We and our partners do the following data processing based on your consent: store and/or access information on a device, personalised advertising and content, advertising and content measurement, audience research and services development French singer Amanda Lear accuses US star Miley Cyrus of 'copying' her 1970s hit French disco diva Amanda Lear accused Miley Cyrus on Monday of plagiarising her 1970s song "The Sphinx" in the US pop star's new track, "Redlights". However, Lear later added that she was not interested in a lawsuit. A file image of Miley Cyrus during the iHeartRadio Music Awards on March 26, 2026, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. © Jordan Strauss, AP French disco diva Amanda Lear publicly accused American singer Miley Cyrus on Monday of plagiarising one of her songs from the 1970s.
Lear, a model-turned-singer who was a muse to surrealist painter Salvador Dali and a lover of Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones, took Cyrus to task over apparent similarities between her song "The Sphinx" and the American's new track "Redlights". Read moreMiley Cyrus wins Record of the Year Grammy for 'Flowers' Cyrus released her tenth album "Bass Persuades" last Friday, a 10-track dance-pop opus including the ballad "Redlights", which invites comparisons to the slower, gravelly-voiced song by Lear from 1978. "Thank you, Miley, for copying my song 'The Sphinx'!
I'm flattered!" Lear wrote on social media on Sunday with the hashtags "ripoff" and "copycat". "I've never been litigious, but my record label, Universal, and the publishers of the track, for which I wrote the lyrics, want acknowledgement of the plagiarism," Amanda Lear told on Monday. "I simply pointed out the situation by thanking Miley Cyrus and adding that I was flattered.
I never threatened a lawsuit or retaliation," she added. Lear is a prolific composer and singer who has produced more than 20 albums. The Rolling Stones are believed to have written a song about her, "Miss Amanda Jones", dating to her time as a prominent figure during the Swinging Sixties in London. arts24## Music show: Meet Ed Banger Records' new girl Tatyana Jane and wild Jazz band Buck 1. 1 ## Saudi Arabia says air defences intercepted Houthi ballistic missile targeting Riyadh Middle East 2. 2 ## French police arrest two Germans after 'for fun' Louvre stunt in Mona Lisa hall France 3. 3 ## Macron welcomes Carney on French North Atlantic territory off Canadian coast France 4. 4 ## France's new head coach Zidane unveils team line-up for Nations League matches Sport 5. 5 ## Scientists discover first new wild cat in more than 100 years Americas 6. 6 ## Russia vows to ‘intensify’ strikes on Kyiv after Ukraine’s election-day drone attacks As it happened Europe © 2026 Copyright France 24 - All rights reserved.
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