{"id":118436,"date":"2024-09-17T15:03:07","date_gmt":"2024-09-17T15:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/09\/17\/miley-cyrus-sued-over-similarities-between-flowers-and-bruno-mars-when-i-was-your-man\/"},"modified":"2024-09-17T15:03:07","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T15:03:07","slug":"miley-cyrus-sued-over-similarities-between-flowers-and-bruno-mars-when-i-was-your-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/09\/17\/miley-cyrus-sued-over-similarities-between-flowers-and-bruno-mars-when-i-was-your-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Miley Cyrus sued over similarities between “Flowers” and Bruno Mars’ “When I Was Your Man”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sonja Flemming\/CBS via Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When Miley Cyrus<\/strong> released her megahit “Flowers<\/strong><\/a>,” many noticed that it seemed like an answer record of sorts to\u00a0Bruno Mars<\/strong>‘ 2013 hit “When I Was Your Man<\/strong><\/a>,” based on its lyrics and melody. Now the perceived resemblances between the two tracks have resulted in a copyright infringement lawsuit.<\/p>\n

Tempo Music Investments, which acquired the catalog of one of the song’s co-writers, Phillip Lawrence<\/strong>, filed the suit because it now owns a share of the copyright of “When I Was Your Man.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

In the court documents obtained by ABC News, Tempo alleges that because of the “striking similarities” between the two songs, “‘Flowers’ would not exist without ‘When I Was Your Man.'” It also alleges that “Flowers” “duplicates numerous melodic, harmonic, and lyrical elements of Mars’ track.”<\/p>\n

The suit points out the specific similarities between the two songs, including the chorus of Miley’s song: “I can buy myself flowers\/ and I can hold my own hand\/ talk to myself for hours …\/ I can take myself dancing.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Bruno’s chorus goes, “I should have brought you flowers\/ and held your hand\/ Should have given you all my hours …\/ Take you to every party cause all you wanted to do was dance.”<\/p>\n

The lawsuit asks for monetary damages, as well as an injunction and lawyer’s fees. In addition to Miley and her co-writers, nearly every streaming service and platform is named in the suit, as is Miley’s record company, her concert promoter and stores that sell music, such as Target and Barnes & Noble.<\/p>\n

ABC News has reached out to Miley’s record company for comment.<\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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