(by ‘mark ronson’ featuring ‘bruno mars’)
(#1 single)
(’17 january 2015′)
(“uptown funk” (stylised as “UpTown Funk!”) is a song recorded by british record producer ‘mark ronson’ featuring american singer and songwriter ‘bruno mars’, for ronson’s fourth studio album, Uptown Special (2015))
(‘RCA Records’ released the song as the album’s lead single on ’10 november 2014′)
(‘jeff bhasker’ assisted the artists in ‘co-writing’ and ‘co-producing’ the track, with additional writing from ‘philip lawrence’)
(the song became a ‘worldwide phenomenon’ with its major impact on ‘pop culture’)
(the song went through many different incarnations, and was worked on for months)
(‘ronson’ and ‘mars’ recorded it at multiple different locations worldwide, ranging from ‘recording studios’ to ‘dressing rooms’)
(american bands “‘sharon jones’ & the ‘dap-kings'” and “antibalas” perform ‘horn parts’ on the song, while the song’s lyrics interpolate a line from rapper trinidad james’ song “all gold everything” (2012))
(several ‘music critics’ noted its similarity with popular music from the ‘1980s’)
(the song features heavy inspiration from the ‘minneapolis sound’ of 1980s-era ‘funk music’, having a spirit akin to works by ‘prince’ as well as “‘morris day’ and ‘the time'”)
(‘copyright controversies’ arose after the song’s release, with multiple ‘lawsuits’ and ‘amendments’ to its ‘songwriting credits’)
(“uptown funk” spent 14 consecutive weeks at #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100, 7 non-consecutive weeks at #1 on the ‘UK singles chart’, and topped the charts in several other countries including ‘australia’, ‘canada’, ‘france’, ‘ireland’, and ‘new zealand’)
(it became the 2nd best-selling single of ‘2015’ and 1 of the best-selling singles of all-time)
(the song won 2 ‘grammy awards’ (including ‘record of the year’), and the ‘brit award’ for ‘british single of the year’)
(its music video stars ‘ronson’, ‘mars’, and mars’ backing band (‘the hooligans’) dancing in a city street, and accumulated ‘3.3 billion views’ on video sharing website ‘youtube’ as of ‘october 2018’, making it the 4th most viewed ‘youtube video’ of all time)
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