[Yaelle]

He stole the song! It’s identical to Want a New Drug by Huey Lewis!

[cuban leaf]

He stole the song! It’s identical to Want a New Drug by Huey Lewis!

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Yep.

There is a great music business phrase, though: Change a word, get a third.

[nickcarraway]

That's another song, called, Ghostbusters, but I wouldn't call it identical. But again, I think it's the record company. They asked Huey Lewis & the News to do a song like, I Want a New Drug for Ghostbusters. When Turned down, because Lewis was doing a song for Back to the Future, they hired Parker to come up with a new song. Interestingly, both songs went to #1.

[Calvin Locke]

You didn’t read the article.

It wasn’t “Ghostbusters”.

It was “You Make Me Feel Like Dancing”.

[Captainpaintball]

No it’s not. An identical song is Led Zeppelin stealing Dazed and Confused from Jake Holmes, who opened for them on a few occasions

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

[nesnah]

He stole the song! It’s identical to Want a New Drug by Huey Lewis!

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He sure did.

Another thief - “All I Wanna Do” from Cheryl Crow

Ripping off Gerry Rafferty’s riff in Stealers Wheel “Stuck in the Middle With You”.

[Fledermaus]

Sounds different to me.