Controversy
The aforementioned song, "Get Dumb (Free Your Body)," sampled parts of a 1983 song "The Music Got Me" without permission. Author of "The Music Got Me", Boyd Jarvis, sued Clivillés and Cole in 1990 for copyright infringement and demanded $15 million in royalties.
Four years later, Kevin McCord filed the copyright infringement lawsuit against Mariah Carey, Cole, Clivillés, and Columbia Records because, according to McCord, they took parts of his song called "I Want to Thank You," originally sung by Alicia Myers, and made "Make It Happen" out of it without permission. Although the allegations were confirmed false, McCord eventually accepted a settlement offer of about US$500,000.
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