Avril Lavigne's first single from her latest effort has received both critics and legal action. After being criticized for sounding too similar to Tony Basil's "Mickey", the song "Girlfriend" now is being sued for a plagiarism by a couple of songwriters.
"Girlfriend" has been accused a plagiarism to pop band The Rubinoos' claim-to-fame single "I Wanna be Your Boyfriend" (1979). Within the lyrics of Rubinoos' song is "Hey hey you you, I wanna be your boyfriend" while in Avril's lyric there's "Hey hey you you, I want to be your girlfriend".
Songwriters to "I Wanna be Your Boyfriend", Tommy Dunbar and James Gangwer filed a lawsuit at California’s Nothern Federal District Court. Avril's production company Avril Lavigne Publishing and co-writer Dr. Luke have both been specified as the defendants.
While The Rubinoos failed to make a comment, Avril's manager Terry McBride gave a full defense that the Canadian singer is not a copy cat. McBride said, “This is a song she’d never heard of that was a minor hit before she was born. This is a stretch and there is no basis for it.”
He continued that the word "Hey You" has been used in many songs and therefore he's confident that Avril's side is "strong". He added, "We’ll look at the cost to defend versus the cost to settle, and we’ll make a decision at that time.”
Musicologists have been sat down to hear both songs and the experts rules out plagiarism. McBride then concludes that it's only a form of "legal blackmail".
This isn't the only accusal case that Avril faces. Long time collaborator Chantal Kreviazuk also slammed her in using the track "Contagious" without her permission. Kreviazuk fumed, "I sent her a song two years ago called 'Contagious,' and I just saw the track listing to (The Best Damn Thing) and there's a song called 'Contagious' on it and my name's not on it. What do you do with that?"
Kreviazuk is particularly doubting Avril's credibility to write a song alone but once again Avril's manager came to her rescue by saying that Avril is a "collaborative writer". Meanwhile, "Contagious" co-writer Evan Taubenfield made it clear by saying, "We originally wrote it for me, so there's no way Chantal was involved. I can't speak on her song or any claims she's making about our song because I've never heard hers."
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The fucking cunt that posted first posted the wrong fucking song. Avril Lavigne is being sued by the Rubinoos, not the addamn Ramones you dumb cunt.
Well, it appears Avril can do it better after all.
I don't think that Avril steals songs word for word, but I do believe that she steals parts of songs and she "collaborates"with other people to help her put it all together. I have always known that she is a punk wannabe, but I didn't know she was a thief, especially because she prides herself in being original and of writing her own music. I am not an Avril fan, nor do I hate her; I just think that is too much of a coincidence that two of her songs sound like that of other artists.
what are you like 12? everying likes lavigne? newsflash. everyone hates hey because shes a fucking loser punk tryhard with nothing good to say. i am so happy shes being sued. im ecstatic in fact. its about time that talentless hack got knocked down a notch.and can you even read? the song is by the Rubinoos. thats NOT the Ramones. oh and btw - avril lavigne is really going to read this and thank you for your "support". i hope you die
THIS IS SOOOOOO FUCKIN STUPID the sounds sound NOTHING alike im telling you this boyband SCUKS LIKE FUCK and there only tryin to get avrils money avril do ur thang jus cuz this boyband is PLAYED OUT and NO ONE likes them dosnt mean they have to try and sue somone that everyone likes like holy even look heres da lyrics to der lame ass song :Hey, little girl I wanna be your boyfriend Sweet little girl I wanna be your boyfriend Do you love me babe? What do you say? Do you love me babe? What can I say? Because I wanna be your boyfriend HOW THE FUCK IS THAT AND AVRILS SONG THE SAME??? NOW HERES THE LYRICS TO AVRILS SONG GIRLFRIEND: [Chorus] Hey! Hey! You! You! I don’t like your girlfriend! No way! No way! I think you need a new one Hey! Hey! You! You! I could be your girlfriend Hey! Hey! You! You! I know that you like me No way! No way! You know it’s not a secret Hey! Hey! You! You! I want to be your girlfriend [Verse 1] You’re so fine I want you mine You’re so delicious I think about ya all the time You’re so addictive Don’t you know what I could do to make you feel alright? Don’t pretend I think you know I’m damn precious And Hell Yeah I’m the motherfucking princess I can tell you like me too and you know I’m right [Bridge:] She’s like so whatever And you could do so much better I think we should get together now And that’s what everyone’s talking about! [Chorus:] Hey! Hey! You! You! I don’t like your girlfriend! No way! No way! I think you need a new one Hey! Hey! You! You! I could be your girlfriend Hey! Hey! You! You! I know that you like me No way! No way! You know it’s not a secret Hey! Hey! You! You! I want to be your girlfriend [Verse 2] I can see the way, I see the way you look at me And even when you look away I know you think of me I know you talk about me all the time again and again So come over here, tell me what I want to hear Better yet make your girlfriend disappear I don’t want to hear you say her name ever again (And again and again and again!) [Bridge] [Chorus] Hey! Hey! You! You! I know that you like me No way! No way! You know it’s not a secret Hey! Hey! You! You! I want to be your girlfriend In a second you’ll be wrapped around my finger Cause I can, cause I can do it better There’s no other So when's it gonna sink in? She’s so stupid What the hell were you thinking?! [repeat] [Chorus] THESE LYRICS ARE COMPLETLY DIFFERENT THE RAMONES OR W.E SUCK LIKE HELL AND THEY NEED TO GET A FUCKIN LIFE AVRIL DO UR THING I SUPPORT YOU 100%