Alicia Keys may be a girl on fire, but now it seems that she is also a girl getting sued.
Keys is facing a copyright infringement suit from songwriter Earl Shuman. THR reports that Shuman is suing Keys over her latest hit single, "Girl on Fire."
According to THR, Shuman alleges that Keys borrowed from a song he wrote in 1962, that was recorded as Eddie Holman's 1969 song "Hey There Lonely Girl" -- take a listen above.
The similarities between "Hey There Lonely Girl" and "Girl on Fire," were originally publicized by Showbiz411's Roger Friedman. Friedman writes, "In the middle of the song, Alicia sings a couplet or so from Eddie Holman’s 1970 classic 'Hey There Lonely Girl.' The song was written by Leon Carr and Earl Shuman, who are both gone to rock and rock and roll heaven."
Shuman commented on the post soon after, writing, "Hi Roger,...
Keys is facing a copyright infringement suit from songwriter Earl Shuman. THR reports that Shuman is suing Keys over her latest hit single, "Girl on Fire."
According to THR, Shuman alleges that Keys borrowed from a song he wrote in 1962, that was recorded as Eddie Holman's 1969 song "Hey There Lonely Girl" -- take a listen above.
The similarities between "Hey There Lonely Girl" and "Girl on Fire," were originally publicized by Showbiz411's Roger Friedman. Friedman writes, "In the middle of the song, Alicia sings a couplet or so from Eddie Holman’s 1970 classic 'Hey There Lonely Girl.' The song was written by Leon Carr and Earl Shuman, who are both gone to rock and rock and roll heaven."
Shuman commented on the post soon after, writing, "Hi Roger,...
- 12/18/2012
- by Madeline Boardman
- Huffington Post
Alicia Keys is under fire for allegedly lifting a portion of a song for her own hit single. The superstar singer was hit with a copyright-infringement lawsuit for "Girl on Fire" last week after a Showbiz 411 blogger wrote a post about it, saying, "Alicia sings a couplet or so from Eddie Holman's 1970 classic 'Hey There Lonely Girl'" and claiming that the sample wasn't credited, according to the The Hollywood Reporter. "The song was written by Leon Carr and Earl Shuman, who are both gone to rock and roll heaven," Roger Friedman wrote. As it turned out, though, Schuman himself was still very much alive. The songwriter contacted Friedman back in November,...
- 12/18/2012
- E! Online
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