Avril Lavigne isn't a real musician/songwriter, unless you consider such a low level of abilty actual songwriting, but that would be foolish because then anyone could just do anything terrible and call it music. She doesn't even know anything about punk rock, which is fine except for the fact that she reps it like she knows about it. If anyone ever asked her what kind of punk bands she likes she'd name like 3 or 4 classic bands that eveyone knows, and like one or two obscure ones to sound smart.
@violetgirl1996 Well, duh. Punk rock never gets played on the radio. She thinks/tries to make people think she is, though. That's what the commentor below me is talking about too.
First of all, she never claimed to be punk rock. Secondly, it's not that 'real' punk is that musically challenging either. Being able to name 6 punk bands sounds like knowing something about it to me.
@FloconDeNeige93 (1) Yes she did. Direct quote....."I created Punk for this day and age. Do you see Britney walking around wearing ties and singing punk? Hell no. That's what I do. I'm like a Sid Vicious for a new generation." (2) Music is never about how hard something is to play. It's what sounds good. Her music doesn't sound good. (3) Do you mean music I wrote or music I like?
Wow... if I put some green streaks in my hair and gave people the finger for no reason do you think I could convince junior high school kids that I was punk rocker too? Avril is such a genius... like a reincarnation of Johnny Rotten. But the metaphor is kinda breaking down because Johnny Rotten isn't dead.... and he isn't mentally challenged either... bummer.
@belliottx not just cuz they hey you, but she took the boyfriend part and just changed girlfriend, hell she even took the beat. I think it was more of her cowriters though.
i don't think she copied this song because the lyrics in this song are "HEY YOU I WANNA BE YOUR BOYFRIEND" and in avril's its "HEY HEY YOU YOU I DON'T LIKE YOUR GIRLFRIEND" and she also sings "NO WAY NO WAY I THINK YOU NEED A NEW ONE" so its not really copied.... in my opinion.
Bullshit! this is not plagiarism, so what if the lyrics happens to sound alike that does not have anything to do with plagiarism words are free to use, you can own melodies but not words, well maybe if it were the whole lyrics but it is not.
And as already pointed out here buy several people the melodies are not even close to be the same.
Great musicians such as Avril Lavigne don´t need to "ripoff others"
Chalk this one up to overpopulation. The musical ecosystem is no longer able to support songwriters' originality. First it's a few song lyrics, next it's the polar ice caps. HEED MY WARNING.
@fep70 If it was a homage, she'd mention the original band...
Personally, I'd never heard the Rubinoos song before and thought the chorus sounded not unlike Toni Basil's Hey Mickey (which I keep swearing blind is by Toyah Wilcox for some reason...)
Sooooo the repeated "Hey" and "You" constitutes as plagiarism? To be honest, this one is bullshit. Go listen to BoyzNoize's "Yeah" and then Will.I.Am.'s "Dance" Will.I.Am. straight up stole that one. But this, this is definitely not stealing nor plagiarism.
Were the Rubinoos even aware of how many other songs use the words 'hey hey you you?'.....Because that seems to be the only thing the two songs have in common. Lyrics and melody are completely different and don't sound anything alike.
Look up The Rolling Stones 'Get Off Of My Cloud.' They use 'hey hey you you' too...
i think now that the planet is going bankrupt that there changing the rules to sue people for anything now they what.i think it fucked up like Avril says get over it.like i say cry me a fuckin river next time come up with a better song.
you guys are so fuckin bullshit. she did not still i never heard of this group and i heard it. sound nothing like it. i am a big fan of hers and if you were too then you would know they don't even sound a like at all..she write all her music you would know that if you were a fan..i think there jealous lo her cuz she came out with a better song then they did.i also think that cuz nobody listen to them or heard of them that they want to make a guick buck cuz they are broke.
this is all bs! these two songs don't even sound close. i grew up in brooklyn - "hey you" & all variations of it have floated around my block & schoolyard my whole life. so hey hey you you dudes w/ too much time on your hands - put them to better use:)
This is most likely a blatant rip off, but at the same time I believe Avril when she says she's never heard of the Rubinioos simply because I have a hard time believing that she writes any of her own music.
the only similarity i see is when they sing "hey hey you you i wanna be your boyfriend/girlfriend" And they don't even sing it with the same melody...
Thief!!! she has ripped a lot of band's music.You people are all in lala land.This girl has looks but lacks originality and creativity.Best advice to her is shut her mouth and go back to modelling.Dumb as post poser.
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For some reason I think she might actually not have copied it. IT is so easy to get a chorus, or a melody, or a rhythm to sound very similar to something else, even when you have never heard it before. However, IMHO, I believe she might have heard it like years earlier, and her subconsciousness kind of had it on her mind when she wrote the lyrics (assuming she did)... That tends to happen to musicians and lyricists.
this is a waste of time avril lavigne is a great music writer why can't people just admit it and even if she did copy it's not exactly word to word so no big deal
Avril Lavigne didn't wrote the music of the song alone!!!!First Dr.Luke find the sound with the claps and because the lyrics with the song were good with the music they left the song with that music ...!!!
