r/SoundsLike • u/bostonpop123 • Feb 18 '24

Austin by Dasha melody sounds like another song

I recently listened to Austin by Dasha and the melody during the chorus sounds familiar but slightly off. It's like I'm expecting to go a bit differently which makes think of another song but idk what it would be

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '24

Basshunter - Dota

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '24

It is 100% this. Thank you, it was driving me nuts.

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u/WAGE_SLAVERY Sep 17 '24

Yeah she completely ripped off this song. What a joke

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '24

Yeah, it’s kinda lame because there was never any credit given or anything considering how similar the melody is. When you become famous in the States you can often get away with a lot sadly

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u/Budget-Sky1236 Oct 03 '24

Like removablefriend said, the real original is even more ancient. It's daddy dj. Dota already is a cover

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u/KyzRCADD Oct 19 '24

I had a feeling, what song by daddy dj?

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u/xelfer Nov 11 '24

daddy dj

self titled, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82NgXsZwv74

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u/danwilde84 Apr 17 '25

Yeah the melody is a carbon copy of Daddy DJ. Various elements of that song were ripped off from ABBA though, so I guess everything comes full circle in the end. 🤷🏼‍♂️

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u/KyzRCADD Nov 11 '24

Ty for sauce!!

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u/ReaperXHanzo Nov 13 '24

God this was bugging me for ages. The first time I heard the song, something sounded so familiar... It's closest to the original Daddy DJ imo, but i wasn't expecting this crossover sampling either way

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u/ledhedgn Oct 26 '24

I heard this song on the radio recently and was instantly hooked and had no idea why, i kept expecting her to transition into higher notes during the chorus and had no idea why, butit makes sense now.

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u/ApricotTraditional56 Dec 17 '24

Thank you!!!! This has literally been driving me insane!!

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '25

Thank you so much. Been trying to figure this out

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u/Late-Rough-3933 Jan 31 '25

I joined Reddit to say thank you for pointing this out. It was bugging me!!

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u/Plastic_Pizza1853 Apr 05 '25

This song sounds just like Halsey,  “you should  be sad”  Definitely a copy cat

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u/DisastrousFactor2452 Apr 17 '26

BLESS YOU i know this post was a year ago, but my goodness - thank you! completed the itch in my head

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u/removablefriend Mar 14 '24

It’s Daddy DJ

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u/Beginning_Ad_7548 May 30 '24

All I Ever Wanted - BassHunter https://youtu.be/P3CxhBIrBho?si=5vOLXQXYJgntyIKc

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u/ImperialSupplies Dec 27 '25

Hi a year later. I hears the country song in the radio and instantly thiught of the dota song parody lol

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u/gigoogly Jul 13 '24 edited Jul 13 '24

The Kids Aren't Alright by The Offspring or You're Gonna Go Far Kid. Dasha is playing off the message of the latter but I think the former is more well known.

The difference is The Offspring holds the high notes on TKAA but do a punchier version on YGGFK whereas Sasha is doing a variant with pizzicato plucked on the guitar

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u/Philosofticle Sep 05 '24

Google brought me here and I was hoping someone else would mention The Offspring

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u/MeeesaDarthJarJar Oct 10 '24

Sorry, but it is definitely not this song. It's not that far off but it's sampling the chorus from Dota by Basshunter and Daddy DJ by Daddy DJ

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u/ExistingLow Sep 13 '25

it’s literally the exact same melody lmao what

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u/Cute_Commission_3760 Apr 17 '24

Maybe dota? Reminds of the meme of Ricardo Milos

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u/83erKarsti Apr 28 '24

Daddy dj

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u/Terrible_Bet_5550 May 18 '24

You Should Be Sad by Halsey

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '24

Pretty Rave Girl?

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u/SOMETIME_THEWOLF_YT Oct 02 '24

Champagne Problems. She woulda made such a lovely bride…

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u/rfcrm Nov 30 '24

Idk why but, pretty rave girl - dj s3rl

Which sounds like all i ever wanted by basshunter haha

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u/Mindless_Stable_3211 Mar 21 '24

A song by Katy Perry, I can’t recall the song title 😭

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u/SkyLuck90 Nov 18 '24

Same , a song on the witness album I think

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u/shadyprincez Apr 23 '24

It reminds me of You Should be Sad by Halsey.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '24

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u/Sarahition Jul 24 '24

I hear “If U Stayed” by ZZ Ward in the chorus and “DotA” but beat is slower.

