Top 10 Indian Songs That Were Sampled/Copied By International Singers

There have been so many allegations that Bollywood songs are copied from other international songs. But did you know there are so many international songs from across the world that were sampled from Bollywood? Some of them are international versions of the songs, while some are bluntly copied. Well here is our list of Bollywood songs and their international versions! Or in some cases pure copies! Get ready to be amazed.

1. Jalebi Baby And Jalebi Bai

Jalebi Baby by Tesher became viral when it was released. This song was sampled from the Bollywood song Jalebi Bai.

2. That’s Yo Money And Tum Hi Ho

T-Pain, a US rapper used a flute melody in his song ‘That’s Yo Money,’ that was very similar to the tune of ‘Tum Hi Ho’ from the movie Aashiqui 2. This issue got a lot of attention and the song was finally removed from YouTube.

3. It’s My Birthday And Urvashi

It’s My Birthday by will.i.am, became a huge hit among all his fans. But did you know this was a recreation of a popular Bollywood song, Urvashi? This hit number composed by A.R. Rahman, became so popular in Tamil and Telugu that it was remade in Hindi. And later it became so popular that it was recreated in English!

4. Nova Religija And Dum Dum

This Serbian singer used the track from Band Baaja Baaraat Click to look into! >> Read More... in her song. Jelena Karleusa seems to have liked the song Dum Dum and used it in her song Nova Religija. Is it copied or inspired? Well, no seemed to really care about this issue.

5. The Bounce And Choli Ke Peeche Kya Hai

This song by the New York Click to look into! >> Read More... rapper, Jay-Z samples the popular song Choli Ke Peeche Kya Hai by Alka Yagnik Alka Yagnik is a very popular playback singer of t >> Read More... .

6. Whoopty And Sanam Re Click to look into! >> Read More...

The famous song Sanam Re by Arijit Singh Most famous for his songs in Aashiqui 2, Arijit Si >> Read More... was sampled in a song Whoopty by CJ. Whoopty sounds bland without the sampled version, don’t you think?

7. Toxic And Tere Mere Beech Tere Mere Beech is a Pakistani family drama TV ser >> Read More... Mein

Toxic by the famous singer Britteny Spears has a sampled version of the famous 80s Bollywood song, Tere Mere Beech Mein, sung by Lata Mangeshkar Lata Mangeshkar, the veteran playback singer, had >> Read More... and S.P. Balasubrahmaniam.

8. Uptown And Kamar Meri Lattu

Travis Scott sampled a 70s Bollywood song, in his song Uptown. The Bollywood song, Kamar Meri Lattu was originally sung by Asha Bhosle Asha is considered to be the second greatest femal >> Read More... .

9. Kamera And Badtameez Dil Story soon >> Read More...

Turkish singer Simge Menajerlik, took inspiration from the famous Bollywood party anthem, Badtameez Dil. Once again it is unknown if the song was legally sampled or just copied.

10. Put You On The Game And Baghon Mein Bahar Hai

After the one-minute mark, the song Put You On The Game, by The Game, has a small portion that is borrowed from the Bollywood song, Baghon Mein Bahar Hai.