" Flee " is a single written and performed by American recording artist Robin Thicke, T.I., and Pharrell Williams. Produced by Pharrell, it serves as the lead single from the Thicke album of the same name. The album was released on March 26, 2013 through the Pharrell label, Star Trak Recordings. Recorded in 2012, the percussion idea of ​​the song was primarily inspired by Marvin Gaye's song "Got to Give It Up", and apart from the T.I. rap, is fully Williams's work. However, Thicke clearly claims credit writing on track according to Reuters article. The song is subject to a bitter legal dispute with the Gaye family and Bridgeport Music, whether the song infringes copyright to "Got to Give It Up". Thicke and Williams were found liable for copyright infringement by a federal jury in March 2015, and Gaye awarded posthumous credit based on the promised royalties to his property.
The song's music video was released in two versions, featuring one featuring Emily Ratajkowski, Jessi M'Bengue, and Elle Evans being topless, while other naked cudgels. The version of the uncut video was once removed from YouTube for violating the site's terms of service about nudity; it is later restored, but with age restrictions. Song lyrics and music videos have proven controversial with some groups, with the claim that it is misogynous and promoting the date of rape. This caused the song to be banned at universities and other institutions in the UK and requested a rebuttal from Thicke.
The "Fleeing Line" peaked at number one in at least 25 countries and became number one in 2013 in some of them. It became Phillell's number one Thicke, fourth and third number one in the US, which is also the longest one in 2013. The song went on to become one of the best-selling singles of all time, with sales of 14.8 million, for the greatest radio audience in history. The single was nominated for two Grammys at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards, including Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance. This song has been parodied and covered many times.
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"Blurred Lines" was produced by Thicke and Pharrell with the aim of creating a voice similar to Marvin Gaye's "Got to Give It Up" (1977). The song is over in less than an hour. In an interview with GQ's Stelios Phili, Thicke explains:
Pharrell and I were in the studio and [...] I was like, "Damn, we have to make something like that ['Got to Give It Up'], something with that plot." Then he started playing a little something and we actually wrote the song for about half an hour and recorded it. He and I will go back and forth where I sing and he's like, "Hey, hey, hey!" We started acting as if we were two old men on the porch yelling at girls like, "Hey, where are you going, son? Come here!"
In a separate interview, Thicke clarified the meaning of the title of the song, saying it refers to "good things-girls/bad girls and what's appropriate".
Thicke and manager Jordan Feldstein decided that the song would not have much impact over the radio and would require an innovative approach to being a hit. Feldstein told HitQuarters: "We have artists who never get hit on the radio It's a non-traditional song, it does not sound like Timbaland or Benny Blanco recording, so we have to approach the market in an interesting way." Feldstein came up with the idea to making a video designed to be viral and bringing experienced music video director Diane Martel to record it. His controversial nature was designed to draw attention to Feldstein saying: "I know it will soon be banned... Getting something forbidden really helps you."
Maps Blurred Lines
Music videos
The music video, directed by Diane Martel, was released on March 20, 2013. The Thicke, TI, and Pharrell video features casually stood in front of a pink background as they played with the model (Emily Ratajkowski, Elle Evans, and Jessi M 'Bengue' who posed and danced At various points, the hashtag "#THICKE" blinked, while towards the end, "ROBIN THICKE HAS DICK LARGE" is spelled out in a silver balloon.In a non-rated video version, the model only wears a rope.In the edited version, they are not very complete and the "#BLURREDLINES" tag is seen at various points.This is the second time directors Diane Martel and Pharrell joined together for a music video project involving two different versions.Video 2001 for NERD single "Lapdance" also featured models in two editions variants, one of them, like "Blurred Lines", is a topless version.The video was filmed at Mack Sennett Studios in Silver Lake.
