Archives for October 29th, 2007

Lisa Stansfield (left) and Anja Rupel (right). Both born in 1966.

I don’t know if many people have noticed, but Lisa Stansfield’s The Real Thing and Slovenian singer Anja Rupel’s Plašč ljubezni (Coat of Love) are very similar. In fact, the chorus is very much the same.

My good friend and sexy-hot local DJ Niquid masterfully spliced together both choruses so that you can hear for yourself: (Please note that the audio just alternates between the two songs — nothing else was done)

IE users or anyone else having problems playing it can download it here. (Right click, save as)

Both songs were released in 1997 but despite consulting various locals (including Slovenia’s Living Wikipedia) I couldn’t figure out which came first; or if this was a coincidence, an approved remake, or “creative borrowing.”

(Thanks Nik!)