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Seeking “any and all profits”, Joe Satriani has sued Coldplay for alleged plagiarism of one of his songs. The Satriani track in question here is the instrumental ‘If I Could Fly’ from his ‘Is There Love in Space?’ album, and the accused Coldplay track is that of ‘Viva La Vida’.

‘Viva La Vida’ has been a hugely commercially successful single all around the world and there’s therefore a lot riding on this case. Satriani stands to make a lot of money if this copyright infringement case is successful, and claims that ‘Viva La Vida’ contains “substantial original portions” of his own ‘If I Could Fly’.

‘Viva La Vida’ is nominated for both Record of the Year and Song of the Year for the Grammy Awards 2009. In total Coldplay has been nominated for a sensational seven Grammy Awards.