"Passing By"

A couple days ago, I figured out the vocal part in "Passing By," and yester-day, I realized that in a number of ways, the song bears some resemblance to the Beatles' "Flying" (from the previous year), although this may be just coincidental.

Here's the vocal part in "Passing By" (the top two lines are the "verses"; the bottom line is the coda):

Here's the vocal part (starting at ~1:02) in the Beatles' "Flying":

There's some degree of similarity in the beginnings of the phrases:  an initial fourth or third, the second note of which starts a conjunct group of notes, usually all ascending.  More idiosyncratic, though, is the sort of skipping rhythm in both (in the even-numbered measures of "Passing By" but the odd-numbered measures of "Flying"):  quarter note, eighth note, quarter note, eighth note, quarter note.  Of course, both vocal parts are also wordless.

The titles are similar, too; both are either gerunds or participles that describe movement.