Hellish year for Ed Sheeran: The singer is being SUED yet again

Since its release in 2014, Ed Sheeran's Thinking out Loud has become a modern-day romantic classic.

From engagements to first dances, this song is the soundtrack to millions of relationship milestones, but it appears we mightn't actually have Ed to thank for it.

According to emerging reports, the 25-year-old pop sensation is being sued on the grounds he copied Marvin Gaye's track Let's Get It On for the production of Thinking Out Loud.

The Independent reports that the family of Ed Townsend –  the co-writer for the 1973 track – have sought legal advice as to whether they are owed damages due to the similarity seen in Sheeran's song.

According to court documents, the Townsend family conducted their own research into the the issue, which read: "The Defendants copied the heart of Let's and repeated it continuously throughout Thinking."

"The melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic compositions of Thinking are substantially and/or strikingly similar to the drum composition of Let's". it continued.

While Ed, his record label and legal team have yet to issue a response regarding the track which has racked up 1.2 billion views on YouTube, media outlets have made reference to the fact this is not the singer's first time being implicated in such a situation.

Earlier this summer, the singer was sued for $20 million for copying Amazing – a song penned by Matt Cardle's songwriters –  for the production of Photograph.