What do you think of the Luke written "Sugar" from Maroon 5's New Album

[ihavemorales]

I work for Luke. Katy was given a hefty sum for "Sugar." She usually would be upset because she wants her writing credits (she has plenty, will get one on the new Nicki Minaj album for a song she wrote that went to Grange), but the lump sum was big enough to satisfy her. She was actually the one who came up the verse melody, not the chorus...took a Mariah Carey song, changed a chord, and wrote her lyrics.

Here is the song it copies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqYxyd1iSNk

[j.fco.morales]

Which Mariah Carey song?

Sometimes you write a whole song from a couple of chords... and many songs have the same progressions.

[Dr. Fleischman]

...took a Mariah Carey song, changed a chord, and wrote her lyrics.

Oops...is this a common situation ?

[melodicmoonlight]

Katy didn't write on Sugar....

[LG]

Track, melodies and feel is so similar to Katy's recent track. Almost sounds like copy paste.