GOT TO GIVE IT UP

Created on 25/11/2013
Latest update on 22/04/2017

Artist: Marvin Gaye
Author: Marvin Gaye
Label: Tamla
Year: 1977

N°1 US & R&B.

Covers:

1978:

Pharoah Sanders [on album Love Will Find A Way]

1994:

David Sanborn

1996:

Aaliyah [with Slick Rick]

2013:

Robin Thicke ft. T.I. & Pharrell [in worldwide hit Blurred Lines; sued with success by the Gaye family ($7 million); Thicke and Pharrell Williams admitted they "wanted to do something with that groove, cowbell, vintage-sounding snare & keys, studio chatter, falsetto crooning and ad libs", not even mentioning their bass line sounds identic]

2013:

Kraaien [as Dat Gepijpzeik; hit NL]

2014:

Weird Al Yankovic [as Word Crimes, parody on Robin Thicke, top 40 US]

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