Mariah Carey sued over 'All I Want for Christmas is You'

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Mariah Carey has been sued over alleged copyright infringement with her perennial festive hit All I Want For Christmas Is You.

It is the second lawsuit she has faced from songwriter Andy Stone – who performed under the name Vince Vance – who filed then withdrew a similar claim in 2022.

Stone released a similarly lovelorn song of the same name in 1989 with his group Vince Vance & the Valiants, reaching No 52 in the US country singles chart in 1994 after receiving extensive radio play during Christmas 1993. Carey’s song was recorded and released in 1994.

Stone’s lawsuit claims: “The phrase ‘all I want for Christmas is you’ may seem like a common parlance today, in 1988 it was, in context, distinctive […] Moreover, the combination of the specific chord progression in the melody paired with the verbatim hook was a greater than 50% clone of [Stone’s] original work, in both lyric choice and chord expressions.”

 

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I'm going to be quiet.

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2 minutes ago, TheSine said:

I'm going to be quiet.

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Why is Katy Perry in this music video 

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Somebody wants in on that cash that Mariah gets every November and December 

[INNA 3,724]

I think the song is beautiful but not nearly as close to what they're claiming it is to Mariah's version

Off topic but the video is nice and she's definitely serving in some parts, but the addition of the beehive hairdo elf is pretty jarring and I just can't believe that was allowed

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Nope.

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End her

[Onlygaga 1,488]

From the looks of it he needs to sue his hairdresser 

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lol

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2 hours ago, INNA said:

I think the song is beautiful but not nearly as close to what they're claiming it is to Mariah's version

Off topic but the video is nice and she's definitely serving in some parts, but the addition of the beehive hairdo elf is pretty jarring and I just can't believe that was allowed

 

19 minutes ago, Onlygaga said:

From the looks of it he needs to sue his hairdresser 

It was the 80s 

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Anyways, kelly clarkson has such a good cover of their song

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Someone wants to make money over someone else huge success