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Title: Different songs, same title
Post by: golden eagle on March 01, 2015, 02:08:02 PM
The O'Jays' R&B classic, Stairway to Heaven, is not a remake of the Led Zeppelin classic. Likewise with 50 Cent's Disco Inferno, though it shares the same title of the disco classic by the Trammps.
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: pianocello on March 01, 2015, 03:23:43 PM
Just The Way You Are by Billy Joel and Just The Way You Are by Bruno Mars are both good songs, but they're very different.
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: hotdogPi on March 01, 2015, 03:26:47 PM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Game

"The Game" is the title of at least 18 songs.

EDIT:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Love_You
"I Love You" has 41.
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: geocachingpirate on March 01, 2015, 03:33:38 PM
"Time" is one of my favorites from both Pink Floyd and The Alan Parsons Project. 
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: jp the roadgeek on March 01, 2015, 04:01:55 PM
Rock and Roll Fantasy: Bad Company and The Kinks

Jump: Van Halen and The Pointer Sisters

Fire on the Mountain: Grateful Dead & Marshall Tucker


Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: 1995hoo on March 01, 2015, 04:42:41 PM
Wait by the Beatles and White Lion
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: bugo on March 01, 2015, 04:46:23 PM
Satellite by Catherine Wheel, BT, Nine Inch Nails, and Dave Matthews Band
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: 02 Park Ave on March 01, 2015, 04:47:59 PM
There were two songs with the title "More".📀
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: Brandon on March 01, 2015, 05:30:36 PM
"9 To 5", by Dolly Parton and Sheena Easton.
"Talking In Your Sleep" by the Romantics and Crystal Gayle.
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: Stephane Dumas on March 01, 2015, 05:35:41 PM
Wild Thing by the Troggs and Tone Loc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hce74cEAAaE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=387ZDGSKVSg
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: Thing 342 on March 01, 2015, 06:54:10 PM
"Mr. Jones" by the Talking Heads (1988), Counting Crows (1993), and Mike Jones (2006).
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: Brian556 on March 01, 2015, 06:57:19 PM
"Get Back"
-Beatles
-Demi Lovato

"Little Rock"
-Collin Raye
-Reba McEntire

Don't You Want Me?
-Jodey Watley
-Human League

"Amanda"
-Boston
-Waylon Jennings

"Try Again
-Champagne
-Alliyah

SOS
-Rhianna
-Abba

"Hey Baby"
-No Doubt
-Bruce Channel

California Girls/Gurls
-Katy Perry
-Beach Boys
-Gretchen Wilson

I Got A Feelin'
-Billy Currington
-Black Eyed Peas

"Hold On"
-Colbie Callait
-Rosanne Cash
-Jamie Walters

"Crush"
-Jennifer Paige
-Selena Gomez
-Mandy Moore

"Photograph"
-Def Leppord
-Ringo Starr

"You And I"
-Lady Gaga
Eddie Rabbit/Crystal Gayle

"Sara"
-Fleetwood Mac
-Starship

"What About Love"
-Austin Mahone
-Heart

"Alone"
-BeeGees
-Heart

"I Want You Back
-Jackson 5
-N*Sync
-Bananarama

"Wanted"
-Jessie James
-Hunter Hayes

-Downtown"
-Petula Clark
-Lady Antebellem

"Heartbreaker"
-Dionne Warwick
-Pat Benatar

" I Want You"
-Tahlia/Fat Joe
-Savage Garden

"Heart & Soul"
-TPAU
-Huey Lewis





Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: national highway 1 on March 01, 2015, 07:05:47 PM
Alive by Daft Punk or Empire of the Sun
Superheroes by Daft Punk or The Script
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: OracleUsr on March 01, 2015, 07:09:46 PM
"What You're Doing" by Rush and the Beatles
"Surrender" by Elvis and Cheap Trick
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: Brandon on March 01, 2015, 07:36:43 PM
Quote from: Brian556 on March 01, 2015, 06:57:19 PM
"You And I"
-Lady Gaga
-Eddie Rabbit/Crystal Gayle

Rick James did a different "You And I" as well.
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: hbelkins on March 01, 2015, 07:41:34 PM
Quote from: Brian556 on March 01, 2015, 06:57:19 PM
SOS
-Rhianna
-Abba

Also Aerosmith.

Quote"Hey Baby"
-No Doubt
-Bruce Channel

Ted Nugent.


Quote"Hold On"
-Colbie Callait
-Rosanne Cash
-Jamie Walters

Also Triumph.

Quote" I Want You"
-Tahlia/Fat Joe
-Savage Garden

Also Kiss.
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: NE2 on March 01, 2015, 08:00:59 PM
Symphony No. [insert number]
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: golden eagle on March 01, 2015, 08:16:29 PM
Quote from: Brian556 on March 01, 2015, 06:57:19 PM
"Hey Baby"
-No Doubt
-Bruce Channel

Henry Lee Summer also had a song of the same name in 1989.


Quote"Hold On"
-Colbie Callait
-Rosanne Cash
-Jamie Walters

Also, Wilson Phillips and En Vogue.

