12 Controversial Songs That Were Stolen

8. 'Creep' - Radiohead

Where It Was Stolen From: 'The Air That I Breathe' - The Hollies

Look, when a song has the same chords, the same melody, and very similar "feel" it's not always intentional foul-play. In fact, it's easily done.

But Radiohead can't feel too hard done by on this one, at least not in the eyes of the songwriters of 'The Air That I Breathe' - originally sang by The Hollies.

Back in the 1990s, Albert Hammond (dad of The Strokes guitarist Albert Hammond Jr) and Mike Hazlewood, writers of The Air That I Breathe threatened an aggressive lawsuit against Radiohead and ended up with an out of court settlement that meant they are now listed as co-writers on the credits for 'Creep'.

Somewhat coming full-circle, Radiohead themselves later accused Lana Del Rey of ripping off 'Creep' for her song 'Get Free' from her album Lust For Life. She claimed she had done nothing wrong, even though she was familiar with the song.