Uptown Funk

"Uptown Funk"
Single by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars
from the album Uptown Special
B-side
  • "Feel Right" (CD)
  • Remixes (12")
Released 10 November 2014
Format
Recorded

2014

Genre
Length
  • 4:30 (album version)
  • 3:58 (radio edit)
Label
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
  • Jeff Bhasker
  • Bruno Mars
  • Mark Ronson
Mark Ronson singles chronology
"Anywhere in the World"
(2012)		 "Uptown Funk"
(2014)		 "Daffodils"
(2015)
Bruno Mars single chronology
  • "Uptown Funk"
  • (2014)

"Uptown Funk" (stylized as "UpTown Funk!")[3][4] is a song recorded by British producer Mark Ronson, with guest vocals by American recording artist Bruno Mars, for Ronson's fourth studio album, Uptown Special (2015). Sony Music Entertainment released the song as the album's lead single on 10 November 2014.[5] Jeff Bhasker assisted the artists in co-writing and co-producing the track, with additional writing from Philip Lawrence. This is Mars' fourth collaboration with Ronson (following Mars' own songs "Locked Out of Heaven", "Moonshine", and "Gorilla") and sixth with Bhasker (after "Talking to the Moon", "Young Girls" and the three previously mentioned songs).

The single was a commercial smash hit, spending fourteen consecutive weeks at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100, seven weeks at number one on the UK Singles Chart, and topped the charts in several other countries including Australia, Canada, France, Ireland and New Zealand. In the week of 25 January 2015, the song was streamed a record 2.34 million times in a single week in the UK: a record since surpassed by Ellie Goulding's "Love Me like You Do" (2.58 million streams).[6] The latter song also beat "Uptown Funk" for the highest number of streams in one week worldwide, with 15.5 million.[7] "Uptown Funk" also set a new record for the highest number of streams in one week in the US, with 4.8 million streams.[8] In 2015, "Uptown Funk" won Ronson the Brit Award for British Single of the Year.[9]

Writing and production

In 2012, Ronson produced songs for Bruno Mars' second studio album Unorthodox Jukebox, including the singles "Locked Out of Heaven" and "Gorilla".[10] In June 2014, Ronson told Capital FM that he and Mars planned on working together again. "[Mars] had a incredible run and it was great to be able to work on that record with him and hopefully we'll be making music for a while."[11] Since Mars was on tour, Ronson had accrued frequent flyer miles by trying to enroll Mars for his album Uptown Special. Ronson, along with Uptown Special co-producer Jeff Bhasker, would set up shop whenever and wherever they found time with Mars, eventually recording in Los Angeles, Toronto, London, Vancouver, Memphis and New York City. Mars wound up playing drums throughout the album, as well as co-writing the lead single. Ronson said, "It was six or seven months of chasing Bruno around on tour."[12] Part of the track was recorded at Cherry Beach Sound in Toronto.

"Uptown Funk" stems from a lick that Mars and his band were playing on tour. “When we hit on that opening line -- ‘This shit, that ice cold/ Michelle Pfeiffer, that white gold’ -- we knew that we had the seed of this really exciting idea,” Ronson said, adding that he pushed himself more in this song than anything else he has worked in the past. Nevertheless, the airtight turnarounds and sharp horn lines in "Uptown Funk", courtesy of members of Antibalas and Dap Kings, didn’t come easy. At one point during the song’s seven-month creation, Ronson collapsed over lunch. “There was all of this pressure because Bhasker was leaving at the end of the day,” Ronson recalls. “The plan was for me to record my guitar part by lunch. Lunchtime comes around and I still haven't nailed the part. We go out and in the stress of finishing this song I fainted in the restaurant. I threw up three times. Jeff had to carry me back to the studio.” In the end, they got it—on take 82.[12]

Composition and influences
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"Uptown Funk" is heavily influenced by the Minneapolis sound of the early 80s, pioneered by Prince, The Time with Morris Day, and Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. According to Ronson in Rolling Stone, the song "animates a Minneapolis groove."[13]

The song has been "catching the allusions to one early '80s funk/R&B classic after another." Fans have cited, among many others, "Cameo horns, the Time [keyboards], and 'Party Train' [by the Gap Band] drums."[14]

According to Billboard writer Sean Ross, the song is widely influenced by funk artists and their songs. This includes Zapp's "More Bounce to the Ounce", One Way's "Cutie Pie", The Gap Band's "I Don't Believe You Want to Get Up and Dance (Oops Up Side Your Head)" and "Early in the Morning", Earth, Wind & Fire's "Getaway", The Sequence's "Funk You Up", The Sugarhill Gang's "Apache", George Kranz's "Trommeltanz (Din Daa Daa)", and The Time's "Cool" and "Jungle Love". The only song specifically credited on "Uptown Funk" is the 2012 top 10 R&B and rap hit Trinidad James' "All Gold Everything" (which gives the song its "don't believe me, just watch" chant). However, many of the songs cited "were released during the worst period of a 'disco backlash' that effectively kept all types of black music, not just disco, off of top 40", while "Uptown Funk" received instant airplay at top 40 radio.[14]

