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Lana Del Rey vs Radiohead



Unless you've been living under a rock when it comes to the news, you have probably heard about the lawsuit reports between alternative singer Lana Del Rey and alternative rock band Radiohead.


This was of great interest to me as I am a big fan of each of these artists.


Radiohead are requesting 100% publishing revenues of Lana's song 'Get Free' featuring on her new album 'Lust for Life.' This being because they claim that Lana's song uses the same melody and chord progression as their song 'Creep.'


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Lana has said in her recent Denver concert that it is a possibility the song will be removed from any future made physical copies of the album- however it was her 'personal manifesto' and she plans to live by the lyrics onwards from now. 


Lana Del Rey tweeted her opinions:

"Although I know my song wasn't inspired by Creep, Radiohead feel it was and want 100 per cent of the publishing – I offered up to 40 per cent over the last few months but they will only accept 100. Their lawyers have been relentless, so we will deal with it in court."

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Many copyright experts are saying that Radiohead have a strong case both songs contain the very distinctive chord progression (including peculiar chord changes) and almost identical melody. 


What are your thoughts?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzP4kQhlPBY - Get Free by Lana Del Rey


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFkzRNyygfk - Creep by Radio head


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