12 Controversial Songs That Were Stolen

3. 'Warning' - Green Day

Where It Was (Allegedly) Stolen From: 'Picture Book' - The Kinks & 'Never Got The Chance' - The Other Garden

Here's a warning for you, if you're going accuse someone of nicking your song, make sure you haven't nicked it yourself. Just wise words all round really.

In 200, Colin Merry from The Other Garden received quite a lot of publicity for claiming that Green Day had stolen the main riff from his song 'Never Got The Chance'. The two songs are very similar and he would have had a case, had it not been for the fact that his song sounded exactly like 'Picture Book' by The Kinks.

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