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"'''Uptown Funk'''" is a song by British record producer [[Mark Ronson]] |
"'''Uptown Funk'''" is a song by British record producer [[Mark Ronson]] featuring American singer [[Bruno Mars]]. It was released on 10 November 2014, as the lead single from Ronson's fourth studio album, ''[[Uptown Special]]'' (2015). "Uptown Funk" was written by Ronson, Mars, [[Jeff Bhasker]], and [[Philip Lawrence (songwriter)|Philip Lawrence]];<!-- Since the track [[Interpolation (music)#In hip hop music|interpolates]] "[[All Gold Everything]]" (2012), songwriting credits were added for a total of six.---> it was produced by the aforementioned first three. The song began during a freestyle studio session while they worked on a jam Mars and his band had been playing on tour. <!--The song went through several incarnations, worked on for months during stressful sessions, recorded at multiple locations, and at one point it was nearly scrapped.---> [[Copyright infringement|Copyright controversies]] arose after the song's release resulting in multiple lawsuits and amendments to its songwriting credits.<!-- due to similarities with "[[Oops Up Side Your Head]]" (1979) by [[The Gap Band]], keyboardist Rudolph Taylor, and producer [[Lonnie Simmons]].---> |
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The song is a [[funk]]-[[Pop music|pop]], [[Soul music|soul]], [[Boogie (genre)|boogie]], [[disco |
The song is a [[funk]]-[[Pop music|pop]], [[Soul music|soul]], [[Boogie (genre)|boogie]], [[disco-pop]], and [[Minneapolis sound]] track. It has a spirit akin to the 1980s-era funk music.<!-- as well as the works by [[The Time (band)|Morris Day & The Time]], ultimate being a "joyous, energetic and feel-good" song.---> Its lyrics address fashion, self-love and "traditional masculine bravado", performed in a [[Sprechgesang|sing-rapping]] style filled with metaphors, arrogance, charisma, and fun. Upon its release, the single received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised the instrumental, style and influences of the track. Others criticized it for not being innovative as it tried to emulate 1980s funk music. |
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The song topped the charts of 19 countries and reached the top 10 of 15 others, making it the most successful single of Ronson and Mars to date. In the United States, "Uptown Funk" topped the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<!-- and tied the second [[List of Billboard Hot 100 chart achievements and milestones#Most weeks at number one|longest-reigning number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100]]---> for 14 consecutive weeks and spent seven weeks on the top of the [[UK Singles Chart]]. It was certified 11 times platinum by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA) and six times platinum by the [[British Phonographic Industry]] (BPI). <!--As it topped the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and the Official UK Singles charts for at least seven weeks each, it became one of the only four songs to do so.---> "Uptown Funk" peaked at number one on the [[Canadian Hot 100]], and <!-- for fifteen consecutive weeks, becoming the second longest-running number-one single in Canada, only behind [[The Black Eyed Peas]]' "[[I Gotta Feeling]]" (2009), which spent sixteen weeks at number one. It was certified diamond by [[Music Canada]] (MC).---> topped the [[Irish Singles Chart]], taking the [[List of Irish Singles Chart Christmas number ones|Christmas number one]] spot.<!--, becoming the first song not released by ''[[The X Factor (UK TV series)|The X Factor]]'' winner to reach this position in nine years.---> The song also reached the top spot in France, spending 11 weeks in the number one position.<!-- It charted for 117 weeks on the chart, never leaving it from 2014 to 2017. It was certified diamond by the SNEP. The single peaked---> number one in both Australia for a total of six weeks<!--. It is the [[List of best-selling singles in Australia|best-selling single in Australia]] of all time, certified 17 times platinum. It topped the charts---> and in New Zealand for nine consecutive weeks.<!--, becoming certified five times platinum by [[Recorded Music NZ]] (RMNZ). The track became one of the [[List of best-selling singles|best-selling singles of all-time]].---> It also broke its own streaming record three times in the United Kingdom, while breaking the streaming record in the United States and Worldwide at that time. |
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Director [[Cameron Duddy]] and Mars shot the song's [[music video]] depicting Ronson, Mars and The Hooligans singing, walking and dancing in a city street.<!-- During the video, Ronson and Mars get their hairs in perm curlers at a salon and their shoes shined. ---> As of January 2023, the official music video for "Uptown Funk" is the [[List of most-viewed YouTube videos|ninth most viewed YouTube video]] of all-time, having received over |
Director [[Cameron Duddy]] and Mars shot the song's [[music video]] depicting Ronson, Mars and The Hooligans singing, walking and dancing in a city street.<!-- During the video, Ronson and Mars get their hairs in perm curlers at a salon and their shoes shined. ---> As of January 2023, the official music video for "Uptown Funk" is the [[List of most-viewed YouTube videos|ninth most viewed YouTube video]] of all-time, having received over 5.2 billion views. "Uptown Funk" was performed on television shows such as ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', ''[[The Ellen DeGeneres Show]]'' and the [[Super Bowl 50 halftime show]]. It received several awards and nominations, winning [[Brit Award for British Single of the Year|British Single of the Year]] at the [[2015 Brit Awards]], International Work of the Year at the [[APRA Music Awards of 2016]] and [[Grammy Award for Record of the Year|Record of the Year]] at the [[58th Annual Grammy Awards|2016 Grammy Awards]]. The television show soundtrack of ''[[Glee (TV Series)|Glee]]'', and commercials for [[L'Oreal]]'s [[Garnier]] line and [[Skippy (peanut butter)|Skippy peanut butter]], have used the song. It has been parodied several times and became a worldwide phenomenon with a major impact on [[pop culture]]. |
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==Background== |
==Background== |
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[[File:Mark Ronson |
[[File:Mark Ronson and Jennifer Su, 2011 (cropped).jpg|upright|thumb|alt=A head shot of Ronson looking at the camera|Mark Ronson ''(pictured)'' is the lead artist and one of the composers of "Uptown Funk"]] |
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After producing three songs for [[Bruno Mars]]'s second studio album ''[[Unorthodox Jukebox]]'' (2012), [[Mark Ronson]] said in June 2014, that he and Mars planned on working together again.<!--: "He's had a{{sic}} 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."---><ref name="RSRRDK">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bruno-mars-helps-mark-ronson-chase-down-uptown-funk-20141110|title=Bruno Mars Helps Mark Ronson Chase Down 'Uptown Funk'|last1=Reed|first1=Ryan|last2=Kreps|first2=Daniel|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=10 November 2014|access-date=23 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141125150334/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bruno-mars-helps-mark-ronson-chase-down-uptown-funk-20141110|archive-date=25 November 2014|url-status=live|url-access=limited}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.capitalfm.com/artists/bruno-mars/news/mark-ronson-new-album-plans/|title=Mark Ronson Confirms New Music Plans With Bruno Mars For Next Album|publisher=[[Capital (radio network)|Capital FM]]|date=5 June 2014|access-date=27 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181019082044/https://www.capitalfm.com/artists/bruno-mars/news/mark-ronson-new-album-plans/|archive-date=19 October 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Ronson ended up working on "Uptown Funk" for seven months, recording it in various locations, in a number of grueling, stressful sessions.<ref name="NPRFreshAir">{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2015/04/16/400106347/the-long-labored-process-behind-mark-ronsons-uptown-funk?t=1556379927456|title=The Story Behind Mark Ronson's Hit Song "Uptown Funk"|last=Gross|first=Terry|format=Audio upload and transcript|publisher=[[NPR]]|date=16 April 2015|access-date=27 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427163759/https://www.npr.org/2015/04/16/400106347/the-long-labored-process-behind-mark-ronsons-uptown-funk%3Ft%3D1556379927456|archive-date=27 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="EWMR">{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2015/01/13/mark-ronson-interview-bruno-mars-amy-winehouse/|title=Mark Ronson: Recording "Uptown Funk" was a multi-continental process|last=Raimer|first=Miles|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=13 January 2015|access-date=27 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427163805/https://ew.com/article/2015/01/13/mark-ronson-interview-bruno-mars-amy-winehouse/|archive-date=27 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Its earliest version was a jam that Mars and his band played on tour.<ref name="EWMR"/><ref name="BBRR">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/6312180/mark-ronson-bruno-mars-uptown-funk|title=Mark Ronson Says New Single With Bruno Mars 'Uptown Funk' Is a Milestone for Both of Them|last=Rogers|first=Ray|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=10 November 2014|access-date=27 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430093206/https://www.billboard.com/articles/6312180/mark-ronson-bruno-mars-uptown-funk|archive-date=30 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> When Ronson joined [[Jeff Bhasker]] and Mars for a jam session at the latter's studio, he wanted to finish leftover demos from ''Unorthodox Jukebox'', however, Mars wanted to do something different. He started playing on a drum kit in the studio, while Bhasker and Ronson played keyboard and guitar, respectively. They decided to work on the tour jam and thought it would be "cool" to fit in the [[Trinidad James]] song, " |
