Avril Lavigne Sued By Songwriters Over ‘Girlfriend’
The Toronto Star reports Avril Lavigne is being sued by U.S. songwriters Tommy Dunbar and James Gangwer, who claim that her smash hit ‘Girlfriend’ sounds suspiciously like the Rubinoos single they released in the 1970s – ‘I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend’ (as popdirt noted back in April). “Avril’s very, very sensible,” Avril’s manager Terry McBride said. “She knows music well. If the chords had been similar, the melodies had been similar, lyrics had been similar, the metre, she would have gone, ‘OK, I can see their point.’ But nothing’s similar.” McBride also responded to Chantal Kreviazuk’s claim that Lavigne stole her song ‘Contagious’, saying that Kreviazuk had never even heard the Lavigne track and retracted her statement. “I know, personally, she regrets saying what she said,” said McBride, adding the songs are nothing alike. “The interviewer obviously got Chantal on a bad day.” Read more.
Tags: Avril Lavigne, Chantal Kreviazuk
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