Talking Heads vs. No Doubt

We're obviously pretty excited about the new No Doubt record, 'Push and Shove,' but that doesn't mean we can't admit it when the band may have taken a page from one of its stronger influences. Take, for instance, their 2002 hit 'Hella Good.'

When 'Hella Good' hit the charts as a single from the band's 'Rock Steady' album, pop fans with long memories noticed that the song's bass line sounded mighty familiar, and for good reason: It bears a striking resemblance to the one that powers 'Making Flippy Floppy,' a track from Talking Heads' 1983 album 'Speaking in Tongues.'

Although 'Making Flippy Floppy' was never a single -- and 'Speaking in Tongues' never made it higher than Number 15 on the Billboard charts -- the album, and the band, exerted a strong influence on the dance-pop of the '80s, '90s and beyond. And while there isn't any proof that the band (or their co-writers and producers in the Neptunes) had Talking Heads in mind when they wrote 'Hella Good,' we're sure they wouldn't mind being lumped in with such highly regarded forebears. Have a listen to clips from the two songs below, and let us know what you think!

Listen to Talking Heads, 'Making Flippy Floppy'