"Are You Gonna Be My Girl" is a song by the Australian rock band Jet, featured on their 2005 album Get Born. It was the first single from the album, released in 2003 in Australia and the UK, and in 2004 in the United States. The song is often cited for similarities to Iggy Pop's "Lust for Life" and The White Stripes's "Screwdriver". However, the beat has been found to have been common in numerous 60s' Motown songs, including "I'm Ready For Love" ...
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"Are You Gonna Be My Girl" is a song by the Australian rock band Jet, featured on their 2005 album Get Born. It was the first single from the album, released in 2003 in Australia and the UK, and in 2004 in the United States. The song is often cited for similarities to Iggy Pop's "Lust for Life" and The White Stripes's "Screwdriver". However, the beat has been found to have been common in numerous 60s' Motown songs, including "I'm Ready For Love" by Martha And The Vandellas and "You Can't Hurry Love" by The Supremes.
Chris Cester responded to the media debacle, stating the beat was taken from Motown, stating in a Jared Story interview:
"It's funny because I asked him point blank about that. He said I was crazy. He said that when he and David Bowie were writing Lust for Life, they were ripping off Motown's beat. It's funny that he said that to me because we also thought we were ripping off Motown more than Lust for Life. To be honest with you that kind of annoyed me a lot, because I...
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