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As lawyers have frequently argued in plagiarism and copyright cases, two people can have the same idea at the same time or a slightly different idea at a later point – and any hit builds up a slipstream, which can include foreign remakes, pastiches, satires and the ultimate accolade of rip-offs in advertising.
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Good Times segues into the first-ever rap hit, built around its groove – Sugarhill Gang's Rappers Delight – and back again.
I have spent seasons chasing the thrills of LCD Soundsystem anthems — especially "All My Friends," a 2007 hit built on soul-searching and on galloping pianos — despite understanding only about half of the lyrics.
Last summer Gramophonedzie's show-stopping, Ibiza-house anthem "Why Don't You", sampling the husky 1940s jazz icon Peggy Lee, peaked at No 12 in the UK while Australians Yolanda Be Cool topped the charts in Britain, Denmark, Holland and Sweden, with "We Speak No Americano", a jaunty house hit built around 1940s Neapolitan jazz.
Or does the damage from hits build up over time?
But from Top 10 hits built on little more than a buzz, a thump and a hook, to the arty recesses of the most minimal techno, musicians have been vying to strip music down beyond the skeletal.
Riding high on the success (and mind-boggling scarcity) of the NES Classic Edition, Nintendo surprised no one with the announcement of the SNES Classic Edition, a tiny version of the classic Super Nintendo console that comes with 21 of its greatest hits built in.
Add a logo, hit 'Build it!', and you're done.
There is little to no room for the sleeper indie hit that builds good word of mouth to become a solid performer over time.
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