In 1966, The Beach Boys released "God Only Knows." The song became a hit, and a classic. More than 50 years later, the duo For King and Country used that old title for a new song (with some help from ...

A jury has found Katy Perry liable for copying the underlying beat of Marcus Gray’s 2008 Christian rap song “Joyful Noise” for her hit single “Dark Horse” in a verdict handed down on Monday (July 29) ...

A Los Angeles jury on Monday found that the song "Dark Horse" by Katy Perry had been copied from a Christian rap tune by Flame called "Joyful Noise." Flame is the stage name for Marcus Gray, who ...

The decision comes five years after Flame, a.k.a. Marcus Gray, and two other co-authors sued over the songs’ similarities. During the week-long trial, Gray’s attorneys argued that the beat and ...