--- description: They think Pharrell's 'Happy' sounds like Gaye's 'Ain't That Peculiar' title: Marvin Gaye's Family Considering 'Happy' After 'Blurred Lines' Win image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd7dd53f6cd7161a0/6987834b55a85952e5a86439/marvin-gaye-family.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Marvin Gaye's Family Considering 'Happy' After 'Blurred Lines' Win  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 12, 2015 12:19 PM CUT  Marvin Gaye's daughter, Nona Gaye, left, and his ex-wife, Jan Gaye, take questions from the media outside Los Angeles U.S. District Court, after a jury awarded the singer's children nearly $7.4 million after determining singers Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams copied their father's music to create "Blurred Lines," March 10, 2015. Marvin Gaye's daughter, Nona Gaye, left, and his ex-wife, Jan Gaye, take questions from the media outside Los Angeles U.S. District Court, after a jury awarded the singer's children nearly $7.4 million after determining singers Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams copied their father's music to create "Blurred Lines," March 10, 2015.Nick Ut—AP  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 12, 2015 12:19 PM CUT Marvin Gaye’s family [just won a $7.3 million lawsuit](http://time.com/3739900/blurred-lines-pharrell-robin-thicke-marvin-gaye/ "undefined") against Robin Thicke and Pharrell for ripping off one of his hits in their recent single “Blurred Lines.” But Pharrell’s troubles may not be over — after the win, the family is considering similarities between his 2014 song “Happy” and a different Marvin Gaye single. “I’m not going to lie. I do think they sound alike,” Nona Gaye, Marvin’s daughter, [told CBS](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/after-blurred-lines-victory-gaye-family-takes-another-listen-to-happy/ "undefined") of Pharell’s “Happy” and Gaye’s “Ain’t That Peculiar.” Pharrell [denies that he copied Gaye’s “Got To Give It Up”](http://time.com/3733201/pharrell-blurred-lines/ "undefined") when he wrote “Blurred Lines,” but Gaye’s family says he crossed the line. “Inspiration’s fine, but the line is when you decide to take the complete and utter essence out of the song. When you take all the meat, and leave the bones,” said Nona. It remains to be seen whether Gaye’s family will decide if Pharrell did the same thing when he wrote “Happy.” For now, they said they aren’t considering legal action. “We’re not in that space,” said Janis Gaye, Marvin’s ex-wife. “We’re just in the moment today and we’re satisfied.” \[[_CBS_](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/after-blurred-lines-victory-gaye-family-takes-another-listen-to-happy/ "undefined")\] _Read next:_ [_Robin Thicke’s Legal Defeat Could Have a Chilling Effect on Music_](http://time.com/3740520/robin-thicke-pharrell-blurred-lines-suit-marvin-gaye/?iid=time%5Freadnext "undefined") [_Listen to the most important stories of the day._](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/?sl%5Fautoplay=true&xid=spl-fullbrief-article "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3741930/marvin-gaye-pharrell-happy/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3741930/marvin-gaye-pharrell-happy/"},"headline":"Marvin Gaye's Family Considering 'Happy' After 'Blurred Lines' Win","datePublished":"2015-03-12T12:19:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T05:06:41.177Z","description":"They think Pharrell's 'Happy' sounds like Gaye's 'Ain't That Peculiar'","url":"https://time.com/3741930/marvin-gaye-pharrell-happy/","keywords":["Music"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd7dd53f6cd7161a0/6987834b55a85952e5a86439/marvin-gaye-family.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd7dd53f6cd7161a0/6987834b55a85952e5a86439/marvin-gaye-family.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Nona Gaye, Jan Gaye","caption":"Marvin Gaye's daughter, Nona Gaye, left, and his ex-wife, Jan Gaye, take questions from the media outside Los Angeles U.S. District Court, after a jury awarded the singer's children nearly $7.4 million after determining singers Robin Thicke and Pharrell","creditText":"Nick Ut—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3741930/marvin-gaye-pharrell-happy/","name":"Marvin Gaye's Family Considering 'Happy' After 'Blurred Lines' Win"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Grammys 2015: Pharrell","description":"Grammys 2015: Pharrell","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/aoOHndKX/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-02-09T02:50:28.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/aoOHndKX.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3741930/marvin-gaye-pharrell-happy/","duration":"PT28S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3741930/marvin-gaye-pharrell-happy/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```