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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Inga Parkel

Sam Smith and Normani are being sued for ‘obvious’ copyright infringement on ‘Dancing with a Stranger’

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Sam Smith and Normani have been sued for copyright over their hit 2019 song “Dancing with a Stranger”.

In the lawsuit – filed on 4 March to the Los Angeles federal court – songwriters Jordan Vincent, Rosco Banlaoi, and Christopher Miranda claim the singing duo’s collaboration contains copied elements from a 2017 song of the same name uploaded on Vincent’s YouTube and Spotify accounts.

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