Andrew Eborn joined Elaine McGee and Richard O’Reilly on The Breakfast Show @BBCRadioFoyle to discuss the copyright claim regarding Ed Sheeran’s Shape of You co-written by Steve Mac – real name Steven McCutcheon – and Snow Patrol’s Johnny McDaid.
Sami Chokri and Ross O’Donoghue claim the song’s “Oh I” hook is “strikingly similar” to part of their track Oh Why, which was released by Chokri under the name Sami Switch in 2015.
Chokri’s chorus has the following lyrics: Oh why, oh why, oh why oh // Why do i put my self through this // Oh why, oh why, oh why oh // Why do i put my self through this // Oh why, oh why, oh why oh I hope the sufferings worth it // And we suffer for a purpose.
While Sheeran’s chorus to Shape of You: I’m in love with the shape of you // We push and pull like a magnet do // Although my heart is falling too // I’m in love with your body // And last night you were in my room // And now my bedsheets smell like you // Every day discovering something brand new // I’m in love with your body // Oh-I-oh-I-oh-I-oh-I // I’m in love with your body // Oh-I-oh-I-oh-I-oh-I // I’m in love with your body // Oh-I-oh-I-oh-I-oh-I // I’m in love with your body // Every day discovering something brand new // I’m in love with the shape of you.
Ed Sheeran denies the claim.
@edsheeran #ShapeOfYou #copyright
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