@daisydeath1 nobody said she didnt write her lyrics dumbass but its obvious that she stole the song itself ..but shes a whore anyways so who gives a fuckk
Actually, I'm a huge fan of oldies music and I'd never heard "I wanna be your Boyfriend", either. And considering it came out before she was born, it's very likely she'd never heard it.
I swear to God, people can think of anything to put Avril down and make up reasons to hate her. The song came out waaayyyy before she was born, so chances are, she never heard it before. Plagiarizing would be ripping off the lyrics AND the melody of the song. The only similarity I hear is the chorus, which is just the "hey, hey, you, you" and the "boyfriend/girlfriend part." The melodies are completely different.
But... Avril doesn't write her own songs. She never has. None of those artists like her do. Their songs are all written by professional songwriters. Singers like Avril generally have input in small ways so that they can say that they write the music, but they don't.
@aCynicalPie She does. She wrote half of the songs for her new record on her own and co-wrote the rest. What makes you think she doesn't write her own songs?
@Imagination8Madness Yeah. The writers of the song wrote it. And, they took it from that song. Maybe subconsciously, idk? But you don't just accidentally steal the same tune.
Wow so much plagerism these days! Besides this, Take it Off was a ripoff of The Streets of Cairo, OMG stole from The Simpsons, Born this Way riped off Express Youself, and the funniest I belive: California Gurls ripped off Du Hast!
I'm also of the mind that Avril probably isn't so much ripping off The Rubinoos as her producers are. The song was written years before she was even born and I can believe that she wasn't familiar with it. I certainly wasn't, and I'm a bit older than her and actually prefer music from that era.
I agree with you Backupoflaura. That other song sound gay anyway so if she did steal it idc. She made it sound better so ppl actually want to listen to it
@marianopicco "sounding similiar" is much more than just what tones is being used.
Its about beat, bpm, which instruments that is being used, the composition those instruments are playing in, the relative volumes of the instruments in the composition, melody of the lyrics, and the actual lyrics.
I know for a fact that i am not tone deaf, have you verified that you are not stupid?
@marianopicco Ofcourse "Prince charming" is a copy. Had never hear either of them, listened to them now.
"prince charming" and "war canoe" always have the same amount of syllables per line, at the same places
"girlfriend" and "boyfriend" only have the same amount fo syllables during "hey hey, i want to be your girlfriend". Prior, and after, that ther is a difference in amount of syllables per line and where they are put.
@diskize It's one thing that many songs have the same chords, but when the lyrics are almost the same too. Come on, seriously. The odds are very VERY low.
As If she writes her own shit... Why would this suprise anyone? She's manufactured, a completely prefabricated record-company confection. It's not really her fault; She's not evil, just stupid! Ever heard the one where she rips off Peaches, too?
I don't think she even knows. I think the record company is responsible for it. I know that record companies instantly looking for ideas in forgotten bands and albums that's a fact - that's I know for a fact.
Shame on them thinking no one will ever remember.
If she knew shame on her as well yet I doubt she ever heard it. there are 2 "writers" to the song along with her, Beckley and Gottwald, that's so totally a record company set up.
@EliorFein just one small thing about that...she claimed SHE wrote the lyrics, tune, and all else...it just kinda popped into her head...well yea, after hearing it some place...I have no problem with anyone sayin' "I love this song by ?? and so I'm gonna sing it, hope you like it." that's giving credit where credit is due
So we decide? While you put in your opinions on the matter? "She says she never heard their song" and you reply "Right"
Such nice neutral comment you got there ;-)
Heavy sarcasm and then the line "You decide".. That pretty lame, if you actually want some prober feedback..
Anyway I don't think that the songs have anything in common except for the "Hey hey" and that is just too little, to be called anything but a coincidence..
its a little little fragment, it was pure coinscidênce. Try to search for the steal that a brasilian band made with an american band(yes im brasilian, my shame)
Chantal's accusation was tiny anyway. The only thing she was complaining about was similar song titles- she wrote a song named Contagious yet it wasn't the Contagious Avril had on her The Bsst Damn Thing album. Chantal apologized anyway- so you can't count that as plagiarism. Neither can you actually count Girlfriend as one either. The only similar thing it has w/ The Rubinoos is a few words here & there. Oh and Rolling Stones' Get Off My Cloud... Sound VERY alike, more than Avril's. Rubinoos p
@heyitscarter17 Well the judge did. In the Rubinoos case, they were awarded every dime Avril made on that song, or will make, ever, plus 250k punitive.
