Mariah Carey is being sued, yet again, by two writers, who claim her 1994 classic is a ripoff of their 1989 song of the same name
In a legal filing, cited by TMZ, plaintiffs Troy Powers and Andy Stone alleged that Carey’s song is similar to their own both musically and lyrically.
Stone sued Carey by himself last year for $20 million on the grounds her song was ‘derivative’ of his – but then he filed to dismiss the suit that November.
Now, however, he has teamed up with Powers and came roaring back, with the pair of them jointly suing Carey for $20 million.
They allege that there are meaningful commonalities between the melody and lyrical hook of the two songs, as well as the general sentiment conveyed by both of them.
In their court documents, they accuse Carey of having ‘palmed off these works with her incredulous origin story, as if those works were her own.’
Carey wrote in her memoir that she ‘actually did bang out most of the song on a cheap little Casio keyboard. But it’s the feeling I wanted the song to capture. There’s a sweetness, a clarity, and a purity to it.’
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