After producing three songs for [[Bruno Mars]]'s second studio album ''[[Unorthodox Jukebox]]'' (2012), [[Mark Ronson]] said in June 2014, that he and Mars planned on working together again.<!--: "He's had a{{sic}} 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."---><ref name="RSRRDK">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bruno-mars-helps-mark-ronson-chase-down-uptown-funk-20141110|title=Bruno Mars Helps Mark Ronson Chase Down 'Uptown Funk'|last1=Reed|first1=Ryan|last2=Kreps|first2=Daniel|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=10 November 2014|access-date=23 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141125150334/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bruno-mars-helps-mark-ronson-chase-down-uptown-funk-20141110|archive-date=25 November 2014|url-status=live|url-access=limited}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.capitalfm.com/artists/bruno-mars/news/mark-ronson-new-album-plans/|title=Mark Ronson Confirms New Music Plans With Bruno Mars For Next Album|publisher=[[Capital (radio network)|Capital FM]]|date=5 June 2014|access-date=27 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181019082044/https://www.capitalfm.com/artists/bruno-mars/news/mark-ronson-new-album-plans/|archive-date=19 October 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Ronson ended up working on "Uptown Funk" for seven months, recording it in various locations, in a number of grueling, stressful sessions.<ref name="NPRFreshAir">{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2015/04/16/400106347/the-long-labored-process-behind-mark-ronsons-uptown-funk?t=1556379927456|title=The Story Behind Mark Ronson's Hit Song "Uptown Funk"|last=Gross|first=Terry|format=Audio upload and transcript|publisher=[[NPR]]|date=16 April 2015|access-date=27 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427163759/https://www.npr.org/2015/04/16/400106347/the-long-labored-process-behind-mark-ronsons-uptown-funk%3Ft%3D1556379927456|archive-date=27 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="EWMR">{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2015/01/13/mark-ronson-interview-bruno-mars-amy-winehouse/|title=Mark Ronson: Recording "Uptown Funk" was a multi-continental process|last=Raimer|first=Miles|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=13 January 2015|access-date=27 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427163805/https://ew.com/article/2015/01/13/mark-ronson-interview-bruno-mars-amy-winehouse/|archive-date=27 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Its earliest version was a jam that Mars and his band played on tour.<ref name="EWMR"/><ref name="BBRR">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/6312180/mark-ronson-bruno-mars-uptown-funk|title=Mark Ronson Says New Single With Bruno Mars 'Uptown Funk' Is a Milestone for Both of Them|last=Rogers|first=Ray|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=10 November 2014|access-date=27 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430093206/https://www.billboard.com/articles/6312180/mark-ronson-bruno-mars-uptown-funk|archive-date=30 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> When Ronson joined [[Jeff Bhasker]] and Mars for a jam session at the latter's studio, he wanted to finish leftover demos from ''Unorthodox Jukebox'', however, Mars wanted to do something different. He started playing on a drum kit in the studio, while Bhasker and Ronson played keyboard and guitar, respectively. They decided to work on the tour jam and thought it would be "cool" to fit in the [[Trinidad James]] song, "[[All Gold Everything]]", played during the tour's soundcheck. At this point, they found the opening line: "This hit, that ice cold/[[Michelle Pfeiffer]], that white gold", which led them to believe they had an "exciting idea". However, both Ronson and Mars had busy schedules and could not complete the single. They spent the next several months working on the song,<ref name="NPRFreshAir"/><ref name="EWMR"/><ref name="BBRR"/> fighting over which sections of the track would fit better. Mars was not a fan of early versions of the song.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/its-joy-time-for-bruno-mars-1488382054|title=It's Joy Time for Bruno Mars|last=Light|first=Alan|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|date=1 March 2017|access-date=30 April 2019|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170303123215/https://www.wsj.com/articles/its-joy-time-for-bruno-mars-1488382054|archive-date=3 March 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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The trio recorded the song in Los Angeles, London, Memphis, New York, Toronto, and Vancouver.<ref name="NPRFreshAir"/><ref name="BBRR"/><ref name="UPnotes"/> The horn parts were recorded at [[Daptone Records]] in Brooklyn with the horn sections of [[Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings|The Dap-Kings]], [[Antibalas]] and The Hooligans playing the final version of the track.<ref name="EWMR"/><ref name="BBRR"/><ref name="UPnotes"/> The drum section was first recorded at a studio owned by Mars in Los Angeles, and later rearranged in Memphis. The track took over 100 takes before it was finished at Ronson's studio in London.<ref name="GNMP">{{cite web|url=https://gulfnews.com/entertainment/music/mark-ronson-why-uptown-funk-took-100-takes-1.1498330|title=Mark Ronson: Why "Uptown Funk" took 100 takes|last=Pendergast|first=Mark|work=[[Gulf News]]|date=25 April 2015|access-date=11 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190511123229/https://gulfnews.com/entertainment/music/mark-ronson-why-uptown-funk-took-100-takes-1.1498330|archive-date=11 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> There were a number of drastic changes made to the track.<ref name="EWMR"/> One iteration featured a [[hard rock]] breakdown in the middle and a chorus in which Mars shouted, "Burn this motherfucker down!" At one point, the song was nearly scrapped entirely. They spent months working on a chorus, only to decide not to use it.<ref name="RSJE">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/life-on-planet-mars-w447916|title=Bruno Mars: The Private Anxiety of a Pop Perfectionist|last=Eells|first=Josh|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=2 November 2016|access-date=2 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161103014403/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/life-on-planet-mars-w447916|archive-date=3 November 2016|url-status=live|url-access=limited}}</ref> Ronson affirmed the compositions of American band [[Kool & the Gang]] influenced them to only use a "horn line" as the chorus.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/mark-ronson-kool-gang-ronald-bell-1058360|title=Mark Ronson Talks Kool & the Gang's Massive Influence and Legacy|last=Leight|first=Elias|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=September 11, 2020|access-date=November 11, 2020|url-access=limited}}</ref> After a show on the [[Moonshine Jungle Tour]] (2013–14), American songwriter [[Philip Lawrence (songwriter)|Philip Lawrence]] suggested using an opening bassline; however, as he did not play bass himself, Canadian recording engineer [[Charles Moniz]] asked him to sing it. The "doh" vocal bassline ended up on the album. Some of the most progressive parts of the track were done in improvised studios set up by Moniz.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cp24.com/sports/canadian-sound-pro-charles-moniz-up-for-a-grammy-for-uptown-funk-1.2744720|title=Canadian sound pro Charles Moniz up for a Grammy for 'Uptown Funk'|agency=Associated Press|work=[[CP24]]|date=20 January 2016|access-date=21 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129151123/http://www.cp24.com/sports/canadian-sound-pro-charles-moniz-up-for-a-grammy-for-uptown-funk-1.2744720|archive-date=29 January 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> |
The trio recorded the song in Los Angeles, London, Memphis, New York, Toronto, and Vancouver.<ref name="NPRFreshAir"/><ref name="BBRR"/><ref name="UPnotes"/> The horn parts were recorded at [[Daptone Records]] in Brooklyn with the horn sections of [[Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings|The Dap-Kings]], [[Antibalas]] and The Hooligans playing the final version of the track.<ref name="EWMR"/><ref name="BBRR"/><ref name="UPnotes"/> The drum section was first recorded at a studio owned by Mars in Los Angeles, and later rearranged in Memphis. The track took over 100 takes before it was finished at Ronson's studio in London.<ref name="GNMP">{{cite web|url=https://gulfnews.com/entertainment/music/mark-ronson-why-uptown-funk-took-100-takes-1.1498330|title=Mark Ronson: Why "Uptown Funk" took 100 takes|last=Pendergast|first=Mark|work=[[Gulf News]]|date=25 April 2015|access-date=11 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190511123229/https://gulfnews.com/entertainment/music/mark-ronson-why-uptown-funk-took-100-takes-1.1498330|archive-date=11 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> There were a number of drastic changes made to the track.<ref name="EWMR"/> One iteration featured a [[hard rock]] breakdown in the middle and a chorus in which Mars shouted, "Burn this motherfucker down!" At one point, the song was nearly scrapped entirely. They spent months working on a chorus, only to decide not to use it.<ref name="RSJE">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/life-on-planet-mars-w447916|title=Bruno Mars: The Private Anxiety of a Pop Perfectionist|last=Eells|first=Josh|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=2 November 2016|access-date=2 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161103014403/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/life-on-planet-mars-w447916|archive-date=3 November 2016|url-status=live|url-access=limited}}</ref> Ronson affirmed the compositions of American band [[Kool & the Gang]] influenced them to only use a "horn line" as the chorus.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/mark-ronson-kool-gang-ronald-bell-1058360|title=Mark Ronson Talks Kool & the Gang's Massive Influence and Legacy|last=Leight|first=Elias|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=September 11, 2020|access-date=November 11, 2020|url-access=limited}}</ref> After a show on the [[Moonshine Jungle Tour]] (2013–14), American songwriter [[Philip Lawrence (songwriter)|Philip Lawrence]] suggested using an opening bassline; however, as he did not play bass himself, Canadian recording engineer [[Charles Moniz]] asked him to sing it. The "doh" vocal bassline ended up on the album. Some of the most progressive parts of the track were done in improvised studios set up by Moniz.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cp24.com/sports/canadian-sound-pro-charles-moniz-up-for-a-grammy-for-uptown-funk-1.2744720|title=Canadian sound pro Charles Moniz up for a Grammy for 'Uptown Funk'|agency=Associated Press|work=[[CP24]]|date=20 January 2016|access-date=21 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129151123/http://www.cp24.com/sports/canadian-sound-pro-charles-moniz-up-for-a-grammy-for-uptown-funk-1.2744720|archive-date=29 January 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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==Production and release== |
==Production and release== |
