Copywatch 1: Daniel Powter

Daniel Powter: he's had a bad day. He's taking one down (whatever that means). He sings a sad song just to turn it around.

Well, not exactly a sad song.

Think about putting on your blue suede shoes, and boarding a plane. Touching down in the land of the delta blues, in the middle of the pouring rain?

Yep, in his second single, Mr Powter took significant "inspiration" the intro from Marc Cohn's 1991 hit "Walking in Memphis". Check it out, Cohn's first:

We know you've had a bad day, Daniel - what with that being your only hit and all.

But there's really no need to take it out on Marc Cohn, is there?

-Copywatch: Cracking down on unoriginality since... I don't know, yesterday? x