Arthur Lee was in jail when this all went down.
In 1999, Madonna and William Orbit wrote and produced "Beautiful Stranger" for the Mike Myer's film Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me. The song admitedly includes samples from "In Crowd" by The Mamas and The Papas, but the melody and structure of the song were both lifted from Love's "She Comes In Colors" from their 1966 LP De Capo. The similarities are striking, similarities Madonna refutes. Notice the similarity between Madonna's "ba da da da" part in comparison to Love's harpsichord riff (I think it's a harpsichord)...
Many critics spoke out about the similarities, but still today, Madonna denies having ever heard the Love song. You decide...
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