Everytime I hear the name now, I think of that joke in the Austin Powers movie. While the group themselves did end up just a movie joke, they did have a few great songs in the 80's. Time was always my favorite, but Eye In The Sky was their biggest hit.
So what's this have to do with Lady Antebellum? Apparently an Executive Personal Assistant to Alan Parsons (I am totally stunned that this is an actual position that exists in this world) recently sent a letter to a Nashville magazine saying that hundreds of Alan Parsons Project fans are complaining that Lady Antebellum's Need You Now is a ripoff of Eye In The Sky.
Nothing has come of this yet other than that complaint. I couldn't really hear the similarity until I listened to the mashup of the two songs below. But I still don't think it's close enough to warrant anything legal.
Below are the videos for Need You Now and Eye In The Sky. And then the third video is that mash-up of the two songs...
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