Sam Smith and Normani are facing a copyright lawsuit that claims their 2019 hit “Dancing With a Stranger' ripped off an earlier track.
“The hook/chorus in both songs—the most significant part and artistic aspect of these works—contains the lyrics ‘dancing with a stranger’ being sung over a nearly identical melody and musical composition,” the songwriters wrote. “In both songs, the title, hook, chorus, lyrics, and musical composition are all the same—and are repeated throughout the song giving both songs their identities.
According to the lawsuit, the earlier song was written in 2015, shopped to labels later that year, released on SoundCloud in 2016 and released on Spotify and YouTube in 2017. When Smith’s song was released in 2019, Vincent, Miranda and Banlaoi say it was “immediately obvious” that it had been copied from their song.
The lawsuit said it was “common practice in music production” to take an earlier song as a “reference track” that can be slowed down or sped up. Vincent, Miranda and Banlaoi say that seems to be what Smith did with their song.
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