[nesnah]

He stole the song! It’s identical to Want a New Drug by Huey Lewis!

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He sure did.

Another thief - “All I Wanna Do” from Cheryl Crow

Ripping off Gerry Rafferty’s riff in Stealers Wheel “Stuck in the Middle With You”.

[nickcarraway]

Meh. Rafferty and Egan never sued her. Tom Petty never went after people who had more similar to his songs than that. But I heard Petty say he based American Girl on Bo Diddley.

Prince too a songwriting credit on Stevie Nick's Stand Back. (But Sting never demanded a credit for that song, but he did get a co-credit for Money for Nothing by Die Straits)

Prince had his record company call Journey, because he thought Purple RainFaithfully. Cain and Schon, the songwriters declined to ask for a credit. Apparently Prince was a big fan of Neal Schon.

Journey said they thought One Direction ripped off a song of theirs, but they didn't seek remedy.

Different artists have different attitudes.