Songs that are bangers despite being clear-as-day ripoffs of another song?

Music
#1

Elastica’s Waking Up - every time i hear this song it somehow becomes more outrageous, but also i can’t help bopping along to it

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#2

From this year, young enough by charly bliss is basically just all my friends, but still great

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#3
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#4

self confessed Fall rip off but still great

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#5

Box Car Racer’s Cat Like Thief (2002)

uses the same music as Alkaline Trio’s You’ve Got So Far to Go (2000)

#6

Tune, but disgraceful how this steals from Portugal. The Man

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#7

I suppose, technically, if we’re really splitting hairs, 1 Thing is a rip of Crazy In Love.

Crazy In Love is a good song. A very good song.

1 Thing is the greatest banger of all time though.

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#8

Ohhh
Jeremy
Corbyn

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#9

Is basically this:

And regardless of what people think of the 1975 (i like 'em) that song is a banger.

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#10

Banquet by Bloc Party is a pretty blatant rip from Gang of Four’s Damaged Goods.

#11

This:

Is a blatant rip off of this:

#12

Sussudio by Phil Collins. Blatant rip off of prince 1999. Both are bangers

#13

Holy shit! Had not heard this. Surprised if Bernie hasn’t taken legal action

#14

Bit of a stretch

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#15

Yeah it’s All My Friends hanging out with the verses to Clearest Blue, isn’t it?

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#18

Yeah? First time I heard Damaged Goods I instantly thought of Banquet (not going to pretend to be cool enough to have heard Gang of Four first). Maybe it’s just me though.

#19

they definitely owe a massive debt to Gang of Four but i thought they were smart enough to avoid full-on plagiarism. Must listen to both songs again though

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#20

LCD have done this a couple of times…

Emotional Haircut

All I Want

Somebody’s Calling Me

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