On 30 April 2015, it was reported via Music Week that the writers of The Gap Band's 1979 hit song "Oops Up Side Your Head" (group members and brothers Charlie Wilson, Robert Wilson, Ronnie Wilson, keyboardist Rudolph Taylor and producer Lonnie Simmons) will be added to the songwriting credits of "Uptown Funk".[15][16][17]

Critical reception

The song has received acclaim from most critics, highly praising the song's fun nature and funky sound. Music critic Nick Murray of Rolling Stone was positive, giving the song a rating of 4 out of 5 stars, praising "some George Kranz scatting and a Nile Rodgers guitar riff." He also wrote that Mars, Ronson and The Hooligans "channel the days when brags weren't humble and disco wasn't retro."[18] Brennan Carley of Spin Magazine noted that "Mars sounds a bit like Nelly on the track, sing-rapping his way through goofy lyrics ("Got Chucks on / With Saint Laurent / Gotta kiss myself / So pretty")", while comparing the bass line to something "taken straight from Prince's playbook." He added that "It's a definite step towards more classic funk for Ronson, who has a history of dabbling in heavy horn sections and walking guitar solos. " He finished by saying "Mars' voice keeps things light and bubbly though, making "Uptown Funk" the kind of song you'll be unable to escape on the radio in a matter of days."[19] Lucas Villa of AXS called Ronson "eternally cool" and added that the producer's "latest foray into 'Funk' is definitely his freakiest, freshest and most fun release yet."[20]

In a mixed review for the parent album Uptown Special, Jim Farber from Daily News gave an overrall 3/5 rating and claimed that Ronson "just got lucky." He particularly criticized "Uptown Funk" for being a "lazy track", unlike the rest of the songs, which "obsess on the past, but most enliven it."

In January 2015, "Uptown Funk" was ranked at number 23, tied with Meghan Trainor‍ '​s "All About That Bass" on The Village Voice‍ '​s annual year-end Pazz & Jop critics' poll. Later the same month, the song was voted into Triple J's Hottest 100 at number 6.[21]

Chart performance

North America

On the Billboard Hot 100, the song debuted at number 65 on the week-ending 21 November 2014 due to digital downloads sold, making it Ronson's first entry on the Hot 100.[22] During its second week, "Uptown Funk" sold 110,000 digital copies, becoming the Hot 100's top Digital Gainer of the week, and nearing Streaming Songs with a gain of 2.5 million US streams.[23] The song soared 47 positions to number 18 in its second week on the Hot 100.[23] On its third week the song rose to number eight, after its first full seven-day tracking period after the premiere of the music video, with 4.4 million streams, digital sales of 167,000 copies and debuting at Radio Songs at number 46 (28 million audience).[24] So far, the song has earned Ronson his first top 10 as an artist (and in his first visit with such a billing) and his third top 10 as a producer (Amy Winehouse's "Rehab" (No. 9, 2007) and Mars' "Locked Out of Heaven" (No. 1, 2012–13).[24] On its fourth week, the song reached the top five spot. This marked Mars' eleventh top 5 on the Billboard Hot 100, passing Katy Perry and Rihanna (10 each) for the most top five titles in the 2010s.[25] On its fifth week, it reached a peak of number 3, staying there for two weeks. The song claimed the Hot 100's three top Gainer awards (Digital, Streaming, Airplay), marking just the fifth title to sweep all three categories in the nearly three years of their side-by-side existence, and making Ronson the first male soloist to top Digital Songs with a debut chart entry (as a lead) since Sam Smith's "Stay with Me".[26] The next week the song reached a peak of number two. The following week, "Uptown Funk" topped the Billboard Hot 100, knocking off the Taylor Swift song, "Blank Space", and becoming Ronson's first number-one single in the country and Mars' sixth. The song crowned the three major component songs charts (Digital Songs, Streaming Songs and Radio Songs) on Billboard Hot 100, joining an elite of four songs to be able to do the same. However, only "Fancy" by Iggy Azalea and "Uptown Funk" were able to lead the Hot 100, Digital Songs, Radio Songs, Streaming Songs and On-Demand Songs simultaneously in the two years that all the rankings have co-existed. It also marked Ronson's first single to reach number one in radio songs; for Mars, it became his sixth, reaching fifth among acts with the most No. 1s in that area.[27] The song became the first to crown the Hot 100 and its three main component charts for nine weeks, only Meghan Trainor's "All About That Bass" did so, but only for two weeks.[28] By spending a thirteenth week at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, it became Mars' longest command at the top position (among his six number-ones).[29] It also became one of the longest running singles in Billboard's Hot 100 history and also the longest-running number-one single of the 2010s decade, by topping the chart for 14 consecutive weeks, also becoming the joint second-longest number-one single in Billboard history.[28] This surpassed the previous record set by American-Canadian artist Robin Thicke with his 2013 single "Blurred Lines" featuring American artists Pharrell Williams and T.I., which reigned at number one for 12 weeks. After its fourteenth week, it was replaced by Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth's "See You Again".[30] As of April 2015, "Uptown Funk" has sold 5,230,000 copies in the United States.[31]

