Sam Smith and Normani sued for alleged plagiarism

[Midnight]

Sam and Normani are being sued over their duet 'Dancing With a Stranger.'

The complaint filed by songwriters Vincent, Christopher Miranda and Rosco Banlaoi at the Los Angeles federal court, allege Sam and Normani plagiarized elements of Jordan Vincent's 2017 song "Dancing With Strangers."

"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. Both videos consist of a girl performing interpretive dance alone in a minimalist studio, interspersed with shots of the male vocalist. A girl dancing alone is not an obvious visual theme for a music video titled 'Dancing With a Stranger,' tending to dispel any notion that this similarity is a coincidence. When the extraordinary musical similarity between the songs is also factored in, it becomes even more apparent that it is impossible that the infringing composition and sound recording were independently created."

 

 

 

Edited March 7, 2022 by Midnight

[Adriannn]

More and more lawsuits coming up like:

 

[Stefani]

[Otaner]

Ummmmm …. I don’t see any similarity lmaoooo just the fave that they both say “dancing with a stranger” lmaooooo

[bas che]

This is giving me Beyoncé vibes and I’m so here for it 

[MikeHunt]

To me this is a reach but so many commenters are saying they Sam stole from the accuser. So I guess I have to get my eyes and ears checked 

[Xanax]

I hear no similarities or anything with Jordan’s version and Sam’s version. Jordan has no case. Thank you next, betch. You can’t sue someone for taking “dancing with a stranger” if that’s the case, Frank Sinatra’s family, Dean Martin’s family, etc should sue one another. It’s old. And I’m bored. Next. 🙄

[RadicalOptimism]

I’m suing Hilegend because she has a song titled So Yesterday, and I remember telling my sister she was so yesterday when she wouldn’t let me watch what I wanted on TV 

[MasterMindz]

Unlike the Levitating case, this will not stand. No similarities detected!

 

[Prince Ali]

18 hours ago, Otaner said:

Ummmmm …. I don’t see any similarity lmaoooo just the fave that they both say “dancing with a stranger” lmaooooo

exactly...

[davidspears]

With all due respect they sound nothing alike.

[PickleSpears]

Sam Smith and Normani are both annoying af. Sue the sh-t out of them.

[SlayOut]

12 hours ago, CrazyButItFeelsAllright said:

I’m suing Hilegend because she has a song titled So Yesterday, and I remember telling my sister she was so yesterday when she wouldn’t let me watch what I wanted on TV 

Get that money hunty!

[UncannyX-Man2099]

Instead of reaching and trying to benefit off other people's success, why dont you try to make your OWN good song that isnt SH!+. Seems like a better use of your time and money.

[Avatar]

To be fair, it does sound like they slowed the tempo a bit to not make it sound the same 

[Moscow]

Tempo slowed to make it not sound the same 

[octoba9]

On 3/8/2022 at 8:24 AM, PickleSpears said:

Sam Smith and Normani are both annoying af. Sue the sh-t out of them.

You’re very weird.

[Bigno]

They did slow down the tempo and "softened" instrumentation, but they do have similarities.