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Paul Anka Claims 'This Is It' is a Rip-Off


Source: TMZ.com
October 12, 2009
TMZ.com
Paul Anka Claims 'This Is It' is a Rip-Off If you think Michael Jackson's "This Is It" sounds familiar, it's because the song is a rip-off that was released nearly two decades ago by another artist ... and the man making this claim is none other than music legend Paul Anka. Anka tells TMZ in 1983, he wrote a song with Jackson called "I Never Heard" -- and the demo of the song was recorded in Anka's studio in Carmel, CA. Anka says he took the tape to a studio in Hollywood to put the finishing touches on it for Anka's duets album,... RSS Share it

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October 13, 2009 11:30 am
No getting around that. The songs sound exactly the same. I don't think there was any ill-will by the Jackson camp here. They just didn't know Paul Anka wrote it. Anyway, no drama here. Paul Anka will get 50% of the profits of this song.
October 13, 2009 11:46 am
Wooo, I thought there was a familiar ring to that song.
October 13, 2009 2:31 pm
All songs from the 80s sound exactly like that
October 13, 2009 2:42 pm
all i can think of now is that cameo paul anka had on the simpsons
October 13, 2009 2:57 pm
the Cockney rhyming slang is strong tonight
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