Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson are sued again over their hit track 'Uptown Funk'
You can listen to the songs here
Eighties electro funk band Collage are suing Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson for alleged copyright infringement.
Collage claim that 'Uptown Funk' and their 1983 song 'Young Girls' are "almost indistinguishable". They have also said that both Bruno and Mark have mentioned in a previous interview that they were influenced by the early 80s Minneapolis electro-funk and soul music scene, which Collage were part of.
The guitar riffs and "virtually if not identical bass notes and sequence, rhythm, structure, crescendo of horns and synthesizers" were listed as the main violations. You can listen to the songs below.
WATCH: Young Girls »
Since 'Uptown Funk's release in November 2014 there have been a few accusations of copyright infringement including one from a band called Sequence who argued it was very similar to their song 'Funk You Up', however the band never formally sued Bruno and Mark.
WATCH: Funk You Up »
In May this year the Gap Band got 17% of all publishing royalties and writing credits as 'Uptown Funk' and their song 'Oops! Upside Your Head' were said to have almost identical choruses.
WATCH: Oops! Upside Your Head »
WATCH: Mark Ronson Uptown Funk featuring Bruno Mars »** **
Representatives for Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars have not yet commented on the allegations.