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# Ed Sheeran Sued For $100M Over ‘Let’s Get It On’ / ‘Thinking Out Loud’ Similarities
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/ed-sheeran-sued-for-100m-over-lets-get-it-on-thinking-out-loud-similarities/
- Published: 2018-07-02T09:52:45.000Z
- Updated: 2018-07-02T09:52:45.000Z
- Description: Structured Asset Ales, a part owner of Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On,” is suing Ed Sheeran for $100 million after being blocked from a similar lawsuit brought by other. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2018/07/ed-sheeran-sued-for-100m-over-lets-get-it-on-thinking-out-loud-similarit
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Business, Songwriting & Music Publishing, Ed Sheeran, lawsuit, Marvin Gaye, music, musician, musicians, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:00

[![image from celebrityaccess.com](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e2022ad357c38b200c-200wi "image from celebrityaccess.com")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e2022ad357c38b200c-popup?ref=hypebot.com)Structured Asset Ales, a part owner of Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On,” is suing Ed Sheeran for $100 million after being blocked from a similar lawsuit brought by other owners.Both lawsuits say Sheeran copied parts of Gaye’s song for his hit “Thinking Out Loud” – which seems quite possible considering Sheeran has been known to switch from one song to the other in concert.A lawyer for Structured Asset Sales said the new lawsuit was necessary because a judge refused to let the company join a 2016 lawsuit by the family of a cowriter of Gaye’s song, according to the Associated Press.A lawyer for Sheeran and other defendants have sent a letter to a judge saying both lawsuits are baseless.

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