"I said this from the first time I heard Sam's song," said one friend. Said another, "Not going to lie, when this song came out, I walked around singing a mashup of the two...I thought it was just me." Goodness.

 

Everybody I know had already noticed it, called attention to it, but I missed out on the similarity. And now the news has made it official. This guy:

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...borrowed, however unconsciously, from this guy:

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...And now has to pay out 12.5 percent of his song's royalties, said money coming from a song that sold upwards of 4 MILLION COPIES in 2014. Ch-Ching. Over what sounds like a simple progression of three little notes. Stay With Me. Won't Back Down. Nuh nuh nuhhh.

Here's Tom:

 

And here's Sam:

 

What do you think? For further, the details on the story are HERE!

 

P.S.:  Find a nice list of Tom Petty's Top Ten songs right HERE!

 

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