It is possible that she didn't hear the origonal cos in music class I did a short melody on the electric piano thingy mabobby and it was (almost) exactly the same as one of my friends songs and we don't have the same taste in music, but it is also possible for Avril to have copied that part of the song for her own.
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@MlleCantonVaud oh, I did not hear that, but I also heard that the writer that helped avril write it also helped the other guys and ya she could use an education
first of all, avril really has never heard of whos ever song your claiming she stole from, trust me, i grew up with her, were like sisters!! and second, why do people always assume shit when they dont even know the people they're talking about! so you stupid bitches just need to shut the fuck up! when she writes a song, it takes her forever! ive written a lot of her songs with her! so quit assuming shit and go die in a whole for all i care!
@Maytimepunkz , what a pathetic attempt at spin. The only reason Lavinge agreed to an out of court settlement was because she knew she would lose if the case went to trial. She's a creepy little thief who got caught and decided to pay her way out of it, end of story. And pystagirl needs to develop a vocabulary - her vulgar spewings are rather dull.
i dont believe that avril lavigne steal that song girlfriend.maybe its just a coincidence and the only lines that were the same is "hey hey you you i want to be your...."
and avril's song sounds more great than the rubinoos,but i dont hate rubinoos,i dont even know them honestly.=)
i dont believe that avril lavigne steal that song girlfriend.maybe its just a coincidence and the only lines that were the same is "hey hey you you i want to be your...."
and avril's song sounds more great than the rubinoos,but i dont hate rubinoos,i dont even know them honestly.=)
So you are saying she stole a song which was a minor hit before she was born... Just because they say "hey you i want to be your boyfriend". The songs are nothing alike
Ok I love how stupid people are -_- there is stealing a song then their is doing a different version of it,Good Example Gwen Stephanie- If I where a rich Girl
Original song "fiddler on the roof" if I where a rich MAN,Similar lyrics similar beat not considered Plagiarism because its a different song
its taken from the opposite genders View Example 2: Sean Kingston-beautiful girls took the beat to Stand by me. If I where to do this song change the beat not the lyrics thats plagiarism
@fannypaxx assuming that you ment she claimed she never heard it then ok ya she is just being a cunt I am not a fan of her either way. Its very possible she never heard it just because you play music doesn't make you cultured or knowing of other bands especially older ones. Why she would have to is beyond me but I didn't say that she had to claim she never heard or that she did. Maybe I am just confused as to what your response has to do with anything I posted. clarify?
@Fantasytiger86 You asserted that she wrote her song in homage to the song by the Rubinoos. However, she claimed never to have heard of that song, so it's impossible for it to have been a "different version" of it.
it just " hey hey you you i wanna be bla bla bla" that the same
hellomysillylife 1 week ago
Avril Lavigne isn't a real musician/songwriter, unless you consider such a low level of abilty actual songwriting, but that would be foolish because then anyone could just do anything terrible and call it music. She doesn't even know anything about punk rock, which is fine except for the fact that she reps it like she knows about it. If anyone ever asked her what kind of punk bands she likes she'd name like 3 or 4 classic bands that eveyone knows, and like one or two obscure ones to sound smart.
shakesula21 3 weeks ago
@shakesula21 avril's not punk-rock
violetgirl1996 3 weeks ago
@violetgirl1996 Well, duh. Punk rock never gets played on the radio. She thinks/tries to make people think she is, though. That's what the commentor below me is talking about too.
shakesula21 3 weeks ago
First of all, she never claimed to be punk rock. Secondly, it's not that 'real' punk is that musically challenging either. Being able to name 6 punk bands sounds like knowing something about it to me.
btw I'd like to hear some of your music too ^^
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@FloconDeNeige93 (1) Yes she did. Direct quote....."I created Punk for this day and age. Do you see Britney walking around wearing ties and singing punk? Hell no. That's what I do. I'm like a Sid Vicious for a new generation." (2) Music is never about how hard something is to play. It's what sounds good. Her music doesn't sound good. (3) Do you mean music I wrote or music I like?
shakesula21 3 weeks ago
Wow... if I put some green streaks in my hair and gave people the finger for no reason do you think I could convince junior high school kids that I was punk rocker too? Avril is such a genius... like a reincarnation of Johnny Rotten. But the metaphor is kinda breaking down because Johnny Rotten isn't dead.... and he isn't mentally challenged either... bummer.
NeoVictorianX 3 weeks ago
@NeoVictorianX Why are you stealing the posts I want to make? You must be some kind of Avril...er asshole.
shakesula21 3 weeks ago
Are you kidding me? The tune is completely different! The only things similar are the lyrics.
JermzzzyFTW 3 weeks ago
@JermzzzyFTW Let`s look at hiphop;)
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theoriginalncisducky 1 month ago
What about the chorus to the Rolling Stone's "Get Off OF My Cloud". So did the Rubinoos rip off the Rolling Stones?
belliottx 3 months ago
@belliottx not just cuz they hey you, but she took the boyfriend part and just changed girlfriend, hell she even took the beat. I think it was more of her cowriters though.
