Songs in this section range from clear lifts to similar riffs or merely inspirations.
| Song | Artist | A Rewrite Of |
|---|---|---|
| Action | Paul Revere & Raiders/Freddy Cannon |
Shim Sham Shuffle by Ricky Lyons |
| All Alone Am I | Brenda Lee | Min Ton Rotas Ton Ourano by Mary Lo |
| All By Myself | Eric Carmen | Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 by (composer) Sergei Rachmaninov |
| Alone At Last | Jackie Wilson | Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor by (composer) Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky |
| Annie Fanny | Kingsmen | Alley-Oop by the Hollywood Argyles |
| Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song, (Hey Won't You Play) | B.J. Thomas | Hey Look Me Over by Lucille Ball |
| Asia Minor | Kokomo | Piano Concerto in A minor by (composer) Edvard Grieg |
| Baby Please Don't Go | Big Joe Williams | Don't You Leave Me Here by Harvey Hull/Sunny Boy & His Pals |
| Ballroom Blitz | Sweet | Let's Stomp by Bobby Comstock |
| Because | Beatles | Moonlight Sonata by (composer) Ludwig van Beethoven |
| Billion Dollar Babies | Alice Cooper | Tell Me To My Face by the Hollies |
| Black Magic Woman | Fleetwood Mac | I Loved Another Woman by Fleetwood Mac |
| Blowin' In The Wind | Bob Dylan | No More Auction Block For Me by (composer) Gustavus D. Pike |
| Blues Stay Away From Me | Delmore Bros. | The Hucklebuck by Paul Williams |
| Blurred Lines | Robin Thicke | Got To Give It Up by Marvin Gaye |
| Bon-Doo-Wah | Orlons | Banua by the Kingston Trio |
| Born Under A Bad Sign | Albert King | Bad Luck Blues by Cousin Joe |
| Breakdown | Tom Petty | Cheating by the Animals |
| Breaking Us In Two | Joe Jackson | Day After Day by Badfinger |
| Bring It On Home To Me | Sam Cooke | I Want To Go Home by Charles Brown & Amos Milburn |
| Bristol Stomp | Dovells | Every Day Of The Week by the Students |
| Bristol Twistin' Annie | Dovells | Pistol Packin' Mama by Al Dexter & his Troopers |
| Brother John | Wild Tchoupitoulas | Jock-A-Mo (aka Iko Iko) by Sugar Boy Crawford |
| Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia) | Us3 | Cantaloupe Island by Herbie Hancock |
| Can't Help Falling In Love | Elvis Presley | Plaisir d'Amour by (composer) Giovanni Martini |
| Can't Satisfy | Impressions | This Old Heart Of Mine by the Isley Bros. |
| Cha-Cha-Cha, The | Bobby Rydell | Rinky Dink by Dave "Baby" Cortez |
| Chain Of Fools | Aretha Franklin | Pains Of Life by Rev. E (Elijah) Fair & Sensational Gladys Davis Trio |
| Cherié | Bobby Rydell | Little Darlin' by Gladiolas/Diamonds |
| Child In Time | Deep Purple | Bombay Calling by It's A Beautiful Day |
| Chipmunk Song, The | Chipmunks | Around The World by Victor Young/Bing Crosby |
| Come As You Are | Nirvana | Eighties by Killing Joke |
| Come Together | Beatles | You Can't Catch Me by Chuck Berry |
| Could It Be Magic | Barry Manilow | Prelude in C minor by (composer) Frederic Chopin |
| Count Every Star | Ray Anthony/Rivieras/Linda Scott | Tout Ca by Henri Salvador |
| Creep | Radiohead | The Air That I Breathe by Albert Hammond/Hollies |
| Dance By The Light Of The Moon | Olympics | Lubly Fan Will You Cum Out Tonight (sic) by (composer) John Hodges |
| Dani California | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Mary Jane's Last Dance by Tom Petty & Heartbreakers |
| Darlin' | Beach Boys | Thinkin' 'Bout You Baby by Sharon Marie |
| Dedicated To The One I Love | Five Royales | I Don't Want You To Go by the Casanovas |
| Do Ya Think I'm Sexy? | Rod Stewart | Taj Mahal by Jorge Ben |
| Don't Think Twice | Bob Dylan | Who's Gonna Buy You Ribbons (When I'm Gone) by Paul Clayton |
| Don't You Know | Della Reese | Musetta's Waltz, from La Bohème, by (composer) Giacomo Puccini |
| Dragnet (theme) | (composer) Walter Schumann/Ray Anthony | Danger Ahead, from Killers ost, by (composer) Miklós Rózsa |
| Dreamin' | Kiss | Eighteen by Alice Cooper |
| 81, The | Candy & The Kisses | In My Lonely Room by Martha & The Vandellas |
