[POLL] Thinking Out Loud: Did Ed Sheeran really rip off Marvin Gaye?

Ed Sheeran’s mega-hit song ‘Thinking Out Loud’ has been hit with a copyright lawsuit, with claims that the song is similar to Marvin Gaye’s ‘Let’s Get It On’.

The lawsuit was filed by the songwriter Ed Townsend’s heirs.

"The melodic, harmonic and rhythmic compositions of 'Thinking' are substantially and/or strikingly similar to the drum composition from 'Let's,'" said the lawsuit filed Tuesday in a US federal court in New York, as reported by AFP.

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The plaintiffs said that the British songwriter has ignored their warnings and explicitly referenced "Let's Get It On" in concert.

While the lawsuit did not specify further, a video on YouTube of a 2014 concert in Zurich shows Sheeran performing "Thinking Out Loud" on his guitar and transitioning to "Let's Get It On.

A mashup video of the two songs was also uploaded on YouTube.

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Did Ed Sheeran really rip off Marvin Gaye?

In March 2015, a US jury ordered pop stars Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams to pay more than $7 million in damages to Marvin Gaye's family, ruling the pair copied his music in writing their 2013 mega-hit "Blurred Lines."

READ: 'Blurred Lines' stars ordered to pay Marvin Gaye heirs

The eight-member California panel, which had been deliberating since last week, found that the pop stars lifted parts of Gaye's 1977 hit "Got to Give It Up."