It was dubbed the Song of the Summer, with its catchy tunes and sexy lyrics. Robin Thicke's Blurred Lines gained even more infamy with that controversial performance at the Video Music Awards with Miley Cyrus twerking. But now, the song is getting further notoriety because of what has been revealed by official documents of a Los Angeles federal court. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the sworn testimonies included "such subjects as authorship, song credit, drug abuse, and media promotion.
Now, the children of famed singer Marvin Gaye are charging that the Robin Thicke, Pharrel Williams, and Clifford Harris (also known as "T.I.") have ripped off their father's 1977 hit song "Got to Give It Up."
Several statements made by the singer in terms of the Robin Thicke Blurred Lines inspiration are now being seen as revelatory of how they copied Marvin Gaye's song. For example, in an interview with GQ magazine, the singer said, "Pharrell and I were in the studio and I told him that one of my favorite songs of all time was Marvin Gaye's 'Got To Give It Up.' I was like, 'Damn, we should make something like that, something with that groove.' Then he started playing a little something and we literally wrote the song about in about half hour and recorded it."
When asked to explain this, Robin Thicke goes on a bizarre revelation that not only was it was just Pharrell who created the song, and he was high on drugs at that time. In an excerpt obtained by The Hollywood Reporter, Thicke's statement went like this:
Question: When the rhythm of [Blurred Lines] was being created, were you there with Pharrell?
Thicke: To be honest, that's the only part where -- I was high on Vicodin and alcohol when I showed up at the studio. So my recollection when we made the song, I thought I wanted -- I -- I wanted to be more involved than I actually was by the time, nine months later, it became a huge hit and I wanted credit... I wanted some credit for this big hit. But the reality is, is that Pharrell had the beat and he wrote almost every single part of the song."
The singer further reveals that he had a drug and alcohol problem that year, and "didn't do a sober interview," during the time of promotions for Robin Thicke Blurred Lines song