Justin Timberlake and Will.I.Am are being sued for copyright infringement for the song "Damn Girl" which was featured on Timberlake's 2006 album, Futurezex/Lovesounds, according to Billboard. The suit was filed by PK Music Performance. It accuses Timberlake and "Black Eyed Peas" member Will.I.Am of sampling Perry Kibble's 1969 song, "A New Day Is Here At Last," on their 2006 "Damn Girl" hit without permission.
Janis McQuinton, sister of disco artist Perry Kibble, filed a copyright infringement suit claiming that Timberlake stole the hook, rhythm, harmony and melody from Kibble's 1969 song "A New Day is Here At Last." The song was most famously performed by J.D. Davis, who released a recording of it in 1969.
"A substantial amount of the music in "Damn Girl" is copied from "A New Day Is Here At Last," the lawsuit reads. "Specifically, a substantial part of the drum, conga drum, organ, bass guitar, electric quitter and saxophone parts in "Damn Girl," were all copied from "A New Day Is Here At Last."
Perry Kibble was in the funk and disco band A Taste of Honey. Kibble died in 1999 at the age of 49 from congestive heart failure. Kibble's sister first discovered "Damn Girl" back in August 2015.
McQuinton is seeking statutory and actual damages for the recording as well as a DVD containing the hit and live performances from Timberlake's FutureSex/LoveShow concert tour. will.i.am is is listed as a defendant alongside Timberlake and Sony Music Entertainment because he had a guest feature on "Damn Girl."
McQuinton is asking a judge to demand the stop of the reproduction, distribution, and public performance of "Damn Girl.
Last year, Alan Thicke and Pharrell Williams paid $4 million in copyright damages profits to the family of Marvin Gaye, after a jury found that the song 'Blurred Lines' was too close to Gay'e 1977 hit 'Got to Give it Up.'
