<P> "Got to Give It Up" has been featured in the films Menace II Society (1993), Boogie Nights (1997), Practical Magic (1998), Summer of Sam (1999), Charlie's Angels (2000), Barbershop (2002), This Christmas (2007), Eat Pray Love (2010) and Paul (2011). </P> <P> The song has also featured in the television shows The Wire, True Blood, and Scandal . </P> <P> The 2013 hit single "Blurred Lines" by Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams and song co-writer T.I. was the subject of a lawsuit for allegedly copying "Got to Give It Up". Thicke originally told the public both he and Pharrell were in the recording studio and suddenly Thicke told Pharrell "Damn, we should make something like that, something with that groove" and they wrote the song in less than an hour . However, Thicke later claimed this was all a lie and the song was entirely written by Pharrell . Thicke stated "I was high on Vicodin and alcohol when I showed up at the studio ." On March 10, 2015, a federal jury found "Blurred Lines" infringed on "Got to Give It Up" and awarded nearly $7.4 million to Gaye's children . Jurors found against Pharrell and Thicke, but held harmless the record company and T.I. </P> <Ul> <Li> Written and composed by Marvin Gaye </Li> <Li> Produced and engineered by Art Stewart </Li> <Li> Mixing by Art Stewart and Marvin Gaye </Li> <Li> Marvin Gaye: Lead Vocals, RMI synthesizer bass, keyboards, percussion, bottle </Li> <Li> Johnny McGhee: guitar </Li> <Li> Fernando Harkness: saxophone </Li> <Li> Bugsy Wilcox: drums </Li> <Li> Jack Ashford: tambourine </Li> <Li> Frankie Gaye: background vocals (Part I) </Li> <Li> Janis Gaye: background vocals (Part I) </Li> <Li> Vocal, rhythm and synthesizer arrangement by Marvin Gaye </Li> <Li> Background vocals by Marvin Gaye (Part II) </Li> </Ul>

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