GW93 said

I think the Pharrell/Thicke song sounded closer to Gaye than this, and I thought the “Blurred Lines” case was bullshirt.

Obviously the jury disagreed, and I’d never heard anything before now about “Blurred Lines” straight-up sampling “Got to Give it Up.”

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On Friday, Gaye's family filed a motion in federal court alleging Williams lied under oath in the case. The motion points to a November GQ interview in which the "Happy" singer told producer Rick Rubin he "reverse engineered" Gaye's tune.

"We try to figure out if we can build a building that doesn't look the same, but makes you feel the same way," Williams said of his production process in the interview. "I did that in 'Blurred Lines,' and got myself in trouble."

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