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"Uptown Funk" was initially written by Ronson, Mars, Lawrence, and Bhasker. Since the song embodies some of "[[All Gold Everything]]" (2012), [[Trinidad James]] and Devon Gallaspy were credited as a songwriters. In May 2015, the track was re-registered as it also contains portions of "[[Oops Up Side Your Head]]" (1979). Additional writing credit was given to [[Charlie Wilson (singer)|Charlie Wilson]], Robert Wilson, Ronnie Wilson, Rudy Taylor, and [[Lonnie Simmons]].<ref name="BBEC"/> The single was produced by Ronson, Bhasker, and Mars. Ronson was in charge of the guitars, [[LinnDrum]] and programming, while the keyboards and talk box were handled by Bhasker. Mars sang the vocals and played drums.<!-- The bass was played by [[Jamareo Artis]], while additional keyboards were provided by Phredley Brown. The trumpets were played by David Guy, [[Michael Leonhart]], and Jimmy King, the tenor saxophone was handled by Neal Sugarman and Dwayne Dagger, the trombone was performed by Ray Mason and Kameron Whalum, while the Baritone saxophone was played by [[Ian Hendrickson-Smith]].---> Ronson and several others engineered the song.<!-- [[Lawrence "Boo" Mitchell|Boo Mitchell]], Moniz, Wayne Gordon, Josh Blair, and Inaam Haq engineered the song, with Ken Lewis, Devin Nakao, Matthew Stevens, and Riccardo Damian providing additional engineering to the recording.---> The track was recorded at six studios. [[Serban Ghenea]] and John Hanes, who served as the mix engineer, mixed "Uptown Funk" at MixStar Studios in Virginia Beach. It was mastered by [[Tom Coyne (music engineer)|Tom Coyne]] at Sterling Sound, NYC.<ref name="UPnotes"/> |
"Uptown Funk" was initially written by Ronson, Mars, Lawrence, and Bhasker. Since the song embodies some of "[[All Gold Everything]]" (2012), [[Trinidad James]] and Devon Gallaspy were credited as a songwriters. In May 2015, the track was re-registered as it also contains portions of "[[Oops Up Side Your Head]]" (1979). Additional writing credit was given to [[Charlie Wilson (singer)|Charlie Wilson]], Robert Wilson, Ronnie Wilson, Rudy Taylor, and [[Lonnie Simmons]].<ref name="BBEC"/> The single was produced by Ronson, Bhasker, and Mars. Ronson was in charge of the guitars, [[LinnDrum]] and programming, while the keyboards and talk box were handled by Bhasker. Mars sang the vocals and played drums.<!-- The bass was played by [[Jamareo Artis]], while additional keyboards were provided by Phredley Brown. The trumpets were played by David Guy, [[Michael Leonhart]], and Jimmy King, the tenor saxophone was handled by Neal Sugarman and Dwayne Dagger, the trombone was performed by Ray Mason and Kameron Whalum, while the Baritone saxophone was played by [[Ian Hendrickson-Smith]].---> Ronson and several others engineered the song.<!-- [[Lawrence "Boo" Mitchell|Boo Mitchell]], Moniz, Wayne Gordon, Josh Blair, and Inaam Haq engineered the song, with Ken Lewis, Devin Nakao, Matthew Stevens, and Riccardo Damian providing additional engineering to the recording.---> The track was recorded at six studios. [[Serban Ghenea]] and [[John Hanes (audio engineer)|John Hanes]], who served as the mix engineer, mixed "Uptown Funk" at MixStar Studios in Virginia Beach. It was mastered by [[Tom Coyne (music engineer)|Tom Coyne]] at Sterling Sound, NYC.<ref name="UPnotes"/> |
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On 30 October 2014, Ronson announced, via Twitter, the release of "Uptown Funk". The date 10 November 2014 appeared on the poster image Ronson included in the tweet.<ref name="Idolator">{{cite web|url=http://www.idolator.com/7568580/mark-ronson-uptown-funk-single-bruno-mars|title=Mark Ronson Announces 'Uptown Funk' Single, Featuring Bruno Mars|first=Robbie|last=Daw|website=[[Idolator (website)|Idolator]]|date=30 October 2014|access-date=1 November 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141101143023/http://www.idolator.com/7568580/mark-ronson-uptown-funk-single-bruno-mars|archive-date=1 November 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Columbia Records]] and [[Sony Music Entertainment]] released the single on 10 November 2014 for [[Music download|digital download]] in various countries.<ref name="UFAUS"/><ref name="iTunesNZ"/><ref name="iTunesUS"/> [[RCA Records]] sent the track to be added to US [[contemporary hit radio]] the following day, while Sony issued the track for [[Airplay|radio airplay]] in Italy on 14 November 2014.<ref name="UFCHTUS"/><ref name="ItalyUFAir"/> In the United Kingdom, "Uptown Funk" was released before its scheduled date, 11 January 2015, because it had been performed earlier on ''[[The X Factor (UK series 11)|The X Factor]]'' as a cover by [[Fleur East]].<ref name="NMEBN"/><ref name="TGHG"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/music/a608959/mark-ronson-and-bruno-mars-premiere-new-single-uptown-funk/|title=Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars premiere new single Uptown Funk|last=Croner|first=Lews|work=Digital Spy|date=10 November 2014|access-date=11 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503210540/https://www.digitalspy.com/music/a608959/mark-ronson-and-bruno-mars-premiere-new-single-uptown-funk/|archive-date=3 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> On 8 December 2014 the song released on the UK via digital download and radio stations began adding the track to their playlists.<ref name="UFUKDD"/><ref name="UFUKAir"/> On 9 January 2015, a CD Single was released in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. It included the album version of "Uptown Funk" and Ronson's "[[Feel Right (Mark Ronson song)|Feel Right]]" featuring [[Mystikal]].<ref name="CD singleGAS"/> On 16 and 24 February 2015, the recording and one of its remixes, the BB Disco Dub Mix by [[Benji B]], were released on vinyl in the UK and the US.<ref name="UK12inch"/><ref name="US12inch"/> An EP of four different remixes of the original version of the song was released via digital download on 13 April 2015.<ref name="RemixesEP"/> On 29 June 2015, a remix featuring [[Trinidad James]] was made available for purchase on iTunes.<ref name="TJRemix"/> On 18 July 2018, the radio edition of the track was available for sale.<ref name="UFradioedit">{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Uptown-Funk-Radio-Edit/dp/B07FPYBPW2|title=Uptown Funk (Radio Edit)|website=Amazon|date=19 July 2018|access-date=15 June 2019|archive-date=28 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221228150910/https://www.amazon.com/Uptown-Funk-Radio-Edit/dp/B07FPYBPW2|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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"Uptown Funk" has been described as a funk-pop,<ref name="RSVarious">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/the-100-greatest-songs-of-the-century-so-far-666874/uptown-funk-mark-ronson-and-bruno-mars-666911/|title=The 100 Greatest Songs of the Century – So Far|last1=Hoard|first1=Christian |last2=R. Weingarten|first2=Christopher |last3=Dolan|first3=Jon |last4=Leight|first4=Elias |last5=Spanos|first5=Brittany |last6=Exposito|first6=Suzy |last7=Grow|first7=Kory |last8=Grant|first8=Sarah |last9=Vozick-Levinson|first9=Simon |last10=Greene|first10=Andy |last11=Hermes|first11=Will |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=28 June 2018|access-date=12 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190511223739/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/the-100-greatest-songs-of-the-century-so-far-666874/uptown-funk-mark-ronson-and-bruno-mars-666911/|archive-date=11 May 2019|url-status=live|url-access=limited}}</ref> [[Soul music|soul]],<ref name="TGHG">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/dec/09/uptown-funk-phenomenon-cara-cowell-success|title=The Uptown Funk phenomenon: Cara, Cowell and the components of its success|last=Gibsone|first=Harriet|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=9 December 2014|access-date=28 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406022549/https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/dec/09/uptown-funk-phenomenon-cara-cowell-success|archive-date=6 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Boogie (genre)|boogie]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-big-surprise-taylor-swift-1989-sales-chart-20150702-story.html|title=Taylor Swift's '1989,' Mark Ronson's 'Uptown Funk' top midyear charts|last=Faughnder|first=Ryan|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=3 July 2015|access-date=17 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150817002759/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-big-surprise-taylor-swift-1989-sales-chart-20150702-story.html|archive-date=17 August 2015|url-status=live|url-access=limited}}</ref> [[disco-pop]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.undertheradarmag.com/interviews/mark_ronson_on_2015s_biggest_song_uptown_funk/|title=Mark Ronson on 2015's Biggest Song, "Uptown Funk" A DJ's Best Friend|last=Fink|first=Matt|work=[[Under the Radar (magazine)|Under the Radar]]|date=18 February 2016|access-date=2 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003100846/http://www.undertheradarmag.com/interviews/mark_ronson_on_2015s_biggest_song_uptown_funk/|archive-date=3 October 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Billboard Staff|title= The 500 Best Pop Songs: Staff List|magazine=[[Billboard(magazine)|Billboard]]|url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/best-pop-songs-all-time-hits/76-mark-ronson-feat-bruno-mars-uptown-funk-2/|date= October 19, 2023|access-date= November 27, 2024}}</ref>[[Minneapolis sound]] track, with a light [[Electronic dance music|EDM]] influence.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/mark-ronson-uptown-special-20150113|title=Mark Ronson 'Uptown Special' Review|last=Hermes|first=Will|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=13 January 2015|access-date=13 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150116071931/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/mark-ronson-uptown-special-20150113|archive-date=16 January 2015|url-status=live|url-access=limited}}</ref> Written in the key of [[D (musical note)|D]] [[Dorian mode|Dorian]], it has a [[tempo]] of 115 [[beats per minute]], with vocals ranging from B<sub>2</sub> to D<sub>6</sub>.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0143957|title=Bruno Mars 'Uptown Funk' Sheet Music|date=21 November 2014 |publisher=Musicnotes|access-date=3 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011092254/http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0143957|archive-date=11 October 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> It has been described as a "joyous, energetic and feel-good" song.<ref name="TGHG"/><ref name="Rap-Up"/> ''[[The Guardian]]''{{'}}s music critic noted influences of [[Cameo (band)|Cameo]], [[Earth, Wind & Fire]], [[Chaka Khan]], [[New Edition]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]], [[Sugarhill Gang]] and [[The Gap Band]].