Comments on: The Beach Boys’ “Surfin’ USA” sounds like Chuck Berry’s “Sweet Little Sixteen”

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 12:23:51 +0000

maybe it’s because I’m a musician but I think the Beach Boys would have won in court. A song can be similar, it just can’t be the SAME I.E. have the identical melody. There are course subtle variations in the melody which is most certainly inspired by the Chuck Berry song, but the chord structure is entirely different and Brian Wilson’ genius. It is clearly not a rip off, although I can understand that the non-musician might think it’s similar enough to be a ripoff. The bottom line is, Brian Wilson created an entirely new sound with that melody and is far better in my opinion.

By: Boris

Boris — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:56:17 +0000

Murray* is Brian, Carl and Dennis’ Dad, not brother

By: Karizzle Krist

Karizzle Krist — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 08:51:54 +0000

Every Chuck Berry song sounds like every other Chuck Berry Song

By: Juliet

Juliet — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 17:47:57 +0000

They claim it was a tribute to him after he threatened to sue! wich so wasnt true! they ripped him off and im glad he sued.

By: Craig

Craig — Mon, 16 May 2011 18:42:38 +0000

Not a surprise since Chuck Berry sued the Beach Boys over the similarities. He won and the song credit changed to include Chuck Berry on the Beach Boys song.

By: Jud

Jud — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 23:25:25 +0000

This one doesn’t just sound similar – it’s clearly a blantant rip-off. It even has that ‘break’ in the beat.

By: Adam Wagner

Adam Wagner — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 23:07:12 +0000

This post has been updated with new clips (the old youtube videos had been removed) and some more complete information about the nature of the dispute between Chuck Berry & the Wilson brothers.

By: Surfin’ With Sweet Little 16 « We All In Trouble… | Dlock’s Pop Culture Reflux

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:48:33 +0000

[...] blog, I will insist right now that my connection between these two songs was not prompted by the October 15th entry on SoundsJustLike.com. But here’s the link, [...]

By: Mandy M.

Mandy M. — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:10:17 +0000

Amazing finds! Some of these are hard to believe.. :O