If you wanna know firsthand what I'm gonna talk about, listen first to these songs (click the triangles to play):
First Love by Hikaru Utada
We Belong by Toni Gonzaga
Itsumo by Dice & K9
Did you hear something suspicious?
Yup, First Love and We Belong sound surprisingly similar. And also, just in case you were able to pick this up, some of the Japanese lines in the chorus of Itsumo are also found in First Love.
First Love is actually one of my favorite Japanese songs. It was performed by the New York-born pop singer Hikaru Utada (宇多田ヒカル UTADA HIKARU in Japanese). The song First Love came from her hit debut album, also called First Love, which was released in 1999.
Then, around a couple of years ago, Itsumo by the local group Dice & K9 aired in the local radio stations. The song actually became a hit, most probably due to the Japanese chorus mixed with the song's characteristic pumping beat. It's actually one of my favorite songs too, but it was criticized mostly by local fans of Hikki for allegedly copying the chorus from First Love. First Love's two choruses are actually English mixed with Japanese. But some of the chorus lines in Itsumo seemed to be Japanese translations of a couple of English chorus lines in First Love.
Compare: (Lines in CAPS are allegedly taken from First Love; lines with ** asterisks ** are allegedly the English lines from First Love that are translated into Japanese in Itsumo)
In Itsumo (Warning: some Japanese words are actually mispronounced in the song itself. The lyrics are correct):
ITSUMO KOKORO WA HOSHII,
ITSUKA DAREKA TO MATA KOI NI OCHITEMO
ITSUMO KOKORO NI IRU,
ITSUMO ANATA DAKE NO BASHO GA ARU KARA
In First Love, first chorus:
** YOU ARE ALWAYS GONNA BE MY LOVE **
ITSUKA DAREKA TO MATA KOI NI OCHITEMO
I’ll remember to love
You taught me how
You are always gonna be the one
Ima wa mada kanashii love song
Atarashii uta utaeru made
In First Love, second chorus:
** YOU WILL ALWAYS BE INSIDE MY HEART **
ITSUMO ANATA DAKE NO BASHO GA ARU KARA
I hope that I have a place in your heart too
Now and forever you are still the one
Ima wa mada kanashii love song
Atarashii uta utaeru made
You be the judge.
As for Toni Gonzaga's latest song We Belong, the song is suspiciously similar to First Love, especially the chorus. Is We Belong copied from First Love, too? Again, you be the judge. 
My post is influenced by liamshane's.
I didn't know that I have these Endless Love music files lying around my hard drive (click the triangles to play):
Reason by Jung Il Yung (Autumn in My Heart OST)
Prayer by Jung Il Won (Autumn in My Heart OST)
From The Beginning Until Now by Ryu (Winter Sonata OST)
If you want the actual files, you can download them here:
Reason
Prayer
From The Beginning Until Now
Enjoy!
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Perry is a computer programmer, a music enthusiast, a book worm and a couch potato.
He's currently residing in Pasig City, Metro Manila, Philippines.
(May pa-third person effect pa! :-P )
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