Ed Sheeran denies copying Marvin Gaye song at start of New York trial

British singer Ed Sheeran has appeared in a New York City court to deny that his song Thinking Out Loud copied Marvin Gaye's song Let's Get it On.

Sheeran responded that he sometimes mixed together songs with similar chords at his performances, and appeared to grow frustrated when Ms Rice cut him off."I feel like you don't want me to answer because you know that what I'm going to say is actually going to make quite a lot of sense," he said. In his opening statement, Mr Crump "recognised the magic" of Gaye's song and "decided to capture a bit of that magic for his own benefit".

The court case comes as the singer prepares to launch a North American stadium tour and release a new album.Earlier on Tuesday, Sheeran's lawyer argued that both songs are distinct from each other and that no artist should be allowed to "monopolise" commonly used musical chord progressions."The two songs share versions of a similar and unprotectable [sic] chord progression that was freely available to all songwriters," his lawyers said in an earlier court filing.

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