Robin Thicke may have just achieved his first No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart with Blurred Lines, but negative press has begun to follow the song.

The Daily Beast criticized the song's lyrics, which they describe as "rapey" and complied a list of quotes from critics who agree. "Seriously, this song is disgusting-though admittedly very catchy," said one critic from the blog Feminist in L.A.

"I know you want it / You're a good girl / Can't let it get past me," Thicke sings in the chorus, "I know you want it / But you're a good girl / The way you grab me / Must wanna get nasty." The retro-sounding R&B dance song hit the top of the iTunes charts after Thicke performed the song on The Voice in May with featured artists Pharrell Williams and T.I. It hit the top of the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for the June 22 issue.

The video for Blurred Lines was severely edited for YouTube due to excessive nudity and implied bestiality. Thicke posted the unrated version of the video, which featured the nudity and bestiality, on his Facebook page in late April. The response was largely negative, especially from his female fans.

Thicke explained that they were not trying to objectify women in the video, stating, "We pretty much wanted to take all the taboos of what you're not supposed to do . . . bestiality, you know, injecting a girl in her bum with a five-foot syringe - I just wanted to break every rule of things you're not supposed to do and make people realize how silly some of these rules are."

Watch the video of Thicke explaining his rationale behind the Blurred Lines video here:

The unrated version of the video can be viewed on VEVO. Watch the clean video here:

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