<ref name="TGHG"/><ref name="BBSR"/> ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''{{'s}} music critic compared the song to [[George Kranz]]'s "[[Din Daa Daa|Trommeltanz (Din Daa Daa)]]" (1983), Earth, Wind & Fire's "[[Getaway (Earth, Wind & Fire song)|Getaway]]" (1976), [[One Way (American band)|One Way]]'s "[[Cutie Pie]]" (1982), Sugarhill Gang's "[[Apache (instrumental)#The Sugarhill Gang: "Apache" (1981)|Apache]]" (1981), The Gap Band's "[[Oops Up Side Your Head]]" (1979) and "[[Early in the Morning (Gap Band song)|Early in the Morning]]" (1982), [[The Sequence]]'s "[[Funk You Up]]" (1979), [[The Time (band)|Morris Day & The Time]]'s "[[Cool (The Time song)|Cool]]" (1981) and "[[Jungle Love (The Time song)|Jungle Love]]" (1984), as well as, [[Zapp (band)|Zapp]]'s "[[More Bounce to the Ounce]]" (1980).<ref name="BBSR">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/6327615/sugarhill-gang-to-trinidad-james-influences-mark-ronson-bruno-mars-uptown|title=From Sugarhill Gang to Trinidad James, a Look at the Influences of Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars' 'Uptown Funk'|first=Sean|last=Ross|magazine=Billboard|date=24 November 2014|access-date=28 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141127114508/http://www.billboard.com/articles/6327615/sugarhill-gang-to-trinidad-james-influences-mark-ronson-bruno-mars-uptown|archive-date=27 November 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> Matt James of ''[[PopMatters]]'' felt Morris Day & The Time's "[[The Bird (The Time song)|The Bird]]" (1984), [[Kool & the Gang]]'s "[[Get Down on It]]" (1981) and [[Was (Not Was)]]' "[[Walk the Dinosaur]]" (1987) to have influenced "Uptown Funk".<ref name="PopMatters">{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/189837-mark-ronson-uptown-special-2495568874.html|title=Mark Ronson: Uptown Special|last=James|first=Matt|work=[[PopMatters]]|date=22 January 2015|access-date=8 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508175859/https://www.popmatters.com/189837-mark-ronson-uptown-special-2495568874.html|archive-date=8 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Various critics noticed the [[pastiche]] on "Uptown Funk", from the "electric purple texture of the synths and the loose slap of the rhythms" to the "Prince-backed 80's...Morris Day & The Time".<ref name="TimeJC"/><ref name="SteTB">{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/1728879/album-of-the-week-mark-ronson-uptown-special/franchises/album-of-the-week/|title=Album of the Week: Mark Ronson Uptown Special|last=Breihan|first=Tom|work=[[Stereogum]]|date=13 January 2015|access-date=11 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430032540/https://www.stereogum.com/1728879/album-of-the-week-mark-ronson-uptown-special/franchises/album-of-the-week/|archive-date=30 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Thelegraph">{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/cdreviews/11333475/Mark-Ronson-Uptown-Special-review-a-shameless-lack-of-irony.html|title=Mark Ronson, Uptown Special, review: 'a shameless lack of irony'|last=McCormick|first=Neil|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=10 January 2015|access-date=11 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503210540/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/cdreviews/11333475/Mark-Ronson-Uptown-Special-review-a-shameless-lack-of-irony.html|archive-date=3 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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Jamieson Cox of ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', Chris Molanphy of ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]'' and Stuart Berman of ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' found the song heavily influenced by 1980s funk.<ref name="TimeJC">{{cite magazine|url= |
Jamieson Cox of ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', Chris Molanphy of ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]'' and Stuart Berman of ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' found the song heavily influenced by 1980s funk.<ref name="TimeJC">{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/3665676/mark-ronson-uptown-special-review/|title=Review: Mark Ronson's Uptown Special Is at the Mercy of His Collaborators|last=Cox|first=Jamieson|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date=13 January 2015|access-date=11 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503210539/http://time.com/3665676/mark-ronson-uptown-special-review/|archive-date=3 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://slate.com/culture/2015/01/uptown-funk-mark-ronson-and-bruno-mars-hit-no-1-on-the-billboard-chart-why.html|title=Why Is Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars' "Uptown Funk!" No. 1?|last=Molanphy|first=Chris|work=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]|date=13 January 2015|access-date=11 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190511093635/https://slate.com/culture/2015/01/uptown-funk-mark-ronson-and-bruno-mars-hit-no-1-on-the-billboard-chart-why.html|archive-date=11 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="PitchSB">{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/20121-uptown-special/|title=Mark Ronson: Uptown Special Review|last=Berman|first=Stuart|work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|date=21 January 2015|access-date=11 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503210539/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/20121-uptown-special/|archive-date=3 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Neil McCormick writing for ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' called it an "evocation of the kind of Eighties funk that was already ripe with nostalgia".<ref name="Thelegraph"/> Robbie Daw of [[Idolator (website)|Idolator]] found the single closer to the "70's groove", filling "the hearts of Stax- and [[James Brown]] music fans".<ref name="IdolatorRD">{{cite web|url=https://www.idolator.com/7569772/mark-ronson-bruno-mars-uptown-funk-listen|title=Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars' "Uptown Funk": Listen To Their Soulful New Single|last=Daw|first=Robbie|website=Idolator|date=10 November 2014|access-date=11 May 2019|archive-date=3 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503210537/https://www.idolator.com/7569772/mark-ronson-bruno-mars-uptown-funk-listen|url-status=live}}</ref> Likewise, ''[[Rap-Up]]'' dubbed it a "70's jam", a mash-up of "the best of Morris Day & The Time, James Brown, and [[The Jackson 5]]".<ref name="Rap-Up">{{cite web|url=https://www.rap-up.com/2014/11/09/new-music-mark-ronson-f-bruno-mars-uptown-funk/|title=New Music: Mark Ronson f/ Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk|work=[[Rap-Up]]|date=9 November 2014|access-date=11 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507122323/https://www.rap-up.com/2014/11/09/new-music-mark-ronson-f-bruno-mars-uptown-funk/|archive-date=7 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> [[AXS (ticket merchant)|AXS]]'s Lucas Villa compared the funk sound of the recording to [[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]]'s "[[Atomic Dog]]" (1982).<ref name="AXSLV">{{cite web|url=http://www.axs.com/news/mark-ronson-and-bruno-mars-ride-uptown-funk-to-the-top-of-billboard-ho-36180|title=Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars ride 'Uptown Funk' to the top of Billboard Hot 100|last=Villa|first=Lucas|publisher=[[AXS (ticket merchant)|AXS]]|date=8 January 2015|access-date=11 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190511174029/https://www.axs.com/news/mark-ronson-and-bruno-mars-ride-uptown-funk-to-the-top-of-billboard-ho-36180|archive-date=11 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Andy Kellman's [[AllMusic]] said the recording "aimed for early Time", but it sounded more like [[One Way (American band)|One Way]]'s "Let's Talk"(1985).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/uptown-special-mw0002791862|title=Uptown Special – Mark Ronson review|first=Andy|last=Kellman|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=22 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319164719/http://www.allmusic.com/album/uptown-special-mw0002791862|archive-date=19 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Annie Galvin of ''[[Slant Magazine]]'' found Mars "channeling [[Little Richard]]'s raspier inflections."<ref name="SlantAG">{{cite web|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/mark-ronson-uptown-special/|title=Review: Mark Ronson, Uptown Special|last=Galvin|first=Annie|work=[[Slant Magazine]]|date=14 January 2015|access-date=12 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512140843/https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/mark-ronson-uptown-special/|archive-date=12 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Critics noticed the influence of Cameo on the horns, Morris Day & The Time on the keyboards, and "[[Party Train]]" (1983) by The Gap Band on the drums.<ref name="BBSR"/> The song is performed in a more arrogant and charismatic way than previous tracks by Mars.<ref name="PitchSB"/><ref name="SPINAW">{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2015/01/mark-ronson-uptown-special/|title=Review: Mark Ronson Delivers a Fun But Overstuffed ''Uptown Special''|last=Unterberger|first=Andrew|work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|date=13 January 2015|access-date=12 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512135344/https://www.spin.com/2015/01/mark-ronson-uptown-special/|archive-date=12 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The lyrics have "well-placed references to Michelle Pfeiffer and [[Trinidad James]]", as the hook samples portions of James's "[[All Gold Everything]]" (2012).<ref name="BBSR"/><ref name="SPINAW"/> Mars shows not only "soul and swagger" in the [[Sprechgesang|sing-rapping]] verses, "I'm too hot / Call the police and the fireman", but he also jokes around, "Got Chucks on / With Saint Laurent / Gotta kiss myself / I'm so pretty".<ref name="TimeJC"/><ref name="AXSLV"/><ref name="SpinBC">{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2014/11/mark-ronson-bruno-mars-new-song-uptown-funk/|title=Bruno Mars Brings the 'Uptown Funk' on New Mark Ronson Single|last=Carley|first=Brennan|work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|date=10 November 2014|access-date=23 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508160102/http://www.spin.com/2014/11/mark-ronson-bruno-mars-new-song-uptown-funk/|archive-date=8 May 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> The lyrics make fun of "traditional masculine bravado" using "silly metaphors", "I'm too hot, hot damn / Make a dragon wanna retire man".<ref name="SlantAG"/> |
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==Reception== |
