On May 5, 2007 I posted the following in Peru's thread about the band Lush:

I was also floored to hear Avril Levigne rip off the Lush b-side "I Wanna be Your Girlfriend" which was released on the Topolino compilation, for her single new "Girlfriend."
Lush in 1996: "Hey, hey, you, you, I wanna be your girlfriend."
Avril in 2007: "Hey, hey, you, you, I don't like your girlfriend."
Sombody's gonna get sued. Although the songs are significantly different, that hook is straight up stolen, with the theft (I think) being by cowriter Dr. Luke rather than Avril. (But, I actually think Avril's new album is phenomenal, and I love Dr. Luke's work.)
Today, almost two months later I find this posted by the AP:

Avril Lavigne Sued for Stealing Tune

Friday, July 6, 2007 11:58 AM EDT
The Associated Press


SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Avril Lavigne faces a lawsuit by the members of a 1970s rock band who claim her hit song "Girlfriend" rips off one of their tunes.

Songwriters Tommy Dunbar and James Gangwer alleged in a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court that Lavigne and her co-writers lifted their 1979 song "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend," which was originally performed by new wave band The Rubinoos.

"We are not so naive as to chalk it up to some sort of cosmic coincidence," Dunbar said Thursday. "The lyric, the meter, the rhythm — they're identical."

The first court date has been set for Aug. 28 in Oakland.

A spokeswoman for Lavigne declined to comment.

Videos comparing Lavigne's song with the Rubinoos' tune were among the most popular on YouTube Friday. Nearly half a million people had watched various clips highlighting the similarities between the songs.

The lawsuit is not the first mention of the similarities between the songs. Music critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine, in a review published on Billboard magazine's Web site, noted that the chorus of "Girlfriend" was a "total lift from the Rubinoos' `I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend.'"

The Rubinoos toured and recorded from 1975 to 1983 and had a hit with a cover version of Tommy James and the Shondells' "I Think We're Alone Now." They also wrote the theme song for the movie "Revenge of the Nerds."

Admitedly I did not correctly ID the band, but Lush did properly credit the song writers.

And, the LETS GO TO THE TAPE!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adzkV58Gpqs

GOD! I LUV IT WHEN I'M RIGHT!