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Tinashe's "2 On" sounds a lot like Gabrielle's "Dreams"

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Tinashe‘s debut single “2 On” (featuring Schoolboy Q) is on more than a few year end lists (FADER, Gorilla vs. Bear and Pitchfork for instance).

That’s cool, but I couldn’t help but notice that it sounds a lot like another singer’s debut single, a single that “reached number one on the UK Singles Chart for three weeks in June 1993” and “peaked at number 26 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the US.” I’m talking about Gabrielle‘s “Dreams” which you may also know from the 1999 film Magnolia.

It was driving me crazy until I figured out the song “2 On” reminded me of. Then I was surprised to find that nobody else ever pointed it out, except one random YouTube singer named J. Brook, sort of. She mashed the two songs together as part of a live cover she did, so I guess she noticed. Now I thought I’d point it out, but do you agree?

Listen to both songs and the mashup below.

You can also hear “2 On” live when Tinashe plays Highline Ballroom tonight (12/15).


Tinashe – 2 On (Explicit) ft. SchoolBoy Q (2014)

Gabrielle – Dreams (1993)

mashup live cover by J Brook