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Daniel Merriweather Backs Off Celine Dion Song Theft Accusation

07/08/2013
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Daniel Merriweather has backed off his accusation that Celine Dion was stealing his song 'Water and a Flame' whom Dion had reportedly credited Adele with writing.

Merriweather wrote the song with Eg White for his 2009 album, "Love & Water" which featured guest vocals from Adele. He reportedly became upset after learning Dion praised Adele for the song, according to Noise 11.

Dion has recorded a version of the song as the title track and lead single for her comeback album, which is set to be released in October. Merriweather posted a new Facebook update addressing the controversy.

He writes, "I want to clear some things up. In hindsight, i was wrong to say that Celine 'stole' my song, from a songwriting point of view this is not the case at all� and really was not the point i was trying to make�

"It turns out that she didn't realize that 'Water and a Flame' was my song from my album 'Love & War', instead she thought it was an Adele song.

"She should've just done her homework before she decided to cover my song� name her album after it� and then publicly imply credit to the featured act on the song (Adele). I get that Adele is a major artist and that the association helps her sell albums, but Adele is my friend; and she guested on my song, simple and plain, and that should've been acknowledged before Celine decided to rewrite history".

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