Olivia Dean Song ‘I’ve Seen It’ Accused of Copying Bill Withers’ ‘Just the Two of Us’ in New Lawsuit
One of Olivia Dean‘s songs is on the heart of a brand new copyright lawsuit.
The 27-year-old Grammy-winning singer-songwriter’s monitor “I’ve Seen It,” which seems on her 2025 album The Art of Loving, has been accused of copying parts of Bill Withers‘ basic tune “Just the Two of Us.”
Mattie Music Group, which does corporate affairs as Bleunig Music and represented the late singer-songwriter, filed the copyright infringement lawsuit on Thursday (October 1) in federal courtroom in California.
The criticism names Universal Music Group’s Capitol Records, Sony Music Publishing, and Kobalt Music Publishing America, in response to Reuters and Music Business Worldwide.
What does the lawsuit declare?
The writer alleges that “I’ve Seen It” copies protected musical parts from “Just the Two of Us,” particularly pointing to what it describes because the tune’s “distinctively protectable melody.”
According to the criticism, representatives for the corporate observed the alleged similarities in August 2026 and introduced in musicologist Alexander Stewart to match the 2 compositions. The lawsuit says his preliminary evaluation discovered substantial similarities in protectable musical expression.
“Independently of the widespread-dissemination proof, the quantity, character, and association of the shared musical options are so hanging that they assist an inference that the similarities didn’t outcome from coincidence, impartial creation, or reliance on widespread musical parts,” the lawsuit reads.
The firm says its notified the defendants about its considerations on August 17 however alleges that the tune continued to be distributed, licensed, and carried out afterward. The lawsuit is in search of financial damages in addition to an injunction towards additional alleged infringement.
“I’ve Seen It” was co-written by Olivia, Bastian Langebaek, and Max Wolfgang and serves because the closing monitor on her album. Neither Olivia nor her two co-writers are at present listed as defendants, however Music Business Worldwide notes the lawsuit can also be suing “50 ‘Doe’ defendants,” whose actual names might be launched “as soon as recognized.”
“Just the Two of Us,” in the meantime, was co-written by Bill Withers, Ralph MacDonald, and William Salter, and was famously recorded by Grover Washington Jr. with Bill on vocals. The tune reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and received the Grammy Award for Best R&B Song.
Olivia has had a huge year of her personal, winning Best New Artist at the 2026 Grammys after the breakout success of The Art of Loving.
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