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 Buzz of the Day: Sleigh Bells Sue Demi Lovato for Song Infringement

Sleigh Bells Sue Demi Lovato

Indie-rock duo claims similarities between their Infinity Guitars, to pop singer's Stars, and said that it "transcend the realm of coincidence"

This is Sleigh Bells’ popular rocker Infinity Guitars released in 2010.

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This is Demi Lovato’s Stars released in 2015 from her album Confident.

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The combination of hand claps and bass drum sounds very similar and so Alexis Krauss and Derek Miller of Sleigh Bells filed a suit at the federal court and they specified "signal decay and other sonic signatures" that characterize "virtually identical content" and "transcend the realm of coincidence."

The lawsuit reads.. "A comparison of the two songs reveals that, at the very least, the combination of the hand claps and bass drum, structured as 3 quarter beats and a rest, with the bass drum providing a counter-rhythm to the hand claps, is at least substantially similar in both works. This infringing material repeats throughout the Defendant's' song."

The complaint names Lovato, UMG Recordings and producers Carl Falk and Rami Yacoub as defendants.

Last year, when Sleigh Bells complained to the defendants that their songs sound similar, Falk and Yacoub denied that they sampled it."We did not use any samples in Demi Lovato's song 'Stars.' Demi was also not involved with the production. She only wrote top line."


Following the release of Stars, Sleigh Bells tweeted at Lovato about the similarities, also mentioning their song Riot Rhythm.

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A representative of Sleigh Bells told Rolling Stone last year, "I can confirm that the band feels their music has been sampled without proper clearance and are seeking all available remedies with [Lovato's record label] Island Records.”

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