After being on the site for less than a week, an un-donated version of the video is removed from YouTube on March 30, 2013, subject to infringing site terms of service limiting video uploads containing nudity, especially if used in a sexual context. However it was later restored on July 12, 2013. The video without rating remains available in Vevo, while the edited version is available on Vevo and YouTube. The irregular "Irregular Fog" version generated over 1 million views in the days following its release in Vevo. Beginning in February 2018, an unmade version of "Lines of Mist" is available on YouTube.
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During Q & amp; A for Grantland Diane Martel explains that her wish is "to make a video that sells the recording" and "not create a video expressing my own obsession, but to create a video that moves the unit." Martel initially refused an offer to direct the video after being notified that there would be no nudity but agreed to direct when it was decided to take two versions. The video was taken as a white cyclorama. Martel better refers to a large hashtag that flashes the entire video as "awkward" and notes that he enjoys their obstructive quality. The fashion in which the ladies in the dressed video is partially inspired by the work of photographer Helmut Newton. When asked about what reference he drew to the video, Martel quoted George Balanchine's ballet as the New York City Ballet did, recording their minimalism, and the work of Richard Avedon. The way in which Martel directs their actions and interactions in the video is meant to convey playfully while also presenting the women "in positions of power." Martel also searched for "dirty" and "grand" props that were intentionally used in the video.
Reception
The critical reactions to Flee are mostly positive. The Michigan Daily "Jackson Howard rated it" A "and praised it as" one of Pharrell's best knocks over the years... at a time when the layered and earthly harmony of chorus came, the song really burning. "Writing for Billboard , Chris Payne compares it to" Suit & amp; Tie "Justin Timberlake and call it the" bubbling bit of R & amp; B "is intriguing, while also recording her lewd content Digital Lewis Corner from Lewis, who gave the song three of five stars, was more wary of the single and commented:" This is a subject that when in the right hands can be subtle and full of feeling , but in error, rude and chauvinistic.. You need the right balance of charm and arrogance to do it. "The Village Voice ' s Pazz & amp; Jop pollics annual' polls rank" Fleeing Line "at number four to find the best music of 2013, tied with" New Slaves "Kanye West.
Di sisi lain, Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone menamai lagu "The Worst Song of This or Any Other Year."
Music fans voted for the second "Fleeing Line" in the 2014 vote of Time Out Sydney of the worst songs ever recorded.
Performance chart
His "Hockey Lines" peaked at number one in 25 countries, including Britain, Australia, the Republic of Ireland, France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Poland, Canada, New Zealand and USA, becoming the highest charts of Thicke songs in all countries this. In Australia, the song is quadruple platinum certified for delivery of 280,000 and triple platinum in New Zealand for 45,000 sales. The "Growing Line" culminated in five of 14 countries including France and Switzerland. The song is currently the longest number one track in 2013 in Australia and New Zealand, topping the ARIA Singles Chart for eight consecutive weeks in Australia, and RIANZ Singles Chart for 11 consecutive weeks in New Zealand. For Latin American markets, a version featuring Colombian rapper J Balvin was released on Spanish language radio stations. This version peaked at number 7 in Colombia.
In the United States, the song debuted at number 94 on Billboard Hot 100, the following week the song went up to number 89, then to number 70, then to number 54. The single's progress seemed to stabilize on the staircase US song when, in mid-May, Robin Thicke and Pharrell featured it live on NBC's The Voice . Soon after that the song flew to number 12 on Hot 100. Not long after it peaked at number one, becoming Thicke's highest peak song on the chart in record history. It also became Thicke's first chart chart since "Sex Therapy" and top 20 both, after "Lost Without U". The track is also Billboard Hot 100's number one Pharrell number one and T.I. fourth. On June 12, 2013, "Flee" has sold 1 million copies in the United States since its release, becoming Thicke's first single to do so. In the graphics issue dated September 7, 2013, this track is the longest number one track of 2013 with 12 weeks at the top. The song is also the first to claim the top "Gainer Digital", the top "Airplay Gainer" and the top "Stream Gainer" simultaneously, and will be awarded "Airplay Gainer" for 9 (and after 10) weeks. On August 8th, it also broke the record for the highest number of week-long radio shows in the US, with 219.8 million impressions (later extended to 228.9 million impressions a week later), surpassing the first-year record of 212.2 million impressions , set by Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together", and is the first song to have four or more weekly downloads of over 400,000 in the US. In the week ending September 14, 2013 it was thrown from number one by Katy Perry with his single "Roar". The Flee line is also the no. 1 this year on Top 100 Countdown Radio iHeart for 2013. The song became 2013's best-selling song in the US, selling 6,498,000 downloads in 2013. Until April 2014, the single has reached 7 million marks in sales, taking 56 weeks to reach the mark this.