| Elected | Alice Cooper | Reflected by Alice Cooper |
| Every Breath You Take | Police | More Than I Can Say by Bobby Vee |
| Everybody's Everything | Santana | Karate by the Emperors |
| Fat Man, The | Fats Domino | Junker Blues by Champion Jack Dupree |
| Feelings | Morris Albert | Pour Toi by Dario Moreno |
| Fingernails | Joe Ely | I Keep My Fingernails Long (So They'll Click When I Play The Paino) by Harvard Lampoon Tabernacle Choir |
| Fire On The Mountain | Grateful Dead | Happiness Is Drumming by Diga Rhythm Band |
| Fish, The | Bobby Rydell | Mama Said by the Shirelles |
| Folsom Prison Blues | Johnny Cash | The Blues Singer (aka Crescent City Blues) by Gordon Jenkins w/ Beverly Mahr |
| Frozen | Madonna | Ma Vie Fout L'camp by Salvatore Acquaviva |
| Gaucho | Steely Dan | Long As You Know You're Living Yours by Keith Jarrett |
| Ghostbusters | Ray Parker Jr. | I Want A New Drug by Huey Lewis |
| Gimme Some Lovin' | Spencer Davis Group | A Lot Of Love by Homer Banks |
| Gloria | Laura Branigan | Gloria by Umberto Tozzi/Jonathan King |
| God, Love And Rock And Roll | Teegarden & Van Winkle | Amen by Jester Hairston/Impressions |
| Goin' Steady | Faron Young/Tommy Sands | She Knows Why by Claude King |
| Good News | Sam Cooke | Good News by the Pilgrim Travelers |
| Got My Mojo Working | Muddy Waters/Ann Cole | Hands Off by Jay McShann's Orchestra |
| Gotta Travel On | Billy Grammer | Do Lord, Do Remember Me by Garner Brothers |
| Greatest Love Of All | George Benson/Whitney Houston | If You Could Read My Mind by Gordon Lightfoot |
| Groovy Kind Of Love | Diane & Annita/Mindbenders | Sonatina in G, Op. 36, No. 5 (Rondo) by (composer) Muzio Clementi |
| Happy Heart | Andy Williams/Petula Clark | In Other Words (aka Fly Me To The Moon) by Kaye Ballard |
| Happy Xmas (War Is Over) | John & Yoko | Stewball by Greenbriar Boys |
| Hello Dolly | Louis Armstrong | Sunflower by Frank Sinatra |
| Hello I Love You | Doors | All Day And All Of The Night by the Kinks |
| Hello Mary Lou | Gene Pitney/Ricky Nelson | Merry Merry Lou by the Sparks |
| Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah! (A Letter From Camp) | Allan Sherman | Dance Of The Hours by (composer) Amilcare Ponchielli |
| Help Yourself | Tom Jones | Gli Occhi Miei by Wilma Goich/Dino |
| Hey Mister (aka The Most Beautiful Girl) | Norro Wilson | Mama McCluskey by Norro Wilson |
| Hot (I Need To Be Loved, Loved, Loved) | James Brown | Fame by David Bowie |
| Hot Rod Lincoln | Charley Ryan/Johnny Bond/Commander Cody | Hot Rod Race by Arkie Shibley |
| How Many More Times | Led Zeppelin | No Place To Go (You Gonna Wreck My Life) by Howlin' Wolf and The Hunter by Albert King |
| I (Who Have Nothing) | Ben E. King | Uno Dei Tanti by Joe Sentieri |
| I Can't Be Satisfied | Muddy Waters | I Be's Troubled by Muddy Waters (as McKinley Morganfield) |
| I Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die Rag | Country Joe & Fish | Muskrat Ramble by Louis Armstrong |
| I Got A Woman | Ray Charles | I've Got A Savior (Across Town) by the Bailey Gospel Singers |
| I Got Stripes | Johnny Cash | On A Monday by Leadbelly |
| I Had A Talk With My Man | Mitty Collier | I Had A Talk With My God Last Night by James Cleveland |
| I Keep Forgettin' | Michael McDonald | I Keep Forgettin' by Chuck Jackson |
| I Only Want To Be With You | Dusty Springfield | It Was I by Skip & Flip |
| I Saw The Light | Hank Williams | Uncloudy Day (traditional hymn) |
| I Will Follow Him | Petula Clark/Little Peggy March | Chariot by Frank Pourcel |
| I Wonder Why | Dion & Belmonts | Now I'm Telling You by the Legends |
| I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing | New Seekers/Hillside Singers | True Love And Apple Pie by Susan Shirley |
| I'll Take You There | Staple Singers | What Am I To Do Now by Tony Scott |
| I'm So Glad | Skip James | So Tired by Dallas String Band w/ Coley Jones |
| Ice Ice Baby | Vanilla Ice | Under Pressure by Queen & David Bowie |
| It Must Be Him | Vikki Carr | Seul Sur Son Etoile by Gilbert Becaud |
