The Music Series

Discover music through videos about covers, sampling, songwriters, and more.

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'80s Hit More Popular Than The Original? 🎙️ Simply Red - If You Don't Know Me by Now

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'60s Classic Turned Into '80s Nostalgia 🎶 The Turtles - Happy Together

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Is The '90s Soundtrack Hit Bigger Than The '60s Original? 🎙️ Urge Overkill vs Neil Diamond

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🎵 Patrice Rushen - Forget Me Nots (1982)

🎵 The Vapors - Turning Japanese (1980)

🎵 Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers - Tomorrow People (1983)

🎵 Thomas Dolby - She Blinded Me With Science (1982)

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'80s Songs By Artists With Only One Top 40 Hit On The U.S. Billboard Hot 100 - Vol. 4

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🎵 The Icicle Works - Birds Fly (Whisper to a Scream) (1984)

🎵 The Fabulous Thunderbirds - Tuff Enuff (1986)

🎵 The S.O.S. Band - Take Your Time (Do It Right) Part 1 (1980)

🎵 Aldo Nova - Fantasy (1982)

🎵 E.U. - Da Butt (1988)

🎵 When in Rome - The Promise (1987)

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🎵 Coldplay – Viva La Vida

🎵 Joe Satriani – If I Could Fly

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Did This 2000s Hit Rip Off Another Song? 💰 Coldplay – Viva La Vida

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In May 2008, "Viva La Vida" was released by Coldplay. Seven months later, Joe Satriani filed a lawsuit against Coldplay for using "substantial original portions" of his song "If I Could Fly" released in 2004. Coldplay said any similarities are entirely coincidental.

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This '90s Hit Began Before The '70s Classic? 🎧 Big Mountain - Baby, I Love Your Way

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'70s Hit Song Lyrics Had To Be Changed For Radio 📻 Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music (White Boy)

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This '90s Hit Started Over 20 Years Earlier 🎶 The Black Crowes - Hard To Handle

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Here's a list of songs (alternative rock, pop, dance, electronic music) released in the 1990s by artists who have only one Top 40 hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 (not the airplay-only charts).

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'90s Songs By Artists With Only One Top 40 Hit On The U.S. Billboard Hot 100 - Vol. 5

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This '70s Hit Was Ripped Off? 🎸 Santana - Black Magic Woman

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This '60s Classic Wasn't The First One 🎸 The First Edition (with Kenny Rogers) - Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)

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ZZ Top's "Legs" from 1983 was the band's first Top 10 hit in the U.S. A few years later they signed a multi-million dollar deal to have their song reworked for a Sheer Energy Pantyhose ad campaign.

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This '80s Rock Song Was Practically Made For This 🎸 ZZ Top - Legs

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🎵 The Isley Brothers - That Lady (1973)

🎵 The Isley Brothers - Who's That Lady? (1964)

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This '70s Hit Didn't Start In The '70s 🎶 The Isley Brothers - That Lady

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The Isley Brothers' "That Lady" from 1973 was the soul group's second Top 10 hit in the U.S., but did you know it wasn't their first version of the song? It was originally titled "Who's That Lady?" and recorded when the group was just a trio nine years earlier.