In Canada, the song reached number one for 13 consecutive weeks, becoming the only number one in 2013. Since the launch of the Canadian Hot 100 in 2007, the song has become the third with most weeks at number one, tying "Apologize "by Timbaland featuring OneRepublic, and right behind" Uptown Funk "by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars and" I Gotta Feeling "by The Black Eyed Peas, with 15 and 16 weeks at the top of their respective charts. It was Canada's best-selling song of 2013 with 692,000 copies sold (706,000 for all combined versions).
In the United Kingdom, the song debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart on June 2, 2013 - for the week ending June 8, 2013 - sold 190,000 copies in its first week and became one of England's best-selling songs of the year, though it was later endorsed by Avicii's "Wake Me Up" on July 21, 2013. The "Fleeing Line" then remained at number one the following week, selling more than the first time with 199,000 copies sold. In the fifth week on the charts, the singles dropped to number two even though it shifted 100,000 more, having the fastest one-week sale at number two in 2013 so far. After a two-week break from the top spot, the song returns to number one on July 14, 2013 - for the week ending July 20, 2013 - to claim the fifth week at the top, becoming the first track to spend two weeks from the top spot before retaking the position, since Rihanna's single "We Found Love" in 2011. "Blurred Lines" is confirmed to have sold 1 million copies on its 50th day of release, becoming Pharrell's second track in just one month to achieve that feat in the UK (another collaboration of Daft Punk "Get Lucky"). According to Official Charts Company, this single became the bestseller in the UK in 2013 with sales of 1,472,681 copies.
On April 21, 2014, it was announced that "Blurred Lines" was the most downloaded song of all time in the UK, with digital sales of over 1.54 million, total since surpassed by Pharrell Williams's "Happy" single. British sales currently stand at 1.62 million.
On July 28, 2013, "Flee" broke the record for a radio audience previously held by Mariah Carey "We Belong Together" in 2005. A press release from Interscope said in the final week of July 2013, the track reached over 242.65 million listener.
Faded Line is the most successful song on Thicke, becoming the first to reach number one on Hot 100 (previously he reached number 14 in 2007 with "Lost Without U"). It also marked the third Hot 100 Pharrell number three, after "Drop It Like It's Hot" with Snoop Dogg in 2004 and "Money Maker" with Ludacris in 2006, and Hot 100 IT number one after "My Love" with Justin Timberlake in 2006, and his own single "Whatever You Like" and "Live Your Life" in 2008.
In the United States, the song topped Billboard Hot 100 for twelve consecutive weeks, becoming the longest number one in 2013 and in the 2010 decade, surpassing Rihanna's "We Found Love" (2011), but later was replaced by Mark Ronson ' s "Uptown Funk" in 2015. This achievement also gave him the eighth-man soloist in Billboard history to win ten or more weeks in the number one spot for single. It sold over 5 million copies in just 22 weeks in the US, and 6 million in 29 weeks, faster than any other song in digital history.
According to IFPI, by the end of 2013, the song sold 14.8 million copies, becoming the best-selling song of the year worldwide.
In August 2016, it is currently the seventh best-selling digital single of all time. This is the second best-selling song of 2013 in the US and best-selling 2013 in England.
