Examples of artists who've lifted or reworked lyrics from other songs

[parmoboy]

Loyalty Song - Babyshambles

Pete basically lifted the chorus from 'On The One Road' by The Wolfe Tones and reworked some of the lyrics.

Loyalty song chorus - "We're on the one road, may be the wrong road, it's the road to f*ck knows where. One road may be the wrong road, but we're together that's all, I don't care".

 

[parmoboy]

On The One Road chorus - "We're on the one road. Sharing the one load. We're on the road to God knows where. We're on the one road. It may be the wrong road, but we're together now who cares".

 

[BlindBoyGrunt]

Bob Dylan loads of times.

 

[tonybiriyani]

Orange Juice - RIP it Up, has a couple of lines and guitar riff from Boredom by The Buzzcocks

 

[Kowalski]

The Smiths quoted one of their own songs on Paint A Vulgar Picture.

 

[outoftown]

Rod Stewart claimed to have dreamt the " Do you think I'm Sexy " after spending some time in South America..
I'm not convinced...

 

[Mr_Fridge]

Martha and the Vandellas:

Summer's here and the time is right
For dancing in the street

Bruce Springsteen:

Summer's here and the time is right
For racin' in the street

 

[redcarbob]

George Michael’s Fastlove has parts of Forget me Nots by Patrice Rushen grafted into it.

 

[Juninhoburger]

George Michael’s Fastlove has parts of Forget me Nots by Patrice Rushen grafted into it.

Clearly sampled and not really what the OP is referring to

 

[TeessideCleveland]

Chris Rea used lots of lyrics - in fact with the same tune - from his own song When You Know That Your Love Has Died in his later song Que Sera

 

[redcarbob]

Clearly sampled and not really what the OP is referring to

The OP said ‘lifted’ which is how it appeared to me

 

[atypical_boro]

Happy Mondays did it loads.