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Old 10-21-2003, 09:47 AM
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Here's one

Sting got away with one. On Dire Straits' "I Want My MTV," Mark Knofler got Sting to come sing back-up. Sting got in the "I Want My, I Want My, I Want My MTV" which happens to be identical to "Don't Stand So, Don't Stand So, Don't Stand So Close to Me." Sting wound up getting song-writing credits for it and Knofler couldn't do anything about it, so he changed the name to another lyric in the song - "Money for Nothing."
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