Controversy
Content, banning, and subject matter
Critics such as Tricia Romano from The Beast wrote that music songs and videos underestimated sexual approval. He insists that many fans feel uncomfortable with songs and videos. His article quotes many critics who believe that the song promotes a culture of rape because the titles "Flee" and lyrics like "I know you want it" encourage the idea of ​​"not necessarily not" and that some women who are raped are asking for it. Critics also flattened on the video track, which has been labeled "eye-poppingly misogynist". In the UK, over 20 universities forbid the song to be used on student events. At the University of Edinburgh, student association officials claimed the song violated its policy of "rape culture and child obsession" and promoted unhealthy attitudes toward sex and consent. It is also prohibited in other UK institutions, including University of Plymouth, Leeds University, Derby University, Queen Mary University in London, Kingston University, Bolton University, Queen Belfast University, Birmingham University, East Anglia University, Western University of Scotland, and a number of universities high Oxford and Durham. Students at Exeter University chose to condemn the lyrics to be issued by the Student Guild. In Marshfield, Wisconsin, Lisa Joling, head coach of the Marshfield High School dance team, was fired in August 2013, three days after a showdown by the dance class for the song.
Jennifer Lai of Slate , reminding her that the video "undoubtedly belittles women", replied to the criticism that the song itself defines rape by quoting lyrics like "go ahead/get at me" and "So I'm just watching and waiting/for you to salute really lead '", inter alia, where Robin and TI invite the woman's own sexual agent and" put the ball in her palace ". Lai also stated:
Someone who says "I know you want it" may be too cocky and arrogant at the assumption that you want it, but nothing about "I know you want it" says "I know you want it, and I" I will force you to have it "or" I have sex with you and you do not agree, but I know you want it. "Yes," I know you want it "can be said by a rapist - but so do" Are you going to the movies tonight? "
Thick, noting that the three male singers were married and had children, said that the video that Diane Martel directed was tongue-in-cheek. When singing the song on NBC's The Today Show, the 36-year-old singer explained that encouraging conversation about the song content was her intention, saying "This is actually a feminist movement within her, saying that women and humans are the same as animals and as a force ". After the ban at University College London, Thicke declared the song about his wife, and that after 20 years together, he did know that he wanted it from him. In 2013 and 2014, the separation and divorce of Paula Patton and his wife by Severe are widely covered by tabloids including Thicke's attempts to make peace with Patton.
During an interview with NPR, producer "Blurred Lines" and co-author Pharrell defended the song, highlighting the lyrics "that humans are not your maker", saying, "I do not know anything that could be more clear about our position in the song" and ".. if you look at the lyrics, the power is in the hands of the man - that person - me as a human being, I am a man, I am not your maker, I can not tell you what to do. "Pharrell repeated and outlined his defense during an interview with Pitchfork Media , in response to the idea of ​​a song "sexual predator", said:
What is controversial about it? In the "Faded Line", Robin Thicke's lyrics are: "You do not need paper," meaning, "You do not belong." "That person is not your maker," which means he is not God - nor can he produce children or women, for that matter. He's a man, so he certainly does not make you... What I'm trying to say is: "The man is trying to tame you, but you do not need papers - let me set you free." But it was misinterpreted. When you pull back and look at the whole song, the point is: She's a good girl, and even good girls want to do something, and that's where you have a blurred line. He declares it dancing because he's a good girl. The restless people just want to get angry, and I accept their opinions... We get the urge to make people dance, and that's what it means.
In Q & amp; A for Grantland.com, video director Diane Martel says this about the music video:
I want to deal with misogynist lyrics, funny in a way where girls will beat people. Look at Emily Ratajkowski's appearance; it's very, very funny and smooth mocking. That's what's fresh for me. It also forces men to feel good and not at all like a predator. I direct the girls to look at the camera, this is very deliberate and they do it most of the time; they are in a position of power. I do not think the video is sexist. The lyrics are ridiculous, the people are as ridiculous as making love. That said, I respect women who pay attention to the negative images in pop culture and who think the nudity is offensive, but I find the meta and the game.
