Jury cis Pharrell Williams and Rob Thicke pied 1977 h Got to Give It Up lawsu filed by Gaye’s children
Contents:
- 'BLURRED L' NTROVERSY RURFAC AS MARV GAYE'S FAY CLAIMS PHARRELL MTED PERJURY
- 'BLURRED L' CASE: ROB THICKE, PHARRELL WILLIAMS MT PAY MARV GAYE'S FAY MILLNS
- ‘BLURRED L’ JURY ORRS PHARRELL, ROB THICKE TO PAY $7.3 MILLN TO MARV GAYE FAY
- MARV GAYE FAY CLAIMS COURT THAT PHARRELL WILLIAMS COMMTED PERJURY
- 'BLURRED L' JURY FDS FOR MARV GAYE
- PHARRELL WILLIAMS AND ROB THICKE TO PAY $7.4M TO MARV GAYE'S FAY OVER BLURRED L
- THE ROB THICKE / MARV GAYE CASE SETS A DANGERO PRECENT
- ED SHEERAN FAC US COPYRIGHT TRIAL OVER MARV GAYE'S 'LET'S GET IT ON'
- WHY ED SHEERAN SHOULD BE WORRIED ABOUT ALLEGEDLY PYG A MARV GAYE SONG
- GOT TO GIVE IT UPMARV GAYEON LIVE AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM PRODUCED BYART STEWART“GOT TO GIVE UP” CHRONICL THE NERVY NIGHT OF A MAN TOO SHY TO GET OUT THERE ON THE DANCE FLOOR AND LET LOOSE. IT’S ONLY ONCE HE GIV – OR GIV UP – TO THE… READ MORE MAR. 15, 19771 VIEWER78.6K VIEWS24 CONTRIBUTORSGOT TO GIVE IT UP LYRICSI ED TO GO OUT TO PARTIAND STAND AROUNDCSE I WAS TOO NERVOTO REALLY GET DOWNBUT MY BODY YEARNED TO BE EEI GOT UP ON THE FLOOR AND THOUGHT"SOMEBODY ULD CHOOSE ME"NO MORE STAND' THERE BI THE WALLSI DONE GOT MYSELF TOGETHER, BABYAND NOW I'M HAV' A BALLAS LONG AS YOU'RE GROOV'THERE'S ALWAYS A CHANCESOMEBODY WATCH'MIGHT WANNA MAKE ROMANCEMOVE YOUR BODY, OOO BABY, AND DANCE ALL NIGHTTO THE GROOVE AND FEEL ALRIGHTEVERYBODY'S GROOV' ON LIKE A FOOLBUT IF YOU SEE ME SPREAD OUT AND LET ME BABY JT PARTY HIGH AND LOWLET ME STEP TO YOUR EROTIC ZONEMOVE UPTURN 'ROUNDSHAKE DOWNOOOWW!!YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKEYOU N LOVE ME WHEN YOU WANT TO, BABYTHIS IS SUCH A GROOVY PARTY, BABYWE'RE HERE FACE TO FACEEVERYBODY'S SWG'THIS IS SUCH A GROOVY PLACEALL THE YOUNG LADI ARE SO FE!YOU'RE MOV' YOUR BODY EASY WH NO DOUBTSI KNOW WHAT YOU THK', BABYYOU WANNA TURN ME OUTTHK I'M GONNA LET YOU DO , BABEKEEP ON DANC', OH, BABYYOU GOT TO GET GOT TO GIVE UPKEEP ON DANC' (YOU GOT TO GET )GOT TO GIVE UPKEEP ON DANC' (YOU GOT TO GET )GOT TO GIVE UPKEEP ON DANC' (YOU GOT TO GET )GOT TO GIVE UPKEEP ON DANC' (YOU GOT TO GET )GOT TO GIVE UPKEEP ON DANC' (YOU GOT TO GET , OH DARLG)GOT TO GIVE UPOOOOH, OOOOH, OOOOH, OOOOH[INSTMENTAL BREAK]IF YOU WANT , BABYGOT TO GIVE UPIF YOU WANT , BABYGOT TO GIVE UPWANT , AHGOT TO GIVE UPIF YOU WANT , BABYGOT TO GIVE UPWANT , AHGOT TO GIVE UPIF YOU WANT , BABYI GOT TO GIVE UPDANCG LADYDANCG LADYDANCG LADYDANCG LADYDANCG LADYDANCG LADYDANCG LADYDANCG LADYDANCG LADYDANCG LADYDANCG LADYDANCG LADYDANCG LADYDANCG LADYIF YOU WANT TO DANCE SOME MOREDANCE SOME MORE, OOHFEELS SO GOOD - DANCGOH ,YEAHLOOKS SO GOODOOH, LOOK AT YOU, BABY, OH YEAHYOU LOOK SO GOODTO YOU, BABYMY DARLG (GOT TO GIVE