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Ghostbusters
Huey Lewis was approached to write the original song for this movie but declined. When this happened, the actual writer, Ray Parker, Jr., borrowed a little too much from Huey’s song, “I Want a New Drug,” and was hit with a huge lawsuit. Both songs were popular music hits, but the Ghostbusters theme song resulted in a number of spin offs and popularity from the success of the movie.
A confidentiality agreement was struck between the parties, and a settlement made Lewis a richer man than he already was for the infringement case. The details of the settlement were confidential until 2001 when Lewis commented on the payment on a VH1 episode. Parker then sued Lewis for breach of contract.
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