Quote
-Downtown"
-Petula Clark
-Lady Antebellem

One Too Many had a top 40 hit with this song title in '89.

Quote"Heartbreaker"
-Dionne Warwick
-Pat Benatar

" I Want You"
-Tahlia/Fat Joe
-Savage Garden

Mariah Carey had a song called Heartbreaker in 1999, while Shana hit the charts in 1990 with I Want You.

I just thought of a few more: Point of No Return by Nu Shooz (1986) and Exposé (1987), and I Can't Wait by Nu Shooz and Stevie Nicks (both which charted at the same time in 1986).
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: Takumi on March 01, 2015, 09:03:56 PM
"Power of Love", with or without The, has been the title of several different songs.
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: jp the roadgeek on March 01, 2015, 11:33:44 PM
Quote"Hold On"
-Colbie Callait
-Rosanne Cash
-Jamie Walters
Also, Wilson Phillips and En Vogue


And Yes and Triumph



One Too Many had a top 40 hit with this song title in '89.

Quote"Heartbreaker"
-Dionne Warwick
-Pat Benatar


" I Want You"
-Tahlia/Fat Joe
-Savage Garden

Mariah Carey had a song called Heartbreaker in 1999, while Shana hit the charts in 1990 with I Want You.

Led Zeppelin also had Heartbreaker (paired with Living Loving Maid).  Bob Dylan also had I Want You, and The Beatles did too (She's So Heavy).


Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: lepidopteran on March 01, 2015, 11:55:21 PM
Quote from: golden eagle on March 01, 2015, 02:08:02 PM
The O'Jays' R&B classic, Stairway to Heaven, is not a remake of the Led Zeppelin classic. Likewise with 50 Cent's Disco Inferno, though it shares the same title of the disco classic by the Trammps.

Didn't Neil Sedaka also have a Stairway to Heaven?

"Lady" was the title of songs by Kenny Rogers, Styx, and the Little River Band.  What's more, I think they were all released within a few years of each other.
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: Brian556 on March 02, 2015, 12:18:24 AM
Quote"Lady" was the title of songs by Kenny Rogers, Styx, and the Little River Band.  What's more, I think they were all released within a few years of each other

You forgot the one by the Commodores. Also, Commodores member Lionel Riche remade Kenny's "Lady" as a solo artist.
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: kurumi on March 02, 2015, 12:32:48 AM
Abracadabra (http://youtu.be/C9bdfDrwRr0), Steve Miller Band (1982)

Abracadabra (http://youtu.be/ofwFr8o8p0Y), Brown Eyed Girls (2010)

Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: bulldog1979 on March 02, 2015, 01:03:04 AM
"Big Girls Don't Cry" by Frankie Vallie and the Four Seasons (plus the various covers) or Fergie comes to mind. There was also another country song by the same title done by Lynn Anderson.
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: golden eagle on March 02, 2015, 01:18:19 AM
"One" by Metallica and U2 are different.

The Four Tops had the hit song "Ain't Too Proud to Beg". TLC had a slight variation, calling it "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg".
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: Pete from Boston on March 02, 2015, 03:01:10 AM
Quote from: Brian556 on March 02, 2015, 12:18:24 AM
Quote"Lady" was the title of songs by Kenny Rogers, Styx, and the Little River Band.  What's more, I think they were all released within a few years of each other

You forgot the one by the Commodores. Also, Commodores member Lionel Riche remade Kenny's "Lady" as a solo artist.

In fairness, that's "Lady" that Lionel Richie wrote.
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: Brandon on March 02, 2015, 06:50:47 AM
Quote from: Brian556 on March 02, 2015, 12:18:24 AM
Quote"Lady" was the title of songs by Kenny Rogers, Styx, and the Little River Band.  What's more, I think they were all released within a few years of each other

You forgot the one by the Commodores. Also, Commodores member Lionel Riche remade Kenny's "Lady" as a solo artist.

Actually, check the writer.  Rogers sang Richie's song, then Richie sang it.
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: spooky on March 02, 2015, 08:43:31 AM
"Don't Be Cruel" was originally done by Elvis and later remade by Cheap Trick.
A different "Don't Be Cruel" was done by Bobby Brown.

The Cheap Trick and Bobby Brown songs were both in the Top 10 on the week of October 15, 1988. Cheap Trick was #4 and Bobby Brown was #8.
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: thenetwork on March 02, 2015, 09:26:28 AM
"Best Of My Love"

- The Eagles -- November 1974
- The Emotions -- June 1977

Even though they were completely different tunes, each "Best of My Love" song made it to #1 on the Billboard Pop Charts -- a feat that no other pair of different songs/same title has done (to my knowledge).
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: Dr Frankenstein on March 02, 2015, 09:33:20 AM
"Come Together": The Beatles / Patrick Lehman.
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: spooky on March 02, 2015, 09:42:46 AM
Quote from: thenetwork on March 02, 2015, 09:26:28 AM
"Best Of My Love"

- The Eagles -- November 1974
- The Emotions -- June 1977

Even though they were completely different tunes, each "Best of My Love" song made it to #1 on the Billboard Pop Charts -- a feat that no other pair of different songs/same title has done (to my knowledge).

