The Rubinoos – I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend
After listening to the song all I have to say is, are they freaking kidding me with this?!? SO the chorus sounds a bit like Avril’s, but as long as they haven’t bought the rights to the line ‘Hey (hey) You (you)’ I don’t think they have even a smidge of a case. Avril’s crack team of lawyers pointed out that The Rolling Stones used the line lightyears before either of them came on the scene and you don’t hear them crying about it.
The Rolling Stones – Get Off Of My Cloud
Let’s not forget Billy Ocean’s awesome use of the words in “Get Outta My Dreams (Get Into My Car)”, which – being a child of the eighties – is the first song that pops into my head when I think of the hey you line.
Billy Ocean – Get Outta My Dreams (Get Into My Car)
Well, whatever the outcome I guess The Rubinoos win because before all this hoopla I had never, ever even heard of them. Not even a little bit.
I beg to differ. “I Wanna be Your Boyfriend” was already a hit years ago and was also covered by others, including a girl group that sang it as “I Wanna be Your Girlfriend”. This is not to say that Lavigne knowingly ripped it off. But the similarities between the two choruses are pretty glaring.
Good for you! For The Rubinoos sake I hope the judge agrees with you. I have this feeling they could use the money more than Avril. I never claimed it wasn’t a hit way back when (thank you Wikipedia) and maybe I’ve been musically deprived, but I still had never heard of the band, or the song. The chorus sounds similar, yeah, but whether it justifies suing her? I didn’t think so, but apparently I was wrong because look at us, in our mildy heated argument! Who knew I even cared this much?? I can’t wait for a judge to put us out of our misery, then I can finally go back to worrying about carbs and biological warfare and stuff.