Just the Two of Us

No, you don't know about that.

Um, Bill Withers song, Just the Two of Us, the-

Yeah.

It's Grover Washington, wasn't it, that, uh, wrote it? Anyway, Bill Withers song everybody knows.

Uh, she's been accused of copying the Bill Withers song.

I mentioned that to you a while ago.

Uh, Just the Two of Us.

Uh, Olivia's, uh, song is called I've Seen It, and it's led to a lawsuit being filed.

Ooh.

She's been accused of copying the melody of Bill Withers' classic Just The Two Of Us, and it's for her song I've Seen It, which is-

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Somebody writes in, and by the way, if you ever wanna ask a listener question on the program, i love it because i love answering questions we love answering questions on the show and two i always love it when listeners do my job for me by coming up with topics and a great way to do that is by sending in listener questions email break the business at gmail.com and ask us a question if you have a topic you want us to talk about i would much prefer talking about the things you want me to talk about than to just talk about whatever is on my mind in a particular week so here's the listener question i got ryan I know you are generally against all of these music copyright lawsuits that were brought against Robin Thicke or Ed Sheeran, and you thought these lawsuits weren't fair to the artists or the songwriters.

But what about the Olivia Dean lawsuit that just came out? Her song totally sounds like just the two of us, right? Have you had a chance to hear this Olivia Dean song? Not the one that we all know that's super popular, but the one that got named in this recent lawsuit.

I've heard it, and I actually listened to it comparing it to the song that they're suing.

Yeah.

On October 1st, they brought a lawsuit.

They're a music publisher, and they own the rights to the music catalog of legendary musician Bill Withers.

and uh the maddie music group has sued olivia dean's record label and publisher claiming that the olivia dean song i've seen it infringes on the bill withers song just the two of us legendary song i think anybody who's ever heard like a tv commercial at some point has probably heard this song because they use it in a lot of commercials What I think is notable about the lawsuit, Katie, and this isn't something I've seen too often with these kind of lawsuits, is that one person who was not named as a defendant in the lawsuit was Olivia Dean herself.

They named Olivia Dean's publisher.

But look, stop going into those places.

Just the two of us.

Look, until we get to some music news, shout out Troy, shout out everybody at the Western Conference Studio, Janz, but I have to get their input on this because I listened to it.

Bill Withers' publisher filed a federal lawsuit in California claiming Olivia Deen's, Olivia Deen, she my girl though, I've seen it, copies just the two of us, in large and significant part.

That's an allegation in filing, not a ruling.

Look, I listened to the song.