Twitter users accused One Direction's 2012 hit single, "Live While We're Young", of copying the song's opening guitar riff, which caused controversy. According to Alexis Petridis of The Guardian, the guitar is played thrice between the riff with the plectrum stroking the strings, while it is pressed. One note in the chord is changed, which Petridis surmised was probably to avoid paying any royalty to the Clash.
