Britney Spears faces multi-million dollar lawsuit accused of 'ripping off' song lyrics for Hold It Against Me
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 2:04 PM on 20th February 2011
The video for her new single Hold It Against Me debuted just last week but Britney Spears and the first song from her new album has certainly made an impact, although perhaps not in the way she was hoping for.
In fact, the 29-year-old singer is being accused of plagiarism and is facing a multi-million dollar lawsuit.
Britney is accused of ‘ripping off’ the rock ballad If I Said You Had A Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me by the Bellamy Brothers.
Scroll down to watch Britney's music video and the Bellamy Brother's song
In hot water:Britney Spears leaving LAX on Friday night with her boys and boyfriend, Jason Trawick, heading to her hometown of Louisiana. The singer is being accused of 'ripping off' song lyrics
The American singers claim Britney’s song is too close to their own 1979 hit which topped the charts in six countries, and David and Howard Bellamy are set to met with lawyers, according to reports.
David, 60, told The Daily Star: ‘Howard and I have no personal beef with Britney. She’s a talented gal. But professionally we feel completely ripped off.
‘We will without doubt take the appropriate legal action if our attorneys agree we’ve been ripped off.’
Holding it against her: David and Howard Bellamy are planning to take legal action against Britney as they claim she has ripped off their rock ballad If I Said You Had A Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me
A spokesman for Britney told the paper: ‘If this is now a legal matter then I am afraid we would have nothing to say until our lawyers have been alerted.’
Britney jetted back to her home state of Louisiana last night - and one of the first things on the agenda was a drive-thru stop.
The singer and her boyfriend Jason Trawick paid a visit to the burger joint Sonic today where they indulged in some junk food from the privacy of their SUV.
She was spotted departing LAX Airport in Los Angeles on Friday night to make the 2,000 mile trip home with her sons Sean Preston, aged five, and four-year-old Jayden James in tow.
Blushing bride: Britney Spears has unveiled the new music video to Hold It Against Me in full
She's back! The star unveiled Hold It Against Me today
Britney recently got trim for her new video, but it seems the mother of two was giving herself a day off from her fitness blitz after arriving in Kentwood - the sleepy town of her youth.
Spears and her boys will be spending a few days with her family while she takes a break from promoting her upcoming album Femme Fatale.
Back in Los Angles, Britney has been spotted hitting up the gym ready for her big comeback - and all of her hard work is paying off.
Her manager, Larry Rudolph, recently told MTV that he felt the video for the new song is more than ‘just about the really two different Britneys. I think it’s also about Britney just being strong and still on top after all these years.’
After her music label released a staggering 14 sneak previews, the highly-anticipated music video unveiled in full in the US on thursday night.
The 29-year-old also revealed the clip on Twitter, writing: ' Without further adieu, I present my video for Hold It Against Me, directed by the wonderful Jonas Akerlund... Hope you guys love it as much as I do. If you didn't I'll kung fu kick you like I did to that chick in the video.'
Standing in a futuristic set surrounded by television sets playing footage of her old videos from the late Nineties, Britney appears in a strapless, corseted dress with an enormous puffball skirt.
The white gown is quickly transformed, though, when the singer shoots colourful paint from her fingers, which splashes in all directions and leaves her dress techni-coloured.
Blushing bride: Britney first appears in the white gown
Paint party: The 29-year-old is splashes with colourful paint, leaving the gown techni-coloured
The gown is transformed into the style of gown preferred by travellers, whose staggering wedding traditions - including £150,000 dresses which can weigh up to 20-stone - have become a talking point thanks to the Channel 4 series.
At another point in the video Britney gets into a stiletto-clad catfight with her own mirror image.
Her manager Larry Rudolph says the scenes are a metaphor for the star's life.
'There are really two different Britneys. There's a public Britney and there's a private Britney, and they're very different,' he told MTV.
'Maybe the world doesn't really know that, maybe those of us who do know her really well understand that, but there really are two different Britneys.
Catfight: Scenes where Britney has a brawl with herself are supposed to be a metaphor for the singer's real life
No body double: Britney was forced to deny she used a body double for the vigorous dance routines
Helping hand: It does appear that she got a little help from an airbrush though in the video, compared to her more natural appearance today
'Maybe at some times the two Britneys are at odds with each other; most of the time they're not.'
'I think it's also about Britney just being strong and still on top after all these years. But there's a few different ways to look at it.'
The catfight scenes have also solved the puzzle over claims Britney used a body double for the video.
The singer recently had to deny the use of a double after several reports suggested she was unable to complete the choreography and even walked off set in tears.
Step back in time: The set features televisions playing footage of her old music videos
You better love it! Britney asked fans on Twitter whether they liked the clip, adding 'If you didn't I'll kung fu kick you like I did to that chick in the video'
Her spokesperson angrily denied the claims at the time, but explained today: 'Of course, there was a body double in there that she was fighting most of the time, which is where some confusion came in.
'I heard some rumours that she used a body double. The reality is, she used a body double for the fight scene, because it's all the fight herself.'
He said last week: ' Britney worked extremely hard on this video and rehearsed for six weeks prior to shoot.'
'Fans will immediately see how inaccurate these claims are once they see the video.'
She certainly looks in great shape, showing off her trim figure in a midriff top during a vigorous dance routine.
Britney has also been in the studio with Black Eyed Peas star will.i.am recording a new single.
Britney Spears performing at , in 2009. 
US pop and country duo  are accusing  singer Britney Spears — also from the United States — of plagiarism in her latest single "".  The group believes that  Spears is "ripping off" one of their songs, a 1979 track entitled ""; they are thought to be attempting to have Spears prosecuted.

Howard and David Bellamy claim that Britney Spears' single, the first to be released from her upcoming album '''', is "too close" to The Bellamy Brothers song. Both tracks have reached number one on various music charts.

Speaking to British  '''', David Bellamy said, "Howard and I have no personal beef with Britney. She’s a talented gal. But professionally we feel completely ripped off. We will without doubt take the appropriate legal action if our attorneys agree we’ve been ripped off."

A spokesperson for Britney Spears, made a statement to the same newspaper. "If this is now a legal matter then I am afraid we would have nothing to say until our lawyers have been alerted," the spokesperson stated.