In 1987, Jonathan King accused the of plagiarizing the melody from ’ “Wild World” in their song. To prove his point, he released this cover, with music imitating “It’s a Sin” but with modified lyrics from “Wild World”. The sleeve also is a parody of PSB’s album cover. The Pet Shop Boys successfully sued King for defamation and donated the results to charity.
The B-side song was also the subject of a historic plagiarism lawsuit, when was sued by the estate of for similarities between "He's So Fine" and Harrison's "My Sweet Lord".