Did You Know? | Ep #11 - The Ghostbusters Theme Was Ripped From Huey Lewis
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English - April 13, 2022 15:00 - 20 minutes - 21.8 MB - ★★★★ - 2 ratingsMusic Commentary Music Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Who you gonna call? Ghostbusters! We all know and love Ghostbusters. An entire generation of kids grew up with these fun characters. And everyone knows the iconic theme song. It plays all the time around Halloween in stores, on the radio, you simply cannot escape it. But did you know that the theme song was ripped from a Huey Lewis song? It was taken to court when he smacked Ray Parker Jr, the creator of the Ghostbusters theme, with a hefty lawsuit. Join me today as we dive into it!
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