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Lizzy McAlpine Credits Nick Drake on New Song
Lizzy McAlpine has credited Nick Drake as a co-writer on a song from her new album Angel after discovering an accidental similarity to one of his tracks.
Musician Lizzy McAlpine has released her new album Angel and revealed that she accidentally copied a Nick Drake song while creating material for the record. The situation occurred after McAlpine wrote the track titled A Car Wash And A New Pair Of Pants. Upon completing the track, she played the recording for a friend, who subsequently told her that the composition strongly resembled a work by Nick Drake.
The song that shared the resemblance was identified as One Of These Things First by Nick Drake. Further inspection confirmed the similarities between the two tracks. Specifically, it was determined that both A Car Wash And A New Pair Of Pants and One Of These Things First are written in the exact same musical key. In addition to sharing the same key, both tracks feature the same intro chord progression.
Following this discovery, McAlpine took steps to address the situation directly with the late artist's representatives. She wrote a letter to the estate of Nick Drake to explain how the accidental similarity occurred. As a result of this outreach, Nick Drake was officially added as a credited co-writer on McAlpine's song.
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