Top 10 Songs Sued for Plagiarism

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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