| It's Impossible | Perry Como | The Way Of Love by Kathy Kirby |
| It's Now Or Never | Elvis Presley | O Sole Mio by Emilio De Gorgorzo |
| It's Only Love | Tommy James & Shondells | This Old Man by (Traditional) |
| It's Only Make Believe | Conway Twitty | (All Of A Sudden) My Heart Sings by Hildegarde |
| Jambalaya | Hank Williams | Gran Prairie by Happy Fats & Rayne Bo Ramblers |
| James Bond Theme | John Barry | Ninety Nine Years by Guy Mitchell and Bad Sign Good Sign by (composer) Monty Norman |
| Jenny, Jenny | Little Richard | Johnny Johnny by Mari Jones with Johnny Moore's 3 Blazers |
| Jeepster | T-Rex | You'll Be Mine by Howlin' Wolf |
| Joker, The | Steve Miller Band | Lovey Dovey by the Clovers |
| Jolly Green Giant | Kingsmen | Big Boy Pete by Don & Dewey |
| Just A Dream | Jimmy Clanton | Irene by Guitar Gable w/ King Karl |
| Just Because | Lloyd Price | A Little Word by Shirley & Lee |
| Later Alligator | Bobby Charles | Later For You Baby by Guitar Slim |
| Lawdy Miss Clawdy | Lloyd Price | Junker Blues by Champion Jack Dupree |
| Layla | Derek & The Dominos | As The Years Go Passing By by Albert King/Time by (writers) Jim Gordon and Rita Coolidge |
| Let It Out (Let It All Hang Out) | Hombres | Cigareets, Whuskey, And Wild, Wild Women by Red Ingle & Natural Seven |
| Let's Live For Today | Rokes/Grass Roots | Piangi Con Me by the Rokes |
| Let's Turkey Trot | Little Eva | Little Girl Of Mine by the Cleftones |
| Liquidator | Harry J All Stars | What Am I To Do Now by Tony Scott |
| Long Run, The | Eagles | Trying To Live My Life Without You by Otis Clay |
| Loop De Loop | Johnny Thunder | Loop-De-Loo by John Ryan |
| Love Is A Wonderful Thing | Michael Bolton | Love Is A Wonderful Thing by the Isley Bros. |
| Love Is Strange | Bo Diddley/Mickey & Sylvia | Billy's Blues Part 2 by Billy Stewart |
| Love Me Tender | Elvis Presley | Aura Lee by (composers) W.W. Fosdick & George Poulton |
| Lover's Concerto, A | Toys | Minuet in G by (composer) J.S. Bach |
| Make Believe | Wind | Save It For Me by the 4 Seasons |
| Man Without Love, A | Engelbert Humperdinck | Quando M'nnamoro by Anna Identici |
| Mannish Boy | Muddy Waters | I'm A Man by Bo Diddley |
| Mashed Potato Time | Dee Dee Sharp | Please Mr. Postman by the Marvelettes |
| Maybellene | Chuck Berry | Ida Red by Bob Wills |
| Mercy | Ohio Express | Down By The Station by the Four Preps |
| Metronomic Underground | Stereolab | The Revolution Will Not Be Televised by Gil-Scott Heron |
| Mockingbird | Inez Foxx | Hambone by Red Saunders |
| Monsters Inc. Theme | Randy Newman | Rockin' Chair by Hoagy Carmichael |
| Morning Has Broken | Cat Stevens | Bunessan (a hymn based on an old Gaelic melody) and Eleanor Forjean's 1931 children's book Morning Has Broken |
| MTA | Arnold Berman/Kingston Trio | Wreck Of The Southern Old 97 by Henry Whitter |
| My Babe (first as Mercy Babe) | Little Walter | This Train by Sister Rosetta Tharpe |
| My Ding-A-Ling | Dave Bartholomew/Chuck Berry | Little Brown Jug by (composer) J.E. Winner (aka R.A. Eastburn) |
| My Sweet Lord | Billy Preston/George Harrison | He's So Fine by the Chiffons |
| My Way | Frank Sinatra | Comme d'habitude (As Usual) by Claude François |
| Need You Now | Lady Antebellum | Eye In The Sky by The Alan Parsons Project |
| Never Gonna Fall In Love Again | Eric Carmen | Symphony No 2, op.27, Third Movement by (composer) Sergei Rachmaninov |
| Never Never Never | Shirley Bassey | Grande Grande Grande by Mina |
| New Girl In School, The | Jan & Dean | Gonna Hustle You by Jan & Dean |
| Night Train | Jimmy Forrest | That's The Blues, Old Man by Johnny Hodges and Happy Go Lucky Local, Part 2 by Duke Ellington |
| No One To Depend On | Santana | Spanish Grease by Willie Bobo |
| No Particular Place To Go | Chuck Berry | School Day by Chuck Berry |
| On The Road Again | Canned Heat | On The Road Again by Floyd Jones |
Other than sharing a title, the Memphis Jug Band's "On The Road Again" (Victor 38015) is not related to the
Canned Heat song.
