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The late Marvin Gaye‘s estate is taking the lead in the courtroom against Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams in the ‘Blurred Lines‘ lawsuit. Gaye’s family insisted the two stole parts of their hit song from ‘Got to Give it Up.’ Believing the that the songs may be substantially similar, a California judge has ruled in favor of the family.
According to U.S. District Judge John Kronstat, “defendants have made a sufficient showing that elements of ‘Blurred Lines‘ may be substantially similar to protected, original elements of ‘Got to Give it Up.” He also denied the singers’ motion for summary judgement on Thursday.
In addition, the judge agreed that there were similar bass lines, keyboard parts, vocal lines, melodies and harmonies between the two songs. There is enough evidence to move forward with the Gaye’s family claim.
Although the trial isn’t scheduled until February 10, 2015, the story made headlines earlier this year when depositions from April were made public. Some of the bizarre revelations were Thicke admitting Williams wrote the song, but he took the credit for it, all while being “high on Vicodin and alcohol.”