Thicke initially seems to contradict his claim that the song is about empowering women in an interview given to GQ in May 2013, which states:
We try to do everything that is taboo. Bestiality, drug injections, and everything that is completely offensive to women. Because the three of us happily married the children, we were like, "We are the perfect people to make fun of this." People say, "Hey, do you think it's demeaning to women?" I'm like, "Of course it's fun to lose a woman, I've never done that before, I always respect women."
When asked about this, Diane Martel denied that there was such an intention as to mention the ideas that had been discussed and Thicke's "insane" GQ GQ statements. Thicke then clarified her comments during the interview for Oprah's Next Chapter, describing her as a "bad joke", noting that the published GQ interview did not mention that she has been joking back and forth with the interviewer and imitating the character of Ron the Queen Will Ferrell while making the statement, thus giving no witty context.
In an interview for CBC Radio's Q , Thicke dismissed the idea that the song was about a man who forced himself sexually into a woman as "an impossible reality". Thicke continued, "For them to take the lyrics I know you want it and do not take the lyrics that humans are not your creator, you are an animal, and we are the same, and all the other lyrics that are in the song and just to take you know you want it from a guy like Ron Burgundy who stood there away, [whether Ron Berry Burgundy] "I know you want it, dear. It's a joke. If they can not get a joke, I feel bad for them, but I will not change the joke. "
In the interview, Thicke noted that part of the intentions of video director Diane Martel was to attract attention, but Thicke defended the song, saying: "Songs and videos are two completely different things.This song has nothing to do with belittling a woman or Obviously, when a man stood there fully dressed and the girls were naked, I really welcome a conversation about what this video is saying about men and women, but the song itself, the title, 'Fleeing line', is about men and women alike. "
Marvin_Gaye_lawsuit_and_authorship_questions Marvin Gaye lawsuits and authorship issues
In August 2013, Thicke, Williams, and Harris (T.I.) sued the families of Marvin Gaye and Bridgeport Music for the declaration's verdict that "Flee" did not infringe on the defendants' copyrights. The Gaye family accused the songwriter of copying the "flavor" and "voice" of "Got Give It Up" (a song that Thicke personally claims to be an influence on "Fleeing Line"), while Bridgeport claimed that the song had illegally sampled Funkadelic's "Sexy Sexy". The litigation of the songs drew a comparison with the 1970s case between George Harrison and Bright Tunes Music over the song "My Sweet Lord", which the judge decided had copied the previous "He So Fine" by The Chiffons; Harrison then bought the rights to "He's Very Good". Ultimately, Thick and Williams (but not T.I.) were found to have infringed Gaye's real copyright, and by 2018 the Ninth Circuit affirmed the responsibility of millions of people in damages.
In the lawsuit, Gaye's family is accused of making invalid copyright claims because only expressions, not individual ideas that can be protected. Pharrell Williams responded to the lawsuit by calling the two songs "totally different", further stating: "Just go to the piano and play both of them, one small and the main one, and not even in the same key." In an interview, Questlove also echoed Williams's statement, saying:
Listen, technically it's not plagiarized. This is not the same chord. That's a feeling. Because there is a cowbell in it and Fender Rhodes as the main instrumentation - which still does not make it plagiarize. We all know it's a derivative. That's how Pharrell works. All that Pharrell produces is a derivative of another song - but it is a tribute.
In September 2014, The Hollywood Reporter released files related to deposition of the case. In the deposition, Thicke stated that, she was "high on Vicodin and alcohol when [she] appeared in the studio", and as a result, "Pharrell has a knock and she writes almost every part of the song". In Williams's deposition file, the producer noted that he was "in the driver's seat" during the songwriting and agreed that Thicke, in an earlier interview, "embellished" his contribution to the songwriting process.
On October 30, 2014, the United States District Court for the Central District Court of California John A. Kronstadt resolved the Gaye family lawsuit against Thicke and Williams could proceed, stating that the plaintiff "has adequately demonstrated that elements of the" Flee Lines "may substantially similar to the original protected element of 'Got to Give It Up'. "The trial began on February 10, 2015. Williams and Thicke filed a successful movement in limine to prevent recording" Got to Give it Up "from being played during the trial. The movement was granted because the family copyright covered the sheet music and did not have to be another musical element of the Gaye song recording. Judge Kronstad said: "I do not expect Marvin Gaye's voice to be part of the case."
