Vince Vance and the Valiants should probably give up.

Mariah Carey, accused of copyright infringement in her 1994 Christmas hit “All I Want for Christmas is You,” has won her case. Judge Mónica Ramírez Almadani rejected songwriter Adam Stone’s claim that the song lifted a song he wrote in 1989. Almadani ruled that the two merely shared “Christmas song clichés” already typical of the genre.

His evidence for the lawsuit included the shared title and key lyrics, references to Santa Claus and mistletoe, and the plaintive female vibes, which the court found to be a well-established cliche of Christmas music. Yep.

Vince Vance is Stone’s stage name, and he co-wrote a fantastic song also titled “All I Want for Christmas is You.” He’s the guy with the spiked-up mohawk in the video. Lisa Layne has some powerhouse vocals.

Personally, I like the Vince Vance song better.