On 29 November 2014, "Uptown Funk" debuted at number 63 on the Canadian Hot 100.[32] On the issue dated 10 January 2015, the song reached number one, a position it has held for fifteen consecutive weeks, becoming the second longest-running number-one single on the Canadian Hot 100, only behind The Black Eyed Peas' "I Gotta Feeling", which spent sixteen weeks at number one. On the issue dated 25 April 2015, after fifteen weeks at number one, it was replaced by Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth's "See You Again".

Worldwide

Following a cover by Fleur East on The X Factor reaching number one on iTunes, "Uptown Funk" was rush-released, with its release date being brought forward by five weeks.[33] It debuted at number one in the United Kingdom with first-week chart sales of 118,000.[34][35] This gave Ronson his first UK number one as either a producer or artist.[35] The next week, despite selling over 181,000 copies, "Uptown Funk" fell to number two, being denied the coveted Christmas number one by The X Factor winner Ben Haenow's winner's single, "Something I Need".[36] In that same week, "Uptown Funk" made UK chart history by being the first single to be streamed more than 2 million times in a single week, being streamed a total of 2.34 million times. In doing so, the single took the title of being the all-time most streamed track in a single week, replacing Ed Sheeran's "Thinking Out Loud".[6] The following week, "Uptown Funk" returned to number one and improved on its streaming record, being streamed 2.49 million times. It spent seven non-consecutive weeks at number one, before finally being knocked off the top on 8 February 2015 by Ellie Goulding's "Love Me Like You Do", the latter of which also subsequently bettered the all-time streaming record for a single week.[37] The song has been certified a 'million-seller' by the Official Charts Company, and has been purchased over 1,050,000 times.[38] The song set a new worldwide record for the highest number of streams in one week, with 15 million.[8]

In Ireland, the song debuted at number two on 12 December 2014, and the following week peaked at the top of the Irish Singles Chart, taking the Christmas number one spot. In doing this, it became the first song not released by The X Factor winner to reach this position in nine years.[39]

The song is reported to earn $100,000 for the label and composers per week due to streaming, only on Spotify.[40]

Music video

The music video was released on 17 November 2014. It stars Mars, Ronson and the Hooligans walking around a city, wearing brightly colored suits and chains. On 19 November, it was released on Vevo and YouTube. It was directed by Bruno Mars and Cameron Duddy.[41] In an interview with Ellen DeGeneres on the Ellen Show, Ronson and Mars stated that it had been filmed in many cities where Mars was touring. Parts were also filmed at the 20th Century Fox New York street backlot in Los Angeles, California.[42] The video currently has 570,944,795 views as of 30th April 2015.

Popular culture and remixes

Uptown Funk is present in "The Nuclear Man", a February 2015 episode of The Flash.[43]

The chorus of "Uptown Funk" ("Don't believe me? Just watch!") replaced the standard opening fanfare of NBC's Today on February 23, 2015. The chorus was played over the teaser for their coverage of the previous night's 87th Academy Awards.

On April 10, 2015 the Baltimore Orioles played the song in their music video during their home opener ceremony, recapping the great plays during their AL East Division winning 2014 MLB season.

Following the release of the original version of the song came the remixes. The first of the two remixes was released on February 12, 2015 during Ronson's interview on Hot 97 featuring Mars and a new intro verse by rapper Action Bronson. Ronson also revealed that the final version included rapper Bodega Bamz.[44] The second remix of the song featuring Mars and an intro verse by rapper Trinidad James. It was released by Billboard and uploaded on Bruno Mars' YouTube account on March 13, 2015.[8]

Track listing

Digital download[45]
  1. "Uptown Funk" (featuring Bruno Mars) – 4:30
CD single[46]
  1. "Uptown Funk" (featuring Bruno Mars) – 4:30
  2. "Feel Right" (featuring Mystikal) – 3:42
12" vinyl[47]

Side A

  1. "Uptown Funk" (Original Version) – 4:30

Side B

  1. "Uptown Funk" (BB Disco Dub Mix) Remixed by Benji B – 6:19
Remixes - EP
  1. "Uptown Funk" (featuring Bruno Mars) – 4:30
  2. "Uptown Funk" (featuring Bruno Mars) [Dave Aude Remix] – 3:57
  3. "Uptown Funk" (featuring Bruno Mars) [Wideboys VIP Remix] – 3:16
  4. "Uptown Funk" (featuring Bruno Mars) [Will Sparks Remix] – 4:37

