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modernprimate:

Have you ever noticed how much Katy Perry’s “Wide Awake” sounds like Lenny Kravitz’s “Fly Away?”

“Wide Awake” was recorded at 162 BPM, is 3:45 long, and has a chord progression of EmGAD.

“Fly Away” was recorded at 160 BPM, is 3:42 long, and has a chord progression of ACGD.

Without doing any cutting or transposing, only a very slight tempo change, both songs harmonize with each other. The staccato rhythms of the verse lyrics are also quite similar. More remarkably, they change from verse to chorus to bridge at almost all of the same moments, and both begin and end at the same time.

In other words, they’re very nearly the same song.

This video is best heard with headphones on.

Oh damn. Yeah, these are the same song.


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  7. ivehaddreamsofboston reblogged this from ryanhatesthis and added:
    I left my headphones in my car so I didn’t get the full experience but this is still crazy without them.
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  10. 24freedinners reblogged this from lemonlove and added:
    Have you ever noticed how much...Perry’s “Wide Awake” sounds like Lenny Kravitz’s “Fly...
  11. lemonlove reblogged this from isalcoholacarb and added:
    Ummmm I don’t love Katy Perry at all but uhhh this is an awesome version of her stupid song.
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    katy perry unoriginal??? never.
  17. yesampersand reblogged this from mydamnchannel and added:
    Now it sounds like an Evanescence song.
  18. tencentheart reblogged this from ryanhatesthis and added:
    BREAKING NEWS: Pop music sounds like other pop music. IN OTHER NEWS: Earth is round.
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  20. cbrookstyle reblogged this from ryanhatesthis and added:
    whoa.
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    #RepeatOffender
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