UP)DANCG, BABYON THE FLOOR (GOT TO GIVE UP)LET ME SEE YOU, DARLGDANC', BABY - LOOK SO GOODKEEP ON DANC' - LOOK SO GOOD (GIVE UP)LOOK AT ME, BABYLOOK SO GOODHAVE MERCYNON-STOP EXPRS PARTYSTANDG BYGET DOWNNON-STOP, EXPRS - PARTY, Y'ALLFEELS GOOD, THIS TRANCE, I'VE GOT TO DANCEGET DOWNLET'S DANCE, LET'S SHOUTGET FUNKY, WHAT 'S ALL ABOUTLET'S DANCE, LET'S SHOUTGET FUNKY, WHAT 'S ALL ABOUTLET'S DANCE, LET'S SHOUTGET FUNKY, WHAT 'S ALL ABOUTLET'S DANCE, LET'S SHOUTGET FUNKY, WHAT 'S ALL ABOUTLET'S DANCE, LET'S SHOUTGET FUNKY, WHAT 'S ALL ABOUTLET'S DANCE, LET'S SHOUTGET FUNKY, WHAT 'S ALL ABOUTLET'S DANCE, LET'S SHOUTGET FUNKY, WHAT 'S ALL ABOUTLET'S DANCE, LET'S SHOUTGET FUNKY, WHAT 'S ALL ABOUTHANG THERE, BABYGOT TO DANCE WH YOU, BABYALL NIGHT LONGI ULD WORK OUT, SGLE, DARLGOR HOLD [?]I ULD DANCE WH YOU, BABYALL NIGHT LONGI ULD WORK OUT, SOME MORE, BABYWE GO HOMEIF YOU WANT , SUGARGOT TO GIVE UPH ME!I GOT TO GIVE UPPARTY WH ME, BABYYOU GOT TO GIVE UPTHIS MORN'YOU'VE GOT TO GIVE UPOOH, OOHLET'S DANCE, LET'S SHOUTGET FUNKY, WHAT 'S ALL ABOUTOOH, OOHLET'S DANCE, LET'S SHOUTGET FUNKY, WHAT 'S ALL ABOUTTHE EXPRS PARTY'S GOG TO BE ALRIGHTLET'S DANCE, LET'S SHOUTGET FUNKY, WHAT 'S ALL ABOUTLET'S DANCE, LET'S SHOUTGET FUNKY, WHAT 'S ALL ABOUTLET'S DANCE, LET'S SHOUTGET FUNKY, WHAT 'S ALL ABOUTLET'S DANCE, LET'S SHOUT5EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT
'BLURRED L' NTROVERSY RURFAC AS MARV GAYE'S FAY CLAIMS PHARRELL MTED PERJURY
Marv Gaye's fay filed a motn argug a 'GQ' terview prov the 'Happy' sger lied unr oath the 'Blurred L' pyright se. * thicke gaye *
The “Blurred Le” -wrers sued Marv Gaye‘s fay, seekg claratory relief om a judge that their song was non-gg on the Gaye Song, “Got To Give It Up. “The Gaye fay was limed to what was filed wh the pyright office, and that was a lead sheet, ” says the mic publishg executive. But Larry Iser, Managg Partner of Ksella Wezman Iser Kump & Aldisert, oped out that once the judge led agast the songs beg played “even the Gaye expert stggled to fd elements mon the lead sheets of the two songs.
'BLURRED L' CASE: ROB THICKE, PHARRELL WILLIAMS MT PAY MARV GAYE'S FAY MILLNS
A huge pyright lawsu assumed fished explos aga after Williams recently talked about reverse engeerg Marv Gaye durg the creatn of "Blurred L. * thicke gaye *
If you want to pay homage to someone like Marv Gaye and then they n e sue you that would be ntrary to the purpose of pyright. The long pyright lawsu over Pharrell Williams and Rob Thicke's "Blurred L, " and whether ripped off Marv Gaye's "Got to Give It Up, " reared s head aga after supposedly ncludg 2018. " Gaye's fay argu this statement shows Williams mted perjury durg his posn the pyright se, when he stated: "I did not go the stud wh the tentn of makg anythg feel like, or to sound like, Marv Gaye.