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i don't think she copied this song because the lyrics in this song are "HEY YOU I WANNA BE YOUR BOYFRIEND" and in avril's its "HEY HEY YOU YOU I DON'T LIKE YOUR GIRLFRIEND" and she also sings "NO WAY NO WAY I THINK YOU NEED A NEW ONE" so its not really copied.... in my opinion.
AlexisAlleyy21 3 months ago
I am Canadian and love many Canadian artist however, Avril Lavigne doesn't cut my top 10 - "Hey, hey, you, you, get a new profession!!!!
OzzyDogborne 3 months ago 2
dosent even make sense...
gron17 3 months ago
Bullshit! this is not plagiarism, so what if the lyrics happens to sound alike that does not have anything to do with plagiarism words are free to use, you can own melodies but not words, well maybe if it were the whole lyrics but it is not.
And as already pointed out here buy several people the melodies are not even close to be the same.
Great musicians such as Avril Lavigne don´t need to "ripoff others"
The Rubinoos just wants money, hahaha ridiculous
triviuoli 3 months ago
Chalk this one up to overpopulation. The musical ecosystem is no longer able to support songwriters' originality. First it's a few song lyrics, next it's the polar ice caps. HEED MY WARNING.
Xiricon 3 months ago
The record companies know that these idiots can't possibly come up with something good so they take old music and make it new..
BlackTeddies 4 months ago
LOL OH SHIT!
thecartuneman 4 months ago
no
happygleason 4 months ago
Honestly, other than that one part in the chorus... there isn't a lot of similarity.
againstthetimes 4 months ago
Of COURSE she did. Anyone who says otherwise is an idiot.
introspectacle1 4 months ago
One steal might be overlooked or forgiven as simple mistake, but she keeps doing it again and again and again!
watch?v=tPKb-8akv0E
SilveradoNL 4 months ago
she didnt steal the song cuz their not the same words
813Pinklady 4 months ago
song thief!!!
garic2k 4 months ago
Maybe it was used as an inspiration?
qznroz 5 months ago
@qznroz Perhaps it was a homage.
fep70 4 months ago
@fep70 If it was a homage, she'd mention the original band...
Personally, I'd never heard the Rubinoos song before and thought the chorus sounded not unlike Toni Basil's Hey Mickey (which I keep swearing blind is by Toyah Wilcox for some reason...)
GeoNeilUK 4 months ago
I doubt she even wrote it. If you blame someone, blame those behind the scenes, like the guy who produced this song, Dr. Luke.
NiymbleFingers 5 months ago
Yeah damnit!
TheAxxie123 5 months ago
Sooooo the repeated "Hey" and "You" constitutes as plagiarism? To be honest, this one is bullshit. Go listen to BoyzNoize's "Yeah" and then Will.I.Am.'s "Dance" Will.I.Am. straight up stole that one. But this, this is definitely not stealing nor plagiarism.
RE2LeonS 6 months ago
honestly ppl aren't making thingz up bcuz seriously she is copying other peopel's songz
fluffy6775 6 months ago
She did'nt still dislike this vid i That company is evil so shut the fudge up !
PrincessKnightFire20 6 months ago
You have a LOT of time to waste on these things. Avril didn't steal the song!!!!!!!!!!!
BeniyMrsCool 6 months ago
Were the Rubinoos even aware of how many other songs use the words 'hey hey you you?'.....Because that seems to be the only thing the two songs have in common. Lyrics and melody are completely different and don't sound anything alike.
Look up The Rolling Stones 'Get Off Of My Cloud.' They use 'hey hey you you' too...
claustrophobic1234 6 months ago
dude i beleve avril cause that song doesnt even sound like hers
hersheyangel58 7 months ago
prob an accident, i mean that song i so old = =ll
stellalunastardust 7 months ago
i think now that the planet is going bankrupt that there changing the rules to sue people for anything now they what.i think it fucked up like Avril says get over it.like i say cry me a fuckin river next time come up with a better song.
RaidersGurl27 7 months ago
you guys are so fuckin bullshit. she did not still i never heard of this group and i heard it. sound nothing like it. i am a big fan of hers and if you were too then you would know they don't even sound a like at all..she write all her music you would know that if you were a fan..i think there jealous lo her cuz she came out with a better song then they did.i also think that cuz nobody listen to them or heard of them that they want to make a guick buck cuz they are broke.
