Music
Madonna is being sued for 22-year-old song "Vogue"
by Tyler Munro
July 13, 2012
Madonna released “Vogue” in 1990, and before long the track shot to #1 on at least 13 different singles charts. It sold over 100,000 copies in Canada and another 2 million in the Unisted States. So the fact that a Delaware company is only now suing Madge and WB Records for allegedly stealing portions of one of their songs is pretty absurd.
But that’s the reality. Rolling Stone says that a company called VMG claims “Vogue” steals portion of their song, “Love Break” and that the thievery was facilitated by producer Richard Pettibone, who they allege was hired to work on 1977’s “Love Break” before he worked on “Vogue”.
Let us remind you again that “Vogue” was released 22 years ago.
“The unauthorized sampling was deliberately hidden by [Madonna] within ‘Vogue’ so as to avoid detection,” says VMG. “It was only when VMG specifically looked for the sample, with the technology available to it in 2011, that the sampling could be confirmed.”
Apparently VMG served WB with a copyright infringement notice last summer and are looking to seek damages on all incidents of “Vogue,” including its various mixes, remixes, videos and “YouTube versions.”
Madonna’s people haven’t commented on the suit, probably because “Vogue” was released 22 years ago. We realized we’ve said that already, but seriously. Seriously. The song is almost as old as I am.
