Robin Thicke admits he didn't write Blurred Lines: 'I was high'

Robin Thicke has admitted Pharrell wrote most of his hit single Blurred Lines.

It seems Robin Thicke has had a bit of explaining to do.

The Hollywood Reporter has released a shocking deposition following a lawsuit filed by Robin and Pharrell Williams defending claims that they ripped off Marvin Gaye's 1977 classic Got To Give It Up to create their controversial summer smash Blurred Lines.

Yet more interestingly, in providing statements that their song does not borrow from the Marvin Gaye hit, Thicke has been forced to admit that he lied about writing it along with the talented Happy hitmaker Pharrell in the first place.

Robin had not only told GQ Magazine that he and Pharrell were inspired by the Marvin Gaye track in question, but also that he and Pharrell had "literally wrote the song in about a half hour and recorded it".

But speaking under oath in the deposition, Thicke now admits that he wasn't as involved in the songwriting, and was even "high on Vicodin and alcohol" when Pharrell was hard at work.

"I was jealous and I wanted some of the credit ... I tried to take credit for it later because [Williams] wrote the whole thing pretty much by himself and I was envious of that," Thicke revealed.

Asked where he was when the song was being created by Pharrell, Thicke added: "To be honest, that's the only part where - I was high on Vicodin and alcohol when I showed up at the studio.

"So my recollection is when we made the song, I thought I wanted - I - I wanted to be more involved than I actually was by the time, nine months later, it became a huge hit and I wanted credit.

"So I started kind of convincing myself that I was a little more part of it than I was and I - because I didn't want him - I wanted some credit for this big hit.

"But the reality is, is that Pharrell had the beat and he wrote almost every single part of the song."

He also added that he was just "lucky to be in a room with Pharrell" and that he made up the ridiculous story as he thought it would help sell more records.

Still, Thicke was awarded 18-22 percent of the publishing royalities, despite his lack of input to the track.

If the lawsuit wasn't bad enough, the song has already been heavily criticised by critics slamming the song for its misogynistic lyrics.

Listen to a comparison of the two songs below:

- Daily Mail