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Music Box: 12 Old Melodies and 12 Songs They Inspired

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Have you ever heard a song and thought to yourself: "I've heard this before somewhere, I could have sworn it." But just can't remember where from? While the music world is incredibly creative and varied, some melodies seem to reoccur and reused throughout the decades and centuries. This list of 24 songs is divided into 2. 12 songs with the original melody, and 12 more modern songs that have used it to create new music. Enjoy!

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Jesu, Joy of Man's Desire

Bach

12 Old Melodies and 12 Songs They Inspired

Lady Linda

The Beach Boys

5th Symphony

Beethoven

When I Get You Alone

Thicke

Pavane Op. 50

Fauré

Natural

S Club 7

Piano Concerto no 2, Op. 18

Rachmaninoff

All By Myself

Shirley Bassey

Op 28. No. 20 (Prelude)

Chopin

Could It Be Magic

Barry Manilow

Canon in d major

Pachelbel

Go West

Pet Shop Boys

Fur Elise

Beethoven

I Can

Nas

Figaro's Aria

Rossini

Grace Kelly

Mika

Night on Bald Mountain

Mussorgsky

Night On Disco Mountain

David Shire

Lieutenant Kijé

Prokofiev

Russians

Sting

Air on G string

Bach

Everything's Gonna Be Alright

Sweetbox

O Fortuna

Carl Orff

Gravity Of Love

Enigma

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