List of songs subject to plagiarism disputes

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The following is a list of songs that have been the subject of plagiarism disputes. In several of the disputes the artists have stated that the copying of melody or chord progression was unconscious. In some cases the song was sampled or covered. Some cases are still awaiting litigation.

James Brown settled one dispute.
Led Zeppelin settled six disputes so far, and a seventh was decided in their favor.
Madonna settled two plagiarism disputes.
Mariah Carey settled three times.
Oasis settled over three songs
Lauryn Hill settled for a dispute over 13 tracks.
Janet Jackson settled once.
Eminem settled once.
The Rolling Stones settled three disputes and were also claimants in two plagiarism disputes.
Chris Brown settled one dispute.
Will.i.am settled five disputes.
Bruno Mars settled three disputes.
Ed Sheeran settled two disputes with one being still litigated.
Robin Thicke settled one dispute.
Kanye West settled twice.
Sam Smith settled once.
Year Original work Original artist Second song Second artist Result Ref.
1965 "Ask Any Girl" The Supremes "1-2-3" Len Barry 15% of the song's writing and publishing royalties [1]
1966 Unnamed Betty Jean Newsome "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" (1966) James Brown Copyright of the song and a third of the royalties [2]
1966 "Sweet Little Sixteen" Chuck Berry "Surfin' U.S.A." (1963) The Beach Boys Songwriting credit, copyright having already been assigned to Berry via Arc Music [3]
1967 "In the Mood" Glenn Miller "All You Need Is Love" (1967) The Beatles Royalties [4]
1968 "All Day and All of the Night" (1964) The Kinks "Hello, I Love You" (1968) The Doors Settled [5]
1968 "Ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on, brah" catch cry Jimmy Scott "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" (1968) The Beatles Settled out of court in 1969, when Scott accepted Paul McCartney's payment of his legal expenses to keep him out of jail [6]
1969 "You Can't Catch Me" (1956) Chuck Berry "Come Together" (1969) The Beatles Settled out of court in 1973, with John Lennon agreeing to compensate by recording three of the publisher's songs for his next album [7]
1971 "He's So Fine" (1963) Ronnie Mack "My Sweet Lord" (1970) George Harrison $1,599,987 to Bright Tunes; subsequently reduced to $587,000 [8][9]
1971 "Feuilles Mortes" (1949) Joseph Kozma "La Maritza" Sylvie Vartan The totality of the song royalties were confiscated and went to Joseph Kozma heirs [10]
1972 "Bring It on Home" (1963) Sonny Boy Williamson II "Bring It on Home" (1969) Led Zeppelin Songwriting credit [11]
1973 "Speedy Gonzalez" (1962) Pat Boone "Crocodile Rock" (1972) Elton John Settled [4]
1978 Various Lennon–McCartney compositions (1963–1970) The Beatles "Cheese and Onions", "Piggy in the Middle" and other songs on The Rutles (1978) The Rutles Royalties and songwriting credits [12]
1970s "Killing Floor" (1964) Howlin' Wolf "The Lemon Song" (1969) Led Zeppelin Songwriting credit [11]
1970s "Crescent City Blues" (1953) Gordon Jenkins "Folsom Prison Blues" (1955) Johnny Cash $75,000 [8][9][13]
1983 Unnamed Linden Hudson "Thug" (1983) ZZ Top Undisclosed amount [4]
1984 "I Want a New Drug" (1984) Huey Lewis and the News "Ghostbusters" (1984) Ray Parker Jr. Settled non-disclosure agreement [14]
1985 "Pour toi" (1957) Louis “Loulou” Gasté "Feelings" (1976) Morris Albert $500,000 [15]
