"Above the Moon" whose melody is suspected of plagiarizing British group Blue's old hit "AllRise". The CCTV Spring Festival Gala team revealed that the Phoenix Legends group also took part in the fifth rehearsal of the Spring Festival Gala, but the team then decided to take the song down during a meeting because it found 19 alleged plagiarisms in the song after an investigation. Mr. Deng, the agent of Phoenix Legends, firmly denied the controversy over the alleged plagiarism of the song.
It has been argued that the male rap part of "Above the Moon" is almost an exact copy of Blue's song "AllRise," and is even the same length, at 21 seconds. He Muyang responded, "It's true that he borrowed the rap beat that's popular nowadays, but to say it's plagiarized just because the beat is similar is a bit arbitrary."
Expanded:
Early in 2003, He Muyang, a Hunan-born musician based in Shenzhen, wanted to He Muyang, a Hunan-based musician based in Shenzhen, was looking for a female singer with a strong voice to sing a public service song he had written to combat SARS. He found the Phoenix Legends to be a very special duo, and created "Above the Moon," which is a perfect combination of folk and rap music.
"Above the Moon" was included in Phoenix Legend's 2005 album "Above the Moon", and is Phoenix Legend's biggest hit.
On January 14, 2007, Phoenix Legend won the Golden Flying Dragon Award for "Above the Moon".
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