‘Critics wanted us to be a one-hit-wonder’: back in Barbie world with Aqua https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/aug/07/one-hit-wonder-barbie-world-with-aqua?CMP=share_btn_tw “The song Barbie Girl is a social comment and was not created or approved by the makers of the doll,” stated the CD booklet, but it was subject to a lawsuit from Mattel, who sued over the song’s lyrics (“I’m a blonde bimbo girl in a fantasy world” and “kiss me here, touch me there, hanky panky” wasn’t exactly the stuff of brand partnerships). A court eventually ruled in the band’s favour asserting the song was protected as a parody and by 2008 Mattel was using a family-friendly version for its own Barbie commercial. #copyright #trademark #music #parody