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John Lewis has been accused of copying the song it used in its new Christmas advert from an obscure Somerset band.
The Portraits, a husband and wife from Wells, claimed the department store ripped off their arrangement for Together In Electric Dreams.
Lorraine and Jeremy Millington blasted the chain for allegedly nicking the 'feeling' in their version of Philip Oakey and Georgio Moroder's 1985 smash hit.
But John Lewis hit back saying 'there was no substance to the claims' and added it was 'unable to consider ideas from other external or internal sources'.
The Portraits (pictured), a husband and wife from Wells, claimed the department store ripped off their arrangement for Together In Electric Dreams
The Portraits wrote on Facebook: 'Our version was a fundraising song aimed at supporting bereavement and mental health organisations that have needed the money more than ever during the pandemic…
'We had a (perhaps naive) dream that we could use a future ad by the company with our soundtrack linked to it to maximise the funds going to those charities.
'But instead, John Lewis went with the
