Belgian ban on Madonna’s ‘Frozen’ has been lifted

A ban on Madonna’s Frozen has been lifted in Belgium – having been in place since 2005.

The ban on the 1998 single, which made the selling or playing of the record illegal, has been overturned in an appeal.

The ban came into force when Belgian songwriter Salvatore Acquaviva won a lawsuit contending that the track plagiarised his 1979 song Ma Vie Fout L’camp.

Before an appeal could take place, Italian composer Edouard Scotto Di Suoccio then also claimed that both tracks borrowed from his own song, Bloodnight.

As a result of the claims, all three tracks were compared in a lawsuit. The final ruling decreed that the songs were “not sufficiently ‘original’ to claim” there was any plagiarism involved, which allowed the ban to be lifted.

This will mean Frozen can be played on Belgian radio for the first time in eight years.

Frozen was taken from the Queen of Pop’s Ray Of Light album, which hit number one in the UK and number two in the US.

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