A 2014 funk-influenced single by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars, built on horn arrangements and a chord pattern referencing 1980s Minneapolis funk.
Composition
Uptown Funk was written by Mark Ronson, Bruno Mars, Jeff Bhasker, and Philip Lawrence, with later songwriting credits added after legal claims. The arrangement layers horn lines, electric piano, and Mars’s lead vocal over a clipped guitar rhythm.
Reception
Released in November 2014, the single reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 2015 and held the position for fourteen weeks. It topped charts in over twenty countries.
Legacy
Uptown Funk won two Grammy Awards at the 2016 ceremony, including Record of the Year. The recording’s similarities to The Gap Band’s 1979 “Oops Upside Your Head” led to a settlement and the addition of four Gap Band members as co-writers.
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