Robin Thicke is taking his “Blurred Lines” to court in order to protect the song from accusations by Marvin Gaye’s family who claim that the song copy at least two of the singer’s songs.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Thicke, producer Pharrell Williams and Clifford Harris Jr., filed suit Thursday in a California federal court which states, “Plaintiffs, who have the utmost respect for and admiration of Marvin Gaye, Funkadelic and their musical legacies, reluctantly file this action in the face of multiple adverse claims from alleged successors in interest to those artists. Defendants continue to insist that plaintiffs' massively successful composition, 'Blurred Lines,' copies 'their' composition.”
The Gaye’s are alleging that the summer’s hottest hit sounds familiar to Gaye’s “Got to Give It Up.” Funakedelic, which is partially owned by Bridgeport Music, claims that “Blurred Lines” sounds similar to their “sexy ways.”
MTV reports that Thicke has long gushed that his longtime affections for Gaye and his sound helped create his latest album. However, Thicke, Williams and Harris Jr. maintain that they created a hit which was not a copy of "anyone's composition."
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