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"Uptown Funk" received positive reviews from most [[music journalism|music critics]]. Nick Murray of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' gave the song a rating of four out of five stars, praising the "George Kranz scatting and [[Nile Rodgers]] guitar riff." He noted that Mars, Ronson and The Hooligans "channel the days when brags weren't humble and disco wasn't retro."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/songreviews/mark-ronson-feat-bruno-mars-uptown-funk-20141118|title=Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars "Uptown Funk"|first=Nick|last=Murray|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=10 November 2014|access-date=23 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141122223258/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/songreviews/mark-ronson-feat-bruno-mars-uptown-funk-20141118|archive-date=22 November 2014|url-status=dead|url-access=limited}}</ref> ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]''{{'s}} Brennan Carley noticed the resemblance between Mars's sing-rapping style and [[Nelly]]'s vocals. He praised the former's voice for keeping things "light and bubbly". Carley compared the bass line to something that [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] would use. He felt "Uptown Funk" would be all over the radio in a short time.<ref name="SpinBC"/> Danielle Janota writing for ''[[Consequence of Sound]]'' praised the single calling it the "crown jewel" of the album.<ref name="COSDJ">{{cite web|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2015/01/album-review-mark-ronson-uptown-special/|title=Mark Ronson – Uptown Special|last=Janota|first=Danielle|work=[[Consequence of Sound]]|date=30 January 2015|access-date=8 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507165132/https://consequenceofsound.net/2015/01/album-review-mark-ronson-uptown-special/|archive-date=7 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Lucas Villa of ''[[AXS (company)|AXS]]'' dubbed Ronson's latest approach to Funk "his freakiest, freshest and most fun release yet".<ref name="AXSLV"/> |
"Uptown Funk" received positive reviews from most [[music journalism|music critics]]. Nick Murray of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' gave the song a rating of four out of five stars, praising the "George Kranz scatting and [[Nile Rodgers]] guitar riff." He noted that Mars, Ronson and The Hooligans "channel the days when brags weren't humble and disco wasn't retro."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/songreviews/mark-ronson-feat-bruno-mars-uptown-funk-20141118|title=Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars "Uptown Funk"|first=Nick|last=Murray|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=10 November 2014|access-date=23 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141122223258/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/songreviews/mark-ronson-feat-bruno-mars-uptown-funk-20141118|archive-date=22 November 2014|url-status=dead|url-access=limited}}</ref> ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]''{{'s}} Brennan Carley noticed the resemblance between Mars's sing-rapping style and [[Nelly]]'s vocals. He praised the former's voice for keeping things "light and bubbly". Carley compared the bass line to something that [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] would use. He felt "Uptown Funk" would be all over the radio in a short time.<ref name="SpinBC"/> Danielle Janota writing for ''[[Consequence of Sound]]'' praised the single calling it the "crown jewel" of the album.<ref name="COSDJ">{{cite web|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2015/01/album-review-mark-ronson-uptown-special/|title=Mark Ronson – Uptown Special|last=Janota|first=Danielle|work=[[Consequence of Sound]]|date=30 January 2015|access-date=8 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507165132/https://consequenceofsound.net/2015/01/album-review-mark-ronson-uptown-special/|archive-date=7 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Lucas Villa of ''[[AXS (company)|AXS]]'' dubbed Ronson's latest approach to Funk "his freakiest, freshest and most fun release yet".<ref name="AXSLV"/> |
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Kirsten Maree of ''[[Renowned for Sound]]'' called the song "a joyous, bass-slapping little ditty that joins the likes of [[Olly Murs |
Kirsten Maree of ''[[Renowned for Sound]]'' called the song "a joyous, bass-slapping little ditty that joins the likes of [[Olly Murs]]' ''[[Wrapped Up]]'' and [[Pharrell Williams]]' ''[[Gust of Wind|Gust Of Wind]]'' in a trend of soul clad 70's throwbacks. The vocal dum-dum bass line, meets the scratchy melody of the electric guitar right off the bat, sending us hurling back in time and ready to dance."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://renownedforsound.com/single-review-mark-ronson-uptown-funk-feat-bruno-mars/|title=Single Review: Mark Ronson – 'Uptown Funk' (feat. Bruno Mars )|publisher=[[Renowned for Sound]]|access-date=April 10, 2023|archive-date=10 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410144423/https://renownedforsound.com/single-review-mark-ronson-uptown-funk-feat-bruno-mars/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[PopMatters]]''{{'s}} Matt James called the track a "deftly daft, delirious and incessant, booty-shaking blast of brass 'n' bravado", finding it a standout on the album.<ref name="PopMatters"/> John Parker from ''[[Drowned in Sound]]'' called the recording "inescapable, a bona fide modern day mega hit".<ref name="DISJP"/> Neil McCormick from ''The Telegraph'' enjoyed the track because he "liked all the records it was built out of, by James Brown, Earth Wind & Fire and The Gap Band".<ref name="Thelegraph"/> ''[[Stereogum]]''{{'s}} Tom Breihan wrote, "It's the best American #1 we've had in more than a year, easily, and maybe much more". However, he noticed it copied the work of Morris Day & The Time and "takes these old sounds, but it presents them with energy and inventiveness and charm and balls".<ref name="SteTB"/> Robbie Daw of Idolator called the single "a straight-up ass-kicker" and not a "half-hearted stab" at recreating the "70's groove". He also praised the song's lyrics like "Michelle Pfeiffer, that white gold" and "gotta kiss myself, so pretty".<ref name="IdolatorRD"/> |
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Jim Farber of the ''[[New York Daily News]]'' said the recording "isn't even a song", adding "[i]t's a vamp, a rush of 'hit me' rhythms of the style patented by James Brown". Farber added that the vocals have "zip", but they "lack soul, not to mention an ounce of individuality". He called "Uptown Funk" the only "lazy track" on the album.<ref name="DN">{{cite journal|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/mark-ronson-new-album-uptown-special-stars-article-1.2074988|title=Music review: Three stars for Mark Ronson's 'Uptown Special'|journal=[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]|location=New York|first=Jim|last=Farber|date=12 January 2015|access-date=13 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150112205011/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/mark-ronson-new-album-uptown-special-stars-article-1.2074988|archive-date=12 January 2015}}</ref> |
Jim Farber of the ''[[New York Daily News]]'' said the recording "isn't even a song", adding "[i]t's a vamp, a rush of 'hit me' rhythms of the style patented by James Brown". Farber added that the vocals have "zip", but they "lack soul, not to mention an ounce of individuality". He called "Uptown Funk" the only "lazy track" on the album.<ref name="DN">{{cite journal|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/mark-ronson-new-album-uptown-special-stars-article-1.2074988|title=Music review: Three stars for Mark Ronson's 'Uptown Special'|journal=[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]|location=New York|first=Jim|last=Farber|date=12 January 2015|access-date=13 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150112205011/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/mark-ronson-new-album-uptown-special-stars-article-1.2074988|archive-date=12 January 2015}}</ref> |
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The song made the cut on several lists of best songs. In June 2015, ''Spin'' compiled a list of The 63 Best Songs of 2015 So Far with "Uptown Funk" at number 51. Andrew Unterberger wrote, the song enters "the canon of "[[September (Earth, Wind & Fire song)|September]]", "[[Celebration (Kool & the Gang song)|Celebration]]", and "[[I Gotta Feeling]]", jams to be played at every wedding from now until the end of time".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2015/06/best-songs-2015-so-far/|title=The 63 Best Songs of 2015 So Far|work=Spin|date=3 June 2015|access-date=13 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513210901/https://www.spin.com/2015/06/best-songs-2015-so-far/|archive-date=13 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Stereogum'' called it the best pop song of 2015: "Channeling [[Morris Day]] by way of [[Trinidad James]], Mars and Mark Ronson crafted the year's most universal hit, one that will live on for decades at all kinds of jubilant public gatherings. It flaunts its sexiness and owns its freakiness. It's so hot that it probably sent several dozen dragons into early retirement."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/1848717/the-50-best-pop-songs-of-2015/lists/|title=The 50 Best Pop Songs Of 2015|date=17 December 2015 |
