Alt-folk duo say they sent their 2020 cover of the song to the retailer – then found the ‘feeling’ replicated
It’s become an annual TV moment and one of the staples of the holiday season, but the John Lewis Christmas advert is at the centre of a row after a little-known band accused the company of copying their arrangement for its feature song.
John Lewis has denied all allegations that it lifted the arrangement to Philip Oakey and Georgio Moroder’s 1985 electro-pop classic Together in Electric Dreams, the song featured in its new advert Unexpected Guest, from the alt-folk husband and wife duo, the Portraits.