(Photo by Josh Brasted/FilmMagic) Cred: Josh Brasted/FilmMagic "The admissns are irrencilable wh Williams's repeated, sworn ttimony this actn that: neher 'Got To' nor Marv Gaye ever entered his md while creatg 'Blurred, ' that he did not try to make 'Blurred' feel like 'Got To' or sound like Marv Gaye, " the Gaye fay's motn reads, argug this nstut "a d on this Court.
‘BLURRED L’ JURY ORRS PHARRELL, ROB THICKE TO PAY $7.3 MILLN TO MARV GAYE FAY
Rob Thicke is preemptively sug Marv Gaye's fay and Bridgeport Mic over the pyright to Thicke's h sgle "Blurred L." * thicke gaye *
"Nothg was more central to this se than whether 'Got To' or Marv Gaye was on Williams's md while he was engaged creatg 'Blurred. " In 2015, a jury found Williams and Thicke liable for pyright gement, and an appeals urt upheld the lg 2018, wh Judge Kronstadt awardg damag and half of all future royalti for "Blurred L" to the Gaye fay. " Related ntent: 'Blurred L' pyright su ends: Rob Thicke, Pharrell Williams to pay $5 lnInsi Marv Gaye's never-released 1972 album You're the Man.
The verdict was reached after eight days of trial ttimony examg whether Rob Thicke’s and Pharrell Williams’ “Blurred L, ” one of the most succsful songs of the young century, was improperly drawn om a soulful hallmark om the prr one — Marv Gaye’s 1977 h “Got to Give It Up. Over the next week-and-a-half, Kg would execute a two-pronged strategy: First, he emphasized that Frankie and Nona Gaye only owned posnal elements the “Got to Give It Up” sheet mic, leavg out more regnizable elements of the rerdg like the percsn and sgg.
Williams also ttified about his song creatn procs, admtg to jurors that “Blurred L” channels “that ’70s feelg” and that he looked up to Gaye, but that to feel, isn’t pyright gement. District Judge John Kronstadt’s cisn to preclu e at trial of the origal sound rerdg of “Got to Give It Up” bee Gaye’s pyrights on the song were limed to the sheet mic posns.
MARV GAYE FAY CLAIMS COURT THAT PHARRELL WILLIAMS COMMTED PERJURY
Before the trial began, Bch wonred whether his si would get a fair trial, and while the judge eventually allowed a stripped-down versn of Gaye’s song to be played for the jury’s ears, the attorney was disturbed by ments ma by the Thicke si that he argued had “poisoned” the trial. Although “Blurred L” was the headler, the Gaye fay also attempted to prove that Thicke’s “Love After War” was an gement of Gaye’s “After the Dance” too. The Gay also wanted some of the $11 ln tourg e attributable to “Blurred L” succs as well as money for overhead sts and statutory damag for willful gement.
All told, the Gaye fay was seekg more than $25 ln — a mammoth mand that would shatter the song plagiarism high-water mark of $5. — -- A jury has sid wh the fay of Marv Gaye, termg that Rob Thicke and Pharrell Williams pied parts of Gaye's song "Got to Give It Up" for their h, "Blurred L. Who performed on "Blurred L" and received a -songwrg cred, did not ge on the Gaye 's dghter, Nona Gaye, wept urt as the verdict was read.
'"The dispute began 2013, when Thicke, Williams and Harris filed a lawsu agast the Gaye fay to fend themselv agast a public accatn that they stole parts of "Got to Give It Up.
'BLURRED L' JURY FDS FOR MARV GAYE
Then, 2014, a judge sid wh Gaye's loved on, lg that their milogil experts provid sufficient evince for the se to go to the trial, which began late last month, Thicke admted on the stand that "Got to Give It Up" was one of his favore songs. Kg said Williams also idoliz the work of Gaye, who died addn to listeng to ttimony, the jury was expected to listen to the snippets of "Got to Give It Up, " performed om pyrighted sheet mic, to ci whether Thicke, Williams and Harris were guilty of pyright gement. Correctn: An earlier versn of this story rrectly stated that all three songwrers creded on the song “Blurred L” were found to have ged on a Marv Gaye pyright.