On March 10, 2015, a jury found Thicke and Williams, but not T.I., responsible for copyright infringement. The jury unanimously presented Gaye family US $ 7.4 million in damages for copyright infringement. The response among some observers about the decision was that it was not true; Bassist and entertainment law attorney Joe Escalante stated that the jury's decision "must be based on emotion because it is not based on any understanding that is protected by today's copyright law." Singer and songwriter Keith Urban said: "My initial reaction from that, to my surprise, to be honest, seems to be more like sound and nuance and style and genre and era, nothing can be protected by copyright." Comedy artist and musical parody "Weird Al" Yankovic (who made a parody of the song) described the decision as a "raw deal", calling the song "Marvin Gaye pastiche." The ruling was also questioned by recording artists and musicians John Legend, Nile Rodgers, and Bill Withers. Mark Swed's classical music critic from the Los Angeles Times points out that many classical composers used material from previous composers who said that "John Williams all but raised the core idea of ​​his Star Wars soundtrack score from Scherzo from Symphony Erich Korngold in F-sharp Major. written 25 years earlier. "However, Motown legend Smokey Robinson stated that it was a mistake to use the same melody, and that he thought it was" completely ripped off. "
In August 2016, Thicke, Williams, and T.I. appealed the decision to the Circuit Court of Appeal 9. Later in the same month, more than 200 musicians - including Rivers Cuomo of Weezer, John Oates of Hall & amp; Oates, R. Kelly, Hans Zimmer, Jennifer Hudson and Train members, Linkin Park, Earth, Wind & amp; Fire, The Black Crowes, Fall Out Boy, The Go-Gos and Tears for Fears - filed a short amicus curiae to support the appeal, stating that "the verdict in this case threatens to punish the songwriter for creating the music newly inspired by previous works. "In March 2018, the Ninth Circuit confirmed the district court's findings of violations against Pharell Williams and Thicke.
Live show
On May 14, 2013, Thicke performed the song for the first time live on NBC's The Voice with Pharrell and T.I. The Rap-Up magazine website described Thicke as searching for "dapper" in "black suits," and that the trio was joined onstage by "sexy ladies during steamy sets". Thicke also performed the song on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on May 16 with Pharrell and three models doing backups. Thicke performed the song directly at the end of the Next German Topmodel, CycleÃ, 8 on May 30, 2013, at the SAP Arena in Mannheim. The show features 20 top contestants from the dancing cycle for the song on the seat. The four finalists walked on the runway during the show, as well as performing dance like burlesque on different furniture items. On June 7, 2013, Thicke performed a song with Pharrell on the British television chat show The Graham Norton Show . He also performed the song (with a backing tape of IT and Pharrell) at The Voice Australia season2, 2nd finale on June 17, 2013. Thicke performed the song at the 2013 BET Awards on June 30, 2013. Thick also did a solo a song on the English morning TV show Lorraine on July 8, 2013, as well as This morning on July 10, 2013. Thicke also features a complete track with studio dancers on The Howard Stern Show on Sirius XM Radio July 29, 2013. She also performed the song on The Colbert Report on August 6, 2013. On September 20th, she performed Fleeing Lines at iHeart Radio Festival 2013. On November 10th, Thicke performs a song with Iggy Azalea at the 2013 MTV Europe Music Awards. In December, he performed at the Jingle Ball concert in 2013. In May 2014, Williams played the song as a medley at the iHeartRadio Awards where he received the iHeartRadio Innovator Award. In May 2017, he performed the song at the 4th Indonesian Choice Awards.
