London,
(ANI):
The
Beach
Boys
have
revealed
that
it
was
not
their
idea
to
take
a
legal
action
over
Katy
Perry"s
hit
single
'California
Gurls".
Executives
at
the
band's
Rondor
Music
record
label
served
Perry's
Capitol
Records
bosses
with
a
legal
notice,
claiming
a
line
in
Snoop
Dogg's
rap
infringes
copyright
of
the
band's
1965
hit
California
Girls.
The
lyric,
'I
wish
they
all
could
be
California
Girls",
was
reportedly
removed
from
Perry's
song
following
the
complaint,
which
demanded
a
writing
credit
for
original
Beach
Boys
Mike
Love
and
Brian
Wilson.
Reps
for
the
pair
have
now
spoken
out
about
the
legal
tussle,
insisting
they
did
not
encourage
their
record
label
bosses
to
take
action.
"Rondor
owns
the
track
and
called
Brian
and
Mike,
saying
they
were
going
to
complain.
Brian
likes
Katy's
record
and
doesn't
know
where
the
situation
stands," the
Daily
Express
quoted
a
spokesperson
for
Wilson
as
telling
the
New
York
Post.
Love's
rep
added:
"Mike
and
Brian
wrote
the
song...
but
any
legal
action
is
up
to
Rondor."