Calvin Harris locked in bitter war of words as top trance DJ accuses him of copyright breach
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CALVIN Harris is locked in a bitter war of words after a top trance DJ accused him of nicking a sample for his latest smash single.
The superstar DJ, 41, branded producer Chicane a 'stupid b*****d' after the English musician claimed the Scot nicked a sample from 90s trance classic Offshore.
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Calvin Harris is caught up in a bitter brawl with top trance DJ Chicane who claims he used a sample of his new tune
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Chicane hitmaker Nicholas Bracegirdle took to social media to call out Harris over 'plagiarism' claims
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But Harris wasn't having any of it
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Calvin dropped his latest collaboration with Clementine Douglas on May 10.
And it's already being hailed as the new "song of the summer".
With over 12 million Spotify streams in just days, the track has proven a massive hit with music fans.
But the Dumfries-born star has been slammed by trance legend Nick Chicane, 54, real name Nicholas Bracegirdle, who claims the tune is a rip-off of his iconic 1997 anthem Offshore.
The pair have been caught up in a social media spat after Chicane accused Harris of lifting the riff, sound, and arrangement from his Ibiza classic.
Taking to Instagram on Saturday, the 90s producer shared a video with his 40,000 followers showing how the two tracks overlap.
Chicane said: 'It's really hard to decipher when one comes in and one goes. That is because they are almost identical, which is a bit of a problem.
"I am defending my copyright and my intellectual sort of property here, guys.'
The post triggered a storm of reactions online, with some fans backing Chicane's claims and others dismissing them as overblown.
Responding to one comment, Chicane even compared his original hit to the Mona Lisa, writing: 'If I painted the Mona Lisa last week and gave it a new name, I'm a bit f****d because I can't escape the fact the original Mona Lisa still exists.
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"This above all else is Calvin Harris's major problem.'
But Calvin wasn't having any of it and hit back with a video post of his own in a bid to rubbish the claims.
Hitting back in a scathing response, he dismissed the allegations as 'embarrassing' and labelled Chicane 'a stupid b*****d".
In a video reply, Calvin mocked the claims while analysing the tracks, with a file named 'Offshore B******t".
Laughing, he said: 'Come on to f. C*** thinks he invented a f*****g, what is going on?'
He added: 'One – you didn't invent the guitar. Two – it's not the same. It's not the f*****g same.'
Chicane later revealed that a copyright investigation into the music is underway.
He wrote: 'Given the weight of people independently noticing this has triggered a copyright investigation. I hope this long-winded explanation helps.'
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