Not quite.

from Wikipedia:

Different songs, same titles to hit No. 1
Song Title / Artist / Peak Date

All for/4 Love — Color Me Badd 1/25/1992 — (Bryan Adams / Rod Stewart / Sting) 1/22/1994
Best of My Love — Eagles 3/1/1975 — The Emotions 8/20/1977
Big Girls Don't Cry — The 4 Seasons 11/16/1962 — Fergie 9/8/2007
Family Affair — Sly & the Family Stone 12/4/1971 — Mary J. Blige 11/3/2001
Good Vibrations — The Beach Boys 12/10/1966 — Marky Mark & the Funky Bunch 10/5/1991
I'm Sorry — Brenda Lee 7/23/1960 — John Denver 9/27/1975
Jump — Van Halen 2/25/1984 — Kris Kross 4/25/1992
My Love — Petula Clark 2/5/1966 — Paul McCartney & Wings 6/2/1973 — Justin Timberlake featuring T.I. 11/11/2006
One More Try — George Michael 5/28/1988 — Timmy T 3/23/1991
Take a Bow — Madonna 2/25/95 — Rihanna 5/24/08
Venus — Frankie Avalon 3/14/1959 — Shocking Blue 2/7/1970 & Bananarama 9/6/1986
Wild Wild West — The Escape Club 11/12/1988 — Will Smith featuring Dru Hill & Kool Mo Dee 7/24/1999
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: mgk920 on March 02, 2015, 09:54:05 AM
Dance, Dance, Dance by the Beach Boys and Chic.

Let's Go by The Cars and Wang Chung.

In the Dark by Billy Squier and Dev.

Several artists did songs titled Lies and Let's Dance.

Mike
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: golden eagle on March 02, 2015, 10:34:39 AM
Another one I missed is "Miss Independent". Kelly Clarkson scored a big hit in 2003, while Ne-Yo charted a few years ago with a totally different song, though not nearly as well known.
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: lepidopteran on March 02, 2015, 12:39:42 PM
Shout by The Isley Brothers and Tears for Fears  (The former was used at least once in a commercial for a laundry spray of that name.)

You know Sing (Sing a Song) by The Carpenters (which was actually written for Sesame Street by Joe Raposo)?
Earth Wind and Fire had Sing a Song
Tony Orlando and Dawn had a minor adult hit titled merely Sing
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: lepidopteran on March 02, 2015, 12:46:13 PM
You know Rock of Ages by Def Leppard?  The name might have been chosen with intentional irony, since there's a well-known 18th-Century Christian hymn by that name -- and even a Jewish hymn for Hanukkah with that title!
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: PHLBOS on March 02, 2015, 01:27:07 PM
Quote from: Brian556 on March 01, 2015, 06:57:19 PM"What About Love"
-Austin Mahone
-Heart
Til Tuesday also had a song titled What About Love during the 80s as well.

Quote from: lepidopteran on March 01, 2015, 11:55:21 PM
Didn't Neil Sedaka also have a Stairway to Heaven?
Yes.
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: mgk920 on March 02, 2015, 01:34:56 PM
Wild Thing by Fancy/the Troggs/X (Joan Jett) and Tone Loc.

Mike
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: roadman65 on March 02, 2015, 01:35:48 PM
Feel Like Making Love

Bad Company and Roberta Flack both have songs with the name, but not the same song.

Forever Young

Dylan had one song that many covered later, but Rod Stewart had one that he came out with that is completely a different song.
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: spooky on March 02, 2015, 01:40:51 PM
Quote from: roadman65 on March 02, 2015, 01:35:48 PM
Forever Young

Dylan had one song that many covered later, but Rod Stewart had one that he came out with that is completely a different song.

Different songs, but quite similar lyrically, so much so that Dylan shares a writing credit on Rod's version.

A different "Forever Young" was also a minor hit for new wave band Alphaville in the 80s. The song has become more well known over the years from its use in TV and movies.
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: Henry on March 02, 2015, 02:40:45 PM
Thanks to my daughter's musical knowledge, I know that For You I Will is the title of totally different songs by Monica and Teddy Geiger.

And then there's the two different songs with the title I Will Always Love You that were performed by Whitney Houston (originally Dolly Parton) and an obscure R&B group named Troop.
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: 1995hoo on March 02, 2015, 03:05:20 PM
The Kinks have a song called "Destroyer"; Static-X and Design the Skyline have different songs of the same name (and Kiss have an album with that name, but no eponymous song).

Neil Diamond has the well-known "America"; Simon & Garfunkel have an utterly different song that's probably just as well-known.

Michael Jackson and U2 have utterly different songs called "Bad."

Twisted Sister and the Who have songs called "We're Not Gonna Take It" that have no resemblance to each other whatsoever.

The Grateful Dead's "Built to Last" (from their final studio album) versus Tom Petty's "Built to Last" released a few years later.

"C'est La Vie" by Bob Seger is a very different song from Shania Twain's rather bubblegum-sounding song of the same name that sounds a lot like "Dancing Queen"!



