Lady Gaga’s infectious new hit Abracadabra has drawn comparisons to an iconic song from the 80s. 

The dance song’s melody has been compared to the Tears For Fears song Mad World, a slower-paced, lo-fi track released in 1982. 

Despite the differences, numerous listeners couldn’t help but spot the similarities. 

TikToker Jarred Jermaine pointed out the resemblance with video comparing the melodies, prompting mixed reaction from fans who agreed and disagreed with him.

However, he had numerouses responses from listeners noting the similarity was there: ‘I knew I heard it somewhere!’ one wrote. 

‘Yea I hear the similarity. Gaga is just sped up,’ another posted.

‘Gaga’s melody is faster but it’s the same melody,’ one said in the comments. 

Lady Gaga’s infectious new hit Abracadabra has drawn comparisons to an iconic song from the 80s

The comparisons continued on X, where one said Abracadabra ‘slowly morphs’ in the Tears for Fears track every time they listen to it.

Another said they even started ‘serving and dancing’ to Mad World after mistakenly thinking it was the new Gaga song. 

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‘Every time I get Gaga’s “Abracadabra” in my head it slowly morphs into “Mad World” by Gary Jules…..’ an X user noted.

‘My bad, I started serving and dancing to Mad World cause I thought it was Abracadabra by Gaga. I’m so stupid,’ another posted. 

Jarred’s TikTok video comparing the two tracks made it’s way onto X as well, with one agreeing the songs did have similarities.

‘Not to be that dj on tiktok, but I don’t know if it’s intentional that Abracadabra and Mad World sounds alike.’

‘I thought the exact same thing when I first heard abracadabra I thought it sounded like Mad World,’ another wrote in response to an X user who thought Jarred was ‘reaching.’

Another said they had been thinking about the resemblance all day.

The song is from her forthcoming eighth studio album, Mayhem, which also contains the singles Disease and Die With a Smile

Tears For Fears is the band behind Mad World; Roland Orzabel of the group seen performing in 1985

The song’s music video is rather melancholic 

Listeners took to X to point out the similarities

Gaga dropped Abracadabra earlier this month along with the accompanying edgy music video

‘am i the only one who hears mad world in abracadabra? i’ve been thinking this since yesterday,’ another posted.

Gaga dropped Abracadabra earlier this month along with the accompanying edgy music video.

The song is from her forthcoming eighth studio album, Mayhem, which also contains the singles Disease and Die With a Smile.  

‘The album started as me facing my fear of returning to the pop music my earliest fans loved,’ the singer said in a press announcement last month.

She shared video of her dancing in her H๏τel hallway to her new song Abracadabra on Super Bowl Sunday

Gaga also took to Instagram on Sunday, sharing a video of herself on her way to the Super Bowl.

She danced in a H๏τel hallway to her new song Abracadabra, wearing a long black dress with chunky high-heel boots and one black glove.

Her raven tresses were styled straight and she completed the look with a pair of sunglᴀsses.

‘Goin into the SUPERBOWL like ABRA-OO-NA-NA. The category is: SPORTS or SPELLS!!’ she wrote in the caption.