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{{quote|''See, their song goes [[With Lyrics|"ding-ding-ding da-da ding-ding/ding-ding-ding da-da ding-ding",]] and mine goes "ding-ding-ding da-da ding-ding/'''ding'''-ding-ding-ding da-da ding-ding".''
''[[Poe's Law|It's totally different]].''
|'''[[Vanilla Ice]]''', comparing his "Ice Ice Baby" to [[Queen]]'s "Under Pressure"}}
Want to use a popular song for your soundtrack, with or without the original lyrics, but don't have the money to get the rights? You can always get some studio musician to record a Suspiciously Similar Song -- an instrumental version of the tune with a note tweaked here and there, designed to sound as much like the original as possible while being different enough not to violate copyright.
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Note that if you're just [[Theme Tune Cameo|reworking your own theme]], that doesn't count since it's ''your own'' copyright you would be violating. And nobody cares about that - let's not go ballistic here.
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