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It’s amazing what music can do to our brains. Have you ever heard a jingle and thought, “where in the world have I heard that before?” »
The example that comes to mind is that the bass line in “Under Pressure” by Queen is exactly the same as the bass line in “Ice’s Ice Ice Baby” by Vanilla Ice. This usage was intentional, playing tricks with our neural receptors when we hear this distinct groove.
Music theorists and musicologists have always studied musical similarities. Sometimes it’s blatant theft, sometimes it’s parallel thinking. It’s often a shameless update of a tune for the modern era. For example, Elvis Presley’s “I Can’t Help Falling In Love” is a reworked version of the French love song “Plaisir d’amour”, written in 1784 by Jean-Paul-Égide Martini.
Some other notable examples, via a list curated by Cosmopolitan:
- “Look What You Made Me Do” by Taylor Swift and “I’m Too Sexy” by Right Said Fred
- “Born This Way” by Lady Gaga and “Express Yourself” by Madonna
- Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines” Has an Almost Identical Groove to Marvin Gaye’s “Got To Give It Up” – Which Wasn’t Just a Coincidence – Robin Thicke, Thicke and Pharrell Had to Pay $7.3 Million to Gaye’s family after a trial ruled it was clearly stolen.
You understand the gist. The DNA of popular music becomes darker as time passes, giving rise to twin songs.
Which brings us to the point of this post.
Have you ever noticed the similarities between a popular Christmas song and the music you hear on NFL Sundays? I didn’t until a Tiktoker pointed out the similarities between the song “Sleigh Ride” and the movie’s theme song. NFL on Fox.
Listen to it yourself here:
It appears that a lot people have noticed that they are singing twins for years.
A commenter on the original TikTok says “THIS IS WHY I ASSOCIATE FOOTBALL WITH HOLIDAYS.” Another speculated: “Actually, they did this on purpose so that you associate football with vacations and get all the good feelings from it!!! Cool huh?”
“The kids in the group knew it,” says one commenter.
A pretty clear similarity. Talk about it at a Christmas party this year and see if anyone else hears it too.
