Amanda Lear alleges Miley Cyrus copied elements of 1970s song
French singer Amanda Lear has accused Miley Cyrus of plagiarising her 1978 song “The Sphinx” after noting similarities with Cyrus’s track “Redlights”. Lear said her record label and publishers wanted acknowledgment, but added that she had not threatened legal action. Cyrus’s representatives were not quoted in the supplied report.
French singer Amanda Lear has accused American singer Miley Cyrus of plagiarising her 1970s song “The Sphinx”, according to a report carried by Channels Television and attributed to AFP. Lear said the accusation concerned similarities between her 1978 recording and Cyrus’s “Redlights”, a track on Cyrus’s recently released album “Bass Persuades”. The supplied report describes the album as a 10-track dance-pop release and says “Redlights” is a ballad.
Lear raised the issue in a social-media post, thanking Cyrus for copying the song and using hashtags including “ripoff” and “copycat”. She later told AFP that she had not threatened a lawsuit or retaliation. Lear said her record label, Universal, and the publishers of the track wanted acknowledgment of the alleged plagiarism.
She described herself as not litigious and said she had simply pointed out what she considered the similarity. The supplied material contains no response from Cyrus or her representatives and does not say whether any legal complaint has been filed. Lear is described as a prolific composer and singer with more than 20 albums.
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