| Pain In My Heart | Otis Redding | Ruler Of My Heart by Irma Thomas |
| Paris, Texas | Ry Cooder | Dark Was The Night - Cold Was The Ground by Blind Willie Johnson |
| Peanut Butter | Marathons | (Baby) Hully Gully by the Olympics |
| Pride And Joy | Stevie Ray Vaughan | I Go Into Orbit by Johnny Acey |
| Promised Land | Chuck Berry | Wabash Cannonball by Carter Family |
| Puff The Magic Dragon | Peter, Paul & Mary | It's Almost Tomorrow by the Dream Weavers |
| Put Your Hand In The Hand | Anne Murray/Ocean | Water Boy by Don Shirley Trio |
| Rag Mop | Johnnie Lee Wills/Ames Bros. | Get The Mop by Henry "Red" Allen |
| Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 | Bob Dylan | Torture by the Fendermen |
| Ray Of Light | Madonna | Sepheryn by Curtiss Maldoon |
| Reelin And Rocking | Chuck Berry | Around The Clock Blues by Wynonie Harris |
| Reverend Mr. Black | Kingston Trio | Lonesome Valley by the Carter Family |
| Revolution | Beatles | Do Unto Others by Pee Wee Crayton |
| Right Back Where We Started From | Maxine Nightingale | Goodbye Nothin' To Say by the Javells w/ Nosmo King |
| Right Or Wrong | Wanda Jackson | Wake The Town And Tell The People by Mindy Carson |
| Rikki Don't Lose That Number | Steely Dan | Song For My Father by Horace Silver |
| Ring, Ring | Abba | Underdog by Giorgio (Moroder) |
| Road Hog | John D. Loudermilk | Ground Hog by Land Norris |
| Rock Around The Clock | Sonny Dae/Bill Haley | Move It On Over by Hank Williams |
| Rocket 88 | Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats | Cadillac Boogie by Jimmy Liggins |
| Rockin' At Midnight | Roy Brown/Honeydrippers | Good Rocking Tonight by Roy Brown |
| Rockin' Little Angel | Ray Smith | Lubly Fan Will You Cum Out Tonight (sic) by (composer) John Hodges |
| Shimmy, Shimmy Ko-Ko Bop | Little Anthony & The Imperials | (Shimmy, Shimmy) Ko Ko Wop by the El Capris |
| Shoppin' For Clothes | Coasters | Clothes Line by Boogaloo & His Gallant Crew (Kent Harris) |
| Sidewalk Surfin' | Jan & Dean | Catch A Wave by the Beach Boys |
| Since I've Been Loving You | Led Zeppelin | Never by Moby Grape |
| Singing All Day | Jethro Tull | Swingin' On Nothin' by Tommy Dorsey Orchestra |
| Slippin' And Slidin' | Little Richard | I Got The Blues For You by Al Collins |
| Smoke On The Water | Deep Purple | Maria Moita by Carlos Lyra |
| South Street | Orlons | Camptown Races by (composer) Stephen Foster |
| Stairway To Heaven | Led Zeppelin | Cry Me A River by Davy Graham and Taurus by Spirit |
| Stay With Me | Sam Smith | I Won't Back Down by Tom Petty |
| Stray Cat Strut | Stray Cats | Lonely Travelin' by Lonesome Lee and Icky Poo by the Nomads |
| Stroll On | Yardbirds | Train Kept A-Rollin' by Tiny Bradshaw |
| Suddenly You Love Me | Tremeloes | Uno Tranquillo by Riccardo del Turco |
| Sue's Gotta Be Mine | Del Shannon | Sherry by the 4 Seasons |
| Sugartime | Charlie Phillips/McGuire Sisters | Lucky Little Penny (aka I'm Daffy Over You) by Chico Marx |
| Surfin' Bird | Trashmen | Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow and The Bird's The Word both by the Rivingtons |
| Surfin' USA | Beach Boys | Sweet Little 16 by Chuck Berry |
| Surrender | Elvis Presley | Torna a Surriento by Mario Massa |
