Blurred Lines

"Blurred Lines"
Single by Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell Williams
from the album Blurred Lines
Released	March 27, 2013
Recorded	2012
Studio	Glenwood Place (Burbank)
Genre	R&B pop funk[1] hip hop[1] blue-eyed soul[2]
Length	4:25
Label	Star Trak Interscope
Songwriter(s)	Robin Thicke Pharrell Williams Clifford Harris Jr. Marvin Gaye[a]
Producer(s)	Pharrell Williams
Robin Thicke singles chronology
"Love After War" (2011) "Blurred Lines" (2013) "For the Rest of My Life" (2013)
T.I. singles chronology
"We Still in This Bitch" (2013) "Blurred Lines" (2013) "Pour It Up (Remix)" (2013)
Pharrell Williams singles chronology
"Celebrate" (2012) "Blurred Lines" (2013) "Get Lucky" (2013)
Music videos
"Blurred Lines" on YouTube "Blurred Lines (Unrated Version)" on YouTube

"Blurred Lines" is a song by American singer Robin Thicke featuring fellow American musicians T.I. and Pharrell Williams from Thicke's sixth studio album, Blurred Lines (2013). Solely produced by Williams, it was released as the album's lead single in 2013, through Star Trak Recordings and Interscope Records. For the lyrics, Thicke said the song is about his then-wife Paula Patton. Musically, "Blurred Lines" is an R&B and pop track with instrumentation consisting of bass guitar, drums, and percussion.

"Blurred Lines" spent 12 consecutive weeks atop the US Billboard Hot 100, making it the longest-running single of 2013 in the United States. In June 2018, the song was certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It became one of the best-selling singles of all time, with sales of 14.8 million, simultaneously breaking the record for the largest radio audience in history. The song was nominated for awards, including Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards. The song received generally negative reviews from music critics, with some saying it glorified rape culture. Commercially, the song topped the charts of 25 countries and reached the top five of six others.

The music video for "Blurred Lines" was directed by Diane Martel. Two versions of the video exist: edited and unrated. In both of them, Thicke, T.I., and Williams are featured with models Emily Ratajkowski, Elle Evans, and Jessi M'Bengue performing several activities, including the models snuggling in bed with Thicke and sitting on a stuffed dog. After being on the site for just under one week, the unrated version, featuring topless models, was removed from YouTube for violating the site's terms of service. The unrated video has since been restored to YouTube. Many critics panned both videos, calling them misogynist and sexist.

To promote the song, Thicke performed on televised live events including the 2013 iHeartRadio Music Festival, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and a highly controversial performance with American singer Miley Cyrus at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards. The song became the subject of a legal dispute with the family of American singer Marvin Gaye and Bridgeport Music, who argued the song infringed on copyrights to Gaye's 1977 single "Got to Give It Up". Williams and Thicke were found liable for copyright infringement by a federal jury in March 2015, and Gaye was awarded posthumous songwriting credit based on the royalties pledged to his estate.

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