Sam Smith credits Petty for hit "Stay With Me"

Sam Smith credits Petty for hit "Stay With Me"

Sam Smith has agreed to credit Tom Petty as an author of Grammy-nominated hit "Stay With Me" after acknowledging similarities -- which he insists are coincidental -- to "I Won't Back Down." Representatives for Smith -- whose soulful ballad about a one-night stand has sent the British singer's career soaring since its release in April -- said that they had been contacted by Petty's side over resemblances to his 1989 song. "Although the likeness was a complete coincidence, all involved came to an immediate and amicable agreement," Smith's representatives said in a statement. "Stay With Me" now lists as co-writers Petty and the Electric Light Orchestra's Jeff Lynne, who worked with Petty on "I Won't Back Down," along with Smith and his collaborators James Napier and William Phillips.