RaidersGurl27 7 months ago
guilty,pay up bitch!
poptopia1 7 months ago
this is all bs! these two songs don't even sound close. i grew up in brooklyn - "hey you" & all variations of it have floated around my block & schoolyard my whole life. so hey hey you you dudes w/ too much time on your hands - put them to better use:)
1950BobbyF 7 months ago
shame. i honestly liked Avril Lavigne song until she copied it.
yourfavoritestginger 7 months ago 2
This is most likely a blatant rip off, but at the same time I believe Avril when she says she's never heard of the Rubinioos simply because I have a hard time believing that she writes any of her own music.
ryanarchy422 7 months ago
It's possible this is blatant, but I kind of believe Avril Lavingne simply because I can't believe she writes any of her own music.
ryanarchy422 7 months ago
the only similarity i see is when they sing "hey hey you you i wanna be your boyfriend/girlfriend" And they don't even sing it with the same melody...
iwantmorejam 8 months ago 7
@iwantmorejam The odds of that alone happening is slim to none. And the melody and beat were similar.
shakesula21 3 weeks ago
@iwantmorejam The writers may have altered it a little but it's essentially the same.
clicheanonperson 3 weeks ago
Thief!!! she has ripped a lot of band's music.You people are all in lala land.This girl has looks but lacks originality and creativity.Best advice to her is shut her mouth and go back to modelling.Dumb as post poser.
ellzedd41 8 months ago
um no she didnt......it might have the same sound.....but different lyrics DUH!!!! leave her alone!!!!!!!! damn people!!!! gosh
CutiePie71316 8 months ago
All music is influenced by passed musicians. Real plagiarists are people like Coldplay
Svperstarr 8 months ago
they kinda sound simliar but not really
heycrazypeople123 8 months ago
they don't even sound that similar. I kinda think the second one suckks
SerenityCCat 8 months ago
dont just blame avril listen to the rolling stones get off my cloud and listen
rockybooboo123 8 months ago
Great work by PhilLaw in San Francisco presenting the evidence & reaching the settlement on this one.
Hey Avril, I've got some kids that will sell original works to you.
MyRepresentativeOrg 8 months ago
@MyRepresentativeOrg ....Hey, PhilLaw, thats right, it was a great job by attorney Nick Carlin on that case
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doudii12 8 months ago
there are also similarities with another song called Girlfriend by Blush.
MrSaurun2011 8 months ago
For some reason I think she might actually not have copied it. IT is so easy to get a chorus, or a melody, or a rhythm to sound very similar to something else, even when you have never heard it before. However, IMHO, I believe she might have heard it like years earlier, and her subconsciousness kind of had it on her mind when she wrote the lyrics (assuming she did)... That tends to happen to musicians and lyricists.
lemiffe 8 months ago
this is a waste of time avril lavigne is a great music writer why can't people just admit it and even if she did copy it's not exactly word to word so no big deal
missmusic881 8 months ago
ya i dont think she'd bother stealing from the gay street boys 80s edition but i think shes stolen your brain -.-" #LOL
stickfiguresmaster 8 months ago
@stickfiguresmaster lol
missmusic881 8 months ago
Avril Lavigne didn't wrote the music of the song alone!!!!First Dr.Luke find the sound with the claps and because the lyrics with the song were good with the music they left the song with that music ...!!!
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daisydeath1 9 months ago
@daisydeath1 nobody said she didnt write her lyrics dumbass but its obvious that she stole the song itself ..but shes a whore anyways so who gives a fuckk
cgart96 9 months ago
@cgart96 all avril fans do
daisydeath1 9 months ago
Actually, I'm a huge fan of oldies music and I'd never heard "I wanna be your Boyfriend", either. And considering it came out before she was born, it's very likely she'd never heard it.
luv60smusic 9 months ago 3
They sound nothing alike!!
TheKadamungus 10 months ago
FAKE AND GAY
proTanagonist 10 months ago
they sound nothing alike
sillydill8 10 months ago
I swear to God, people can think of anything to put Avril down and make up reasons to hate her. The song came out waaayyyy before she was born, so chances are, she never heard it before. Plagiarizing would be ripping off the lyrics AND the melody of the song. The only similarity I hear is the chorus, which is just the "hey, hey, you, you" and the "boyfriend/girlfriend part." The melodies are completely different.
Imagination8Madness 10 months ago 20
@Imagination8Madness are you druged or something ?
sapinholeonardo6 7 months ago
@sapinholeonardo6 Why? Is it wrong to express my thoughts? Why don't you keep your comments to yourself and shut the fuck up.
Imagination8Madness 6 months ago
@Imagination8Madness No , it ain't . I'm just saying that because you can clearly see that those song have the same rithym !
sapinholeonardo6 6 months ago
@Imagination8Madness
But... Avril doesn't write her own songs. She never has. None of those artists like her do. Their songs are all written by professional songwriters. Singers like Avril generally have input in small ways so that they can say that they write the music, but they don't.
aCynicalPie 3 months ago
@aCynicalPie She does. She wrote half of the songs for her new record on her own and co-wrote the rest. What makes you think she doesn't write her own songs?
