Frontman of The Flaming Lips Wayne Coyne said to The Guardian:
PARKER SMITH GUITAR SHED TRIAL
Yusuf Islam (then known as Cat Stevens) brought The Flaming Lips to trial over their song "Fight Test." He wound up winning, and now receives 75% of the royalties for that song. The Songs: Yusuf Islam's (then Cat Stevens) "Father and Son" vs. Petty and Lynne were given a 12.5% songwriting credit for "Stay with Me." Remaining civil, the issue was never brought to trial. Sam did the right thing, and I have thought no more about this. How it got out to the press is beyond Sam or myself. Most times you catch it before it gets out the studio door, but in this case, it got by. All my years of songwriting have shown me these things can happen. "Let me say I have never had any hard feelings toward Sam. Petty believed that Smith was not being outright deceitful by copying the song, chalking it up to a case of subconscious plagiarism. The good news is that Tom Petty didn't hold any hard feelings toward Sam Smith.
He and Jeff Lynne, who both wrote the song "I Won't Back Down," claimed that the two tracks shared too close a similarity. Sam Smith shot to fame with his song "Stay with Me," but Tom Petty wasn't very impressed. The Songs: Tom Petty's "I Won't Back Down" vs. However, Lennon allegedly broke the contract and did not wind up recording the agreed-upon songs. Presumably, a huge name like Lennon covering these songs would be good for business. Even though the issue was that "Come Together" appeared to be inspired by a Chuck Berry song, Levy wanted Lennon to pay up by covering even more songs from Berry's publisher, Big Seven. Most of the lawsuits on this article come down to money, but the out-of-court settlement in this case was pretty unique. This suit really comes down to Morris Levy (the producer who owned the rights for Berry's "You Can't Catch Me") and John Lennon, who wrote "Come Together." When Lennon first presented the song to his bandmates, Paul McCartney reportedly noticed the similarities between "Come Together" and "You Can't Catch Me." He suggested to Lennon that they slow it down to differentiate the songs, but when it was released, Morris Levy thought they were still too similar. The Songs: Chuck Berry's "You Can't Catch Me" vs.
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