The fade-in to "Money for Nothing", with Terry Williams's improvised drum solo, is remarkably similar to end of the middle part of "Won't Get Fooled Again" by The Who.
The fade-out of Dire Straits' "Money for Nothing" from Brothers in Arms is set to The Police's "Don't Stand So Close to Me" - lampshaded by Mark Knopfler having Sting sing it and giving him co-writing credits.
Ditto for 4 Non Blondes' "What's Up?", from Bobby McFerrin's "Don't Worry, Be Happy".
Billy Joel gave Beethoven writing credit. But he's not ripping off "Midnight Blue", they're both borrowing from Beethoven (Sonata No.
His "This Night" has almost exactly the same tune as Louise Tucker's "Midnight Blue".
Billy Joel's "My Life" takes its melody from Johnny Rodriguez' "Love Put a Song in My Heart".
Ditto for "A Honest Mistake" by The Bravery.
Conversely, The Cure's "The Walk" is similar to New Order's "Blue Monday".
New Order's "All The Way" sounds a lot like The Cure's "Just Like Heaven".
Also "Coming Down" by Dum Dum Girls sounds highly similar to "Fade Into You".
Mazzy Star "Fade Into You" sounds similar to Bob Dylan "Knocking on Heaven's Door".
The Spice Girls song "Last Time Lover" sounds similar to The Mary Jane Girls' "All Night Long".
In turn, Zenith Volt's " Hold On " sounds like a more upbeat synthwave take on "Heavy".
Many were quick to point out that Linkin Park and Kiiara's " Heavy " sounds almost exactly like The Chainsmokers and Halsey's " Closer ".
"Neighbors" by Camouflage sounds a lot like "New Dress" by Depeche Mode.
In the instrumental part of The Cure's "Prayers for Rain", there is a chord sequence that sounds like the chords for Alphaville "Dance with Me".
"Sheer Heart Attack" starts off with a few verses that were copied from the beginning of The Beatles' "I Saw Her Standing There.".
Edwards later admitted bassist John Deacon hung around with Chic in the studio, hence him developing basically the same riff.
"Another One Bites the Dust" is pretty much their take on "Good Times" by Chic, barely dissimilar enough to not have to credit Nile Rodgers and Bernie Edwards.
As seen by the main page quote, Vanilla Ice tried to avoid paying royalties for "Ice Ice Baby"'s musical background by adding an extra note to "Under Pressure" (he later was forced to credit Queen).
Daughtry's "Waiting For Superman" has a riff that sounds almost the same as Far East Movement's "Rockateer".
Bree Sharp's "America" sounds VERY similar to The La's' "There She Goes" (as made famous by Sixpence None the Richer).
"Baby Come and Get It" by The Pointer Sisters contains a riff very similar to The Rolling Stones "Can't Get No Satisfaction".
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