Ed Sheeran is being sued for £76m over Marvin Gaye’s Let’s Get It On for his hit song Thinking Out Loud

ED Sheeran is being sued for £76million by a firm claiming he ripped off his No1 hit Thinking Out Loud from soul legend Marvin Gaye.

The singer, 27, is on the receiving end of a lawsuit from Structured Asset Sales over allegations the song is a copy of Marvin's Let’s Get It On.

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The 1973 song was penned by a songwriter called Edward Townsend, whose one third copyright was bought by the firm in 2003 when he died.

They claim the third of the song is worth £76million.

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Thinking Out Loud featured on Ed’s 2014 album X, which sold more than 15million copies.

He previously dismissed a lawsuit from the songwriter’s heirs over claims of similarities between the songs.

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