Mark Wadsworth: The intro to "Bad Liar" by Selena Gomez is the same as the intro to "Psycho Killer" by Talking Heads.

Friday, 21 August 2020

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Rich Tee said...: Seems to be officially acknowledged as a direct sample.

Discogs actually credits Chris Frantz, David Byrne and Tina Weymouth as writers although they don't seem to be credited on the actual CDrs according to the photos anyway.; 21 August 2020 at 21:00
Mark Wadsworth said...: RT, ah, thanks.

I just don't think it's very well done. Difficult to explain what I mean by that, what I mean is 'Live Your Life' or 'Cheers, Drink To That' by Rihanna's writing-composing-recording-legal-marketing team. Those are really well done.; 22 August 2020 at 11:17

Friday, 21 August 2020