Ed Sheeran facing $100 million lawsuit claiming he copied Marvin Gaye's 'Lets Get It On'

Ed Sheeran is facing a $100 million lawsuit that alleges he copied Marvin Gaye.

The lawsuit claims that Sheeran’s 'Thinking Out Loud' copies “the melody, rhythms, harmonies, drums, bass line, backing chorus, tempo, syncopation and looping” of Gaye’s 'Lets Get It On'.

A similar suit was filed over the songs in 2016 by the family of Ed Townsend, who co-wrote 'Let's Get It On' with Gaye. The result of the claim is currently unknown, reported the BBC.

'Thinking Out Loud' is also not the only song of Sheeran’s to face such allegations. In 2016 the singer settled out of court over a claim that his single 'Photograph' copied a song by US musicians Martin Harrington and Thomas Leonard, 'Amazing'.

The suit has been filed by the company Structured Asset Sales, who bought one-third of the copyright to 'Let's Get It On'. In the late 1990s the company offered money upfront to musicians in exchange for selling off their future income, according to the Guardian.

Robin Thicke, who was successfully sued by the Gaye family in 2015 for copying Marvin Gaye’s 'Got To Give It Up' in his single, 'Blurred Lines', tweeted Sheeran yesterday to say, “call me”.

Hey @edsheeran, call me.
— Robin Thicke (@robinthicke) June" class="redactor-linkify-object">https://twitter.com/robinthicke/status/10124009212... 28, 2018