I think Lady Gaga is paying homage to Madonna in this one since it’s so close in the verse and chorus. Don’t be a drag, just lift a catchy melody from the queen of pop. Born This Way is the title track from Gaga’s 2011 album, and Express Yourself was released on Madonna’s Like A Prayer in 1989. Madonna supports the song and is not lawyering up. However, Gaga is facing other plagiarism allegations from production duo E-Tribe who claim the song is a ripoff to a track called Be Happy, which they wrote for pop group SNSD.

Crikey! In June 2009, Larrikin Music sued Men At Work for copyright infringement, alleging that part of the flute riff of “Down Under” was copied from a children’s rhyme “Kookaburra”, written by Marion Sinclair for a Girl Guides competition in 1935. The counsel for the band’s record label and publishing company claimed that, based on the agreement under which the song was written, the copyright was actually held by the Girl Guides Association. Justice Jacobson ruled that the copyright had been infringed because “Down Under” used “a substantial part” of Kookaburra, and handed down a decision that Larrikin receive 5% of royalties from 2002. That’s a lot of Vegemite sandwiches!