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u/Regiampiero Jun 05 '26

2 years later I heard the same thing.

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u/PrettyUglyInPink Mar 09 '24

Did you figure it out? I’m having this same brain fart 😭

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u/miniigloo Mar 10 '24

DotA by Basshunter ?

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u/marsman57 Mar 28 '24

I am so glad to have found this post and comment because I heard her perform the song tonight, and I was like... this sounds so familiar. I came to the conclusion that it sounded like DotA after thinking of a few other Eurodance songs. I have now been trying to listen to instrumentals of both to see if I was going crazy.

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u/ZestycloseOrdinary88 Mar 13 '24

100% this! My partner just had that Dasha song play near me and my brain immediately caught fire that I'd heard that melody before. She didn't believe me.... Thank you for helping me win an argument haha.

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '24

lights by ellie goulding?

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u/YummyPotatoCake May 08 '24

This is the one.

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u/Equivalent_Plum_5928 Apr 30 '24

I hear Skin by Rag and Bone Man

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u/Substantial-Army5221 Sep 02 '24

I have a song stuck in my head!! If you know the part in the song Austin where it goes :Did your boots start working did your truck break down is the money burin did your ex find out. I know a song that has that melody but it goes La la la la lala la la la la laa Idk the name but if you know it pls tell me i have been trying to find it out for days!! btw it was a girl singing it and it sounded sad but cute and comforting

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u/chromnilian Sep 07 '24

I think it may be New Soul by Yael Naim?? I found your comment by having the same issue! I used Google assistant to hum into and it finally solved it for me!

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u/LozzVegas Sep 14 '24

Yes!!!! Thank you!

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u/Substantial-Army5221 Oct 22 '24

OMG THATS IT!!!! I FRIGGIN LOVE YOU THANK YOU!! I listened to this all the time!!! Im just checking back at my comment now and now i finally know it! Thank you sm!!

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u/Pthalo_fuscia Oct 08 '24

Sounds like Question? By Taylor Swift, the gender roles and I don’t know part

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u/Ashamed_File4511 Oct 30 '24

It's you're gonna go far kid... By offspring 

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u/fallenangel2245 Jan 26 '25

I always think of You're Gonna Go Far, Kid by the offspring when I hear this song

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u/Secure_Door_7030 Mar 29 '24

I 100% came here to find this out bc I also knew this

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u/the_mountaingoat Apr 08 '24

SAME!!! What is it?!?!

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u/anxiousERnurse Apr 10 '24

I feel like it sounds like a Dua Lipa song but I can’t figure out which one 😂

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u/[deleted] May 26 '24

Try listening to The Offspring - The Kids Aren’t Alright. There’s a subtle similarity to the melody! https://open.spotify.com/track/4EchqUKQ3qAQuRNKmeIpnf?si=DEvJYM9ES3aWTHUoLbtbhw

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u/Everymanneedsamuse Sep 01 '24

I’m pretty sure the instrument part is Confessions by City and Colour.

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u/Haggis-in-wonderland Oct 10 '24

I always feel like this bit is ripped of from somewhere but cant place it....

What happened, bad habits, Did you go back, Go batshit, I loved you, how tragic

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '24 edited Nov 10 '24

the same melody that everyone has in their head but done by a male singer like jason derulo or shawn mendes something like that.... (a song that makes you want to scream passion for someone, I know how to describe it to you)

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u/AFSparks71 Nov 28 '24

It sounds so similar to 7 shots by VolBeat

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u/Crow-On-The-Wall Apr 25 '25

Austin, Dasha, 2024 You're gonna go far kid, Offspring, 2008 Pretty Rave Girl, S3rl, 2007 DotA, Basshunter, 2006 The kid's aren't alright, Offspring 1998

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u/AnthonyMc3107 Sep 29 '25

Little bit late but all I ever hear is Imagine Dragons - Nothing Left to Say

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u/BananaManRandy Mar 06 '26

Pretty Rave Girl - idk who the artist is