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Ed Sheeran testified in court, where he performed a fragment of his hit song ‘Thinking Out Loud’ in an attempt to prove it is not a copy of the soul classic ‘Let’s Get It On.’

Ed Sheeran testified in court, where he performed a fragment of his hit song ‘Thinking Out Loud’ in an attempt to prove it is not a copy of the soul classic ‘Let’s Get It On.’

Ed Sheeran testified in court, where he performed a fragment of his hit song ‘Thinking Out Loud’ in an attempt to prove it is not a copy of the soul classic ‘Let’s Get It On.’

Kathryn Townsend Griffin, who is accusing Ed Sheeran of copying Marvin Gayes Lets Get it On in his hit song Thinking Out Loud, collapsed in court. Griffin is the daughter of the late co-writer.

“If I had done what you’re accusing me of doing, I’d be a quite an idiot to stand on a stage in front of 20,000 people and do that.”

Ed Sheeran denied copying Marvin Gaye's Let's Get It On with his track Thinking Out Loud as he testified in a New York court on Tuesday.

As the case opened, their lawyer called Sheerans use of lyrics from Gayes song at his concerts a smoking gun, But he said hed "be a quite an idiot" to do so.

Ed Sheeran is on trial, accused of borrowing from Marvin Gaye. Listen to the tracks at stake in lawsuits involving George Harrison, 2 Live Crew, Led Zeppelin and Katy Perry that may shape his case.

Ed Sheeran has played the chord progression and sung a few words of his hit song Thinking Out...

Ed Sheeran has played the chord progression and sung a few words of his hit song Thinking Out...