X Meets Y / Music: Songs

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• blink-182's "Fell in Love" is Michael Jackson's "Remember the Time" In the Style of Blink-182.
• Frank Zappa's "Inca Roads": Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds (particularly "The Eve of the War") meets Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
• Classical pianist Glenn Gould wrote that " 'Strawberry Fields Forever' suggests a chance encounter at a mountain wedding between Claudio Monteverdi and a jug band."
• Avantasia's Wastelands is My Chemical Romance's Welcome to the Black Parade meets Helloween's Keeper of the Seven Keys
• Avantasia's Moonglow is Nightwish's Amaranth meets Mike Oldfield 's Moonlight Shadow.
• Queen's "'39" is Folk Music meets Science Fiction (or according to Word of God, sci-fi meets skiffle?).
• Elvis Costello's version of "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace Love And Understanding" is Nick Lowe's original meets Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run".
• The title track of Everdune's Legend of the Aces sounds like Michael Jackson's Thriller meets the Airwolf theme.
• Ollie Wride:
  • "Back To Life" is Steve Winwood's "Higher Love" meets The Weeknd's "I Feel It Coming".
  • "I'm A Believer" is A Flock of Seagulls' "I Ran" meets Lisa Lougheed's "Run With Us" from The Raccoons.
• Sash!'s "Get Ready", from Life's a Beach, is Jennifer Lopez's "Waiting For Tonight" meets PPK's "Resu-Rection". From the same album, "Back in My Life" is Cutting Crew's "(I Just) Died in Your Arms" meets Alice Deejay's "Back in My Life".
• Caramella Girls:
  • "Boogie Bam Dance" is Blümchen's "Heute ist mein Tag" meets Caramell's "Caramelldansen".
  • "We Love to Party" is "Caramelldansen" meets Psy's "Gangnam Style".
• Siamese Youth's "Take On Me Too" is A Ha's "Take On Me" meets The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights".
  • The Kyoto Connection's "Take On Me" is the a-ha song meets Michael Sembello's "Maniac".
• Gorky Park's "Bang" is Def Leppard's "Pour Some Sugar on Me" meets Van Halen's "Panama".
• Michael Oakley's "Left Behind" is Den Harrow's "Future Brain" meets New Order's "True Faith".
• Thunder Porpoise:
  • "Until the End of Time" is Jean-Michel Jarre's "Fourth Rendez-Vous" meets the Space Harrier theme.
  • "Never That Young" is The Police's "Every Breath You Take" meets Lukas Graham's "Love Someone" meets Coldplay's "Viva La Vida".
  • "Bit By Bit" is Daft Punk's "Get Lucky" meets Little Mix's "No More Sad Songs".
• Bestial Mouths' "Earth" video is Aphex Twin's "Come to Daddy" meets Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance".
• Siamese Youth's "So Far From Home" is The Wanted's "Chasing The Sun" meets The Weeknd's "Save Your Tears".
• Jennifer Paige's "Crush" is a mash-up of "Like a Virgin" and a Tampax commercial.
• DJ Janis's "Lovestruck" is George Michael's "Careless Whisper" meets Kay Cee's "Escape".
  • Kay Cee's "Escape" itself is 4 Voices' "Eternal Spirit" meets Ayla's self-titled song, hence the common mislabeling "Ayla Part 3".
• Manfred Mann's Earth Band's version of "Blinded By the Light" is the original Bruce Springsteen version meets the Who's "Won't Get Fooled Again."
• Kelsea Ballerini's "I Miss Me More" is Tammy Wynette's "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" meets Taylor Swift's "Me" with the aesthetic filter of Madonna's "Material Girl."
• Mike Mareen:
  • "Love Spy" is Lipps Inc.'s "Funky Town" meets Trans-X's "Living on Video".
  • "Don't Talk To The Snake" is ABC's "The Look Of Love" meets Mareen's own "Here I Am".
  • "Germany" is Toto's "Africa" meets Falco's "Rock Me Amadeus". Ironically, its parent album Let's Start Now has a song called "Africa", but it's completely different from the Toto song.
  • "Lady Ecstasy" is Boney M.'s "Rasputin" meets ABBA's "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)".
