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South Korean production duo say Gaga track like theirs
By CMU Editorial | Published on Monday 14 March 2011
A South Korean production duo called E-Tribe have suggested that Lady Gaga’s track ‘Born This Way’ rips off a song they wrote for a girl group called SNSD.
Which is arguably an admission that their song ‘Be Happy’ also rips off Madonna’s ‘Express Yourself’, given the rather strong similarities between the Gaga and Madonna songs, though perhaps E-Tribe are saying the little bit of ‘Born This Way’ that doesn’t sound like ‘Express Yourself’ sounds like their tune. No legal action has begun as yet, but a spokesman for E-Tribe told Newsen that they were trying to contact Gaga’s people.
The rep said: “Someone this morning told me that there were reports of Lady Gaga plagiarising SNSD’s ‘Be Happy’. I listened, and I do feel that there are similarities. The way the song flows and the arrangements are, honestly, the same. I am currently working to get in contact with Lady Gaga’s publishing label to find further information”.