FloconDeNeige93 3 weeks ago
@Imagination8Madness Yeah. The writers of the song wrote it. And, they took it from that song. Maybe subconsciously, idk? But you don't just accidentally steal the same tune.
mleroks18 2 months ago
@mleroks18 but it's NOT the same tune.
TheRealBarnez 1 month ago
This made no sense..
angeldemovamp77 10 months ago
The only part that is the same is the chorus....
scenelove4ever1 11 months ago 3
@EliorFein i think your totally right and the rubinoos song sounds a lot like "get off of my cloud" by the rolling stones so can they really judge?
mynameisbellatrix 11 months ago
Wow so much plagerism these days! Besides this, Take it Off was a ripoff of The Streets of Cairo, OMG stole from The Simpsons, Born this Way riped off Express Youself, and the funniest I belive: California Gurls ripped off Du Hast!
Laughtraxx 11 months ago
I'm also of the mind that Avril probably isn't so much ripping off The Rubinoos as her producers are. The song was written years before she was even born and I can believe that she wasn't familiar with it. I certainly wasn't, and I'm a bit older than her and actually prefer music from that era.
JoeyBishop 11 months ago
rip off
marocwwe 11 months ago
I agree with you Backupoflaura. That other song sound gay anyway so if she did steal it idc. She made it sound better so ppl actually want to listen to it
meeooww10 11 months ago
NADA QUE VER!!!!
NI SUENA IGUAL, QUE ESTUPIDEZ!!!!
ikarinho 11 months ago
shitttttt happens :P
Kissybelle1990 11 months ago
who cares if she stole it?
AVRIL ROCKS :')
backupoflaura 11 months ago
they dont "sound" like eachother at al. sure, same lyrics almost.
N3CR1S 11 months ago
@N3CR1S I got bad news for you... You're tone deaf.
marianopicco 11 months ago
@marianopicco "sounding similiar" is much more than just what tones is being used.
Its about beat, bpm, which instruments that is being used, the composition those instruments are playing in, the relative volumes of the instruments in the composition, melody of the lyrics, and the actual lyrics.
I know for a fact that i am not tone deaf, have you verified that you are not stupid?
N3CR1S 11 months ago
@N3CR1S So Prince Charming by Adam Ant despite having totally different instruments, bpm, tempo, etc, is not a copy of Rolf Harris' War Canoe?
Cos the courts decided it was. And it's about the same situation here.
marianopicco 11 months ago
@marianopicco Ofcourse "Prince charming" is a copy. Had never hear either of them, listened to them now.
"prince charming" and "war canoe" always have the same amount of syllables per line, at the same places
"girlfriend" and "boyfriend" only have the same amount fo syllables during "hey hey, i want to be your girlfriend". Prior, and after, that ther is a difference in amount of syllables per line and where they are put.
N3CR1S 11 months ago
its so easy to make a song ^_^ just involve sex scandals and strippers
luislopez351 1 year ago
@luislopez351 louis, that is one of the best all time comments on so many songs out..I needed a laff today, huge thanx for giving me that laff :-)
kjsinftw 11 months ago
Why gives a fuck? These days it's so hard to actually come up with anything new as it has all been done before. Its not like she remade the song.
JessiStorm00 1 year ago
Definitely inspired from it, but stolen is a complete different thing.
Avalon1929 1 year ago
This is so dumb.. always drama
Kendall2521 1 year ago
people write response songs all the time.
quentinbr 1 year ago
To be fair, I had never heard of the other song either, but I don't doubt that she stole it.
furiousajp 1 year ago
watch axis of awesome - 4 chords, it will explain all........
diskize 1 year ago
@diskize It's one thing that many songs have the same chords, but when the lyrics are almost the same too. Come on, seriously. The odds are very VERY low.
InSaneTK 1 year ago
this bitch steals all her shit
testnumberone1 1 year ago 2
those don't sound enough like each other
crownedkitty67 1 year ago
@crownedkitty67 hahah the lyrics are the same and you say they don't sound lik each other_??
xDamnLovelyx 1 year ago
@xDamnLovelyx the lyrics are totally different i think the only word they share is I
and no they aren't anything alike
really? you people sicken me
you just want to take advantage over any drama stirring and make it worst because its fun
crownedkitty67 1 year ago
rip off.
Luvs23 1 year ago
does she even claim to write her own music?
casper30099 1 year ago
i dont think she stole anything
well its coincidence but only is similar in the chorus
hayqdueleymucho 1 year ago
Avril said that The Rolling Stones and Ramones also have songs with "hey hey you you" and she pointed out that they are very generic, common lyrics.
A musicologist studied the two songs and stated that the Rubinoos have no evidence whatsoever that Avril stole from them.
