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

There are similarities but I wouldn’t say enough to class as a ripoff.

Edit: pretty sure I heard Bloc Party before Gang of Four too

Maybe more of a riff on the theme than an outright rip-off

it’s funny though, in some ways building an entire sound off another band is perhaps more grievous than copying just one song/chord sequence.

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Last Night by The Strokes - American Girl - Tom Petty. Both bangers.

The intro to this song sounds so much like the intro to New Noise by Refused

Intro is pretty much the same as…

The Fall Blindness / Roots Manuva Witness
Both bangers.

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Nudeswirl lifting I Am One might be the most blatant one I’ve ever heard.

Nudeswirl - F#

The Smashing Pumpkins - I Am One

Not actually a banger but the verse here is utterly shameless

Confidence Man’s entire discography is pinched but idgaf because they just do it better.

Lots of songs are basically sped up/slowed down versions of Pachebel’s Canon

I feel like this thread title could just be describing LCD’s discography

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