Ed Sheeran has fired back at the lawsuit that accused him of ripping off "The Rest of Our Life," the song that he wrote for Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, as per a new report from TMZ.
Back in January, Australian songwriters Sean Carey and Beau Golden claimed that the singer jacked the song they wrote for fellow Aussie star Jasmine Rae called "When I Found You." Represented by Richard Busch, the attorney who conquered that whole "Blurred Lines" lawsuit for the Marvin Gaye estate, Carey and Golden described the song as a "blatant" rip-off. Now, months later, Sheeran has fired back with his own documents, denying any similarities in the sound of the songs and admitted he never sought the permission from Carey and Golden because Hill and McGraw's collab is an "originally and independently created musical composition." "The Rest of Our Life" was released just last November and appeared on the country titans' self-titled LP of the same name.
Sheeran went as far as calling their claim baseless and asked the judge to back him up by tossing the entire lawsuit. What's interesting about this case is there are allegations by the plaintiffs that Sony Music Entertainment – the parent label of Arista Nashville, which released McGraw and Hill's collaborative LP – was aware of the whole debacle. "It very well may have been an agent of Sony Music Entertainment who provided the other defendants herein with access to the Song," Carey and Golden's complaint reads.
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