Drake And Chris Brown Slams 'Baseless' Copyright Suit On 2019 Hit 'No Guidance'

Who gets sued for copyright over the words "you got it, girl"? Apparently, Chris Brown and Drake.

In response to a song-theft allegation that they call "baseless," Chris Brown and Drake have responded with a statement of their own.

Apart from the fact that there is no convincing explanation for how the two artists came to be aware of the "obscure" song they have been accused of plagiarising on their 2019 hit "No Guidance".

There is also no compelling evidence to support the claim that their tune infringes on the earlier work.

After all, the major resemblance between the two songs is the phrase "you got it", which is something that Roy Orbison very certainly did before.

The lawsuit

Singer Braindon Cooper and producer Timothy Valentine filed a lawsuit against Brown and Drake last year, saying that their 2016 tune 'I Love Your Dress' is ripped off by "No Guidance".

In addition to sharing similar beat patterns, the melody, and lyrics used in 'No Guidance' - "you got it, girl; you got it" - are so strikingly similar to those used in the chorus of "I Love Your Dress".

According to Cooper and Valentine in their lawsuit, the two claim that they "cannot be purely coincidental".

When it came to how Brown and Drake came to hear 'I Love Your Dress,' Cooper and Valentine claimed that they had sent a link to the album on an A&R representative associated with Drake's then-label Cash Money Records.

Regarding the idea that Brown and Drake gained access to 'I Love Your Dress' through a Cash Money connection, they contend that it is "baseless".

The two songs may share a crucial phrase as well as a more general lyrical concept. On the other hand, copyright cannot be used to protect the short and frequent phrase "you got it" on its own. Furthermore, concepts and themes are never protected by copyright.

Among the grounds for Cooper and Valentine's case, they claim, is an "alleged resemblance" between the utterly generic lyrical line "you got it," and the claimed identical (and unoriginal) subject of a hard-working, attractive lady.

"You got it" is a term that no one, including plaintiffs, can claim as their own or monopolize, which is why it should come as no surprise that it occurs in so many other works.", the suit contends.