Editing Under Pressure (section)

=="Ice Ice Baby" sampling controversy==
{{See|List of songs that have been the subject of plagiarism disputes}}
Controversy arose when [[Vanilla Ice]] sampled the song's intro bassline and piano chords for his 1990 single "[[Ice Ice Baby]]". Initially, he denied the accusation and then said he had modified it,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iowastatedaily.com/news/article_766d27d2-dc56-5ff3-9040-47e44d46094f.html |title=''Word to your mother'' |access-date=13 February 2009 |last=Stillman |first=Kevin |date=27 February 2006 |work=[[Iowa State Daily]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304173901/http://www.iowastatedaily.com/news/article_766d27d2-dc56-5ff3-9040-47e44d46094f.html |archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref> but did not originally pay songwriting credit or royalties to Queen and Bowie.<ref>Westfahl, Gary (2000). "Legends of the Fall: Behind the Music". ''Science Fiction, Children's Literature, and Popular Culture''. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 100. {{ISBN|0-313-30847-0}}.</ref><ref>''Feature: Has Vanilla Ice been stealing other people's songs''?" ''[[Smash Hits]]'' (EMAP Metro) (12–25 December 1990): 59.</ref> A lawsuit resulted in Bowie and all members of Queen receiving songwriting credit for the sample.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-lists/songs-on-trial-12-landmark-music-copyright-cases-166396/vanilla-ice-vs-queen-and-david-bowie-1990-61441/|title=Songs on Trial: 12 Landmark Music Copyright Cases |author= Jordan Runtagh|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|quote=The case was settled out of court, costing Ice an undisclosed sum and earning him a not-insignificant amount of public scorn. Bowie and members of Queen all received songwriting credits on the track.}}</ref> Vanilla Ice later claimed that he purchased the publishing rights to "Under Pressure",{{r|siriusxm|cnnanderson}} saying that buying the song made more financial sense than paying out royalties,{{r|siriusxm}} but a Queen spokesman clarified that Vanilla Ice's statement was inaccurate.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/vanilla-ice-under-pressure/|title=Vanilla Ice Claims He Owns Queen's 'Under Pressure'|author=Michael Gallucci|date=13 July 2017 |quote=A spokesman for Queen tells Ultimate Classic Rock that Vanilla Ice's statement is inaccurate: An arrangement was made whereby the publishing in the song was shared.}}</ref>