Singer Sam Smith’s Copyright Lawsuit Over Song ‘Dancing With a Stranger’ Is Dismissed With Prejudice

A federal judge has officially dismissed with prejudice a copyright infringement lawsuit filed against Sam Smith, Normani, and others over “Dancing with a Stranger.”

Judge Wesley L. Hsu just recently ordered the copyright complaint “dismissed on the merits with prejudice,” after Sam Smith, Normani, and their legal team took initial steps last summer to have the action tossed.

Levied in March of 2022 by a company called Sound and Color, the suit alleged that the defendant artists had lifted components of a 2015 track, uploaded to YouTube as “Dancing With Strangers,” to create their much-streamed (and similarly titled) release.

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