The song made the cut on several lists of best songs. In June 2015, ''Spin'' compiled a list of The 63 Best Songs of 2015 So Far with "Uptown Funk" at number 51. Andrew Unterberger wrote, the song enters "the canon of "[[September (Earth, Wind & Fire song)|September]]", "[[Celebration (Kool & the Gang song)|Celebration]]", and "[[I Gotta Feeling]]", jams to be played at every wedding from now until the end of time".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2015/06/best-songs-2015-so-far/|title=The 63 Best Songs of 2015 So Far|work=Spin|date=3 June 2015|access-date=13 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513210901/https://www.spin.com/2015/06/best-songs-2015-so-far/|archive-date=13 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Stereogum'' called it the best pop song of 2015: "Channeling [[Morris Day]] by way of [[Trinidad James]], Mars and Mark Ronson crafted the year's most universal hit, one that will live on for decades at all kinds of jubilant public gatherings. It flaunts its sexiness and owns its freakiness. It's so hot that it probably sent several dozen dragons into early retirement."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/1848717/the-50-best-pop-songs-of-2015/lists/|title=The 50 Best Pop Songs Of 2015|date=17 December 2015|publisher=[[Stereogum]]|access-date=10 April 2023|archive-date=20 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120054308/https://www.stereogum.com/1848717/the-50-best-pop-songs-of-2015/lists/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]'' ranked it at number 6 on its "The 10 Best Songs of 2015" list: ""Uptown Funk" will be played at every wedding reception you attend for the rest of your life, and its opening notes will fill you with neither embarrassment nor dread. By the most reliable rubric, then, "Uptown Funk" is a great pop song."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2015/12/10-best-songs-of-2015.html|title=The 10 Best Songs of 2015|date=8 December 2015 |publisher=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]|access-date=10 April 2023|archive-date=24 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924111051/http://www.vulture.com/2015/12/10-best-songs-of-2015.html|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[MTV]]'' placed it on its "Best Songs Of 2015" list: "As the year's most existential pop question goes: "Who was I before 'Uptown Funk'?" Really, can any of us actually remember a time this ubiquitous, certifiably catchy song wasn't part of our lives? Even if Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars didn't roll up to the VMAs in hair curlers, they still took home Best Male Video—and everyone with a pulse knows why. "Uptown Funk" is not just a song. "Uptown Funk" is lightning in a bottle. That white gold."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/ct2xjh/best-songs-2015|title=Best Songs Of 2015|publisher=[[MTV]]|access-date=10 April 2023|archive-date=10 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410154917/https://www.mtv.com/news/ct2xjh/best-songs-2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> On the list of the 101 best songs of 2015 compiled by ''Spin'', Dan Weiss ranked the song at number 87 saying it emulates "Morris Day-esque funk ditty" and each one of us contributed to its success.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2015/11/the-101-best-songs-of-2015/|title=The 101 Best Songs of 2015|work=Spin|date=30 November 2015|access-date=13 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513210911/https://www.spin.com/2015/11/the-101-best-songs-of-2015/|archive-date=13 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Rolling Stone'' ranked "Uptown Funk" at number 25 on its 100 Greatest Songs of the Century – So Far in 2018. The magazine's writers described it as a "perfect Eighties funk-pop nostalgia bomb", praising the singer's "sparkling showmanship", and dubbing it "one of a kind".<ref name="RSVarious"/> ''[[The Village Voice]]''{{'}}s annual year-end [[Pazz & Jop]] critics' poll selected it as the 23rd best song of 2014, tied with [[Meghan Trainor]]'s "[[All About That Bass]]". The same critics selected "Uptown Funk" as the eighth best track of 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://furia.com/pjs/table_song_2014_total.html|title=Pazz & Jop Statistics 2014|work=The Village Voice|access-date=13 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203134257/http://furia.com/pjs/table_song_2014_total.html|archive-date=3 February 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> NPR included it on their list of favorite songs Of 2015. Stephen Thompson wrote, "If you're going to hear a song on the radio 15,000 times in a single summer, it might as well be this one".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2015/12/15/459719483/the-complete-list-npr-musics-favorite-songs-of-2015|title=The Complete List: NPR Music's Favorite Songs Of 2015|publisher=NPR|date=15 December 2015|access-date=14 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328084527/https://www.npr.org/2015/12/15/459719483/the-complete-list-npr-musics-favorite-songs-of-2015|archive-date=28 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> On 26 January 2015, the song was voted number six on radio station [[Triple J]]'s [[Triple J Hottest 100, 2014|Hottest 100 of 2014]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/14/countdown/|title=Hottest 100 2014 – Triple J|publisher=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]]|date=26 January 2015|access-date=14 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004004956/http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/14/countdown/|archive-date=4 October 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Billboard'' included it on "The 50 Best Song Interpolations of the 21st Century" as it uses "[[All Gold Everything]]" (2012) by [[Trinidad James]]. Christine Werthman wrote that Mars "turned it into a jubilant call to shout from the rooftops and kick off a dance-funk break".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/media/lists/best-interpolations-9651682/|title=The 50 Best Song Interpolations of the 21st Century: Staff Picks|author=<!--Not stated-->|magazine=Billboard|date=October 28, 2021|access-date=November 22, 2021}}</ref> |
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{{further|List of awards and nominations received by Mark Ronson|List of awards and nominations received by Bruno Mars}} |
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"Uptown Funk" has received various awards and nominations following its commercial success. In 2015, the song won [[Brit Award for British Single of the Year|British Single of the Year]] at the [[2015 Brit Awards|Brit Awards]], Best Pop at [[MelOn Music Awards]] and was one of the Top 10 Gold International Gold Songs at RTHK International Pop Poll Awards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brits.co.uk/history/shows/2015|title=The Brits 2015|work=Brits|access-date=22 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223053550/http://www.brits.co.uk/history/shows/2015|archive-date=23 December 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.melon.com/melonaward/yearlyaward.htm|title=MelOn Music Awards|language=ko|publisher=[[Kakao]]|quote=Select year 2015, then scroll to POP|access-date=26 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://app4.rthk.hk/special/poppoll26/|title=26th International Pop Poll Awards|work=RTHK|date=18 May 2015|access-date=12 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312035830/http://app4.rthk.hk/special/poppoll26/|archive-date=12 March 2016}}</ref> The track also won BMI Pop Song of the Year at the [[Broadcast Music, Inc.|BMI]] Awards, Song of the Year at [[Telehit Awards]] and [[Soul Train Music Award for Best Song of the Year|Song of the Year]] at [[2015 Soul Train Music Awards|Soul Train Music Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/music/news/bmi-pop-awards-mark-ronson-justin-tranter-sony-atv-big-winners-1202804552/|title=Mark Ronson, Justin Tranter, Sony/ATV Are Big Winners at BMI Pop Awards|last=Trakin|first=Roy|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=9 May 2018|access-date=1 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202042554/https://variety.com/2018/music/news/bmi-pop-awards-mark-ronson-justin-tranter-sony-atv-big-winners-1202804552/|archive-date=2 February 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.televisa.com/sala-de-prensa/especiales/901586/premios-telehit-2015-one-direction-foro-sol/|title=One Direction en Premios Telehit|last=Redacción|first=Televisa|language=es|work=Televisa Digital|date=27 November 2015|access-date=3 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180403234735/http://www.televisa.com/sala-de-prensa/especiales/901586/premios-telehit-2015-one-direction-foro-sol/|archive-date=3 April 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="STMAW 2015">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/videos/popular/6777934/the-weeknd-uptown-funk-jidenna-2015-soul-train-awards|title=The Weeknd, 'Uptown Funk' and Jidenna Big Winners at 2015 Soul Train Awards|last=Mitchell|first=Gail|magazine=Billboard|date=29 November 2015|access-date=17 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160222160306/http://www.billboard.com/articles/videos/popular/6777934/the-weeknd-uptown-funk-jidenna-2015-soul-train-awards|archive-date=22 February 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> It also received Soul Train nominations for [[Soul Train Music Award for The Ashford & Simpson Songwriter's Award|The Ashford & Simpson Songwriter's Award]] and [[Soul Train Music Award for Best Collaboration|Best Collaboration]].<ref name="STMAN 2015">{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-the-weeknd-bruno-mars-lead-soul-train-awards-nominations-20151016-story.html|title=The Weeknd, Bruno Mars lead Soul Train Awards nominations|last=D. Kennedy|first=Gerrick|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=16 October 2015|access-date=17 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216053414/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-the-weeknd-bruno-mars-lead-soul-train-awards-nominations-20151016-story.html|archive-date=16 February 2016|url-status=live|url-access=limited}}</ref> The single was nominated for [[American Music Award for Single of the Year|Single of the Year]] and [[American Music Award for Collaboration of the Year|Collaboration of the Year]] at the [[American Music Awards of 2015|2015 American Music Awards]], International Hit of the Year at the Danish GAFFA Awards and [[Premios 40 Principales for Best International Song|Best International Song]] at the [[Los Premios 40 Principales 2015|Los Premios 40 Principales]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/events/amas/6770317/american-music-awards-2015-winners-list-amas|title=American Music Awards 2015: Check Out All the Winners Here|author= |
