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Fact #156863

When:

Short story:

The Strokes release the single Last Nite on RCA Records in the USA.

Full article:

Julian Casablancas (The Strokes) : People would say, ‘You know that song American Girl by Tom Petty? Don’t you think it sounds a little like that?’ And I’d be like, ‘Yeah, we ripped it off. Where you been?’”
(Source : http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/last-nite-the-strokes)

Tom Petty : The Strokes took American Girl [for Last Nite], there was an interview that took place with them where they actually admitted it. That made me laugh out loud. I was like, 'OK, good for you.'
(Source : interview in Rolling Stone, 2006)