MTV Video Music Awards
Thicke features Blurred Lines as a duet with Miley Cyrus at the MTV Video Music Awards 2013, which is equipped with Cyrus' "We Can not Stop" and "Give It 2" featuring 2 Chainz. The show begins with Cyrus featuring "We Can not Stop" in bear-themed clothing. After this, Thicke enters the stage and Cyrus is stripped down into a two-piece colored leather garment. Cyrus then touched Thicke's crotch area with a giant foam finger and darted in his crotch. The show produced widespread reaction and became the most heavily featured on events in history, with Twitter users generating 360,000 tweets about events per minute; breaking the previous record held by Beyoncà ©  's Super Bowl XLVII down drink performance performances six months earlier.
In popular culture
An advertisement is made for Radio Shack to market Beats Pill, a small stereo, which shows Thicke, Pharrell, and a model that repeats the music (dressed) look, but with a model that holds the Beats Pill.
A cover featuring Thicke himself with a class instrument performed by Jimmy Fallon and The Roots, with Black Thought filling verse T.I.
Parody
On June 12th, 2013 episode Jimmy Kimmel Live! , where Thicke and Pharrell were both guests, they aired a parody version of the "Flee" video where host Jimmy Kimmel and his best friend Guillermo tried to join Thicke, Pharrell and dancers but were continuously rejected. Parody videos were also placed on YouTube, and received over 2 million views in less than a month.
On 30th June 2013 Remy Munasifi released a parody on her GoRemy YouTube channel entitled "Faded Line: The Anthony Weiner Version" mocking Anthony Weiner's entry to the mayoral election of New York City 2013.
On July 30, 2013 Gender-exchanged parody videos for the Nikki and Sara Live shows aired during the premiere two seasons, featuring hostesses from an increasingly bizarre show by naked male dancers and unusual granary themes.
On August 2, 2013, Bart Baker released a parody of "Blurred Lines" on his YouTube channel. It currently has over 45 million views.
On August 31, 2013, The University of Auckland's Law Revue produced a feminist-inspired parody named "The Defined Lines". This video received over 290,000 impressions in the first week on YouTube before it was temporarily removed due to sexual content. It was later restored a few days later, with YouTube's Google owner admitting it was 'making a mistake'.
On September 11, 2013, DWV drag queen group (Detox, Willam Belli, and Vicky Vox), released a parody called "Blurred Bynes." The song is about Amanda Bynes and her behavior in the previous months.
On 26 September 2013, Yuko Oshima and Haruna Kojima of the Japanese idol group AKB48 were featured in a parody video, along with Thicke and some original video members to enhance AKB48's profile in America while raising Thicke's profile in Japan.
On November 5, 2013, Dave Callan, as part of his review of Just Dance 2014 at the ABC Good Game show featuring a parody of the music video in response to the wrong song choreography in the game.
On December 19, 2013, the Canadian comedy group Royal Canadian Air Farce released a parody of a music video called "Roburan Lines Rob Ford" highlights recent acceptance by Toronto mayor Rob Ford's general hangover and cocaine use.
In their reunion event which was transmitted on May 26, 2014, the cast of Goodness Gracious Me Special 2014 featured a parody of the song and video titled "No Blurred Lines". The video starts with three male directions displayed under the "#Thicke" label on the screen, "#Thicker" and "#Thickest" ('bold' is English for 'dumb'). The lyrics ridiculed the stereotype of a rowdy Asian-Indian teenager. As the title suggests, the lyrics also mock and refute the sexist attitude of the original song.
Rucka Rucka Ali has created his own parody, titled "Obama Been Watching", among others, the NSA and Edward Snowden.
On July 15, 2014, "Weird Al" Yankovic released a parody of the song titled "Word Crimes" from his Mandatory Fun album . Music videos released online on the same day.
On September 24, 2014, Glove and Boots, the production of Bento Box Entertainment, published a comedic comedy on legal disputes in the form of a music video parody entitled "Brief History of Robin Thicke 2013 Summer Hit".
Cledus T. Judd, who is primarily a parody of country music, released a parody in November 2014 titled "Luke Bryan", featuring guest vocals from Colt Ford.
