I was just listening to Bobby O's 'Whisper To A Scream' when I realized what it has always reminded me of: 'Unexpected Lovers' by Lime.

Everything is SO similar, even the way the instruments appear in the arrangement: the beat, the cowbell, the bass, the arpeggio, the chords, and the strings... Even the male+female vocals. Both were released in 1985, so I don't know who's first.

Instead of me going on and on about the similarites, you can use your own ears. Just play one minute of Bobby O, then play Lime. You'll hear my point.

Bobby O & Claudja Barry - Whisper To A Scream
Listen / Buy: GEMM / eBay / Music Stack

Lime - Unexpected Lovers
Listen / Buy: GEMM / eBay / Music Stack

p.s. Lime is one of my favorite bands (and 'Babe We're Gonna Love Tonite' is one of my favorite songs), plus I think 'Unexpected Lovers' is a better song, so my vote is for them.

I just changed the search-part for each song. I removed Amazon, as it's really unlikely finding any of these there (I like Amazon, but not for this). Instead, I added Music Stack, which is super great.

I'm gonna go and change this in some of my older entries, so click and get lucky.