"Uptown Funk" has received various awards and nominations following its commercial success. In 2015, the song won [[Brit Award for British Single of the Year|British Single of the Year]] at the [[2015 Brit Awards|Brit Awards]], Best Pop at [[MelOn Music Awards]] and was one of the Top 10 Gold International Gold Songs at RTHK International Pop Poll Awards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brits.co.uk/history/shows/2015|title=The Brits 2015|work=Brits|access-date=22 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223053550/http://www.brits.co.uk/history/shows/2015|archive-date=23 December 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.melon.com/melonaward/yearlyaward.htm|title=MelOn Music Awards|language=ko|publisher=[[Kakao]]|quote=Select year 2015, then scroll to POP|access-date=26 June 2020|archive-date=8 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408083141/https://www.melon.com/melonaward/yearlyaward.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://app4.rthk.hk/special/poppoll26/|title=26th International Pop Poll Awards|work=RTHK|date=18 May 2015|access-date=12 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312035830/http://app4.rthk.hk/special/poppoll26/|archive-date=12 March 2016}}</ref> The track also won BMI Pop Song of the Year at the [[Broadcast Music, Inc.|BMI]] Awards, Song of the Year at [[Telehit Awards]] and [[Soul Train Music Award for Best Song of the Year|Song of the Year]] at [[2015 Soul Train Music Awards|Soul Train Music Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/music/news/bmi-pop-awards-mark-ronson-justin-tranter-sony-atv-big-winners-1202804552/|title=Mark Ronson, Justin Tranter, Sony/ATV Are Big Winners at BMI Pop Awards|last=Trakin|first=Roy|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=9 May 2018|access-date=1 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202042554/https://variety.com/2018/music/news/bmi-pop-awards-mark-ronson-justin-tranter-sony-atv-big-winners-1202804552/|archive-date=2 February 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.televisa.com/sala-de-prensa/especiales/901586/premios-telehit-2015-one-direction-foro-sol/|title=One Direction en Premios Telehit|last=Redacción|first=Televisa|language=es|work=Televisa Digital|date=27 November 2015|access-date=3 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180403234735/http://www.televisa.com/sala-de-prensa/especiales/901586/premios-telehit-2015-one-direction-foro-sol/|archive-date=3 April 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="STMAW 2015">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/videos/popular/6777934/the-weeknd-uptown-funk-jidenna-2015-soul-train-awards|title=The Weeknd, 'Uptown Funk' and Jidenna Big Winners at 2015 Soul Train Awards|last=Mitchell|first=Gail|magazine=Billboard|date=29 November 2015|access-date=17 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160222160306/http://www.billboard.com/articles/videos/popular/6777934/the-weeknd-uptown-funk-jidenna-2015-soul-train-awards|archive-date=22 February 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> It also received Soul Train nominations for [[Soul Train Music Award for The Ashford & Simpson Songwriter's Award|The Ashford & Simpson Songwriter's Award]] and [[Soul Train Music Award for Best Collaboration|Best Collaboration]].<ref name="STMAN 2015">{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-the-weeknd-bruno-mars-lead-soul-train-awards-nominations-20151016-story.html|title=The Weeknd, Bruno Mars lead Soul Train Awards nominations|last=D. Kennedy|first=Gerrick|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=16 October 2015|access-date=17 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216053414/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-the-weeknd-bruno-mars-lead-soul-train-awards-nominations-20151016-story.html|archive-date=16 February 2016|url-status=live|url-access=limited}}</ref> The single was nominated for [[American Music Award for Single of the Year|Single of the Year]] and [[American Music Award for Collaboration of the Year|Collaboration of the Year]] at the [[American Music Awards of 2015|2015 American Music Awards]], International Hit of the Year at the Danish GAFFA Awards and [[Premios 40 Principales for Best International Song|Best International Song]] at the [[Los Premios 40 Principales 2015|Los Premios 40 Principales]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/events/amas/6770317/american-music-awards-2015-winners-list-amas|title=American Music Awards 2015: Check Out All the Winners Here|author=<!--Not stated--> |magazine=Billboard|date=22 November 2015|access-date=23 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151124152847/http://www.billboard.com/articles/events/amas/6770317/american-music-awards-2015-winners-list-amas|archive-date=24 November 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://gaffa.dk/nyhed/101624|title=GAFFA-Prisen 2015: Og de nominerede er...|last=Rosenstand Svidt|first=Ole|language=da|work=Gaffa|date=11 November 2015|access-date=22 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514204829/https://gaffa.dk/nyhed/101624|archive-date=14 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://los40.com/especiales/premios-40-principales/2015/|title=Premios 40 Principales 2015|work=PRISA|language=es|access-date=19 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406201315/http://los40.com/especiales/premios-40-principales/2015/|archive-date=6 April 2016}}</ref> It was also nominated for [[BET Award for Best Collaboration|Best Collaboration]] and [[BET Centric Award|Centric Award]] at the [[BET Awards 2015|BET Awards]], [[MTV Europe Music Award for Best Song|Best Song]] and Best Collaboration at the [[2015 MTV Europe Music Awards|MTV Europe Music Awards]] and Dancefloor Filler at the [[NME Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/bet-awards-2015-complete-list-of-winners--2015286|title=BET Awards 2015: Updated List of Winners|last=Marquina|first=Sierra|work=[[Us Weekly]]|date=28 June 2015|access-date=29 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630031242/http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/bet-awards-2015-complete-list-of-winners--2015286|archive-date=30 June 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/mtv-ema-2015-winners-list-justin-bieber-ed-sheeran-taylor-swift-wins-big-european-music-awards-1525626|title=MTV EMA 2015 winners list: Justin Bieber, Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift win big at the European Music Awards|last=Maharana|first=Kabita|work=[[International Business Times]]|date=25 October 2015|access-date=30 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151028232559/http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/mtv-ema-2015-winners-list-justin-bieber-ed-sheeran-taylor-swift-wins-big-european-music-awards-1525626|archive-date=28 October 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/entertainment/the-full-list-of-winners-at-the-nme-awards-662833.html|title=The full list of winners at the NME Awards|work=[[Irish Examiner]]|date=19 February 2015|access-date=21 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221172241/http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/entertainment/the-full-list-of-winners-at-the-nme-awards-662833.html|archive-date=21 February 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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In 2016, "Uptown Funk" received Grammy awards for [[Grammy Award for Record of the Year|Record of the Year]] and [[Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance|Best Pop Duo/Group Performance]] at the [[58th Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/15/grammy-awards-2016-the-main-nominees|title=Grammy awards winners: the full list|work=The Guardian|date=16 February 2016|access-date=20 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160221180634/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/15/grammy-awards-2016-the-main-nominees|archive-date=21 February 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> It also won International Work of the Year at the [[APRA Music Awards of 2016|APRA Music Awards]], Best Collaboration at the [[2016 iHeartRadio Music Awards|iHeartRadio Music Awards]], while it was nominated for Song of the Year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/awards/apras-2016-sia-courtney-barnett-and-tame-impala-win-big-at-awards/news-story/a4a9978303bc3486760018400e963454|title=APRAs 2016: Sia, Courtney Barnett and Tame Impala win big at awards|last=McCabe|first=Kathy|work=[[News.com.au]]|date=6 April 2016|access-date=7 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407094859/http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/awards/apras-2016-sia-courtney-barnett-and-tame-impala-win-big-at-awards/news-story/a4a9978303bc3486760018400e963454|archive-date=7 April 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7318843/iheartradio-music-awards-2016-winners-list|title=iHeartRadio Music Awards 2016: See the Full Winners List|magazine=Billboard|date=3 April 2016|access-date=17 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404070606/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7318843/iheartradio-music-awards-2016-winners-list|archive-date=4 April 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> The song was also nominated for [[Billboard Music Award for Top Radio Song|Top Radio Song]] and [[Billboard Music Award for Top Streaming Song (Video)|Top Streaming Song (Video)]] at the [[2016 Billboard Music Awards|Billboard Music Awards]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/bbma/6568580/billboard-music-awards-2015-winners-list|title=Billboard Music Awards 2015: See the Full Winners List|author= |
In 2016, "Uptown Funk" received Grammy awards for [[Grammy Award for Record of the Year|Record of the Year]] and [[Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance|Best Pop Duo/Group Performance]] at the [[58th Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/15/grammy-awards-2016-the-main-nominees|title=Grammy awards winners: the full list|work=The Guardian|date=16 February 2016|access-date=20 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160221180634/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/15/grammy-awards-2016-the-main-nominees|archive-date=21 February 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> It also won International Work of the Year at the [[APRA Music Awards of 2016|APRA Music Awards]], Best Collaboration at the [[2016 iHeartRadio Music Awards|iHeartRadio Music Awards]], while it was nominated for Song of the Year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/awards/apras-2016-sia-courtney-barnett-and-tame-impala-win-big-at-awards/news-story/a4a9978303bc3486760018400e963454|title=APRAs 2016: Sia, Courtney Barnett and Tame Impala win big at awards|last=McCabe|first=Kathy|work=[[News.com.au]]|date=6 April 2016|access-date=7 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407094859/http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/awards/apras-2016-sia-courtney-barnett-and-tame-impala-win-big-at-awards/news-story/a4a9978303bc3486760018400e963454|archive-date=7 April 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7318843/iheartradio-music-awards-2016-winners-list|title=iHeartRadio Music Awards 2016: See the Full Winners List|magazine=Billboard|date=3 April 2016|access-date=17 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404070606/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7318843/iheartradio-music-awards-2016-winners-list|archive-date=4 April 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> The song was also nominated for [[Billboard Music Award for Top Radio Song|Top Radio Song]] and [[Billboard Music Award for Top Streaming Song (Video)|Top Streaming Song (Video)]] at the [[2016 Billboard Music Awards|Billboard Music Awards]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/bbma/6568580/billboard-music-awards-2015-winners-list|title=Billboard Music Awards 2015: See the Full Winners List|author=<!--Not stated--> |magazine=Billboard|date=17 May 2015|access-date=13 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161206002624/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/bbma/6568580/billboard-music-awards-2015-winners-list|archive-date=6 December 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> "Uptown Funk " was inducted to the 2017 edition of the [[Guinness World Records]] for achieving the most weeks at number one on Billboard's Digital Song Sales chart.