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Pop / Rock 29 June, 2018

Ed Sheeran Sued Over Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On" 'Copying' Claims

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Ed Sheeran Sued Over Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On" 'Copying' Claims
New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Ed Sheeran is being sued for $100m (£76.4m) for allegedly copying parts of Marvin Gaye's Let's Get It On. It's alleged the singer ripped off sections of the 1973 classic for his number one hit Thinking Out Loud.
Legal documents in the US allege it copies "the melody, rhythms, harmonies, drums, bass line, backing chorus, tempo, syncopation and looping".

According to the suit, Sheeran's song has the same melody, rhythms, harmonies, drums, bassline, backing chorus, tempo, syncopation and looping as Gaye's 1973 hit.

Gaye's song was co-written by Edward Townsend and Gaye. Townsend died in 2003, and Structured Asset Sales purchased one-third of the copyright to "Let's Get It On." Structured says Ed's single and the album it's from, x, sold more than 15 million copies and that the song has been streamed more than 1 billion times on YouTube.

"Thinking Out Loud" peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was nominated for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Pop Solo Performance at the 58th Grammy Awards in 2016.






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