• Oakland Stroke's "Planet Whip" is The Dazz Band's "Let It Whip" meets Armand van Helden's "The Funk Phenomena" meets Daft Punk's "Rollin' and Scratchin'".
• Ian Van Dahl's "Will I" is Cygnus X's "Superstring(Rank 1 Remix)" meets Alice Deejay's "Will I Ever".
• Sally Shapiro:
  • "Believe in Me" is Aqua's "Turn Back Time" meets The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights".
  • "Down This Road"(with Highway Superstar) is America's "Man's Road" meets Mariya Takeuchi's "Plastic Love" meets Level 42's "Something About You".
  • "Christmas Escape" is It's A Beautiful Day's "White Bird" meets "Walking in the Air" from The Snowman meets Primal Scream's "Inner Flight".
• Petra Marklund, a.k.a September's, "Cry For You" is Bronski Beat's "Smalltown Boy" meets Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game".
  • "All My Dreams by Kidburn & Roxi Drive is Phil Collins' "Another Day in Paradise" meets Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game".
• Mythos 'n DJ Cosmo's "Somewhere Out There" is Ayla's "Liebe" meets BT's "Godspeed"(which itself is BT's "Flaming June" meets Tina Turner's "When The Heartache Is Over").
• Nation of Language:
  • "On Division St." is New Order's "Bizarre Love Triangle" meets U2's "Where The Streets Have No Name".
  • "Indignities" is The Cult's "She Sells Sanctuary" meets Kraftwerk's "Pocket Calculator" meets The Romantics' "Talking In Your Sleep".
• Meghan Trainor's "No" is Eminem's "My Name Is" meets Destiny's Child's "Jumpin' Jumpin'".
• Void Vision:
  • "The Source" is Berlin's "The Metro" meets the Stage 1 BGM from Journey to Silius.
  • "Queen of Hearts" is Björk's "Come To Me" meets The Frozen Autumn's "Again".
• The title track of Electric Light Orchestra's "Eldorado" is The Beatles' "A Day in the Life" meets The Moody Blues' "Nights In White Satin."
  • John Lennon praised ELO's "Showdown," describing it as a mix of "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," Lou Christie's "Lightning Strikes" and "I Am the Walrus."
• Crystal Sierra's "Playa No More" is Big Pun's "Still Not A Player" meets TLC's "No Scrubs".
• Ava Max's "Sweet But Psycho" is O-Zone's "Dragostea Din Tei" meets Jay Sean's "Down".
• Jason Derulo:
  • "Don't Wanna Go Home" is literally Harry Belafonte's "Day-O (Banana Boat Song)" meets Robin S.'s "Show Me Love".
  • "Acapulco" is Dschinghis Khan's "Moskau" meets Sash!'s "Ecuador" meets The Wanted's "Glad You Came".
• M83:
  • "Lune de fiel" is Tony's theme from Scarface (1983) meets M83's "Midnight City" meets Jean-Michel Jarre's "Oxygène 19".
  • "Oh Yes, You're There Everyday" is the Dungeon Theme from The Legend of Zelda meets Protoman's theme from Mega Man 3 meets Army of Lovers' "Crucified".
• Glove's "Behaviour" is New Order's "Blue Monday" meets Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit".
• A7's "Piece of Heaven" is The Real McCoy's "One More Time" meets Alice Deejay's "Better Off Alone". In turn, Dune's Screwed by the Lawyers single "Heaven" is A7's "Piece of Heaven" meets Dune's "I Can't Stop Raving", and Akira's cover of "Piece of Heaven" is the original meets Cascada's "Miracle"(being co-produced by Cascada founders DJ Manian and Yanou).
• Blümchen's "Ich bin wieder hier" is Rozalla's "Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)" meets Sash!'s "Stay".
• The Mind Electric by Miracle Musical is Bohemian Rhapsody meets Psychological Horror.
• Ylvis's "The Fox" is No Mercy's "Where Do You Go?" meets Imagine Dragons' "Radioactive" meets Sia's "Titanium" meets PSY's "Gangnam Style" meets INNA's "In Your Eyes".
