How Ray Parker Ripped Off Huey Lewis For Ghostbusters

For the Ghostbusters theme tune Ray Parker JR. ripped of the Huey Lewis And the News song I Want A New Drug - this video explains how.

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[dalenaadams]

I forgot about this! Huey was larger than life and Ray wanted a piece of his fame ❤

[ritasimmons]

Actually The Jacksons should sue Huey Lewis and the News. Shake you body down to the ground sounds like Ghostbusters. And it came out a year before. I Want A New Drug

[nerderspree]

The great irony here is that I Want a New Drug sounds awfully similar to an even older song called Pop Musik which, in turn, sounds like an even older song called Soul Finger. This is just how it goes. Ray’s mistake was that he didn’t wait a decade to copy it, he only waited a few months.

[nicholaspellerin]

I heard about this when I was a kid, listening to the two songs now…there is barely a resemblance.

[Fecker_Carlson]

Huey then fudged up by talking about, Ray Parker Jr stays winning

[SeanDuffyImaging]

Y'all need to go listen to Soul Finger.

[marcusrob]

The songs sounded nothing alike, and Ray's song is far more memorable and definitive than anything Huey Lewis could ever cough up. Ray honestly should have counter-sued the guy. I've always felt Huey was grossly overrated.