The family of Marvin Gaye won an ongoing debate against Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams over whether their 2013 smash hit "Blurred Lines" stole from Gaye's 1977 song "Got To Give It Up," the LA Times reported on Thursday.
Thicke and Williams were turned down for a court ruling that said that "Blurred Lines" had not swiped from Gaye's song, and decided instead that Gaye's family members successfully showed that "Blurred Lines" may be very close to protected elements of Gaye's hit.
This means the lawsuit put forth by Gaye's family can proceed to trial.
"There are no similarities between plaintiffs' composition and those the claimants allege they own, other than commonplace musical elements," representatives for Thicke and Williams stated in a suit filed in September.
The "Blurred Lines" crew filed a suit against the Gayes after they claimed the song ripped off Gaye's hit. The family then filed a counter-suit stated that not only plagiarized "Got to Give it Up," but that Thicke also committed copy write infringement on "After the Dance" when he recorded the song "Love After War" in 2011.
Thicke said around that same time that he was high on alcohol and Vicodin and was not able to co-write the 2013 summer jam and talked-up his involved in interviews. His lies were part of the reason his wife Paula Patton left him, NBC News reported.
Thursday's ruling outlines the uncanny resemblance of the hooks in both songs, along with keyboard chords, vocal lines and other musical similarities.
Feb. 10, 2015 is when the trial is set to begin.