Media
In Chile, the song was used on the TV show Via X Super Bueno and Latina Zone No eres tu soy yo ; it is also included in the soundtrack of the soap opera TV Somos Los Carmona, and is featured on TV commercials from Chile's department store chain, La Polar.
The song appears in the NBA 2K14 and Just Dance 2014 video games.
On July 23, 2013, Barack's Dubs YouTube channel uploaded a video mashup of former US President Bill Clinton singing the song.
The song is featured on both TV commercials and theatrical trailers for the 2013 movie The Best Man Holiday .
The song is featured in the season 11 episode of the hit sitcom CBS Two and a Half Men , sung by the character Walden Schmidt (played by Ashton Kutcher).
It has been used as the first song on several radio stations to switch to CHR or similar formats, most recently on March 31, 2014, when CKZZ-FM in Vancouver, BC, Canada, renamed from Virgin Radio 95.3 > back to their real name as Z95.3 .
In Poland, the song is used on Taniec z Gwiazdami (Polish version of Strictly Come Dancing format) 15th season trailer in 2014.
The song was played before the end of the special episode Eat Bulaga! titled Sa Panahon ng Panahon performed by Jose Manalo as Frankie by thanking the sponsor on October 24, 2015 at the Philippine Arena.
In Albania, the contestant Kastro mimics Robin in the Albanian version of Your Face Sounds Familiar (Albanian TV Series)
Include
The bands of Queens of the Stone Age, Vampire Weekend and The Mend have brought cover versions of the song.
The song is covered in "The End of Twerk" episode of The End of Twerk, broadcast on November 14, 2013 by main character Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison) and New Directions.
The song is also performed by Tusker Project Fame season 6 Contestants in their eighth week.
Baby Rockabye! released the lullaby song of the song.
Track list
- Digital downloads
- "Flee" (featuring Pharrell Williams and T.I.) - 4:22
- Single Colombian
- "Flee" (featuring Pharrell Williams and J Balvin) - 4:22
- UK single
- "Faded Line" (featuring Pharrell Williams and T.I.) [Clean] - 4:22
- "Blurred Lines" (featuring Pharrell & amp; T.I.) [Laidback Luke Remix] - 4:39
- a single German
- "Flee" (featuring Pharrell Williams) [No Rap Version] - 3:50
- "Faded Line" (featuring Pharrell and T.I.) [Laidback Luke Remix] - 4:40
- "Blurred Lines" (featuring Pharrell Williams and T.I.) [Music Video] - 4:33
- "Blurred Lines" (featuring Pharrell Williams and T.I.) [Music Video - Net] - 4:33
- Remixe
- "Faded Line" (featuring Pharrell and T.I.) [Laidback Luke Remix] - 4:40
- "Faded Line" (featuring Pharrell and T.I.) [Will Sparks Remix] - 5:08
- "Blurred Lines" (featuring Pharrell and T.I.) [DallasK Remix] - 5:00
- EP
- "Flee" (featuring Pharrell Williams and T.I.) - 4:23
- "Faded Line" (featuring Pharrell & amp; T.I.) [Laidback Luke Remix] - 4:40
- "When I Get You Alone" - 3:36
- "Lost Without U" - 4:14
- "Miraculous" - 3:53
- "Sex Therapy" - 4:35
Diagram
Certification
Radio and history release
See also
- 2013 in American music
- List of bestselling singles
- List of bestselling singles in the United States
- List of bestselling singles in Australia
- The list of selling singles sold in the United Kingdom
- Billboard Hot 100 100 single single 2013 listings
- Top Billboard Hot 100 10 single list in 2013
- List of R & amp songs B/hip-hop number one in 2013 (US)
- List number 100 single number one in 2013 (Canada)
- Single number single list 2013 (Australia)
- Single number single list 2013 (South Africa)
Note
References
External links
- "Robin Thicke - Blurred Lines ft. T.I., Pharrell" music video on YouTube
- Lyrics of this song in MetroLyrics
- side by side view of the official and irregular version of the controversial "Blurred Lines" video
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