Kelly Clarkson new single [UK] "Dont Waste Your Time" is very similar to the Maltese artist IRA LOSCO's "Uh-Oh" (which was released in early 2006), as which regards the music (especially the intros)

COMPARE BOTH SONGS (ESPECIALLY THE INTROS of BOTH SONGS)

Ira Losco's "Uh-Oh" [2006]:


Kelly Clarkson's "Don't Waste Your Time" [2007]:


WHAT DO YOU THINK?

Good Observation
It's true...UH-Oh was a smash hit in Malta last Summer, but only now do I realise how similar they are. Still, Uh-Oh had certain charm which Don't Waste Your TIme certainly doesn't have...
For all of you who do not know who Ira is, well she's probably the best Maltese artist, who has produced many local top 3 hits, and her style is in fact quite similar to Kelly's.
Kelly is a thief!!!

Why is everyone ignoring such a clear example?

she sampled it...i've known it for a while ago

Oh no...another trouble for Kelly...its crazy how people dig into old music to find similar from what artists today flaunt..i guess some artists are running out of tune these days...but that is understandable...

What bothers me is that they state when they sample well known songs, but when it comes to smaller artists, it's a bit different.

I always thought it reminded of another song, but I still don't think it's this Ira Losco's song.

I agree

They most definitely sound alike music wise.

I DIDNT KNOW! MAN KELLY GET UR ACT TOGETHER

lol yeah there are definite musical similarities. but why doesnt everyone turn on the radio and realize that a LARGE percentage of music now, has background music or even exact lyrics of older songs. its very common.

The intros are very similar, not just the notes, but they were recorded in the same way too.

Thats probabaly why most fans dont like this song since it doesnt sound anything new.

^-- would agree with that, but I just plain don't like DWYT and I am fully irked she plans on releasing it somewhere.

still i think that Ira Losco's "UH-OH" is far better than Kelly Clarkson's

This is nothing new. Rehashing relatively unknown songs has been done for a while. If you check the album credits, the co-writers of the original song are credited (Malcolm Pardon and Fredrik Rinman, aka DeadMono). Those 2 guys probably wrote the background music and Ira wrote the melody and lyrics. Then they gave the song to Kelly and she rewrote the melody and lyrics.

Actually, Ira did the same thing with a different song, Driving One Of Your Cars. It was originally sung by Lisa Miskovsky and written by DeadMono. Ira rewrote some of the lyrics and was also credited as a songwriter, together with DeadMono.

I hope she sample this the legal way....i don't want this to be so controversial as Do It.

Don't worry, she did. The original songwriters are on the album credits.