Zara Zara Touch me - Another source of inspiration

[Jamshid]

Hi,

There is no doubt that the song "Zara zara touch me" from Race is
lifted off the chinese song "Deep within the Bamboo Groove" (even the
'dum da dum da dum' can be heard in chinese track). But one song that
leaped into my mind after hearing Zara Zara was the Destiny's Child
1999 song "Jumping Jumping"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7RBDOT6pcY

Beyonce from destiny's child goes like "ladies leave yo man at home,
the club is full of ballas and they pockets full grown, and all you
fellas leave yo girl with her friends, cause its 11:30 and the club is
jumpin jumpin" (First 10 sec of the song and then repeating at 00:43).

This part's melody is similar to Zara Zara song when the singer goes
"Zara Zara Touch me touch me touch me, zara zara kiss me kiss me kiss
me, zara zara hold me hold me hold me, zara zara Ooo Ooo" (starting
from 00:08 of the youtube link)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WU7H3SAyRaA

Perhaps Chinese track was already inspired with "jumping jumping" and
Pritam lifted it or Pritam knew about both songs and presented a
refined version for us.

Dont get me wrong as most songs on my fav list nowadays are Pritam
song (I love the club remix of zara zara touch me) but that doesn't
mean Pritam can copy song without crediting the original source.

Let me know what you think. Thanks for reading.

Jamshid Mahmood