Svondo rapfuura, vaimbi Tom Petty naJeff Lynne vakakwanisa kuwana chikamu chemari kubva kuSam Smith's Stay With Me, vachinzi vanyori vanyori vezvakafanana mushure mengozi yekupomerwa mhosva. Smith akasiya chikamu chekodzero dzerwiyo nekuda kwekufanana kwerwiyo rwake kuna Ini Handizodzoke Pasi, rakagadzirwa naPetty naLynne muna 1988.
Sam Smith akazivisa vezvenhau kuti kufanana kwenziyo mbiri idzi kwakangoerekana kwaitika; zvisinei, kudzivisa nyaya pamutemo plagiarism, akabvuma kugoverana royalties kubva rwiyo pamwe Petty naLynne. Nekudivi rake, mumashoko achangobva kubuda, Petty akaramba kuti pane gakava rakaitwa, achivimbisa kuti chaive chibvumirano cherunyararo pakati pemapato maviri aya uye akatsanangura kufanana kwenziyo mbiri idzi se "tsaona yemumhanzi."
Gara neni yakakwira machati munyika dzinoverengeka (England neUnited States pakati padzo) uye yakaenderera mberi nekutengesa makopi anopfuura mamirioni matanhatu muna 2014. Mhosva yekodzero yakamuka muna Gumiguru uye yakavharwa mazuva mashoma apfuura, mushure mekunge Smith asarudza nerunyararo kurega 12,5. % yezvikwereti kuna Petty uye muimbi wenziyo, Jeff Lynne.