Yes, Sam Smith and his crew are giving them songwriting credit and (if memory serves me correctly) any money and awards will be split 5 ways.
I guess I need to hear "Won't Back Down" slowed down because I don't hear a connection.
The Vanilla Ice and David Bowie thing was much more obvious. Practically anyone could hear that without needing the songs slowed down or sped up. I remember the interview Vanilla Ice did back then when he said the beats are different "that other song goes
dundundundddddd...dundundunddddd and mine goes
dundundundddddd...chhhh...dundundunddddd...that's not the same thing." Everyone was like
Just like I consider it obvious that Robin Thicke's song was a knockoff of Marvin Gaye's song. Oh well.