| Swanee River Rock | Ray Charles | Old Folks At Home by (composer) Stephen Foster |
| Sweet Little 16/Surfin' USA | Chuck Berry/Beach Boys | Route 90 by Clarence Garlow |
| Sweet Soul Music | Arthur Conley | Yeah Man by Sam Cooke |
| Take It To The Limit | Eagles | If You Don't Know Me By Now by Harold Melvin & Blue Notes |
| Tar And Cement | Verdelle Smith | Il ragazzo della Via Gluck by Adriano Celentano |
| Tell The Truth | Derek & the Dominos | Five Feet Seven by Big Bill Broonzy |
| Them Changes | Buddy Miles | Sing Lady Sing by New York Rock & Roll Ensemble |
| This Is It | Michael Jackson | I Never Heard by Safire |
| This Land Is Your Land | Woody Guthrie | Little Darling, Pal Of Mine and When The World's On Fire both by the Carter Family |
| This Little Girl Of Mine | Ray Charles | This Little Light Of Mine by Clara Ward |
| Three Button Hand Me Down | (Small) Faces with Rod Stewart | Some Kind Of Wonderful by Soul Brothers 6 |
| Tomorrow | Annie stage show cast | Replay (The Way We Live Now) by Shelley Plimpton |
| Total Eclipse Of The Heart | Bonnie Tyler | Theme For The Masses by Ford Theatre |
| Trouble No More | Muddy Waters | Someday Baby Blues by Sleepy John Estes |
| True Love Ways | Buddy Holly | I'll Be Alright by the Angelic Gospel Singers |
| Tweedle Dee And Tweedle Dum | Bob Dylan | Uncle John's Bongos by Johnny & Jack |
| Twelfth Of Never, The | Johnny Mathis | The Riddle Song (aka I Gave My Love A Cherry) (traditional) |
| Twenty-Five Miles | Edwin Starr | Mojo Mamma [sic] by Wilson Pickett |
| Twist, The | Hank Ballard & Midnighters | What'cha Gonna Do by the Drifters |
| Twist Twist Senora | Gary "U.S." Bonds | Jump In The Line (aka Shake Shake Sonora) by Aldwin Roberts/Harrry Belafonte |
| Under Assisstant West Coast Promotion Man | Rolling Stones | Fannie Mae by Buster Brown |
| Understand Your Man | Johnny Cash | Who's Gonna Buy You Ribbons (When I'm Gone) by Paul Clayton |
| Venus | Shocking Blue | The Banjo Song by The Big Three |
| Walkin' On The Sun | Smash Mouth | Swan's Splashdown by Perrey & Kingsley |
| Wallflower (aka Roll With Me Henry aka Dance With Me Henry) | Etta James | Work With Me Annie by the Midnighters |
| Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' | Michael Jackson | Soul Makossa by Manu Dibango |
| (We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet | Blues Magoos | Summertime by Rick Nelson |
| We Will Rock You | Queen | Fanfare For The Common Man by (composer) Aaron Copland |
| Whatta Man | Salt-N-Pepa | What A Man by Linda Lyndell |
| What It Was, Was Football | Andy Griffith | Feetball by Benny Rubin |
| White Summer | Yardbirds | She Moves/Moved Through The Fair by (performer) Davey/Davy Graham |
| Why Don't You Do Right | Lil Green/Peggy Lee | Why Don't You Do Now (aka Weed Smoker's Dream) by Harlem Hamfats |
| Wipeout | Surfaris | Bongo Rock by Preston Epps |
| Wooly Bully | Sam The Sham & Pharaohs | Hully Gully, Now by Big Bo & Arrows |
| Yellow River | Tremeloes/Christie | In A Persian Market by (composer) Albert Ketelbey |
| Yesterday | Beatles | Answer Me, Lord Above by Frankie Laine/Answer Me, My Love by Nat King Cole |
| You Don't Have To Say You Love Me | Dusty Springfield | Io Che Non Vivo (Senza Te) by Jody Miller/Pino Donaggio |