Musical coincidences # 266

I spotted the song that prompted this coincidence in an A.V. Club article entitled "Songs we save for a specific season". Contributor Will Harris (Hi, Will!) nominated a song I'd never heard before, John Wesley Harding's "Summer Single". Part of the melody in the verse is this:

John Wesley Harding - "Summer Single" (1993) (excerpt)

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It reminded me of:

The Red Button - "Gonna Make You Mine" (2007) (excerpt)

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Here are the full versions:

John Wesley Harding - "Summer Single" (1993)

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The Red Button - "Gonna Make You Mine" (2007)

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