<http://schema.org/articleBody>
" One Direction members Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson have responded to suggestions that their new single ripped off another song. There has been a widespread recognition of the similarities between the opening bars of the boyband&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Live While We&amp;#039;re Young&amp;#039; and punk band The Clash&amp;#039;s 1982 classic &amp;#039;Should I Stay or Should I Go&amp;#039;.   Styles has now seemed to suggest that the X Factor-spawned band intentionally borrowed the riff. Referring to the musical likeness between &amp;#039;What Makes You Beautiful&amp;#039; and Grease&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Summer Nights&amp;#039;, the 18-year-old explained: &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s a bit like the first single where the opening riff sounds similar to a certain film.&amp;quot; Tomlinson considered the possibility that original riffs are rarely discovered nowadays. He pondered: &amp;quot;I assume it must be quite difficult to do a unique riff now because there have been so many songs - surely there&amp;#039;s only so many riffs you can pull out?&amp;quot; Styles then added to BBC News: &amp;quot;It was kind of on purpose though. It&amp;#039;s a great riff, so.&amp;quot; Compare the One Direction and Clash riffs below:           "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
<http://www.digitalspy.com/music/one-direction-1d-mania/news/a409072/one-direction-respond-to-live-while-were-young-copying-claims/>