1985 "You Need Love" (1963) Muddy Waters "Whole Lotta Love" (1969) Led Zeppelin Settled out of court for undisclosed amount [16]
1985 "Sugar Don't Bite" (1984) Sam Harris "Papa Don't Preach" (1986) Madonna Undisclosed amount [17]
1986 Unnamed Los Lobos "All Around the World or the Myth of Fingerprints" (1986) Paul Simon Undisclosed [18]
1988 "Just Another Night" Patrick Alley "Just Another Night" (1985) Mick Jagger Six-person jury decided in Jagger's favor in April 1988 [19]
1988 "Run Through the Jungle" (1970) Creedence Clearwater Revival "The Old Man Down the Road" (1984) John Fogerty Six-person jury decided in Fogerty's favor in November 1988 [20]
1989 "You Showed Me" (1968) The Turtles "Transmitting Live from Mars" (1989) De La Soul $1.7 million [21]
1990 "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" Anne Bredon "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" (1969) Led Zeppelin Songwriting credit [11]
1990 "Going to a Go-Go" Smokey Robinson and the Miracles "Every Little Thing" (1990) Jeff Lynne Songwriting credit [22]
1990 "I’m a Roadrunner" (1966) Junior Walker and the All-Stars "Roll with It" (1988) Steve Winwood Songwriting credit [23]
1991 "Leaving on a Jet Plane" (1966) John Denver "Run 2" (1989) New Order Songwriting credit [24][25]
1991 "Best of My Love" (1977) Maurice White "Emotions" (1991) Mariah Carey Undisclosed amount [26]
1992 "I Want to Thank You" Kevin McCord "Make It Happen" (1992) Mariah Carey $500,000 [26]
1992 "Right Before My Eyes" Sharon Taber and Ron Gonzalez "Can't Let Go" (1991) Mariah Carey Settled for $1 million [26]
1993 "(I'd Do) Anything for You" (1989) Jon Dunmore Sinclair "I'd Do Anything for Love" (1993) Meat Loaf Undisclosed settlement [27]
1993 "Under Pressure" (1981) Queen and David Bowie "Ice Ice Baby" (1989) Vanilla Ice Undisclosed amount and songwriting credit [28]
1993 "Al Yawm Ulliqa Alal Khashaba" (1962) Fairuz "Erotica" (1992) Madonna $2.5 million [29]
1993 "The Air That I Breathe" (1972) Albert Hammond and Mike Hazlewood "Creep" (1992) Radiohead Songwriting credits and royalties [30]
1994 "How Sweet to Be an Idiot" (1973) Neil Innes "Whatever" (1994) Oasis Songwriting credit [31]
1994 "Love Is a Wonderful Thing" (1964) The Isley Brothers "Love Is a Wonderful Thing" (1991) Michael Bolton Under the Ninth Circuit ruling, the Isleys were to be paid $4.2 million [32]
1994 "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)" (1971) The New Seekers "Shakermaker" (1994) Oasis $500,000 [33]
1996 "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" (1965) Stevie Wonder "Step Out" Oasis Songwriting credit [34]
1996 "Within You Without You" (1967) The Beatles "Indus" Dead Can Dance Songwriting credit [35]
1996 "Hero" (1990) Christopher Selletti "Hero" (1993) Mariah Carey Case dismissed; Selletti ordered to pay fines. [36][37]
1996 "Be Your Own Hero" (1991) Rhonda Dimmie "Hero" (1993) Mariah Carey Case dismissed. [36][37]
1997 "Every Breath You Take" (1983) The Police "I'll Be Missing You" (1997) P Diddy 100% of the publishing royalties [38]
1997 "Constant Craving" (1992) k.d. lang "Anybody Seen My Baby?" (1997) The Rolling Stones Songwriting credit [4]
1998 Unnamed tracks New Ark 13 tracks on the album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998) Lauryn Hill Undisclosed settlement [39]
1998 "I'm Eighteen" (1970) Alice Cooper "Dreamin'" (1998) Kiss Undisclosed settlement [40]
