Coldplay running out of ideas? You decide!

Guitarist Joe Satriani claims the band Coldplay stole the riff from his song “If I could fly” for their smash hit “Viva la Vida” and he plans to sue the band. For Satriani to have a case against the band there needs to be evidence the there was time for them to be exposed to the song. Fortunately for Satriani, he actually might have one against the band for plagarism on account that they’ve had plenty of time to hear the song. The song was released over four years ago and was also released on Epic Records, a major music label. Guess what? It sounds eerily similar to the Coldplay tune.

Satriani isn’t the only one making claims against the band, there’s another artist who is the lead singer of the band Creaky Boards, who believes Chris Martin of Coldplay actually ripped off his style from the song “The song I didn’t write.” He claims that Martin heard the song from a 2007 CMJ Music Festival and that’s where he got the idea for the melody. Does he have a case, you decide?