The song was already highly controversial, with campaigners having claimed it promoted non-consensual sex. In one of the most high-profile copyright battles in decades, Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams were accused of stealing from Marvin Gaye’s 1977 disco classic Got To Give It Up for their song Blurred Lines. Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams – Blurred Lines/Marvin Gaye – Got To Give It Up Thicke and Pharrell (Startraks Photo/REX/Shutterstock) In fact, he’s been accused time and time again – and has been pretty unapologetic about his “borrowing”.
Noel Gallagher is almost certainly the only person on this list to have been accused of plagiarising a plagiarised song (as he was with Supersonic, which sounds a lot like My Sweet Lord). Oasis – Shakermaker/The New Seekers – I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing The word ‘subconsciously’ in the ruling was crucial: it was a landmark decision that made paved the way for many more court battles (and made the riff-lifting stars of the 60s collectively gulp).
In 1976, he was found guilty of having subconsciously lifted from the Chifton’s 1963 hit ‘He’s So Fine’, written by Ronnie Mack. George Harrison – My Sweet Lord/The Chiffons – He’s So FineĪnother of the Fab Four to face litigation, George Harrison was involved in one of the most high-profile plagiarism cases of all time over his solo track, George Harrison, right, with Paul McCartney (WIkiCommons)
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