Oh my god, I love Jimmy Eat World. [...] It was the band that we were trying to emulate, [that] we wanted to be just like.
— Hayley Williams of Paramore, BBC radio show Everything Is Emo, ep. 1 (2022)
Connection
These songs share
- A section comprised of three notes, one per measure, with two voices in harmony, where one voice descends from 3̂ to 2̂ to 1̂
- A snare drum pattern that accents the second eighth note of the third beat in each measure
- The long "A" vowel on the first syllable
Connection
These songs share
- The first and third measure of their intro guitar riffs (shown)
- A lyrical theme and some similar phrases ("I got him where I want him now" vs "I had him right there where I wanted him")
Connection
These lines have identical lyrics, an identical rhythm, and share four of their seven pitches.
Connection
The choruses of these songs
- Start their first two measures on a high 5̂
- Share identical rhythmes for the first measure and a half
- End their first phrase with a high melisma on 3̂-6̂-5̂, sung on "whoa"
Taylor Swift and Hayley Williams sang That's What You Get together at a concert in September 2011.