• Yes's "Leave It" is their "I've Seen All Good People" meets Tears for Fears' "Shout."
  • "Owner of a Lonely Heart" is "Long Distance Runaround" meets The Police's "Every Breath You Take."
• M:G's "What Do You Remember?" is R. Kelly's "I Believe I Can Fly" meets Jocelyn Enriquez's "Do You Miss Me?".
• Escape Club's "Wild Wild West" is Elvis Costello's "Pump it Up" meets Talking Heads' "Wild Wild Life".
• Green Day's "Warning" is The Clash's "Know Your Rights" meets The Kinks' "Picture Book".
• Pet Shop Boys:
  • "Shopping" is Kraftwerk's "Showroom Dummies" meets "Danger's No Stranger" from Sesame Street.
  • "Hit Music" is Henry Mancini's Peter Gunn theme meets Bananarama's "Venus".
  • "Domino Dancing" is Exposé's "Point Of No Return" meets Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up".
• 2 Brothers on the 4th Floor's "There's A Key" is Aphrodite's Child's "Rain and Tears" meets Dune's "I Can't Stop Raving". Ironically, ex-Dune vocalist Verena von Strenge later covered "Rain and Tears".
• Spaceplanet's "Breath of Imagination" is Marc van Linden's "Sturm der Nacht" meets System F's "Exhale".
• Jocelyn Enriquez's "A Little Bit of Ecstasy" is Planet Soul's "Set U Free" meets K5's "Lift You Up".
• Bruce Springsteen's "New York City Serenade" is his earlier song "It's Hard to be a Saint in the City" meets Van Morrison's "Madame George".
• Lost Tribe's "Gamemaster" is Quench's "Dreams" meets Robert Miles' "Children".
• R3hab's "My Pony" is Ginuwine's "Pony" meets Regard's "Ride It".
• Guns N' Roses' "Paradise City" is "Lost in the City" by Hanoi Rocks meets "Let It Ride" by Bachman-Turner Overdrive.
• Amber's "This Is Your Night" is Dr. Alban's "It's My Life" meets Staxx's "Joy" meets The Real McCoy's "Another Night" meets Billie Ray Martin's "Your Loving Arms".
• Inna's "Be My Lover" is La Bouche's "Be My Lover" meets Nicki Minaj's "Pound The Alarm".
• More's "Around The World" is Daft Punk's "Around The World" meets Eiffel 65's "Blue", with a touch of Europe's "The Final Countdown" during the verse section.
  • Kim Lukas's "All I Really Want" is Eiffel 65's "Blue" meets Nik Kershaw's "Wouldn't It Be Good".
  • Sarina Paris's "Just About Enough" is Eiffel 65's "Blue" meets Rollergirl's "I Keep On Rollin'".
• Mauro Picotto's "Like This Like That" is Armin Van Buuren's "Blue Fear" meets Agnelli & Nelson's "Everyday".
  • Agnelli & Nelson's "Hudson Street" is Armin's "Blue Fear" meets Giorgio Moroder's "Chase".
• Billy Joel:
  • "Just the Way You Are" is Minnie Riperton's "Lovin' You" filtered through the musical style of 10cc's "I'm Not in Love" and peppered with some chord changes and sax along the lines of Carole King's "Jazzman", plus a title borrowed from a line in "Rag Doll" by Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.
  • "We Didn't Start the Fire" is Bob Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues" (possibly with some influence from R.E.M.'s "It's The End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)") meets post-World War II US and world history, filtered through Mick Jones-era Foreigner.
• Rihanna's "Shut Up and Drive" is Orgy's cover of New Order's "Blue Monday" meets The B-52s' "Love Shack" meets Republica's "Ready To Go".
• The New Radicals' "You Get What You Give" is "Hungry Heart" meets "Glory Days" meets "Kiss On My List".
• Lemon Demon's "Geeks in Love" is a Lamont Dozier song (a good example is "Two Hearts" by Phil Collins) meets "Birdhouse in Your Soul".
• Ricky Martin's "Shake Your Bon Bon" is Peaches & Herb's "Shake Your Groove Thing" meets Soul Coughing's "Super Bon Bon".
