While Shape of You was originally dropped with just Ed Sheeran, Johnny McDaid and producer Steve Mac listed as writers, two months after its release the credits were changed to include No Scrubs scribes Kandi Burruss, Tameka Cottle and Kevin "She'kespere" Briggs. The something, it turned out, was the melody to TLC's iconic No Scrubs. ![]() When Ed Sheeran first released Shape Of You - the blockbuster lead single from his third album ÷ - fans thought they were hearing something familiar. Taylor and Antonoff also share credits on another song from Sour album track 1 step forward, 2 steps back, which directly samples Reputation's closing ballad New Years Day. Neither Olivia nor Taylor or her co-writers have commented on the news. Olivia herself openly stated to Rolling Stone that her heavily vocodered vocals in the bridge and outro to Deja Vu (which peaked at Number 4 on the Official Singles Chart) were inspired by a similar technique used in Cruel Summer (which hit Number 27 upon Lover's release but was never officially released as a single). Vincent (who wrote Cruel Summer, the perky second track of 2019's Lover) is interesting. ![]() So the retrospective addition of Taylor and co-writers Jack Antonoff and St. Olivia Rodrigo has made no secret that she's a massive Taylor Swift fan. Song sampled: Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer With this in mind, we've listed below some more instances where popular songs have credited samples from earlier hits in retrospect. Vincent as co-writers, due to a (self-confirmed inspired) nod to Taylor's fan favourite track Cruel Summer, so similar in fact that the trio are now being credited post-release. Rolling Stone has reported that Olivia Rodrigo's Deja Vu now lists Taylor Swift, Jack Antonoff and St. Peace and love to all.But sometimes the influence on a song can be a tricky thing. I wish Sam all the best for his ongoing career. In these times we live in this is hardly news. Sam did the right thing and I have thought no more about this. “How it got out to the press is beyond Sam or myself. ![]() And no more was to be said about it,” Petty continued. “The word lawsuit was never even said and was never my intention. Sam’s people were very understanding of our predicament and we easily came to an agreement. Most times you catch it before it gets out the studio door but in this case it got by. All my years of songwriting have shown me these things can happen. Two high-profile situations that were settled out of court include Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars’ 2014 hit “Uptown Funk” (which has quietly added writers twice) and Sam Smith’s “Stay With Me,” the writers of which in 2015 made an undisclosed settlement with Tom Petty over their song’s similarity to his 1989 hit “I Won’t Back Down.” Petty and cowriter Jeff Lynne’s names were added to Smith’s song’s credits and royalties, even though the writers claimed not to be previously familiar with the earlier tune.Īfter news of the addition became public, Petty wrote in a statement, “Let me say I have never had any hard feelings toward Sam. Such cases can get extremely complicated, unpredictable and, not least, expensive when they go before a jury of ordinary people who are not music experts, as evidenced by the back-and-forth with recent lawsuits involving Katy Perry’s “Dark Horse,” Robin Thicke and Pharrell’s “Blurred Lines” and even Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven.” Reps for Swift and Rodrigo did not immediately respond to Variety’s requests for comment, but what seems likely is that the matter was settled quietly behind the scenes, as is often the situation with potential copyright-infringement cases.
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