Close but not quite:

John Mellencamp has "Authority Song"; Jimmy Eat World have "The Authority Song"

Simon & Garfunkel's "The Boxer" versus the Gaslight Anthem's "Boxer"
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: hbelkins on March 02, 2015, 04:34:33 PM
Reminded of this one by a friend/co-worker's Facebook post about hearing the song and wanting to have a roller skating party.

Xanadu by Olivia Newton-John and Rush.
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: Brandon on March 02, 2015, 05:08:49 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on March 02, 2015, 04:34:33 PM
Reminded of this one by a friend/co-worker's Facebook post about hearing the song and wanting to have a roller skating party.

Xanadu by Olivia Newton-John w/ELO and Rush.

"Xanadu" was performed with ONJ singing, and ELO playing.
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: lepidopteran on March 02, 2015, 05:43:48 PM
Quote from: Brian556 on March 01, 2015, 06:57:19 PM
"You And I"
-Lady Gaga
Eddie Rabbit/Crystal Gayle
If you count "parenthetical" titles, there's also Ambrosia's "You're the Only Woman (You & I)".

Quote from: Brian556 on March 01, 2015, 06:57:19 PM
"Heart & Soul"
-TPAU
-Huey Lewis
There's also that classic that you might hear kids playing on the piano, as they did in the movie "Big".

Wikipedia lists 9 songs titled Stand By Me.  While Ben E. King's version is likely the most well-known, a popular song by The Clash titled Train in Vain has Stand By Me as a parenthetical title.  Apparently, Train in Vain was chosen to avoid confusion with the Ben E. King song.

Air Supply had Sweet Dreams; The Eurythmics sang Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This).
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: lepidopteran on March 02, 2015, 06:05:06 PM
Different songs titled Cherish were sung by:
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: Brian556 on March 02, 2015, 06:39:28 PM
"Fancy"
-Reba McEntire
-Iggy
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: bugo on March 02, 2015, 09:33:58 PM
"Only" by Anthrax and Nine Inch Nails
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: Takumi on March 02, 2015, 10:39:51 PM
"Come Again" by Hamilton...


...and a song with the same title by DJ Ham, who is the same person.
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: bugo on March 02, 2015, 11:55:48 PM
There have been some terrible bands mentioned in this thread. Some of you have awful taste in music. Keep it up because it's good for a bit of a laugh.
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: roadman65 on March 03, 2015, 03:50:08 AM
Fame by David Bowie and another song which the title song from the 1980 musical film with the same name that are two totally different songs.

Then there are two songs called St. Elmo's Fire both from the same film, but I believe one is called the Love Theme which is David Foster's instrumental version of a completely different song sung by John Parr which is properly called St. Elmos Fire with (Man in Motion) following in parentheses.
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: dfwmapper on March 03, 2015, 06:59:14 AM
"Wish You Were Here" by Pink Floyd, Alice Cooper, Incubus, Fleetwood Mac, and probably a few dozen others.
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: mgk920 on March 03, 2015, 10:33:51 AM
Quote from: 1995hoo on March 02, 2015, 03:05:20 PM
"C'est La Vie" by Bob Seger is a very different song from Shania Twain's rather bubblegum-sounding song of the same name that sounds a lot like "Dancing Queen"!

Robbie Nevil had a hit with a song of that title in 1986, too.

Mike
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: PHLBOS on March 03, 2015, 10:38:55 AM
Quote from: bugo on March 02, 2015, 11:55:48 PM
There have been some terrible bands mentioned in this thread. Some of you have awful taste in music. Keep it up because it's good for a bit of a laugh.
Given the intent of this thread, just because particular songs & artists are mentioned here doesn't necessarily mean that the poster(s) like them.  They're just posting either what they know and/or observed.
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: Brandon on March 03, 2015, 10:44:54 AM
Quote from: dfwmapper on March 03, 2015, 06:59:14 AM
"Wish You Were Here" by Pink Floyd, Alice Cooper, Incubus, Fleetwood Mac, and probably a few dozen others.

And Chicago comes close with "Wishing You Were Here".
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: lepidopteran on March 03, 2015, 01:20:39 PM
Quote from: bugo on March 02, 2015, 11:55:48 PM
There have been some terrible bands mentioned in this thread. Some of you have awful taste in music.
One man's trash is another man's treasure.
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: mgk920 on March 03, 2015, 01:48:05 PM
Another pair:

Would I Lie To You by the Eurythmics (mid 1980s) and Charles & Eddy (early 1990s).

Mike
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: Brandon on March 03, 2015, 02:08:33 PM
Quote from: bugo on March 02, 2015, 11:55:48 PM
There have been some terrible bands mentioned in this thread. Some of you have awful taste in music. Keep it up because it's good for a bit of a laugh.

We could say the same about what you listen to.  Different people believe different things to suck.
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: mgk920 on March 03, 2015, 02:17:52 PM
Another close two:

Dancing In the Dark by Bruce Springsteen (1984) and In the Dark by Dev (2012).  In the latter, the line "dancing in the dark" is repeated several times.

