Country Superstars Carrie Underwood & Brad Paisley Deny They Stole Young Songerwriter’s Tune
Jan. 28 2014, Published 6:42 a.m. ET
Country superstars Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley are firing back at one songwriter’s allegations that they stole her music for their hit country song “Remind Me.”
In court documents obtained by Breaking Celebrity News, the Nashville superstars label the accusations as absurd, insisting they didn’t steal the country tune.
According to the lawsuit Amy Bowen (known professionally as Lizza Connor) filed in May, the songwriter composed her own song “Remind Me” in 2008 and then performed it during a 14-week “Country Music Songwriting Workshop” in Nashville.
She claimed one of the workshop’s advisors, Charles DuBois, went on to work with Paisley three years later and released a song featuring Underwood, which sounded “identical” to her original number.
She noted that phrasing in the hook, the melody and certain phrases used throughout the song are the same.
Underwood and Paisley denied her claims they stole her song or infringed on any of her copyrighted work.