The Robin Thicke song became one of the biggest hits of 2013, even becoming the best-selling digital single of the year, but Marvin Gaye's family ended up filing a lawsuit, as they claimed that Pharrell Williams' "Blurred Lines" music had ripped off the 1977 single "Got to Give it Up."
Now, for the first time since the trial began, Pharrell Williams' "Blurred Lines" statement has come to the public eye, as he defends his creation (co-written by himself, Robin Thicke and T.I.) stating that, while he accepts that there are similarities, he wasn't basing his beat on the Motown legend.
According to NME, in Pharrell Williams' "Blurred Lines" statement, the famous singer and producer has stated that, in writing the song, he was inspired by the sounds of pop star Miley Cyrus and not at all by Gaye, as he was at that time working with the "Hannah Montana" star on different country songs.
As The Daily Mail reports, the singer and producer stated that he was certainly familiar with Gaye's hit song from the 70s (as he grew up listening to the Motown star), but that Pharrell Williams' "Blurred Lines" hadn't used the song as its basis, as Gaye's one of the people he most looks up to musically and hates to be in a position where he's accused of plagiarizing the star.
The lawsuit comes from Marvin Gaye's two children, Frankie and Nona, who ask for money from the sales and tour dates where the song was played, which their lawyer has estimated at around $40 million.
During the testimony of the "Happy" singer both songs were played, according to BBC, and Pharrell Williams' "Blurred Lines" testimony admitted that in that case it sounded as if they were both the same beat - but he then added that they'd been technically modified to sound similar before the trial.
Odd as it may be, Pharrell Williams' "Blurred Lines" testimony made singer Robin Thicke, present at the trial, leave the room at some point.