1998 "Feel So High" (1991) Des'Ree "Got 'til It's Gone" (1997) Janet Jackson Settled out of court with an estimated amount of $2.6 million [41]
1999 "The Last Time" (1965) The Rolling Stones "Bitter Sweet Symphony" (1997) The Verve Songwriting credits and royalties [42][43][44]
1999 "Metal on Metal" (1977) Kraftwerk "Nur Mir" (1997) Sabrina Setlur Ruled in favor of Kraftwerk [45]
2000 "Love in Vain" (1939) Robert Johnson "Love in Vain" (1969) The Rolling Stones Settled [15][46]
2000 "Stop Breakin' Down Blues" (1937) Robert Johnson "Stop Breakin' Down" (1972) The Rolling Stones Settled [15][46]
2002 "Pulsion" (1979) Jacques Loussier "Kill You" (2000) Eminem Settled [47]
2003 "Father and Son" (1970) Cat Stevens "Fight Test" (2003) The Flaming Lips 75% of the song royalties. [48]
2003 "My Life Is in Your Hands" (1994) Kathy Troccoli "My Life Is in Your Hands" (2001) Jamie Rivera Alternating lyrics, Misspelled songwriting credits, and uncrediting of the song's publishers. [49]
2006 "Mbube" (1920) Solomon Linda "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" (1994) Disney, for the movie The Lion King Back royalties and songwriting credits [50]
2007 "If We Could Start All Over" (1993) Eddy and Danny van Passel "You Are Not Alone" (1995) Michael Jackson Condemnation for plagiarism of its solo writer R.Kelly [51]
2007 "Around the World" (1997) Daft Punk "I Got It from My Mama Remix" (2007) Will.i.am Denial of sample clearance, leading to the cancellation of the remix’s official release [52]
2008 "Taj Mahal" (1969) Jorge Ben Jor "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" (1978) Rod Stewart Settled [53]
2008 "Play with Fire" (1965) The Rolling Stones "Playing with Fire" (2008) Lil Wayne Settled [54]
2008 "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" (1979) The Rubinoos "Girlfriend" (2007) Avril Lavigne Undisclosed settlement [55]
2008 "Jealous Again" (1990) The Black Crowes "Work Hard, Play Harder" (2008) Gretchen Wilson Songwriting credit [56]
2009 "I Was Made for Lovin' You" (1979) Kiss "Outlaw Pete" (2009) Bruce Springsteen Kiss did not pursue legal action over respect for Springsteen. [57]
2009 "Mancry" (2009) Adam Freeland "Party All the Time" (2009) The Black Eyed Peas Settled [2]
2009 "If I Could Fly" (2004) Joe Satriani "Viva la Vida" (2008) Coldplay Undisclosed settlement [2]
2009 "Wherever You Are" and "A Strangely Isolated Place" Ulrich Schnauss "Riad N' the Bedouins" (2008) Guns N' Roses Undisclosed [58]
2010 "I'm Not Alone" (2009) Calvin Harris "Yeah 3x" (2010) Chris Brown Songwriting credits [59]
2010 "Kookaburra" (1932) Marion Sinclair "Down Under" (1980) Men at Work 5% of royalties backdated to 2002 [60]
2010 "Zangawela" Golden sound "Waka Waka" Shakira Settled [61]
2011 "I Need a Freak" (1983) DJ Lynn Tolliver "My Humps" (2005) The Black Eyed Peas $1.2 million and 75% songwriting credits [62]
2011 "Where Are You Now" (2004) Anthony Stokes "Maxine's Interlude"" (2006) John Legend Settled for an undisclosed amount [63]
2012 "Dazed and Confused" (1967) Jake Holmes "Dazed and Confused" (1969) Led Zeppelin Undisclosed settlement out of court [64]
2012 "Baby I'm Yours" (2010) Breakbot "Treasure" (2012) Bruno Mars Songwriting credits [65]
2013 "Got to Give It Up"(1977) Marvin Gaye "Blurred Lines" (2013) Robin Thicke $5.3 million and songwriting credits [66]
2014 "All Day and All of the Night" (1964) The Kinks "Hello, I Love You" (1968) The Doors Undisclosed settlement out of court [67]
