I heard this song again recently, and found it amazing how well I remembered it from it being in the charts when I was just 8 y.o. I also thought that McLaren was something of a genius for coming up with this, but my opinion has changed a tad after discovering this:
Not only is it a blatant rip, but McLaren actually contested the legal challenge brought by the authors of the original track before settling out of court. I don't mind artists sampling, covering or even downright copying others, so long as the originals get credit and its all done with consent, but apparently that was not the case for Mr. McLaren...
