The Air That I Breathe
was originally recorded by a dude named Albert Hammond, and written by his truly and some other dude named Mike Hazlewood.
so stfu Mr.Reed
What drug was the person on who said Creep is a copy of The Air That I Breathe? Meanwhile, nothings like Eminem get away with completely plagiarizing Aerosmith
shareCreep is a copy of Air That I Breathe, and there was justifiably a copyright infringement lawsuit about it.
shareIndeed. I'd never heard Air I Breathe until I sat watching this film. Then I thought "that sounds like Creep."
On a side note . . . artists may try the approach U2 took with a recent single entitled Atomic City, where the chorus echoed Blondie's "Call Me" . . . so the band included Blondie in the royalties up front.
Sure saves a lot of time on a lawsuit later.
That is also probably why radiohead hated playing that song live, they were either legally barred from doing so or had to, undeservedly imo, pay royalties to that other band no one even cares about
shareThey would have to pay whoever held the rights. Just because you don't care doesn't matter.
Now, a legitimate argument can be made that copyright terms are ridiculously long - but the rights holders pay the politicians to keep them that way. Is this a great country or what ? Those that have can afford to pay extra to get more of what they already got.
Fun fact, you'll pay royalties for singing happy birthday in movies
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