• Cyndi Lauper's "Hey Now(Girls Just Want to Have Fun" is her original "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" meets Redbone's "Come and Get Your Love".
• Eric Carmen's "Make Me Lose Control" is Reo Speedwagon's "Can't Fight This Feeling" meets Peter Cetera's "Glory of Love".
• Kmfdm's "Ultra" is Rob Zombie's "Dragula" meets Genesis' "Land of Confusion".
• Nine Days' "Absolutely (Story of a Girl)" is Blessid Union of Souls' "Hey Leonardo (She Likes Me for Me)" meets The Romantics' "What I Like About You".
• The Cure's "Just Like Heaven" is The Only Ones' "Another Girl, Another Planet" meets A Ha's "Take on Me".
• Cream's "White Room" is The Beatles' "I Am the Walrus" meets Jimi Hendrix's "Purple Haze" meets Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb".
• Ninja Sex Party's "6969" is Rush's "2112" meets "Weird Al" Yankovic's "Albequerque".
• Edguy's "Trinidad" is Firehouse's "Don't Treat Me Bad" meets Jimmy Buffett's "Margaritaville".
• Ghost's "Hunter's Moon" is Ozzy Osbourne's "Crazy Train" meets Abba's "Lay All Your Love on Me".
• Iron Maiden's "The Trooper" is Judas Priest's "The Sentinel" meets Jethro Tull's "Aqualung".
• Thin Lizzy's "The Boys are Back in Town" is Van Morrison's "Brown-Eyed Girl" meets The Who's "My Generation".
• Rush's "Red Barchetta" is Yes' "Roundabout" meets Deep Purple's "Highway Star".
• Genesis' "Anything She Does" is The Police's "Every Little Thing She Does is Magic" meets The Vapors' "Turning Japanese."
• Gin Blossoms' "Allison Road" is Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run" meets Tracy Chapman's "Fast Car."
• Elvenking's "Petalstorm" is Iron Maiden's "Rainmaker" meets My Chemical Romance's "Famous Last Words".
• Deep Purple's "Hush" is the original version of the song by Billy Joe Royal meets The Animals' version of "House of the Rising Sun" meets Cream's "Sunshine of Your Love" meets The Doors "Break On Through (to the Other Side)".
• Helloween's "Heavy Metal is the Law" is Judas Priest's "Rocka Rolla" meets Rainbow's "Temple of the King."
• Stratovarius' "Anthem of the World" is Queen's "The Prophet's Song" meets Symphony X's "Masquerade" meets Ludwig van Beethoven's 9th Symphony.
• Martika's "Toy Soldiers" is Madonna's "Live to Tell" blended with the lyrical concept of Metallica's "Master of Puppets" (cocaine addiction=being manipulated by the drug like a toy).
• Savage Garden's "I Want You" is The Smiths' "How Soon Is Now" meets Fine Young Cannibals' "She Drives Me Crazy" meets Alanis Morissette's "You Oughta Know".
• Magica's "Magica" is Agnelli & Nelson's "El Niño" meets Ayla's "Ayla (Veracocha Remix)".
• Avantasia's "Blowing Out the Flame" is Guns N' Roses' "November Rain" meets The Smashing Pumpkins' "Today".
• Sabaton's "Primo Victoria" is Manowar's "Kings of Metal" meets Iron Maiden's "The Trooper".
• Lordi's "Hard Rock Hallelujah" is Ac Dc's "Thunderstruck" meets Nightwish's "Wishmaster".
• Kamelot's "Ghost Opera" is Stratovarius' "Black Diamond" meets Evanescence's "Bring Me to Life".
• Heavenly's "The Dark Memories" is Helloween's "I Want Out" meets My Chemical Romance's "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)".
• "Walking In the Sky" by DJ Encore & Engelina is Madonna's "What It Feels Like For a Girl (Above and Beyond Remix)" meets E-Type's "Life".
• The Overclocked Re Mix "Dublin Delight" by Stefan Weinert feat. Makke is Ben Daglish's Theme Tune to the Commodore 64 game Artura meets the Charlie Daniels Band's "The Devil Went Down To Georgia" In the Style of an Irish pub song.
