Avril Lavigne: Subpar Pop Artist, But Thief?Perhaps you heard? Avril Lavigne is being sued by seventies soft-rockers the Rubinoos, who are claiming that Lavigne’s new song “Girlfriend” rips off their song “I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend”.
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Avril Lavigne’s Music Sounds Likes Other People’s MusicLavigne Sued Over “Girlfriend”: Sixties power-pop band the Rubinoos sues Avril Lavigne, claiming her cheerleader-rock song “Girlfriend” sounds like their 1978 track “I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend.” Curiously, neither Toni Basil nor the Ramones, both of whom the song gloriously does rip off, are party to the suit.