Country singer Andy Stone has refiled a U.S. copyright lawsuit accusing Mariah Carey of ripping off his band Vince Vance & the Valiants' song "All I Want for Christmas Is You" with her holiday hit of the same name.
Reuters reports Stone and his co-writer Troy Powers said in the California federal court lawsuit on Wednesday that Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" copies their song's "compositional structure of an extended comparison between a loved one and trappings of seasonal luxury" and other lyrical and musical elements.
They requested at least $20 million in damages.
The new lawsuit, which also names Carey's label Sony Music and Universal Music Group which owns publishing rights in the song, comes one year after Stone withdrew his lawsuit over the same songs in Louisiana federal court.
Stone and Powers' attorney Cirstan Fitch declined to comment. Representatives for Sony Music and UMG did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Thursday.
Stone, who performs as Vince Vance, said that his band released their "All I Want for Christmas Is You" in 1989 and that it became a country hit during holiday seasons in the 1990s.
Carey's song appeared on her 1994 album "Merry Christmas" and has since become a popular Christmas standard, topping the Billboard Hot 100 chart every holiday season since 2019.
Stone and Powers' lawsuit said that Carey's song copies elements of their "All I Want for Christmas Is You" including its melody, lyrics and "feel."
Doesn't he try to sue her over this every few years. and every few years it gets tossed?
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