• Michael Oakley & Dana Jean Phoenix's "Now I'm Alive" is Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram's "Somewhere Out There" meets Roxette's "Listen To Your Heart".
• Genesis's "Invisible Touch" is Sheila E.'s "The Glamorous Life" meets Steve Winwood's "Higher Love".
• Highway Superstar:
  • "Hunters" is Survivor's "Eye of the Tiger" meets Steve Winwood's "Higher Love" meets Miami Sound Machine's "Conga".
  • "Dream Diary" is Sandra's "(I'll Never Be) Maria Magdalena" meets the Pet Shop Boys' "Domino Dancing".
• Parallels' "Fantastique" is Patti Smith's "Because The Night" meets Eurythmics' "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)".
• Fifty Fifty's "Cupid" is Mariya Takeuchi's "Plastic Love" meets Gwen Stefani's "Make Me Like You".
• Tiësto's "Forever Today" is Brad Fiedel's Terminator theme meets System F's "Solstice".
• DJ Session One's "Journey Through The Time" is Talla 2XLC's "The World In My Eyes"(itself a Suspiciously Similar Song to the aforementioned Terminator theme) meets Vincent de Moor's "Fly Away".
• "Cool Your Engines" by Kareema(a side project co-produced by DJ Manian of Cascada) is Ian Van Dahl's "Castles In The Sky" meets DJ Shog's "Another World".
• DJ Shog's "Live 4 Music" is his own "Another World" meets DJ Scot Project's "S(Outer Space)".
• mind.in.a.box's "I Love 64" is The Beatles' "When I'm Sixty-Four" meets Abba's "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!"(or by extension Madonna's "Hung Up" or The Tamperer's "Hammer To The Heart") meets "Still Alive" from Portal.
• The Secret Chord's "We Used to Look Up in the Sky" is Europe's "The Final Countdown" meets CHVRCHES' "The Mother We Share".
• Limahl:
  • The Title Theme Tune of The Neverending Story is Erasure's "Oh L'amour" meets Giorgio Moroder & Philip Oakey's "Together In Electric Dreams".
  • "Love In Your Eyes" is Journey's "Don't Stop Believing" meets Gerard Joling's "Love Is In Your Eyes" meets Berlin's "Take My Breath Away"(also produced by Moroder).
  • "Working Out" is Madleen Kane's "Playing For Time"(another Moroder production) meets the Crystal Light™ National Aerobic Championship theme.
  • "Don't Send For Me" is The Pointer Sisters' "I'm So Excited" meets A Ha's "Take On Me".
• Dua Lipa's "Physical" is Olivia Newton-John's "Physical" meets Patti LaBelle's "New Attitude" meets Solarstone's "Touchstone".
• Thrice's "T & C" is the theme tune of T & C Surf Designs: Wood & Water Rage meets "At Doom's Gate" from Doom.
• Paramore's "Ain't It Fun" is "Welcome to the Real World" by Jane Child meets "Good for Me" by Amy Grant.
• "Saltwater" by Chicane f/ Moya Brennan is CLANNAD's "Theme From Harry's Game" meets Energy 52's "Cafe del Mar".
• Fragma:
  • "Toca's Miracle" is literally Coco's "I Need A Miracle" meets Fragma's own "Toca Me".
  • "Man In the Moon" is Energy 52's "Cafe del Mar" meets Dune's "Dark Side of the Moon".
• Solarstone:
  • "The Last Defeat (Part 1)" is "Norweg" from Cirque du Soleil's Saltimbanco meets Tiësto's "Suburban Train". "Part 2" is the above meets Sarah McLachlan's "Sweet Surrender".
  • "Landmark"(feat. Lostly) is the title song of Cirque's Alegría meets Alexander Nakarada's "The Lone Wolf", the latter of which is in turn a slowed down Suspiciously Similar Song to ZUN's "Gensokyo Millenium ~ History of the Moon".
• The original mix of Brainbug's "Nightmare" is Mike Oldfield's "Tubular Bells" meets Robert Miles' "Children", while the better known Sinister Strings mix is "Tubular Bells" meets the Jaws theme.
