X Meets Y / Music: Songs

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• 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 "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' "We Love to Party" is "Caramelldansen" meets "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's "Christmas Escape" is It's A Beautiful Day's "White Bird" meets "Walking in the Air" from The Snowman.
• 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's "On Division St." is New Order's "Bizarre Love Triangle" meets U2's "Where The Streets Have No Name".
• 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".
• The Pet Shop Boys' "Shopping" is Kraftwerk's "Showroom Dummies" meets "Danger's No Stranger" from Sesame Street.
• 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".
• Billy Joel's "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", and with a title borrowed from a line in "Rag Doll" by Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.

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