Comments on: How To Have A Number One The Easy Way https://www.isegoria.net/2004/10/how-to-have-a-number-one-the-easy-way/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Fri, 24 Apr 2026 06:10:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Grasspunk https://www.isegoria.net/2004/10/how-to-have-a-number-one-the-easy-way/comment-page-1/#comment-3379747 Grasspunk Fri, 14 May 2021 07:58:45 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/2004/10/how-to-have-a-number-one-the-easy-way/#comment-3379747 Also common is copying the style and feel and even chunks of an earlier song while making it different enough to retain songwriting royalties. Since U Been Gone is an example from The Song Machine. It rips off Maps by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Also see New Order who ripped off the same Giorgio Moroder/Donna Summer song for both Temptation and Blue Monday.

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That list of first number ones has a lot of only number ones, too: Soft Cell, Paul Young, Captain Sensible, Neil, Tiffany, Yazz.

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