Mike
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: roadman65 on March 03, 2015, 02:35:52 PM
Sara by Starship and Sara by Fleetwood Mac.

Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: roadman on March 03, 2015, 03:19:11 PM
Quote from: Brandon on March 01, 2015, 05:30:36 PM
"Talking In Your Sleep" by the Romantics and Crystal Gayle.
Also Gordon Lightfoot
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: roadman65 on March 03, 2015, 03:24:35 PM
Although not a song, but Eric Clapton has an album with the same name as a song by The Pointer Sisters: Slowhand.
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: Pete from Boston on March 03, 2015, 03:41:18 PM

Quote from: bugo on March 02, 2015, 11:55:48 PM
There have been some terrible bands mentioned in this thread. Some of you have awful taste in music. Keep it up because it's good for a bit of a laugh.

Hey, there's a difference between knowing a ton of music and truly liking it all.  Don't mistake the former for the latter (and still further is the appreciation for terrible music, responsible for most of Bobby Goldsboro's remaining album sales at this point).
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: mgk920 on March 03, 2015, 08:40:52 PM
The Wanderer - Dion & the Belmonts (1961) and Donna Summer (1981).

Mike
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: lepidopteran on March 03, 2015, 10:16:45 PM
Magic was sung by:

Back On My Feet Again was sung by The Foundations (1968) and The Babys (1979).  There was also the similar When I'm Back On My Feet Again by Michael Bolton (1990).
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: Brian556 on March 03, 2015, 10:23:02 PM
QuoteMagic was sung by:
-Pilot (1974)
-Olivia Newton-John (1980)
-The Cars (1984)
-Coldplay (2014)

Selena Gomez also did the one by pilot.
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: bugo on March 04, 2015, 01:10:27 AM
Quote from: PHLBOS on March 03, 2015, 10:38:55 AM
Quote from: bugo on March 02, 2015, 11:55:48 PM
There have been some terrible bands mentioned in this thread. Some of you have awful taste in music. Keep it up because it's good for a bit of a laugh.
Given the intent of this thread, just because particular songs & artists are mentioned here doesn't necessarily mean that the poster(s) like them.  They're just posting either what they know and/or observed.

Yeah but it's funny reading the names of these horrid bands that I had forgotten about.
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: bandit957 on March 04, 2015, 01:43:46 AM
It would be funny if someone mentioned Night Ranger.
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: english si on March 04, 2015, 08:19:27 AM
Quote from: mgk920 on March 03, 2015, 10:33:51 AM
Quote from: 1995hoo on March 02, 2015, 03:05:20 PM
"C'est La Vie" by Bob Seger is a very different song from Shania Twain's rather bubblegum-sounding song of the same name that sounds a lot like "Dancing Queen"!

Robbie Nevil had a hit with a song of that title in 1986, too.
Don't forget the 1998 earworm and European mega hit by B*Witched. Which was the only one I knew of before this thread (and I've not heard of Robbie Nevil or Bob Seger).
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: spooky on March 04, 2015, 08:28:05 AM
Quote from: bandit957 on March 04, 2015, 01:43:46 AM
It would be funny if someone mentioned Night Ranger.

why?
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: 1995hoo on March 04, 2015, 08:38:46 AM
Quote from: english si on March 04, 2015, 08:19:27 AM
Quote from: mgk920 on March 03, 2015, 10:33:51 AM
Quote from: 1995hoo on March 02, 2015, 03:05:20 PM
"C'est La Vie" by Bob Seger is a very different song from Shania Twain's rather bubblegum-sounding song of the same name that sounds a lot like "Dancing Queen"!

Robbie Nevil had a hit with a song of that title in 1986, too.
Don't forget the 1998 earworm and European mega hit by B*Witched. Which was the only one I knew of before this thread (and I've not heard of Robbie Nevil or Bob Seger).
....

Bob Seger is probably best known for "Old Time Rock and Roll" (itself also known as the song to which Tom Cruise's character lip-syncs in Risky Business), "Night Moves," and "Like a Rock" (the latter used in Chevy ads for many years, though I have no idea whether any of said ads ran in Europe....I kind of doubt it).

You've likely heard some of his songs without having heard of the singer.
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: Pete from Boston on March 04, 2015, 09:28:50 AM

Quote from: bandit957 on March 04, 2015, 01:43:46 AM
It would be funny if someone mentioned Night Ranger.

Someone has proven you wrong.
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: hbelkins on March 04, 2015, 01:54:23 PM
Quote from: bandit957 on March 04, 2015, 01:43:46 AM
It would be funny if someone mentioned Night Ranger.

They would be a candidate for another music thread if only they had self-titled their debut album instead of calling it Dawn Patrol.

Brad Gillis was Ozzy's tour guitarist for awhile after Randy Rhoads got killed. He's the guitarist on the "Speak of the Devil" live album.
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: roadman65 on March 05, 2015, 02:55:13 AM
Cherish by Kool and The Gang and Cherish by The Association.
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: DandyDan on March 05, 2015, 09:31:12 AM
Quote from: golden eagle on March 02, 2015, 01:18:19 AM
"One" by Metallica and U2 are different.

