video game)|Matoya's Cave]] (1987)
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|Sheila E. - The Glamorous Life (1984)<br>Hidemi Ishikawa - Motto Sekkin Shimasho (January 1985)
|Fujii Kenichi - ''[[wikipedia:Penguin Wars|Penguin-kun Wars]]'' Game Theme (June 1985)
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|Wikipedia mentions similarity; song replaced in Game Boy port but returned in Switch port
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|Deep Purple - [[wikipedia:Smoke on the Water|Smoke on the Water]] (1972)
|Off the Hook - [[wikipedia:Splatoon 2|Fly Octo Fly]] (2017)
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|Joe Cocker - [[Wikipedia:Feelin' Alright?|Feelin' Alright?]] (1968)
|Masaya Matsuura feat. Lenky Don - [[Wikipedia:PaRappa the Rapper|Prince Fleaswallow's Rap]] (1996)
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== Footnotes ==
Note: Any footnote marked with (*) is a TODO.
<references />

== See also ==
* [[allthetropes:Suspiciously Similar Song/Video Games|Suspiciously Similar Songs in video games]] on All the Tropes

== External links ==
*[http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3177237 1up.com's exposé]
*[http://finalbosses.com/game-music-sack-is-some-video-game-music-plagiarized/ Game Music Sack: Is Some Video Game Music Plagiarized?]