Songs that influenced another song

Kettleson

Interested to hear Abba's Bjorn Ulvaeus say that Dancing Queen was directly inspired/based on George McCrea's Rock Your Baby, particularly the groove.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYSSD0SVhN0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arxhW1RgDDo

Here's another...

OMD's "Dream of Me" gave direct lyrical reference to being based on Barry White's Love Theme

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0KYEv7I_l8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtJ7O5ziOuc

Any more?

bullpost

My Sweet Lord by George Harrison was "influenced " by the Chiffons "Shes' so Fine".
It cost him a lot of money for the privilege though.

The Chiffons subsequently went on to record a version of Georges song.

Kettleson

bullpost wrote: »

My Sweet Lord by George Harrison was "influenced " by the Chiffons "Shes' so Fine".
It cost him a lot of money for the privilege though.

The Chiffons subsequently went on to record a version of Georges song.

Yeah Cheers for that Bullpost...but there was an element of "denial" in the influence..which the Judge was called in to sort out.

Its those ones where writers openly say.. "Yeah..I based this song on....whatever"...

Have a listen to these 3...OK its a different issue again, samples and things, but thought you might like...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82QmuUMjCJE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dWsOrMzCic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvRVsnY5ODM

Nailz

Here's one where QOTSA on their Songs For The Deaf album they decided to base "A Song For The Dead" off Black Flag's "Slip It In" of their album of the same name. You got to love a bit of Hardcore influence to be fair.

Queens practically lifted Black Flag's entire drum track and bass riff for their own song.

Black Flag.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqf89Fo2zvg

Queens of the Stone Age.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOsmG-sufNc