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"Ray Parker Jr has reportedly opened a lawsuit over unpaid royalties. The rapper has claimed that he is owed many years&amp;#039; worth of fees for his classic &amp;#039;Ghostbusters&amp;#039; track, the lead song from the 1984 movie of the same name.      Parker Jr&amp;#039;s lawsuit states that he was entitled to 75% of the gross receipts from the song, according to TMZ. He also claims that the song accounted for over $20 million of box office profits. He states that he has missed out on royalty pay for up to three decades from EMI and Sony/ATV Music. Parker Jr is said to be seeking over $100,000 in back royalties. &amp;#039;Ghostbusters&amp;#039; was one of the biggest tracks of the 1980s, and has since been used in a number of TV commercials, including for 118 118 in the UK. It has also been covered by acts as diverse as Jedward, The Rasmus, Bowling for Soup and David Essex. Ray Parker Jr previously settled a lawsuit with Huey Lewis and the News, over similarities between their song &amp;#039;I Want a New Drug&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;Ghostbusters&amp;#039;. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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