JDMangaeyes 1 year ago
ho cares'? :D
friddeeee 1 year ago
I DONT SEE THE RESEMBLENECE,
JUSTIN BEIBER 4 LIFE
SmashBrosBrawl 1 year ago
The Rubinoos stealed from Rolling Stones, and Avril stole from the Rubinoos. It's basically the copy of the copy.
damicroquete2 1 year ago 3
As If she writes her own shit... Why would this suprise anyone? She's manufactured, a completely prefabricated record-company confection. It's not really her fault; She's not evil, just stupid! Ever heard the one where she rips off Peaches, too?
LeshaAnn 1 year ago
I don't think she even knows. I think the record company is responsible for it. I know that record companies instantly looking for ideas in forgotten bands and albums that's a fact - that's I know for a fact.
Shame on them thinking no one will ever remember.
If she knew shame on her as well yet I doubt she ever heard it. there are 2 "writers" to the song along with her, Beckley and Gottwald, that's so totally a record company set up.
EliorFein 1 year ago 91
@EliorFein just one small thing about that...she claimed SHE wrote the lyrics, tune, and all else...it just kinda popped into her head...well yea, after hearing it some place...I have no problem with anyone sayin' "I love this song by ?? and so I'm gonna sing it, hope you like it." that's giving credit where credit is due
kjsinftw 11 months ago
@EliorFein totaly agree. besides, it sounds too much of a rock 1980's song. i dont think avirl would listen to THAT kind of music
yiying1234 8 months ago
@EliorFein Yeah
TheAxxie123 5 months ago
She ripped off LUSH, check it out
instantsurgery 1 year ago
Hey..Hey..You...Got out of my cloud!! Stones did it too!! JAJA
martezq 1 year ago
she dide't steal it
TheDramaqueenies 1 year ago
the bans sue avril
and the court dismissed their case :P
Avril wins ... yaaaay :D
KpopR9 1 year ago 2
@KpopR9 the band* sorry :P
KpopR9 1 year ago
She totally stole that shit!! HAHAAAA!!
PekyIndigoFirefly 1 year ago
who care she didnt even make girlfriend dr.dre did
BaileyLavigne 1 year ago
she's hot : who cares? :)
RobinVerstraeten 1 year ago 2
this video is fake and gay, if girlfriend is stolen from whatever the other song is than Avril Lavigne is a hippie
rayfarias56 1 year ago
So we decide? While you put in your opinions on the matter? "She says she never heard their song" and you reply "Right"
Such nice neutral comment you got there ;-)
Heavy sarcasm and then the line "You decide".. That pretty lame, if you actually want some prober feedback..
Anyway I don't think that the songs have anything in common except for the "Hey hey" and that is just too little, to be called anything but a coincidence..
Mantua64 1 year ago
its a little little fragment, it was pure coinscidênce. Try to search for the steal that a brasilian band made with an american band(yes im brasilian, my shame)
hurge3 1 year ago
I don't think its enough
eacwddp 1 year ago
Chantal's accusation was tiny anyway. The only thing she was complaining about was similar song titles- she wrote a song named Contagious yet it wasn't the Contagious Avril had on her The Bsst Damn Thing album. Chantal apologized anyway- so you can't count that as plagiarism. Neither can you actually count Girlfriend as one either. The only similar thing it has w/ The Rubinoos is a few words here & there. Oh and Rolling Stones' Get Off My Cloud... Sound VERY alike, more than Avril's. Rubinoos p
heyitscarter17 1 year ago
@heyitscarter17 Well the judge did. In the Rubinoos case, they were awarded every dime Avril made on that song, or will make, ever, plus 250k punitive.
amdreampandd 1 year ago
Sucks anyway.
BrandonToddCarr 1 year ago 3
Did you ever think that it's either a sample or a slightly changed cover song ?
Spottedfeather 1 year ago
@Spottedfeather cover, if she had put the original song on the CD credits...by the way it's an anoying song
kurono1822 1 year ago
It is possible that she didn't hear the origonal cos in music class I did a short melody on the electric piano thingy mabobby and it was (almost) exactly the same as one of my friends songs and we don't have the same taste in music, but it is also possible for Avril to have copied that part of the song for her own.
vulpix2007 1 year ago
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jennniles 1 year ago
lol breaking nyc sent me here
RODNEYJOHNNUNN 1 year ago 202
@RODNEYJOHNNUNN same here! lol
CarsAllLinedUp 1 year ago
@RODNEYJOHNNUNN same lol
missmusic881 8 months ago
@RODNEYJOHNNUNN SAME!!!! RWJ all the way!! :)
LilMissRockerChick1 7 months ago
@RODNEYJOHNNUNN me too!
yourfavoritestginger 7 months ago
@RODNEYJOHNNUNN ik same
Sydluvscookies 7 months ago
You'd have to be stupid to believe that she hadn't heard the song before.
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redweedable 1 year ago
the only thing similar is that both the songs suck. haha.
i agree with 68 corvette08:
"hey! hey! you! you! get off of my cloud!" --> rolling stones, 1965
"hey! hey! you! you! i wan't to be your boyfriend --> rubinoos, 1978
point is, everyone borrows. who knows where the stones got theirs...maybe muddy waters, where they got their name?
