In 1969, when the band recorded their classic hit “Whole Lotta Love,” they sampled the sound and even a few lyrics from Muddy Waters’ “You Need Love.” Only they didn’t actually credit Willie Dixon, who wrote the latter. Muddy Waters, “You Need Love”Īgain, if you’re a hard-core Zeppelin listener, this might sting a bit. For Led Zeppelin’s part, Jimmy Page told French magazine Liberation that the claims are “ ridiculous.” 21. Earlier this year, as they promoted the re-release of their first three albums, the band was hit hard by claims that they lifted the intro for their famous song “Stairway to Heaven” from fellow rock band Spirit’s song “Taurus,” released three years prior. The iconic band is mired in controversy where copyright infringement is concerned. Led Zeppelin fans, you may want to avert your eyes. Still, you’ve gotta admit the two do sound (and look) similar. The dispute over whether or not Katy Perry’s “Roar” was a rip-off of Sara Bareilles’ “Brave” might have been a bigger debacle had Bareilles not stepped in to assure the world that she and Perry were friends and that things were all good. So, when “Your Love Is a Lie” was released in 2007, many people claimed that perhaps Simple Plan’s fixation on Green Day led them to copy chord progressions from their idol’s 2004 hit “Boulevard of Broken Dreams.” 19. Simple Plan unabashedly admires Green Day, calling the rock group their Ramones. In the case of Simple Plan’s “Your Love Is a Lie,” that seems to be exactly what happened.
After all, there had to be some merit to Innes’ claim that Oasis lifted his melody, since a lawsuit landed him cowriting credit.ġ8. However, since Oasis had a bit of a reputation for oversampling other artists, perhaps the similarities between the band’s “Whatever” and Neil Innes’ “How Sweet to Be an Idiot” are there and we just aren’t hearing them. In full disclosure, this kind of seems like a stretch to us. In 2012, Mars was put on blast by the musician Breakbot for the fact that “Treasure” sounded an awful lot like Breakbot’s “Baby I’m Yours.” Truth be told, we can totally hear it. Breakbot, “Baby I’m Yours”Ĭould Bruno Mars have stolen his hit single “Treasure” from a lesser known musician? If you believe Breakbot (and your ears), then yes, absolutely.
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