Creed also did "One"
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Post by: roadman65 on March 05, 2015, 09:58:04 AM
Quote from: DandyDan on March 05, 2015, 09:31:12 AM
Quote from: golden eagle on March 02, 2015, 01:18:19 AM
"One" by Metallica and U2 are different.

Creed also did "One"
Three Dog Night has a song called One too!  Might be more as 3DN always did cover tunes by other artists including Paul Williams (aka Little Enos on Smokey And The Bandit).
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Post by: hbelkins on March 05, 2015, 02:32:51 PM
"Let The Good Times Roll" by Molly Hatchet and the Cars.
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Post by: PHLBOS on March 05, 2015, 04:45:34 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on March 05, 2015, 02:32:51 PM
"Let The Good Times Roll" by Molly Hatchet and the Cars.
The 50s duet, Shirley & Lee also had a song (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g3qiXrxqts) with that title.
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Post by: lepidopteran on March 05, 2015, 08:35:23 PM
Tonight's the Night was done by The Shirelles, Rod Stewart, and Neil Young.

And in addition to the songs listed earlier titled One, don't forget that "singular sensation" titled One from the musical A Chorus Line.
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Post by: GCrites on March 06, 2015, 12:20:25 AM
"Snowblind"

Black Sabbath
Ace Frehley
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Post by: roadman65 on March 06, 2015, 12:22:35 AM
Hero by Mariah Carey and Family of the Year.
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Post by: GCrites on March 06, 2015, 12:22:43 AM
Quote from: hbelkins on March 04, 2015, 01:54:23 PM


Brad Gillis was Ozzy's tour guitarist for awhile after Randy Rhoads got killed. He's the guitarist on the "Speak of the Devil" live album.

And it was terrible.
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Post by: lepidopteran on March 06, 2015, 01:02:49 AM
Quote from: roadman65 on March 06, 2015, 12:22:35 AM
Hero by Mariah Carey and Family of the Year.
Also Enrique Iglesias

Quote from: GCrites80s on March 06, 2015, 12:20:25 AM
"Snowblind"

Black Sabbath
Ace Frehley
Also Styx, from the Paradise Theater album.
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Post by: tchafe1978 on March 06, 2015, 12:58:22 PM
Just this morning I heard "Love Bites" by Def Leppard on the way to work. While on lunch I heard "Love Bites (So Do I)" by Halestorm. Not exact same title, but close enough.
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Post by: ethanhopkin14 on March 06, 2015, 02:44:55 PM
Of course the Rutles big hit was " Hold My Hand"

Wikipedia says:

"Hold My Hand" (Dave Davies song)
"Hold My Hand" (1953 song), by Jack Lawrence and Richard Myers
"Hold My Hand" (1931 song), from the musical Me and My Girl
"Hold My Hand" (Sean Paul song), featuring Keri Hilson
"Hold My Hand" (Michael Jackson song), featuring Akon
"Hold My Hand" (Hootie & the Blowfish song)
"Hold My Hand", a song by New Found Glory on their album Coming Home
"Hold My Hand", a song by Maher Zain on his album Thank You Allah

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Post by: ethanhopkin14 on March 06, 2015, 02:46:00 PM
Quote from: Brian556 on March 01, 2015, 06:57:19 PM

"Crush"
-Jennifer Paige
-Selena Gomez
-Mandy Moore

And the Dave Mathews Band
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Post by: ethanhopkin14 on March 06, 2015, 02:48:35 PM
Quote from: Brian556 on March 01, 2015, 06:57:19 PM

"Photograph"
-Def Leppord
-Ringo Starr



Ewwwwwwwwwwwww, Nickelback
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: 1995hoo on March 06, 2015, 03:13:03 PM
While driving earlier today I was playing the Gaslight Anthem's most recent album. One of the songs on it is "Ain't That a Shame." It bears no resemblance whatsoever to the better-known song of that name performed by (among others) Fats Domino, Cheap Trick, and Paul McCartney.
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Post by: Pete from Boston on March 06, 2015, 03:26:12 PM
Quote from: ethanhopkin14 on March 06, 2015, 02:44:55 PM
"Hold My Hand" (Hootie & the Blowfish song)

And none of them will now replace this playing in my head.  This is an evil, evil thing you have done.
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Post by: GCrites on March 06, 2015, 10:49:14 PM
Quote from: tchafe1978 on March 06, 2015, 12:58:22 PM
Just this morning I heard "Love Bites" by Def Leppard on the way to work. While on lunch I heard "Love Bites (So Do I)" by Halestorm. Not exact same title, but close enough.

Judas Priest also has a "Love Bites".
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: mgk920 on March 06, 2015, 11:12:00 PM
Quote from: mgk920 on March 03, 2015, 02:17:52 PM
Another close two:

Dancing In the Dark by Bruce Springsteen (1984) and In the Dark by Dev (2012).  In the latter, the line "dancing in the dark" is repeated several times.

Make that three - Lady Gaga also had a near hit titled Dance In the Dark in 2010.