Credits and personnel

Recording

Recorded at: Cherry Beach Sound[48] in Toronto, Canada; Royal Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, Daptone Records, Brooklyn, New York; Electric Lady Studios, New York; Zelig Studios, London, UK; Enormous Studios, Venice, California; mixed at Mixstar Studios in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Horn Section Debate

Although there has been much debate regarding which horn section recorded and made the final recording of Uptown Funk, it was noted in magazine Billboard in November 2014, that after many recordings, Ronson tapped Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings and Antibalas horns for the final rendering of the track.[49] The horn parts were recorded at Daptone Records in Brooklyn, New York in August 2014. Members of this horn section were reflected in the Saturday Night Live performance of Uptown Funk and have been reported in sources such as The New York Times,[50] The Wall Street Journal,[51] The Boston Globe,[52] and more.[53][54][55]

Horn Section Personnel

  • Trumpet – David Guy, Michael Leonhart
  • Tenor Saxophone – Neal Sugarman
  • Trombone – Raymond James Mason
  • Baritone Saxophone – Ian Hendrickson-Smith

Personnel
  • Bass - Jamareo Artis
  • Drums – Bruno Mars
  • Linn Drums  – Mark Ronson
  • Keyboards – Mark Ronson
    • Additional – Phredley Brown
  • Trumpet – David Guy, Michael Leonhart
  • Tenor Saxophone – Neal Sugarman
  • Trombone – Raymond James Mason
  • Baritone Saxophone – Ian Hendrickson-Smith
  • Guitar – Mark Ronson
  • Vocals – Bruno Mars

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2014–15) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[56] 1
Australia Urban (ARIA)[57] 1
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[58] 6
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[59] 1
Belgium Urban (Ultratop Flanders)[60] 1
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[61] 1
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[62] 1
Canada CHR/Top 40 (Billboard)[63] 1
Canada Hot AC (Billboard)[64] 1
Croatia (Airplay Radio Chart)[65] 1
Czech Republic (Rádio Top 100)[66] 7
Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100)[67] 2
Denmark (Tracklisten)[68] 2
Europe (Euro Digital Songs)[69] 1
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[70] 5
France (SNEP)[71] 1
Germany (Media Control Charts)[72] 3
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[73] 1
Hungary (Single Top 40)[74] 1
Ireland (IRMA)[75] 1
Israel (Media Forest)[76] 1
Italy (FIMI)[77] 3
Japan (Japan Hot 100)[78] 12
Lebanon (Lebanese Top 20)[79] 1
Lebanon English (Lebanese Top 20)[79] 1
Luxembourg Digital Songs (Billboard)[80] 1
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[81] 4
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[82] 2
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[83] 1
Norway (VG-lista)[84] 6
Poland (Polish Airplay Top 20)[85] 7
Portugal Digital Songs (Billboard)[86] 4
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[87] 1
Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[88] 33
Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100)[89] 2
South Africa (EMA)[90] 1
South Korea International Chart (Gaon)[91] 1
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[92] 1
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[93] 8
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[94] 2
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[95] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[96] 1
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[97] 5
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[98] 1
US Hot Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[99] 1
US Latin Pop Songs (Billboard)[100] 8
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[101] 1
US R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay (Billboard)[102] 5
US Rhythmic (Billboard)[103] 1
US (Monitor Latino)[104] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2014) Position
Australia (ARIA)[105] 29
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[106] 30

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[107] 7× Platinum 490,000^
Belgium (BEA)[108] Gold 15,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[109] 7× Platinum 560,000^
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[110] Platinum 60,000^
Germany (BVMI)[111] Gold 200,000^
Hungary (MAHASZ)[112] Gold 3,000x
Italy (FIMI)[113] 2× Platinum 100,000double-dagger
Netherlands (NVPI)[114] Platinum 20,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[115] 4× Platinum 60,000*
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[116] Platinum 40,000^
Sweden (GLF)[117] Platinum 40,000x
United Kingdom (BPI)[118] 3× Platinum 1,800,000[2]
United States (RIAA)[119] 5× Platinum 5,253,000[31]

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone
double-daggersales/streaming figures based on certification alone

Release history

Region Date Format Label Catalogue no. Ref.
Australia 10 November 2014 Digital download
None [120]
United States Sony [45]
11 November 2014 Contemporary hit radio
[121]
Italy 14 November 2014 Sony [122]
United Kingdom 8 December 2014 Digital download Columbia [123]
Germany 9 January 2015 CD single Sony [46]
United Kingdom 16 February 2015 12" Columbia [124]
United States 17 February 2015 88875069571 [125]

See also

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