Modern English acknowledge that The Strokes “completely ripped off” ‘I Melt With You’ for ‘Bad Decisions’

Modern English have said that The Strokes “completely ripped off” their 1982 hit ‘I Melt With You’ on the New York band’s hit single ‘Bad Decisions’. READ MORE: The Strokes – ‘Reality Awaits’ review: on playful, powerful form The former took to Instagram, to post a clip from a new interview with the caption: “We have beef with the Strokes.” “Yesterday, there was a band who was here, Mom Jeans. One of them said, ‘Have you ever heard the Strokes?'” bassist Michael Conroy said, before laughing. “Yeah, about 30 years ago,” frontman Robbie Grey said before adding: “They actually ripped off ‘I Melt With You.'” Conroy went on: “Yeah, they had a song and they completely ripped off ‘I Melt With You.'” Writers of Billy Idol‘s 1981 hit ‘Dancing With Myself’ are credited on ‘Bad Decisions’, which featured on The Strokes 2020 album ‘The New Abnormal‘, but Modern English are not. Despite that, text alongside the video said: “Just kidding we still love them.” In an NME review in 2020 of ‘Bad Decisions’, we also picked up on the similarities of the track with Modern English’s hit, writing: “There are shades of The Clash’s ‘Lost in the Supermarket’ and a nod to ‘I Melt With You’ by Modern English i...