:-P

Mike
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Post by: Brian556 on March 07, 2015, 12:03:12 AM
"Runaway Train"
-Soul Asylum
-Rosanne Cash
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Post by: ethanhopkin14 on March 08, 2015, 10:01:02 AM
"Sail Away" is my favorite song by Randy Newman.  It is also an Enya song.
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Post by: Brian556 on March 08, 2015, 10:24:37 AM
Quote from ethanhopkin14:
Quote"Sail Away" is my favorite song by Randy Newman.  It is also an Enya song.

The title of the Enya Song you are referring to is "Orinoco Flow". It's one of those songs where the title isn't what you would think it is.
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: ethanhopkin14 on March 09, 2015, 03:39:15 PM
Quote from: Brian556 on March 08, 2015, 10:24:37 AM
Quote from ethanhopkin14:
Quote"Sail Away" is my favorite song by Randy Newman.  It is also an Enya song.

The title of the Enya Song you are referring to is "Orinoco Flow". It's one of those songs where the title isn't what you would think it is.

According to Wikipedia:
"Orinoco Flow" (Sail Away), a song by Enya

I went through this recently. I thought the last time I looked it up the title of the song actually way Sail Away. Oh well.
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: Thing 342 on March 09, 2015, 05:09:13 PM
"Tunnel of Love", by the Dire Straits in 1980, and by Springsteen in 1987.
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Post by: OracleUsr on March 09, 2015, 07:05:10 PM
Quote from: Thing 342 on March 09, 2015, 05:09:13 PM
"Tunnel of Love", by the Dire Straits in 1980, and by Springsteen in 1987.

I can't remember the artist, but the guy who sang "Magnet and Steel" had a b-side of the same 45 that was Tunnel of Love.
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Post by: ethanhopkin14 on March 09, 2015, 07:10:15 PM
Quote from: Thing 342 on March 09, 2015, 05:09:13 PM
"Tunnel of Love", by the Dire Straits in 1980, and by Springsteen in 1987.

Strangely, Roy Bitten of The E Street Band played on both Tunnels of Love.
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Post by: lepidopteran on March 11, 2015, 03:20:48 PM
Our House by Crosby, Stills, and Nash, and by Madness.
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Post by: rawmustard on March 11, 2015, 03:38:52 PM
Quote from: ethanhopkin14 on March 06, 2015, 02:48:35 PM
Quote from: Brian556 on March 01, 2015, 06:57:19 PM

"Photograph"
-Def Leppord
-Ringo Starr



Ewwwwwwwwwwwww, Nickelback

Add to that the Verve Pipe (off of Villains), Weezer (off of Weezer [Green Album]), and Ed Sheeran (off of x).
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: hm insulators on March 11, 2015, 05:08:50 PM
Quote from: thenetwork on March 02, 2015, 09:26:28 AM
"Best Of My Love"

- The Eagles -- November 1974
- The Emotions -- June 1977

Even though they were completely different tunes, each "Best of My Love" song made it to #1 on the Billboard Pop Charts -- a feat that no other pair of different songs/same title has done (to my knowledge).

Two different songs called "Venus" have topped the Billboard pop chart: the first in 1959 by Frankie Avalon, and the other in 1970 by the Shocking Blue. For good measure, a remake of the Shocking Blue song by Bananarama also topped the chart.
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Post by: hm insulators on March 11, 2015, 05:15:00 PM
Quote from: lepidopteran on March 03, 2015, 10:16:45 PM
Magic was sung by:

  • Pilot (1974)
  • Olivia Newton-John (1980)
  • The Cars (1984)
  • Coldplay (2014)

Back On My Feet Again was sung by The Foundations (1968) and The Babys (1979).  There was also the similar When I'm Back On My Feet Again by Michael Bolton (1990).

If we're including album cuts, a group called Vandenburg (of "Burnin" heart" fame in 1982) did a song called "Back on My Feet," and Rainbow did a song called "Magic."
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Post by: hm insulators on March 11, 2015, 05:17:37 PM
Quote from: tchafe1978 on March 06, 2015, 12:58:22 PM
Just this morning I heard "Love Bites" by Def Leppard on the way to work. While on lunch I heard "Love Bites (So Do I)" by Halestorm. Not exact same title, but close enough.

Judas Priest also did a song called "Love Bites."
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: hm insulators on March 11, 2015, 05:19:36 PM
Quote from: OracleUsr on March 09, 2015, 07:05:10 PM
Quote from: Thing 342 on March 09, 2015, 05:09:13 PM
"Tunnel of Love", by the Dire Straits in 1980, and by Springsteen in 1987.

I can't remember the artist, but the guy who sang "Magnet and Steel" had a b-side of the same 45 that was Tunnel of Love.

Fellow by the name of Walter Egan did that song in 1978.
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Post by: bugo on March 13, 2015, 05:34:45 AM
Quote from: hm insulators on March 11, 2015, 05:17:37 PM
Quote from: tchafe1978 on March 06, 2015, 12:58:22 PM
Just this morning I heard "Love Bites" by Def Leppard on the way to work. While on lunch I heard "Love Bites (So Do I)" by Halestorm. Not exact same title, but close enough.