PHARRELL WILLIAMS AND ROB THICKE TO PAY $7.4M TO MARV GAYE'S FAY OVER BLURRED L
Gaye’s fay had argued that the 2013 smash h “Blurred L” pied their father’s 1977 song “Got to Give It Up” and sued Thicke, Williams and Clifford Harris Jr., aka T. The attorney for the Gaye fay, Richard Bch, will also seek to halt sal of “Blurred L, ” and said he will file official paperwork by next week.
THE ROB THICKE / MARV GAYE CASE SETS A DANGERO PRECENT
The proceedgs were perhaps most notable for the prence of Thicke, who sang and played the piano as he fend the work as origal and said he was toxited when he gave media terviews which he talked about Gaye’s fluence on the works.
ED SHEERAN FAC US COPYRIGHT TRIAL OVER MARV GAYE'S 'LET'S GET IT ON'
Love or hate , the “Blurred L” se beme a signature moment this past after Pharrell Williams, Rob Thicke and a song publisher were orred to pay nearly $5 ln for gg the pyright to Marv Gaye’s “Got to Give It Up.
On Friday, the Marv Gaye fay filed a motn that prov that no ntroversy will rt peace pecially when stars live the public sphere.
But wh the theory that the tth may have led the judge to le differently on summary judgment and avoid a trial altogether, the Gay also want the judge to revis his cisn to ny an award of lns attorney fe. “Nothg was more central to this se than whether ‘Got To’ or Marv Gaye was on Williams’s md while he was engaged creatg ‘Blurred.
WHY ED SHEERAN SHOULD BE WORRIED ABOUT ALLEGEDLY PYG A MARV GAYE SONG
His attorneys argued that Gaye was only entled to a “th” pyright, a doctre that riv om a Supreme Court cisn that analyzed whether phone books were entled to protectn.
GOT TO GIVE IT UPMARV GAYEON LIVE AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM PRODUCED BYART STEWART“GOT TO GIVE UP” CHRONICL THE NERVY NIGHT OF A MAN TOO SHY TO GET OUT THERE ON THE DANCE FLOOR AND LET LOOSE. IT’S ONLY ONCE HE GIV – OR GIV UP – TO THE… READ MORE MAR. 15, 19771 VIEWER78.6K VIEWS24 CONTRIBUTORSGOT TO GIVE IT UP LYRICSI ED TO GO OUT TO PARTIAND STAND AROUNDCSE I WAS TOO NERVOTO REALLY GET DOWNBUT MY BODY YEARNED TO BE EEI GOT UP ON THE FLOOR AND THOUGHT"SOMEBODY ULD CHOOSE ME"NO MORE STAND' THERE BI THE WALLSI DONE GOT MYSELF TOGETHER, BABYAND NOW I'M HAV' A BALLAS LONG AS YOU'RE GROOV'THERE'S ALWAYS A CHANCESOMEBODY WATCH'MIGHT WANNA MAKE ROMANCEMOVE YOUR BODY, OOO BABY, AND DANCE ALL NIGHTTO THE GROOVE AND FEEL ALRIGHTEVERYBODY'S GROOV' ON LIKE A FOOLBUT IF YOU SEE ME SPREAD OUT AND LET ME BABY JT PARTY HIGH AND LOWLET ME STEP TO YOUR EROTIC ZONEMOVE UPTURN 'ROUNDSHAKE DOWNOOOWW!!YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKEYOU N LOVE ME WHEN YOU WANT TO, BABYTHIS IS SUCH A GROOVY PARTY, BABYWE'RE HERE FACE TO FACEEVERYBODY'S SWG'THIS IS SUCH A GROOVY PLACEALL THE YOUNG LADI ARE SO FE!YOU'RE MOV' YOUR BODY EASY WH NO DOUBTSI KNOW WHAT YOU THK', BABYYOU WANNA TURN ME OUTTHK I'M GONNA LET YOU DO , BABEKEEP ON DANC', OH, BABYYOU GOT TO GET GOT TO GIVE UPKEEP ON DANC' (YOU GOT TO GET )GOT TO GIVE UPKEEP ON DANC' (YOU GOT TO GET )GOT TO GIVE