28 Songs That Are Based On Classical Music

Check out my other two videos on songs based on classical pieces...
14 Songs That 'Rip Off' Classical Music:    • 14 Songs That 'Rip Off' Classical Music  
Songs Inspired By Bach:    • Songs Inspired By Bach  

Classical music can be a great source of inspiration for songwriters of all styles as, most of the time, even the most famous classical works are in the public domain, and therefore, free for us to use however we please! Countless pop and rock songs have been based on classical pieces, with some of the most influential pieces spawning multiple songs!

NOTE: March 2022, I had to remove the section about Pavane and Little Mix due to copyright issues.

📍This video was originally sponsored by "Primephonic", however, now that "Primephonic" is no longer available I have removed the sponsored materials from the video.


SOURCES:
Classical FM analysis of Bernstein’s “Somewhere”: https://www.classicfm.com/composers/b...
Jimmy Page interview with the BBC:    • Jimmy Page: How Stairway to Heaven wa...  
Elton John interview with iHeartRadio:    • Elton John Demonstrates The Chord Str...  
Elton John interview with Classic FM:    • Elton John on Classical Music, Playin...  
Mike Oldfield interview with Jools Holland:    • The origin of Tubular Bells : Mike Ol...  
Black Sabbath interview for Classic Albums:    • How Heavy Metal was Born: the Riff of...  
Ray Manzarek interview with NTR:    • Ray Manzarek & Robby Krieger – Light ...  
Billy Joel discussing Beethoven:    • Billy Joel - Q&A: Who Do You Like To ...  
Barry Manilow discussing “Could It Be Magic”:    • Barry Manilow - Could It Be Magic & I...  
Paul McCartney talking about Bouree:    • Paul McCartney - Jenny Wren （Abbey Ro...  
Paul McCartney discussing Penny Lane:    • Видео  
Analysis of John William’s “Battle of Yavin”:    • Star Wars: "The Battle of Yavin” by J...  
Ray Mazarek describing writing the intro to “Light My Fire”: https://themuser.blog/2013/05/22/ray-...

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