"Uptown Funk!" | |
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Single by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars | |
from the album Uptown Special | |
Released | November 10, 2014 |
Recorded | May 2014 |
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Length | 4:30 3:54 (radio edit) |
Label | RCA |
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"Uptown Funk!" is a song by British DJ/producer Mark Ronson, featuring American singer Bruno Mars. This song was heavily influenced by Minneapolis sound from the early 1980s. The song was released on November 10, 2014.[1] It reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.[2] It was Mars' sixth #1 song on that chart. The song also hit #1 on other charts.
The song samples "Bye Bye" by Chimbala featuring Liro Shaq and Mozart La Para and "I Don't Believe You Want to Get Up and Dance (Oops!)" by The Gap Band. It was written by Mars, Ronson, Jeff Bhasker, Philip Lawrence, Devon Gallaspy, Lonnie Simmons, Rudolph Taylor, and Robert, Ronnie, and Charlie Wilson. Mars, Ronson, and Bhasker produced the song.[3]
The song finished as the #1 song of the 2010s decade on the Billboard Hot 100.