Robin Thicke ’ s monster hit Blurred Lines has made a profit of more than $ 16 million since it became the biggest song of 2013 , an L.A. court heard on Tuesday . The song , also created to Pharrell Williams and T.I. , is currently at the center of a legal battle over copyright infringement and the song ’ s alleged similarity to Marvin Gaye ’ s 1977 funk/disco classic Got To Give It Up . The financial profitability of a song is typically a highly guarded secret and tends only to be revealed when the track is at the center of a $ 40 million lawsuit . Scroll down for video . We 're in the money : Robin Thicke ’ s monster hit Blurred Lines , which also featured Pharrell Williams and T.I . has made a profit of $ 16,675,690 since it became the biggest song of 2013 , an L.A. court heard on Tuesday . According to the federal copyright trial , the two sides have agreed on an exact figure of $ 16,675,690 . That was divided with $ 5,658,214 going to Thicke , $ 5,153,457 to Williams , $ 704,774 to rapper T.I . and record companies pocketing the remainder . During opening arguments in the case , Richard Busch , the attorney representing Marvin Gaye 's children Frankie and Nona Gaye had tallied the alleged damages at approximately $ 40 million . Besides seeking profits — including a claimed $ 4 million from 50 percent of the publishing earnings of Blurred Lines — the Gayes are seeking damages for a reduction of the fair market value of the worth of licensing Got to Give It Up , reports The Hollywood Reporter . The singer ’ s children Frankie and Nona Gaye are also targeting touring money too , with about $ 11 million attributable to the song 's success . Strangely , the Gayes filed the claim to counter a suit filed in August 2013 by Thicke , T.I . and Pharrell in which they asked a judge to declare that the song did not infringe on Gaye 's copy written work . Changing story : Robin claims now he only said that he was inspired by Marvin Gaye 's song to make it sound like he was involved in writing his hit , when in fact Pharrell did ( seen here with model Emily Ratajkowski ) Thicke is arguing that he did n't rip off Marvin Gaye 's 1977 song Got ta Give It Up for mega hit Blurred Lines . Marvin is pictured here in 1983 - one year before his shooting death . The Gayes also claim that Thicke and his estranged wife Paula Patton 's co-written track Love After War stole its sound from their father 's song After the Dance . That song , according to more testimony brought home $ 895,374 in profits . Earlier in the trail , Thicke had entertained the court when he danced and played keyboard from the witness stand to show that a number of pop songs have the same chord progression including U2 's With Or Without You , ‎ Michael Jackson 's Man In The Mirror and The Beatles ' Let It Be . According to court papers filed last year , Thicke said he was high on painkillers and alcohol when Blurred Lines became a hit , and he exaggerated his contribution to writing the song . Thicke , 37 , said in a deposition in April that he had been largely absent during the composition of Blurred Lines , due to being under the influence of opioid painkiller Vicodin mixed with alcohol . ' I had a drug and alcohol problem for the year and I did n't do a sober interview . So I do n't recall many things that I said , ' Thicke said in the deposition . He added that he was no longer taking Vicodin . The song was created by R & B artist and producer Pharrell Williams , who said in deposition two days before Thicke 's that he had composed the melody and written the lyrics for the hit , and that Thicke had 'embellished ' the origins of the song . The previously sealed depositions were filed in Los Angeles federal court in May in connection with a lawsuit by the estate of late soul singer Marvin Gaye against Thicke and Williams , accusing them of stealing from the Motown legend 's 1977 song Got to Give it Up .
The 2013 monster hit Blurred Lines has made a profit of $ $ 40 million since it was released . Thicke , Pharrell and T.I . are currently involved in a copyright infringement battle disputing the song's similarity to Marvin Gaye 's Got To Give It Up . Lawyers for Gaye 's children are demanding 16,675,690 and 50 percent of the publishing earnings of Blurred Lines . Thicke had previously said he was inspired by Marvin Gaye 's song , but has since admitted he high on painkillers and alcohol when he made the claim .