Sorry, but Ghostbusters was written and performed by Ray Parker, Jr. Despite allegations that it was ripped off from Huey Lewis and the News' song I Want A New Drug, the Ghostbusters theme ended up scoring Ray Parker, Jr. a Grammy award in 1984 for Best Pop Instrumental Performance as well as settling him comfortably in the Platinum-selling #1 position for weeks until Stevie Wonder's I Just Called (To Say I Love You) toppled the Ghostbusters theme from the top of the charts and Parker's career into a slump from which it regrettably never recovered.
Huey Lewis & The News sued Ray Parker, Jr. for plagarism of their song, I Want A New Drug, and won the case and proved that he ripped off the music from their song.
Ghostbusters
In 1984, Huey Lewis & the News were contacted by the producers of Ghostbusters in regards to developing the theme song for the film. The band refused, and Ray Parker Jr. was instead signed to develop the theme. Later that year, the band sued Parker Jr., citing the similarities between the Ghostbusters theme song and their earlier hit "I Want a New Drug". According to Huey Lewis and the News, this was especially damaging to them since the Ghostbusters theme song was so popular, rising to #1 on the charts for three weeks. Parker and Lewis later settled out of court.[2] Huey Lewis has stated that his experiences with the producers of Ghostbusters may have been indirectly responsible for getting his band involved with the movie Back to the Future.
On his 2001 Behind the Music special, Huey Lewis stated: "The offensive part was not so much that Ray Parker Jr. had ripped this song off, it was kind of symbolic of an industry that wants something — they wanted our wave, and they wanted to buy it. ... t's not for sale. ... In the end, I suppose they were right. I suppose it was for sale, because, basically, they bought it."[3] As a result of this quote, Ray Parker Jr. has filed a suit against Huey Lewis, claiming he had violated the lawsuit's confidentiality agreement and seeking an unspecified amount of compensatory and punitive damages as well as lawyer's fees. The lawsuit is ongoing.
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That video was indeed "Rock Me Tonight". The video is widely credited with ruining Squier's career. I think it also led to rumors regarding his sexual preference.Little Devil Girl wrote:Thatpicture of Eddie Money brings back memories (for some reason) of the Billy Squire video with him dancing around in tights with a scarf on!!!! Was it "rock me tonight"????
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moxham123 wrote:Sorry, but Ghostbusters was written and performed by Ray Parker, Jr. Despite allegations that it was ripped off from Huey Lewis and the News' song I Want A New Drug, the Ghostbusters theme ended up scoring Ray Parker, Jr. a Grammy award in 1984 for Best Pop Instrumental Performance as well as settling him comfortably in the Platinum-selling #1 position for weeks until Stevie Wonder's I Just Called (To Say I Love You) toppled the Ghostbusters theme from the top of the charts and Parker's career into a slump from which it regrettably never recovered.
Huey Lewis & The News sued Ray Parker, Jr. for plagarism of their song, I Want A New Drug, and won the case and proved that he ripped off the music from their song.
Ghostbusters
In 1984, Huey Lewis & the News were contacted by the producers of Ghostbusters in regards to developing the theme song for the film. The band refused, and Ray Parker Jr. was instead signed to develop the theme. Later that year, the band sued Parker Jr., citing the similarities between the Ghostbusters theme song and their earlier hit "I Want a New Drug". According to Huey Lewis and the News, this was especially damaging to them since the Ghostbusters theme song was so popular, rising to #1 on the charts for three weeks. Parker and Lewis later settled out of court.[2] Huey Lewis has stated that his experiences with the producers of Ghostbusters may have been indirectly responsible for getting his band involved with the movie Back to the Future.
On his 2001 Behind the Music special, Huey Lewis stated: "The offensive part was not so much that Ray Parker Jr. had ripped this song off, it was kind of symbolic of an industry that wants something — they wanted our wave, and they wanted to buy it. ... t's not for sale. ... In the end, I suppose they were right. I suppose it was for sale, because, basically, they bought it."[3] As a result of this quote, Ray Parker Jr. has filed a suit against Huey Lewis, claiming he had violated the lawsuit's confidentiality agreement and seeking an unspecified amount of compensatory and punitive damages as well as lawyer's fees. The lawsuit is ongoing.
This is much more than I ever wanted to know about Ray Parker Jr.'s career ...
(He did rip that $hit off from Huey ...)
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That's what she said.
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BadDazeRob wrote:moxham123 wrote:Sorry, but Ghostbusters was written and performed by Ray Parker, Jr. Despite allegations that it was ripped off from Huey Lewis and the News' song I Want A New Drug, the Ghostbusters theme ended up scoring Ray Parker, Jr. a Grammy award in 1984 for Best Pop Instrumental Performance as well as settling him comfortably in the Platinum-selling #1 position for weeks until Stevie Wonder's I Just Called (To Say I Love You) toppled the Ghostbusters theme from the top of the charts and Parker's career into a slump from which it regrettably never recovered.
Huey Lewis & The News sued Ray Parker, Jr. for plagarism of their song, I Want A New Drug, and won the case and proved that he ripped off the music from their song.
Ghostbusters
In 1984, Huey Lewis & the News were contacted by the producers of Ghostbusters in regards to developing the theme song for the film. The band refused, and Ray Parker Jr. was instead signed to develop the theme. Later that year, the band sued Parker Jr., citing the similarities between the Ghostbusters theme song and their earlier hit "I Want a New Drug". According to Huey Lewis and the News, this was especially damaging to them since the Ghostbusters theme song was so popular, rising to #1 on the charts for three weeks. Parker and Lewis later settled out of court.[2] Huey Lewis has stated that his experiences with the producers of Ghostbusters may have been indirectly responsible for getting his band involved with the movie Back to the Future.
On his 2001 Behind the Music special, Huey Lewis stated: "The offensive part was not so much that Ray Parker Jr. had ripped this song off, it was kind of symbolic of an industry that wants something — they wanted our wave, and they wanted to buy it. ... t's not for sale. ... In the end, I suppose they were right. I suppose it was for sale, because, basically, they bought it."[3] As a result of this quote, Ray Parker Jr. has filed a suit against Huey Lewis, claiming he had violated the lawsuit's confidentiality agreement and seeking an unspecified amount of compensatory and punitive damages as well as lawyer's fees. The lawsuit is ongoing.
This is much more than I ever wanted to know about Ray Parker Jr.'s career ...
(He did rip that $hit off from Huey ...)
r:>)
Where do you think that Vanilla Ice got the idea? "Ding Ding Ding Dinga Ding-Ding..."
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eddie money
i think eddie had 2 tickets to a gay bar or something. What a fag