Chic’s songwriter extraordinaire Nile Rodgers has issued legal demands against a right wing populist party in Switzerland for using a song with startling similarities to Sister Sledge’s ‘We Are Family’.
The Swiss People’s Party (SVP) released ‘Das Isch d’SVP’ ('That’s the SVP') on Monday as a promotional tool ahead of the October Federal Elections. The song’s chorus is uncannily like that of the 1979 Sister Sledge song.
https://www.euronews.com/culture/2023/08/18/nile-rogers-fights-right-wing-swiss-partys-use-of-his-song
#Switzerland #Politics #SVP #Music #NileRodgers
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