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Why do people claim that Lady Gaga is copying Ace of Base on her song "Alejandro"?
"Don't Turn Around" is a popular song written by Diane Warren and Albert Hammond. It was originally recorded by Tina Turner as the B-side to the single "Typical Male" in 1986. Warren is said to have been disappointed that Turner's record company treated the song as a B-side and never included it on one of her albums.It has been covered by a number of artists. Kim Goody released a single version in 1987. Despite being featured in several episodes of her Saturday morning show No. 73, the song failed to get into the top 100 in the UK chart. Bonnie Tyler released her version on her 1988 album Notes from America, while soul singer Luther Ingram had a U.S. #55 R&B hit with his interpretation. Aswad heard Ingram's version and made albert Lady a cover of it, taking the song to #1 on the UK singles chart in March 1988. This version also reached #45 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart that same year.Loretta Chandler also sung this song on an episode of the 1980s TV show Fame.In 1990, a lesser known rock band Eyes, that reminds one of the "hair band" days, covered the song as well on their self titled album, under the Curb Records label. Although this album is out in the market, very little other information is out on the band.In 1992, Neil Diamond recorded a version of "Don't Turn Around", which made the Top 20 on the Adult Contemporary chart. Two years later, in 1994, Swedish pop group Ace of Base took a minor key version of the song to #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and to #5 in the UK.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_turn_around"Alejandro"A 27 second sample of Lady Gaga's "Alejandro", where the chorus is played, backed by synth-beats.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Problems listening to this file? See media help. A mid-tempo song with heavy Europop and disco influences, "Alejandro" is influenced by ABBA and Ace of Base. The Ace of Base influences are prominent in the beats of the song, the vocals and the melody and lastly, in Gaga's non-English accent while singing the song. The words are slurred in her mouth while consisting of an uplifting melody.The lyrics talk about Gaga defending herself against a "harem" of Latin men and has a number of ABBA allusions, including a reference to their 1976 song "Fernando", which Gaga cited as one of her influences.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alejandro_(song)
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