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9:30 Coffee Break: Musical Plagiarism

January 26, 2015

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What songs do you want to hear for today's coffee break?
MPR Graphic / Tracy Kompelien

This morning news broke that Tom Petty and ELO's Jeff Lynne won a plagiarism lawsuit against Sam Smith. People (among them Petty's lawyers) noticed a similarity between Petty's, "I Won't Back Down," and Smith's, "Stay with Me". The story reminded us that there are a lot of songs that we play that have been accused of musical plagiarism.

What songs that have been in a plagiarism lawsuit should we play for today's Coffee Break?

Songs Played:

(The Original)Chuck Berry - "You Can't Catch Me" (The Beatles "Come Together")

The Verve - "Bittersweet Symphony" (The Rolling Stones "The Last Time")

(The Original) Marvin Gaye - "Got to Give it Up" (Robin Thicke "Blurred Lines")

Coldplay - "Viva La Vida" (Joe Satriani "If I Could Fly")

Ray Parker Jr. - "Ghostbusters Theme" (Huey Lewis "I Want a New Drug")