In 2013, Robin Thicke catapulted to stardom with an R&B single that spent 16 weeks at number 1 — becoming the biggest hit of the entire year. Mired in controversy from the get-go, the song (and its x-rated video) was quickly recognized for its creepy, coercive sexual messaging and banned by everyone from student unions to YouTube. Eight years later, after a nearly decade-long copyright battle with the Marvin Gaye estate, the song is in the news once again thanks to a leaked excerpt from a forthcoming collection of essays from "Blurred Lines" supermodel Emily Ratajkowski revealing that Thicke not only wrote a song promoting sexual assault (...or did he?), he also committed it on the "Blurred Lines" video set. Did all these "blurred lines" spawn a feminist movement? We think not, but the UK's Telegraph isn't so sure. Plus! Aviv gets his mind blown by the second-biggest single of 2013 — Macklemore & Ryan Lewis's "Thrift Shop" (smells like R. Kelly's sheets!). YOU KNOW YOU WANT IT!

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