I'm starting to wonder if theres a sort of weird collective conciousness in popular music that causes everyone to "borrow" from the same same song at the same time. In this case, "My Sharona" by the Knack. First off, the Little Chris single "checkin it out" (which is brilliant, I reckon, sorta like a Feargal Sharkeys hyperactive, slightly mentally challenged nephew with an ASBO), doesn't rip it off wholesale, but theres a cheeky little "Sharona" riff about third of the way through. Then theres that new Rogue Traders single, which basically just lifts the whole chorus and changes the lyrics. Finally, I come across this, with sorta reassures me, I am in fact, not completely mad: http://popjustice.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=386&Itemid=115 Weird huh? Yeah, I know lots of people have lifted this riff over the years, just like they've lifted any signature rff from Hendrix/Deep Purple/Led Zep/Stones/Beatles/Joy Division/etc. but it's the timing thats freaky.