‘Look Away’: Songwriter sued over Chicago hit 1 SHARES Share it! Share Tweet By: AFPLOS ANGELES (AFP) – Thirty years after the band Chicago hit number one with the ballad “Look Away,” a man who was just a teen back then is suing to say that he wrote the song. Brendan Greaves from northern Britain filed suit Tuesday seeking $20 million in damages from Diane Warren, the prolific songwriter who is credited with penning “Look Away,” which topped the US singles chart in late 1988. Greaves said he had submitted the song to a British school music competition in 1987 when he was a 14-year-old student. The estate of the soul legend successfully won $5.3 million alleging that Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines,” the top-selling US single of 2013 that was written with Pharrell Williams, stole rather than simply took inspiration from Gaye’s “Got to Give It Up.”Tags: 'Look Away': Songwriter sued over Chicago hit, Brendan Greaves, Chicago, Diane Warren, Greaves, Manila Bulletin, Manila Bulletin Entertainment, mb.com.ph, northern Britain, prolific songwriter

Source: Manila Bulletin June 06, 2018 01:18 UTC