Despite the song's controversy, Blurred Lines is a massive hit for Robin Thicke.

The song, featuring T.I. and Pharrell Williams, has maintained its No. 1 spot on the charts for the seventh week, according to the Billboard. It has now become the longest-running No. 1 song for 2013. The upbeat tune has topped Macklemore and Ryan Lewis' hit Thrift Shop, which dominated the charts for six nonconsecutive weeks from February to April.

Still, the multi-platinum song has faced opposition, primarily from female critics who deemed it inappropriate.

"The song is about how a girl really wants crazy wild sex but doesn't say it-positing that age-old problem where men think no means yes into a catchy, hummable song," wrote The Daily Beast's Tricia Romano in June.

The video's unrated version, which appears on VEVO, was even banned in the country because of the nudity.

"That's just America," Thicke told Billboard in a May report. "I definitely don't have any problem with nudity. I think people that are uncomfortable in their own bodies or are uncomfortable with their own bodies don't want to see other peoples'."

The video's female director, Diane Martel, also doesn't agree with the negative criticism.

"I directed the girls to look into the camera. This is very intentional, and they do it most of the time; they are in the power position. I don't think the video is sexist," she said in an interview GrantLand in June. "That said, I respect women who are watching out for negative images in pop culture and who find the nudity offensive, but I find [the video] meta and playful."

Still, the clean version of the video has over 100 million views on YouTube since it premiered in March.

The controversial track will appear on Thicke's upcoming album of the same name. His sixth studio album is the follow-up to 2011's Love After War.

"Definitely Robin Thicke music," he also told Billboard in regards to the album. "But in a happier place."

Blurred Lines hits stores on July 30.

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