TORONTO — Marvin Gaye’s eldest son has joined the chorus of Gaye children accusing Robin Thicke of stealing the late singer’s sound.
Marvin Gaye III alleges Thicke’s smash hit “Blurred Lines” copies “Got to Give It Up,” his song “Love After War” copies “After the Dance” and his “Million Dolla Baby” copies “Trouble Man.”
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According to his statement of claim, the songs are “so similar to Gaye’s songs as to leave no doubt but that they were each wholly dependent for their very creations upon Thicke’s brazen copying.”
In August, Thicke and co-writers Pharrell Williams and Clifford Harris Jr. filed a lawsuit against Gaye’s family seeking “declaratory relief … that confirms plaintiffs’ unfettered right to exploit ‘Blurred Lines’ free of defendants’ claims.”
Two of Gaye’s children — Nona and Frankie — responded in October by filing a claim against Thicke that alleged “Blurred Lines” copies elements of “Got to Give It Up.”
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