Ed Sheeran getting sued for allegedly copying Marvin Gaye song

This is the second lawsuit filed against the British musician

British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran is being sued over claims that one of his songs copied Marvin Gaye track "Let's Get It On."

The song at the centre of this particular debate is "Thinking Out Loud" which hit the top of the UK singles charts in November 2014.

The family of "Let's Get It On"s co-writer Ed Townsend has sought advice from a jury to discover whether they're owed damages, believing Sheeran's song to copy key parts of the 1973 classic.

UPDATE: It has since emerged that Sheeran once mashed up the two songs during a concert.

The court papers read: "The Defendants copied the heart of "Let's" and repeated it continuously throughout "Thinking."

"The melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic compositions of "Thinking" are substantially and/or strikingly similar to the drum composition of "Let's."

Ed Sheeran and his record label are yet to issue a response.

This is the second time the musician has got into trouble for allegedly copying another song; in June, he was sued for $20 million by The X Factor winner Matt Cardle's songwriters who claimed that Sheeran's ballad "Photograph" was "a note-for-note copy" of their song 'Amazing."

In March 2015, Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams were ordered to pay out $7.3 million to Marvin Gaye's family following claims their controversial chart-topper "Blurred Lines" copied the Motown musician's 1977 track "Got To Give It Up."

Sheeran wrote "Thinking Out Loud" alongside Amy Wadge. It became the first song to be streamed over 500 million times on Spotify and its video has racked up over 1.2 billion views on YouTube.