Bellamy Brothers 1979 Classic Song is Similar to Britney’s New Release

Britney Spears' just released new single, "Hold It Against Me", has lyrics similar to a previous hit.

Back in 1979, The Bellamy Brothers released the song "If I Said You Had A Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me". The song, having lyrics with a double meaning, became the Bellamy's first country music number 1 in the US. It then went on to become "Song of the Year" for all of the U.K. in 1979.

Britney sings: "So if I said I want your body now, would you hold it against me?". The Bellamy's claim this is almost an exact copy of their song, just with lyrics more specific rather than suggestive.

"Britney, she could get away with singing those. We can't, because they would call us dirty old men at this point", David Bellamy said, in talking to Entertainment Weekly. "This particular title is kinda hard to disguise, because the title is the song. It's not like saying, 'I love you, baby.' I think songwriters have become watered down. This makes me sound like an old man again, but I find that songwriters now are not as strong as they used to be in the '60s or '70s."

"I naturally gravitate to that. I like singer-songwriters, strong hooks, old rock, and old country. I'm not really a big fan of the Euro dance mixes, but I think there's just more original stuff out there to do than just rehashing old titles" he said, disclosing his thoughts.

Although annoyed at the issue, the Bellamys are not taking any action yet until they "see what the intent was". He commented further: "It's not every day you get in the middle of a Britney Spears brawl".

Britney's "Hold It Against Me" has been released on iTunes, shooting straight to the number 1 slot on the iTunes charts in sixteen countries. So popular is the song that it has also broken all records for airplays on their first day of release.

"Hold It Against Me" is the lead single for her new album, which is expected to be released in March.

UPDATE!!!

Britney Spears "Hold it Against Me" Video has just been released!!