Eddy Grant explained his song 'Electric Avenue' to Donald Trump's lawyers in a deposition. It did no

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Eddy Grant explained his song 'Electric Avenue' to Donald Trump's lawyers in a deposition. It did not go well.

Laura Italiano
Updated Sat, September 16, 2023 at 3:25 PM EDT min read

• In 2020, singer Eddy Grant sued Donald Trump for using "Electric Avenue" in a campaign tweet.
• Trump's lawyers asked him to "explain" the song, a newly-public deposition transcript shows.
• "Do I have to?" Grant asked. At another point he complained, "that sounds like a trick question."

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Grant sued Trump and his 2020 campaign three years ago after a 40-second snippet of "Electric Avenue" was used without authorization in an animation mocking then-candidate Joe Biden. The animation shows Biden puttering along on a slow-moving hand-car as Trump zooms past him in a high-speed train.

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Grant, a UK citizen who lives in Barbados, appeared at the May 20, 2022, deposition via Zoom, according to the transcript of the testy back-and-forth.

"I don't see the relevance," the artist responded, reasonably enough, when Trump attorney Darren Saunders asked, "Are you knowledgeable on the meaning of the lyrics and title of the composition?"

Grant noted that "Electric Avenue," a common street name worldwide, is also the name of a street in the south London district of Brixton.

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