Judas Priest also did a song called "Love Bites."

The Priest song is WAAAAAAAAAAAY better than the Def Leppard song.
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Post by: bugo on March 13, 2015, 05:36:09 AM
Def Leppard has a song called "High 'n' Dry (Saturday Night)"
Radiohead has a song called "High And Dry"
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Post by: lepidopteran on March 25, 2015, 07:07:53 PM
What's Going On? by Marvin Gaye and 4 Non-Blondes

Hot Summer Nights by a group called "Night" and later covered by Water Egan.  The Miami Sound Machine has a different song with that title, and there seem to be others.  In singular form, it's the parenthetical title of Meatloaf's You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth.
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Post by: GCrites on March 25, 2015, 10:47:35 PM
Quote from: hm insulators on March 11, 2015, 05:15:00 PM


If we're including album cuts, a group called Vandenburg (of "Burnin" heart" fame in 1982) did a song called "Back on My Feet," and Rainbow did a song called "Magic."

Survivor also had a Burning Heart.
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Post by: Pete from Boston on March 25, 2015, 11:16:30 PM

Quote from: GCrites80s on March 25, 2015, 10:47:35 PM
Quote from: hm insulators on March 11, 2015, 05:15:00 PM


If we're including album cuts, a group called Vandenburg (of "Burnin" heart" fame in 1982) did a song called "Back on My Feet," and Rainbow did a song called "Magic."

Survivor also had a Burning Heart.

The second-best Survivor song from a Rocky movie ever!
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Post by: hbelkins on March 26, 2015, 03:09:23 PM
"Baby Driver." Done by Simon & Garfunkel; an entirely different song done by Kiss (Peter Criss on vocals).
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Post by: GCrites on March 26, 2015, 10:16:29 PM
^ Now that's a weird title for multiple bands to have used.
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Post by: Brian556 on March 26, 2015, 11:17:58 PM
Ok, what title is the winner for having the most different songs?

I'd nominate "Crush"
1. Selena Gomez
2. Jennifer Paige
3. Mandy Moore
4. Dave Matthews
5. David Archeletta
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: Pete from Boston on March 27, 2015, 01:53:15 AM

Quote from: GCrites80s on March 26, 2015, 10:16:29 PM
^ Now that's a weird title for multiple bands to have used.

First thought: Michelin commercial
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Post by: hotdogPi on March 27, 2015, 05:15:05 AM
Quote from: Brian556 on March 26, 2015, 11:17:58 PM
Ok, what title is the winner for having the most different songs?

I'd nominate "Crush"
1. Selena Gomez
2. Jennifer Paige
3. Mandy Moore
4. Dave Matthews
5. David Archeletta

I Love You, with 41 songs (from Wikipedia disambiguation page)
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: roadman65 on April 04, 2015, 04:46:15 PM
California Girls by the Beach Boys, and California Gurls by Katy Perry.

Not spelled the same though, but it is pronounced the same.
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Post by: Pink Jazz on April 04, 2015, 07:13:35 PM
There are two different smooth jazz songs known as East River Drive.  The older of the two was by the late saxophonist Grover Washington Jr. in 1980.  In the 1990s there was a completely different song with the same title by bassist Stanley Clarke.  Interestingly, both songs are played on SiriusXM's Watercolors.
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Post by: froggie on April 04, 2015, 09:04:30 PM
Surprised nobody's mentioned "Learning to Fly" yet.  Very different songs by Ping Floyd and Tom Petty.
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: roadman65 on April 11, 2015, 05:48:02 PM
Time is both two completely different songs by Alan Parsons and Pink Floyd. 

What is really interesting is that Parsons produced the album that Pink Floyd's song appears on. 
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: lepidopteran on September 01, 2015, 07:27:17 PM
Games People Play
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: davewiecking on September 01, 2015, 09:19:20 PM
Although Pat Boone's "No More Mr. Nice Guy" is a remake of the Alice Cooper original, I would argue it's not really the same song...
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: roadman65 on September 01, 2015, 10:12:57 PM
Believe is a song by Cher and a song from the Polar Express Movie Soundtrack sung by Josh Groban.
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Post by: national highway 1 on September 02, 2015, 01:50:21 AM
Don't Stop The Party by The Black Eyed Peas and also by Pitbull
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Post by: jp the roadgeek on September 02, 2015, 09:35:23 PM
Quote from: lepidopteran on March 25, 2015, 07:07:53 PM
What's Going On? by Marvin Gaye and 4 Non-Blondes

The song by 4 Non Blondes is actually called What's Up?
Title: Re: Different songs, same title
Post by: vtk on September 06, 2015, 01:56:49 AM
I was going to correct the 4 Non Blondes title, but JP beat me to it.

Quote from: davewiecking on September 01, 2015, 09:19:20 PM
Although Pat Boone's "No More Mr. Nice Guy" is a remake of the Alice Cooper original, I would argue it's not really the same song...

Sure you don't have that backwards?




It's My Life, by Talk Talk and later by No Doubt is a different song from It's My Life by Bon Jovi. And they're both different from My Life by Billy Joel.