I Want a New Drug theme song of the 1984 film "Ghostbusters" was released, Huey Lewis sued Ray Parker Jr. for copyright infringement, claiming that Parker had stolen the melody from "I Want a New Drug". Lewis had been approached to compose the main theme song for the film, but had to decline because of his work on the soundtrack for "Back to the Future". The two parties settled out of court. Details of the settlement (specifically, that Columbia Pictures paid Lewis a settlement) were confidential until 2001, when Lewis commented on the payment in an episode of VH1's "Behind the Music". Parker subsequently sued
Neighbours theme song Neighbours theme song The "Neighbours" theme song is the theme tune to the Australian soap opera "Neighbours". Composed by British-born Tony Hatch with the lyrics written by his then wife, Jackie Trent, it has been voted the world's most recognised television theme song. The song was originally recorded by Barry Crocker, who also recorded the updated version, subsequent versions have been recorded by a variety of artists. After Trent and Hatch relocated to Australia in the 1980s, they were asked to write the theme song for "Neighbours". The soap opera was going to be called Ramsay Street, before the couple