The department store John Lewis has denied copying a lo-fi arrangement of the song Together in Electric Dreams for use on their 2021 Christmas advert.
UK alt-folk duo The Portraits said the new ad resembles their reworking of the Human League electro-pop hit, which they released last year for charity.
The slow orchestral piano version featured their daughter on vocals.
Now the John Lewis rendition, which launched last week, is softly sung by 20-year-old Lola Young
The group - aka Jeremy and Lorraine Millington from Wells, Somerset - wrote on Facebook that they contacted John Lewis in March 2021 to offer up the track for consideration for this year's ad but did not receive a reply.
They believe the new version is "borrowing the feeling and many elements of the arrangement" of their own - which was released to raise money for bereavement and mental health charities during lockdown.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-59246892
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