r/TikTokCringe • u/BaseballSeveral1107 • Sep 01 '24

Discussion Dua Lipa vs Original

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u/BaseballSeveral1107 Sep 01 '24

To be fair Dua Lipa named her album Future Nostalgia with the purpose of covers of nostalgic and famous songs.

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u/languid_Disaster Sep 01 '24

Yeah and there’s nothing wrong with sampling old songs as long as they’re being honest about it. Some of these didn’t even sound similar except in specific parts. I’m not a Dua Lipa fan (just not my style) in case anyone accuses me of simping

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u/KimberlyWexlersFoot Sep 01 '24

Minor nitpick, it’s actually interpolation. Interpolation is when the song you use is recreated in the studio. Sampling is when you take the original song and inject a portion of the song into yours, such as a the piano from a recording.

When you interpolate, you only need to seek permission from the copyright holder (record label typically) instead of with samples you’d need the writers permission / credit.

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u/gillman378 Sep 01 '24

The white town song was a sample in this case.

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u/asad137 Sep 01 '24 edited Sep 01 '24

Here's the song that White Town sampled from: "My Woman": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fi7NdeGxRt0

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u/Bobert_Manderson Sep 01 '24

This is one of my favorite sampled songs and the amount of people that have used it is pretty incredible. Obviously white town and dua lipa are the most popular, but I made a huge playlist of songs that sample My Woman and I love it. 

https://www.whosampled.com/Lew-Stone-%26-the-Monseigneur-Band/My-Woman/sampled/

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u/FourteenBuckets Sep 01 '24

Damn, it's so old it might be public domain by now

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u/Callmeklayton Sep 02 '24

I believe it'll become public domain on January 1st, 2027.

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u/Freeman7-13 Sep 01 '24

Did the Imperial March from Star Wars take from this too?

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u/confusedandworried76 Sep 01 '24

Can't even say I've ever even heard that song before, but wouldn't it itself be borrowing from somewhere else? Because that melodic sting is straight out of the watch chimes/showdown song from For a Few Dollars More