Olivia Dean accused of copying Bill Withers' Just The Two of Us
"When I heard it back for the first time, I burst into tears. He died in 2020.Dean picked up best new artist at this year's Grammys, while The Art of Loving reached number three in the US and number one in the UK, and was named album of the year at the Brit Awards.This YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser.View original content on YouTubeThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
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Olivia Dean accused of copying Bill Withers' Just The Two of UsImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, The lawsuit seeks damages from Dean's publisher and record label, but not from the star herselfByMark SavageMusic correspondentPublished23 minutes agoBritish pop star Olivia Dean has been accused of copying the melody of Bill Withers' soul classic Just The Two of Us in a legal case filed in California.The complaint centres around Dean's song I've Seen It, taken from her Brit Award-winning 2025 album The Art of Loving.Just The Two of Us was a hit for Withers in 1981, and the publishers of the late singer's catalogue allege that the two songs "share musical features" that are "so striking" they cannot have arisen by coincidence alone.The lawsuit names Dean's record label Capitol Records,…
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