TheLincolnBlogs 1 year ago
bullshit.
totaldramagirl1 1 year ago
almost every song by her is a rip off.
Fluffypopcicle 1 year ago
@MlleCantonVaud oh, I did not hear that, but I also heard that the writer that helped avril write it also helped the other guys and ya she could use an education
Maytimepunkz 1 year ago
"you decide"
So.. I decide that this doesn't matter. Like both songs
hidethesources 1 year ago
What if she really haven't heard of that song before? Come on, at the height of the Beatles' fame, no one else cared about others' shit.
heelrunner 1 year ago
There are so many songs out there that it shouldn't suprise anyone that some are similar. Most pop sounds basically the same anyway.
rainbowmidgetgem 1 year ago
first of all, avril really has never heard of whos ever song your claiming she stole from, trust me, i grew up with her, were like sisters!! and second, why do people always assume shit when they dont even know the people they're talking about! so you stupid bitches just need to shut the fuck up! when she writes a song, it takes her forever! ive written a lot of her songs with her! so quit assuming shit and go die in a whole for all i care!
pystagirl 1 year ago
the law suit was settled and they are 2 different songs, avril did not steal it
Maytimepunkz 1 year ago
@Maytimepunkz , what a pathetic attempt at spin. The only reason Lavinge agreed to an out of court settlement was because she knew she would lose if the case went to trial. She's a creepy little thief who got caught and decided to pay her way out of it, end of story. And pystagirl needs to develop a vocabulary - her vulgar spewings are rather dull.
MlleCantonVaud 1 year ago
the lawsuit was settled, and they decided that they were 2 different songs!
Maytimepunkz 1 year ago
they arent that similar. a hole.
makeuplover328 1 year ago
The melody is similar enough for there to be a lawsuit. Enough said.
Should have been more careful.
clapton1958 1 year ago
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i dont believe that avril lavigne steal that song girlfriend.maybe its just a coincidence and the only lines that were the same is "hey hey you you i want to be your...."
and avril's song sounds more great than the rubinoos,but i dont hate rubinoos,i dont even know them honestly.=)
TheRoseann21 1 year ago
i dont believe that avril lavigne steal that song girlfriend.maybe its just a coincidence and the only lines that were the same is "hey hey you you i want to be your...."
and avril's song sounds more great than the rubinoos,but i dont hate rubinoos,i dont even know them honestly.=)
TheRoseann21 1 year ago
I think it's just a coincidence. I've never heard of that song before either.
85ihateposeurs 1 year ago
NOT EVEN CLOSE
bigeggone2007 1 year ago
So you are saying she stole a song which was a minor hit before she was born... Just because they say "hey you i want to be your boyfriend". The songs are nothing alike
heroicjanitor 1 year ago
she can steal all she wants....i would still eat her ass
sw1tched 1 year ago
So? shes hot she can do whatever she wants! lol jk
weedybix 1 year ago
Just like Michael Bolton never heard of the Isley Brothers before. A likely story.
captainalbator 1 year ago
STOLEN
ThatOneGirlDani 1 year ago
Sounds like the Rolling Stones also. So get over it
sdullum 1 year ago
@sdullum lol because it says "
hey you" what a cunt
theninjachannel 1 year ago
sorry i barely see similarities. it really is only hey hey you you ___________friend
PimpMasterT 1 year ago
the old one is way better
bkakaak47 1 year ago
yeah, only the choruses are slightly similar.
darnoldx95 1 year ago
That could just be a coincidence. <3
EmalynnM 1 year ago
Ok I love how stupid people are -_- there is stealing a song then their is doing a different version of it,Good Example Gwen Stephanie- If I where a rich Girl
Original song "fiddler on the roof" if I where a rich MAN,Similar lyrics similar beat not considered Plagiarism because its a different song
its taken from the opposite genders View Example 2: Sean Kingston-beautiful girls took the beat to Stand by me. If I where to do this song change the beat not the lyrics thats plagiarism
Fantasytiger86 1 year ago
@Fantasytiger86 then why would she have to claim she never heard it?
fannypaxx 1 year ago
@fannypaxx assuming that you ment she claimed she never heard it then ok ya she is just being a cunt I am not a fan of her either way. Its very possible she never heard it just because you play music doesn't make you cultured or knowing of other bands especially older ones. Why she would have to is beyond me but I didn't say that she had to claim she never heard or that she did. Maybe I am just confused as to what your response has to do with anything I posted. clarify?
Fantasytiger86 1 year ago
@Fantasytiger86 You asserted that she wrote her song in homage to the song by the Rubinoos. However, she claimed never to have heard of that song, so it's impossible for it to have been a "different version" of it.
fannypaxx 1 year ago
o that bitch!
Roboman60 1 year ago