Marvin Gaye’s family have given an emotional interview after a jury decided that Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke’s song Blurred Lines DID rip off the late singer’s song Got To Give It Up.
Gaye’s children, Nona and Marvin Gaye III, along with the singer’s ex-wife Janis, have said that they don’t hold a grudge against the song’s producer Pharrell Williams and would even like him to perform at a tribute show.
A jury ruled that Williams and Thicke should pay out $7.4 million to the Gaye family, of which saw Nona cry in court as it was ruled that the family should be awarded $4 million in damages and $3.4 million in profits from the hit track.
“It’s gratifying, I just felt filled,” Janis told ABC News.
They also touched on whether Pharrell’s Oscar nominated song, Happy, sounded similar to Gaye’s track, Ain’t That Peculiar.
“I’m not going to lie,” Nona asid. “I do think they sound alike.”
But they don’t want to see the inside of a courtroom for a while.
“We’re not in that space,” Nona said.
The “bad judgment” that singers Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams copied a Marvin Gaye song to create Blurred Lines could have a “chilling effect” on music, critics say.
Blurred Lines – the biggest hit of 2013 – sold millions of copies worldwide and netted the pair millions of pounds, but a jury awarded Gaye’s children nearly £4.9 million after determining Williams and Thicke copied their father’s music to create it.
Williams and Thicke are “undoubtedly disappointed”, said their lead lawyer Howard King, who added: “They’re unwavering in their absolute conviction that they wrote this song independently.”
The trial focused on detailed analyses of chords and notes in Blurred Lines and Gaye’s hit Got To Give It U
Marvin Gaye's family claim Pharrell Williams' Happy sounds like ANOTHER one of the soul legend's songs
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