Rolling Stone Names Its Top 20 Rip-Off Songs

OK, so the list is actually called "The Twenty Craziest Soundalike Songs," but we all know what they're trying to say. Take a look...

1. Jet's "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" and Iggy Pop's "Lust for Life"
2. Fergie's "Fergalicious" and J.J. Fad's "Supersonic"
3. The Beatles' "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" and Offspring's "Why Don't You Get a Job"
4. Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run" and Blondie's "X Offender"
5. Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and Boston's "More Than a Feeling"
6. Nazareth's "Hair of the Dog" and the Beatles' "Day Tripper"
7. The Doors' "Roadhouse Blues" and Oasis' "Put Yer Money Where Your Mouth Is"
8. Foo Fighters' "Monkey Wrench" and Elton John's "Whipping Boy"
9. Sublime's "What I Got" and the Beatles' "Lady Madonna"
10. Wilco's "Walken" and Spoon's "Don't Make Me a Target"
11. Akon's "Don't Matter" and R. Kelly's "Ignition" (Remix)
12. Billy Joel's "Honesty" and Elton John's "Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word"
13. Phish's "Farmhouse" and Bob Marley's "No Woman No Cry"
14. Elastica's "Connection" and Wire's "Three Girl Rhumba"
15. Bryan Adams' "Summer of 69″ and Green Day's "Jesus of Suburbia"
16. Def Leppard's "Pour Some Sugar on Me" and Weezer's "Beverly Hills"
17. Natalie Imbruglia's "Torn" and The Black-Eyed Peas "Where is the Love"
18. The Kinks "Picture Book" and Green Day's "Warning"
19. The Killers' "When You Were Young" and Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run"
20. Pearl Jam's "Given to Fly" and Led Zeppelin's "Going to California"

-The ones I definitely agree with are Jet/Iggy Pop, Fergie/J.J. Fad and Akon/R. Kelly. The Fergie song is particularly bad. I've posted a video of J.J. Fad below in case you're not familiar.

-The rest I would consider either a stretch or completely unfounded.

-I don't count the Offspring/Beatles or Sublime/Beatles because I'm pretty certain those were done on purpose, as an homage to the Beatles, and therefore it's not really a rip-off per se.

-Unless you grew up in a cave, you're probably influenced by some sort of music. If you get into music, those influences will undoubtedly shape your style. That doesn't mean you're ripping someone off.

-I've heard the Green Day/Bryan Adams thing a bunch of times and I've always thought it was an outrageous claim. "Jesus of Suburbia" is one of the best songs of the decade and "Summer of '69" is lame. The Pearl Jam/Zeppelin one is a huge stretch as well.

-Others that could've made the list, in no particular order:

1) Queen "Under Pressure" & Vanilla Ice (the undisputed biggest rip-off of all-time)

2) Tom Petty "American Girl" & The Strokes "Last Night" (just the opening)

3) Puddle of Mudd "She Hates Me" & Nirvana "Rape Me" (I call the POM song "Nirvana by Puddle of Mudd")

4) Huey Lewis & the Ghostbusters theme

5) Stone Temple Pilots "Wicked Garden" & Creed "What If"

6) Weezer "Beverly Hills" & that Steve Miller song

7) Tom Petty "Last Dance w/ Mary Jane" & Chili Peppers "Dani California"

8) Silverchair "Leave Me Out" & Black Sabbath "Sweat Leaf"

(I don't really think any of these were intentional, except Vanilla Ice, which was horrible.)

Here is that J.J. Fad video. Tell me this isn't "Fergalicious." Also, feel free to leave comments with anything I've forgotten.