2014 "Playaz Club" (1994) Rappin' 4-Tay "Who Do You Love" (2014) Drake $100,000 [68]
2015 "I Won't Back Down" (1989) Tom Petty "Stay With Me" (2014) Sam Smith 12.5% songwriting credit [69]
2015 "Takin’ Me to Paradise" (1983) Bruno Bergonzi and Michele Vicino "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" (1994) Prince Songwriting credits and compensation for moral rights [70]
2015 "Oops Up Side Your Head" (1979) The Gap Band "Uptown Funk" (2014) Mark Ronson, Bruno Mars 17% royalties and songwriting credit [71][72]
2016 "Young Girls" (1983) Collage Undisclosed settlement [73]
"Taurus" (1968) Spirit "Stairway to Heaven" (1971) Led Zeppelin Appeals court found that "Stairway to Heaven" was not plagiarized[74] [75]
"Les chansons d'artistes" (2001) Les années Boum "Si seulement je pouvais lui manquer" (2004) Calogero €80,000 [76][10]
2016 "Don't Want You to Stay" Bill Withers "I Do This" Kendrick Lamar Litigated, Not settled [77]
2017 "Amazing" (2011) Matt Cardle "Photograph" (2015) Ed Sheeran Privately settled in April 2017 [78]
"Gyongyhaju Lany" Gàbor Presser "New Slaves" (2013) Kanye West Undisclosed settlement [79]
"More Bounce to the Ounce" (1980) Zapp "Uptown Funk" Mark Ronson, Bruno Mars Undisclosed settlement [80]
"No Scrubs" (1999) TLC "Shape of You" (2017) Ed Sheeran Songwriting credits and royalties [81]
2018 "Seven Nation Army" (2003) The White Stripes "Toy" (2018) Netta Barzilai Songwriting credits and royalties [82][83][84]
2018 "When I Found You" (2015) Jasmine Rae "The Rest of Our Life" (2017) Tim McGraw and Faith Hill Undisclosed settlement [85]
2018 "I Don't Give a F---" Tulisa Contostavlos "Scream & Shout" (2012) Will.i.am Songwriting credits and 10% royalties [86]
2018 "Let's Get It On" (1973) Marvin Gaye "Thinking Out Loud" (2014) Ed Sheeran Litigated; not settled [87]
2019 "Work This Pussy" (1989) Junior Vasquez "WTP" (2018) Teyana Taylor Settled between Vasquez and Kanye West who wrote the song [88]
2019 "Joyful Noise" (2008) Da' T.R.U.T.H. "Dark Horse" (2013) Katy Perry $2.78 million and songwriting credits. However, in March 2020, a judge reversed the jury's $2.78 million award and decision. (See Gray v. Perry.) [89][90]
2019 "Carry On" (1982) Bobby Caldwell "Carry On" (2019) Lil Nas X Litigated; not settled [91]
2019 "Broad Day" (2019) Brandon Lee "Rodeo" (2019) Cardi B and Lil Nas X Litigated, Not settled [92]
2019 "Creep" (1992) Radiohead "Get Free" (2017) Lana Del Rey Undisclosed settlement [93]
2019 "Holly Wood Died" (2006) Yellowcard "Lucid Dreams" (2018) Juice WRLD Litigated; not settled [94]
2020 "Sunrise" (2018) Yeasayer "Pray for Me" (2018) The Weeknd and Kendrick Lamar Litigated; Not settled [95]
2020 "Naked" (1996) Louise Redknapp "Peppa's Party Time" (2019) Peppa Pig Songwriting credits [96]
2020 "Baby can I hold you" (1988) Tracy Chapman "Sorry" (2018) Nicki Minaj $450,000 [97]
2020 "Ice Drop" (2016) Dj Lag "Culture" (2020) Will.i.Am Undisclosed settlement [98]
2021 "Pump It Up" (1978) Elvis Costello "Brutal" (2021) Olivia Rodrigo Elvis Costello is okay with the song [99]
2021 "Made In America" (2016) Kidd Wes "This Is America (2018) Childish Gambino Not settled [100]
2021 "Goin' Home" (1998) Toto "Anyone" (2021) Justin Bieber Not settled [101]
2021 “Misery Business”

(2007)

Paramore “Good 4 U” (2021) Olivia Rodrigo Songwriting credits [102]

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