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Chris Brown Sued for $1.5 Million For “Privacy”

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Chris Brown is at it again (see bottom of post for more Chris Brown).

Chris Brown is being sued for US$1.5 million after he allegedly infringed on the copyright of Tight Up Skirt — a song recorded in 1997 by veteran Dancehall artist Red Rat. The popular American singer had used a vocal interpolation of Red Rat’s hit song in the 2017 mega-hit Privacy. – DancehallMag

The songs “share a similar primary identifying feature,” the plaintiff elaborates, in the form of “a melody containing the lyrics ‘Hey you girl inna di tight upskirt’” (in “Tight Up Skirt” [Red Rat] ) and “‘Hey you girl without a tight up skirt’” (in “Privacy” [Chris Brown]), according to the filing. – Digital Music News

Have a listen!

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10 One Direction Songs that Sound Like Other Songs

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10 One Direction Songs that Sound Like Other Songs

This is a fairly long list of One Direction (1D) songs that sound like other songs. They seem to do this a lot. Well, the songwriters behind the curtain do. The most interesting thing about this is that most of these One Direction songs came out 1 year after the song they sound like. That doesn’t seem coincidental here. This is a pattern.

 

“Live While We’re Young” sounds like The Clash “Should I Stay or Should I Go”

If you look really closely at the cover of The Clash‘s Combat Rock (1982) you will see the boy band One Direction in the background. This explains it all.


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“Heart Attack” sounds like Big Time Rush “Song For You”


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Calvin Harris vs. Chris Brown vs. DJ Sammy

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Zeno just brought this to my attention.

Scottish producer Calvin Harris recently accused Chris Brown of lifting his 2009 track “I’m Not Alone”.  Chris Brown’s new single “Yeah 3x” features a nearly identical synth hook.

The Scottish musician said he “choked on [his] cornflakes” when Brown’s new single, Yeah 3x, came on the radio while he was eating breakfast.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/oct/05/calvin-harris-chris-brown

After listening to these tracks for a few minutes I’m now reminded of DJ Sammy‘s 2002 dance cover of Bryan Adam’s  “Heaven” (Featuring Do). There’s probably a few hundred more of these out there.