UPKEEP ON DANC' (YOU GOT TO GET )GOT TO GIVE UPKEEP ON DANC' (YOU GOT TO GET )GOT TO GIVE UPKEEP ON DANC' (YOU GOT TO GET , OH DARLG)GOT TO GIVE UPOOOOH, OOOOH, OOOOH, OOOOH[INSTMENTAL BREAK]IF YOU WANT , BABYGOT TO GIVE UPIF YOU WANT , BABYGOT TO GIVE UPWANT , AHGOT TO GIVE UPIF YOU WANT , BABYGOT TO GIVE UPWANT , AHGOT TO GIVE UPIF YOU WANT , BABYI GOT TO GIVE UPDANCG LADYDANCG LADYDANCG LADYDANCG LADYDANCG LADYDANCG LADYDANCG LADYDANCG LADYDANCG LADYDANCG LADYDANCG LADYDANCG LADYDANCG LADYDANCG LADYIF YOU WANT TO DANCE SOME MOREDANCE SOME MORE, OOHFEELS SO GOOD - DANCGOH ,YEAHLOOKS SO GOODOOH, LOOK AT YOU, BABY, OH YEAHYOU LOOK SO GOODTO YOU, BABYMY DARLG (GOT TO GIVE UP)DANCG, BABYON THE FLOOR (GOT TO GIVE UP)LET ME SEE YOU, DARLGDANC', BABY - LOOK SO GOODKEEP ON DANC' - LOOK SO GOOD (GIVE UP)LOOK AT ME, BABYLOOK SO GOODHAVE MERCYNON-STOP EXPRS PARTYSTANDG BYGET DOWNNON-STOP, EXPRS - PARTY, Y'ALLFEELS GOOD, THIS TRANCE, I'VE GOT TO DANCEGET DOWNLET'S DANCE, LET'S SHOUTGET FUNKY, WHAT 'S ALL ABOUTLET'S DANCE, LET'S SHOUTGET FUNKY, WHAT 'S ALL ABOUTLET'S DANCE, LET'S SHOUTGET FUNKY, WHAT 'S ALL ABOUTLET'S DANCE, LET'S SHOUTGET FUNKY, WHAT 'S ALL ABOUTLET'S DANCE, LET'S SHOUTGET FUNKY, WHAT 'S ALL ABOUTLET'S DANCE, LET'S SHOUTGET FUNKY, WHAT 'S ALL ABOUTLET'S DANCE, LET'S SHOUTGET FUNKY, WHAT 'S ALL ABOUTLET'S DANCE, LET'S SHOUTGET FUNKY, WHAT 'S ALL ABOUTHANG THERE, BABYGOT TO DANCE WH YOU, BABYALL NIGHT LONGI ULD WORK OUT, SGLE, DARLGOR HOLD [?]I ULD DANCE WH YOU, BABYALL NIGHT LONGI ULD WORK OUT, SOME MORE, BABYWE GO HOMEIF YOU WANT , SUGARGOT TO GIVE UPH ME!I GOT TO GIVE UPPARTY WH ME, BABYYOU GOT TO GIVE UPTHIS MORN'YOU'VE GOT TO GIVE UPOOH, OOHLET'S DANCE, LET'S SHOUTGET FUNKY, WHAT 'S ALL ABOUTOOH, OOHLET'S DANCE, LET'S SHOUTGET FUNKY, WHAT 'S ALL ABOUTTHE EXPRS PARTY'S GOG TO BE ALRIGHTLET'S DANCE, LET'S SHOUTGET FUNKY, WHAT 'S ALL ABOUTLET'S DANCE, LET'S SHOUTGET FUNKY, WHAT 'S ALL ABOUTLET'S DANCE, LET'S SHOUTGET FUNKY, WHAT 'S ALL ABOUTLET'S DANCE, LET'S SHOUT5EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT
While the Gay prevly attempted to pot to how Williams’ posn was nsistent wh what he had said before the lawsu, the judge shgged off.
Stat the Gay’ motn (read full here), “Signifint punishments for perjury are mand whether viewed unr feral or state law, and given Williams’s lack of promotnal reasons for makg his admissns the November 4, 2019 Interview, this Court should take special nsiratn of the credibily of his recent admissns. Most famoly, he acced Pharrell Williams and Rob Thicke of thievg elements of Marv Gaye’s Got to Give It Up for their smash “Blurred L”; the duo were forced to pay $5. “No one wants to go through what Pharrell, Rob and the Gaye fay had to go through: almost five years of ligatn, lerally, to get the matter rolved — and the money that was spent.
” The se was settled 2018, but not before Bch went for the jugular, potg out that Arthur had been dropped by his rerd label for “erratic behavr, ” cludg an cint volvg homophobic ments durg a 2013 rap battle.