• Gerard Joling's "Ticket To the Tropics" is Sergio Mendes's "Never Gonna Let You Go" meets George Michael's "Careless Whisper".
• MYC's "Rock" is The Whispers' "Rock Steady" meets Daft Punk's "One More Time". The Cascada vs. Tune Up! remix additionally interpolates a phrase from Gershon Kingsley's "Popcorn".
• Rita Ora's "Radioactive"(no relation to the Imagine Dragons song) is Maroon 5's "Moves Like Jagger" meets Rihanna's "Only Girl (In The World)".
• Ondina's "Into The Night" is Haddaway's "What Is Love?" meets Ce Ce Peniston's "Finally" meets Corona's "The Rhythm of the Night".
• Ayla:
  • "Atlantis" is Brainchild's "Singularity" (which Ayla themselves later covered) meets Robert Miles' "Children".
  • "Angelfalls" is Ayla's self-titled song (namely the Taucher mix) meets either Robert Miles' "Fable" or Zhi-Vago's "Celebrate The Love".
  • "Sun is Coming Out"(feat. Yel) is Kate Bush's "Cloudbusting" meets Vangelis's "Light and Shadow" (and by extension Gouryella's "Tenshi").
• The Cure's "Lovesong" is The Church's "Under the Milky Way" meets U2's "New Year's Day".
• 'Don't Lose My Number" by Phil Collins is Rod Stewart's "Young Turks" meets Steely Dan's "Rikki Don't Lose That Number".
• X-Cabs' "Neuro '99" is the original "Neuro" meets Robert Miles' "Children" meets System F's "Out of the Blue".
• Rocco & Heist's "Starlight" is DJ Tandu's "Velvet" meets Gouryella's self-titled song meets Agnelli & Nelson's "Embrace".
• Blue Pearl's "(Can You) Feel The Passion" is S'Express's "Superfly Guy" meets Bizarre Inc.'s "Playing With Knives".
• David Guetta & Kim Petras's "When We Were Young (The Logical Song)" is Supertramp's "The Logical Song" meets Robert Miles's "Children".
• Lizzo's "2 Be Loved" is The Veronicas' "Untouched" meets Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off" (which Max Martin also co-produced).
• TXT's "Chasin' That Feeling" is Ed Sheeran's "Bad Habits" meets Harry Styles' "As It Was". In turn, "Bad Habits" is Bronski Beat's "Smalltown Boy" meets Kaskade's "Disarm You", and "As It Was" is a ha's "Take On Me" meets James Bay's "Pink Lemonade".
• Santana's "Black Magic Woman" is the original version by Fleetwood Mac meets "Light My Fire" by The Doors.
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  • "Machine Gun" is The Beatles' "Hey Bulldog" meets Microchip League's "Communicate".
  • "Midnight Sun" is a-ha's "Hunting High And Low" meets Samuel E. Wright's "Kiss The Girl".
  • "So Many People" is a-ha's "The Sun Always Shines On TV" meets the Pet Shop Boys' "Always On My Mind".
  • "Military Drums" is Paul Hardcastle's "19" meets Information Society's "Walking Away".
  • "C'est la vie" is Enigma's "Sadeness" meets Deep Forest's "Sweet Lullaby".
• mindXpander's "Town Circus" is the Back to the Future theme meets "Kaze" from Saltimbanco.
• Elton John & Dua Lipa's "Cold Heart" is literally a mashup of the former's "Sacrifice", "Rocket Man", "Kiss The Bride", and "Where's The Shoorah?" In the Style of Charlie Puth & Kehlani's "Done For Me".
• Unknown Source's "Nadjanema" is Gouryella's self-titled song meets Rank 1's "Symsonic" (which itself is the Speed theme meets the Braveheart theme).
• Snog's "The Human Germ" is The Church's "Under The Milky Way" meets Nirvana's "Heart Shaped Box".
• Starset's "Dark On Me" is Linkin Park's "Iridescent" meets Sara Bareilles's "Gravity"
• Millencolin's "Shut You Out" is The Killers' "Mr. Brightside" meets Rise Against's "Savior."

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