All I can do is ask that “Blurred Lines” not go down in history as the song that 50 years from now will recall the summer of 2013. About four weeks remain before the first day of autumn.

A model and actor who appeared in the music video for Robin Thicke’s controversial 2013 smash “ Blurred Lines ” is addressing the various reasons she’s tried to distance herself from the ...

Instead, “Blurred Lines” stayed at No. 1 for a numbing, dispiriting 12 weeks. By any objective measure, three entire months is an absurdly long stretch of time to command the pop charts.