Annie has been forced to pull a song from her new album, after Girls Aloud complained that she had used their vocals without permission.
Both acts are produced by Brian Higgins, who gave Annie the unused vocals from a Girls Aloud demo to use on her song, 'My Love Is Better'. Unfortunately, he failed to get permission to do so and the girl group only became aware of the song when promotional materials for the album, 'Don't Stop', due out 21 Jul, mentioned the "duet".
A source close to Girls Aloud told Teletext's Planet Sound: "The Girls can't believe Brian didn't let them know first. Brian often writes songs by stitching together parts from several other songs. But basing a song for another artist around the Girls' demo vocals is cheeky of him, to put it mildly".