<ref>{{cite book|last=Glenday|first=Craig|title=Guinness World Records 2017|date=2016|publisher=[[Jim Pattison Group]]|isbn=978-1-910561-34-8|page=180}}</ref> In 2017, the track was one of the winners of Most Performed Songs at the [[American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Awards|ASCAP Pop Music Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ascap.com/popawards17|title=2017 ASCAP Pop Music Awards|publisher=[[American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers]]|access-date=21 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170722132322/https://www.ascap.com/popawards17|archive-date=22 July 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> This record was later broken by "[[Despacito]]" (2017).<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7890184/despacito-tops-hot-100-13th-week-digital-song-sales-record|title='Despacito' Tops Hot 100 for 13th Week, Sets New No. 1 Record on Digital Song Sales Chart|last=Anderson|first=Trevor|magazine=Billboard|date=7 August 2017|access-date=22 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406094358/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7890184/despacito-tops-hot-100-13th-week-digital-song-sales-record|archive-date=6 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> "Uptown Funk" is the fifth biggest song of all-time to have charted on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.<ref name="Hot100alltime">{{cite news|last=Trust|first=Gary|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/the-weeknd-blinding-lights-all-time-hot-100-1235001770/|title=The Weeknd's 'Blinding Lights' Is the New No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 Song of All Time|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=November 23, 2021|access-date=March 4, 2022|archive-date=January 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118145845/https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/the-weeknd-blinding-lights-all-time-hot-100-1235001770/|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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===Controversies and lawsuits=== |
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"Uptown Funk" was the subject of several lawsuits over copyright infringement. In 2015, similarities with "[[Oops Up Side Your Head]]" (1979) by [[ |
"Uptown Funk" was the subject of several lawsuits over copyright infringement. In 2015, similarities with "[[Oops Up Side Your Head]]" (1979) by [[the Gap Band]] led them, along with keyboardist Rudolph Taylor, and producer [[Lonnie Simmons]] to be added as co-writers of "Uptown Funk" receiving 17% of the publishing royalties.<ref name="BBEC">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6553522/uptown-funk-gains-more-writers-after-gap-bands-legal-claim|title='Uptown Funk!' Gains More Writers After Gap Band's Legal Claim|last=Christman|first=Ed|magazine=Billboard|date=1 May 2015|access-date=1 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150502222345/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6553522/uptown-funk-gains-more-writers-after-gap-bands-legal-claim|archive-date=2 May 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6553861/uptown-funk-royalties-who-gets-paid|title=Inside the New Royalty Split for 'Uptown Funk': Who Gets Paid What|last=Christman|first=Ed|magazine=Billboard|date=1 May 2015|access-date=8 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150506200452/http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6553861/uptown-funk-royalties-who-gets-paid|archive-date=6 May 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> In the same year, Serbian artist [[Viktorija (singer)|Viktorija]] argued that "Uptown Funk" infringed on her track "Ulice mračne nisu za devojke". She decided not to sue Mars and Ronson.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/mark-ronson-and-bruno-mars-accused-of-plagiarising-uptown-funk-again-10451682.html|title=Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars accused of plagiarising Uptown Funk, again|last=Shepherd|first=Jack|work=[[The Independent]]|access-date=12 August 2015|date=12 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914083206/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/mark-ronson-and-bruno-mars-accused-of-plagiarising-uptown-funk-again-10451682.html|archive-date=14 September 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2016, electro-funk band [[Collage (American band)|Collage]] sued Ronson and Mars for copying their single, "Young Girls" (1983), while [[the Sequence]], a rap group, claimed it infringed their single "[[Funk You Up]]" (1979) and sued a year later.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/69413-mark-ronson-and-bruno-mars-sued-over-uptown-funk/|title=Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars Sued Over 'Uptown Funk'|last=Minsker|first=Evan|work=Pitchfork|date=29 October 2016|access-date=12 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180213080043/https://pitchfork.com/news/69413-mark-ronson-and-bruno-mars-sued-over-uptown-funk/|archive-date=13 February 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mark-ronson-bruno-mars-sued-again-uptown-funk-sequence-funk-you-up-2198882|title=Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars are being sued again over 'Uptown Funk'|last=Bowman|first=Lisa|work=NME|date=30 December 2017|access-date=15 April 2022|archive-date=15 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220415124054/https://www.nme.com/news/music/mark-ronson-bruno-mars-sued-again-uptown-funk-sequence-funk-you-up-2198882|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2017, Lastrada Entertainment filed a lawsuit citing similarities with "[[More Bounce to the Ounce]]" (1980) by [[Zapp (band)|Zapp]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mark-ronson-sued-over-uptown-funk-zapp-similarities/|title=Mark Ronson Sued Over 'Uptown Funk' Zapp Similarities|first=Evan|last=Minsker|work=Pitchfork|date=14 September 2017|access-date=23 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180423232318/https://pitchfork.com/news/mark-ronson-sued-over-uptown-funk-zapp-similarities/|archive-date=23 April 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2018, the Collage and Zapp lawsuits were dropped, with no word if there was a financial settlement.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/bruno-mars-and-mark-ronson-settle-one-of-three-uptown-funk-lawsuits-report/|title=Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson Settle One of Three 'Uptown Funk' Lawsuits: Report|last=Monroe|first=Jazz|work=Pitchfork|date=13 April 2018|access-date=23 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180423170046/https://pitchfork.com/news/bruno-mars-and-mark-ronson-settle-one-of-three-uptown-funk-lawsuits-report/|archive-date=23 April 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mark-ronson-settles-uptown-funk-zapp-copyright-lawsuit/|title=Mark Ronson Settles 'Uptown Funk' Zapp Copyright Lawsuit|last=Yoo|first=Noah|work=Pitchfork|date=2 July 2018|access-date=27 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427190632/https://pitchfork.com/news/mark-ronson-settles-uptown-funk-zapp-copyright-lawsuit/|archive-date=27 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The track drew comparisons with the theme tune of ''[[The Really Wild Show]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jan/15/mark-ronson-uptown-special-review|title=Mark Ronson: Uptown Special review – designed to be a blockbuster, and probably will be|last=Petridis|first=Alexis|work=The Guardian|date=15 January 2015|access-date=21 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150620110656/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jan/15/mark-ronson-uptown-special-review|archive-date=20 June 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> a BBC children's nature program that first aired in 1986. When Ronson was asked if he heard similarities between "Uptown Funk" and the theme tune, he said, "Oh, then the horns, I understand what they're saying, yeah, we owe a little bit ... all equally influenced by [[Quincy Jones]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NXip7d2yJc| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211108/8NXip7d2yJc| archive-date=2021-11-08 | url-status=live|title=Mark Ronson hears The Really Wild Show theme for the first time|publisher=In:Demand (YouTube)|date=21 January 2015|access-date=21 June 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In 2021, Ronnie and Robert Wilson of the Gap Band filed another lawsuit due to the similarities between "Uptown Funk" and "Oops Up Side Your Head" as Ronnie Wilson and Robert Wilson's heirs "have yet to receive any publishing rights income".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tulsaworld.com/news/local/lawsuit-claims-bruno-mars-song-violated-the-gap-bands-copyright/article_11db4c0e-1d80-11ec-8c7f-a3dfcfa5db1e.html|title=Lawsuit claims Bruno Mars' song violated The GAP Band's copyright|last=Killman|first=Curtis|work=[[Tulsa World]]|url-access=limited|date=September 25, 2021|access-date=October 8, 2021|archive-date=8 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008094608/https://tulsaworld.com/news/local/lawsuit-claims-bruno-mars-song-violated-the-gap-bands-copyright/article_11db4c0e-1d80-11ec-8c7f-a3dfcfa5db1e.html|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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==Commercial performance== |
==Commercial performance== |
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The single debuted at number 65 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart on 21 November 2014 due to digital sales, making it Ronson's first entry on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6327452/meghan-trainor-mark-ronson-bruno-mars-hot-100|title=Hot 100 Chart Moves: Meghan Trainor Hits Top 40, Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars Debut|last=Trust|first=Gary|magazine=Billboard|date=21 November 2014|access-date=6 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141123183326/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6327452/meghan-trainor-mark-ronson-bruno-mars-hot-100|archive-date=23 November 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> Due to the release of the official video and a performance on ''Saturday Night Live'', it subsequently sold 110,000 digital copies. The song became the ''Billboard'' Hot 100's top Digital Gainer of the week and peaked at number 18 on 28 November 2014.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6334574/hot-100-chart-moves-band-aid-30-debuts-nicki-minaj-ties-madonnas|title=Hot 100 Chart Moves: Band Aid 30 Debuts, Nicki Minaj Ties Madonna's Hit Total|last=Trust|first=Gary|magazine=Billboard|date=28 November 2014|access-date=6 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161231175926/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6334574/hot-100-chart-moves-band-aid-30-debuts-nicki-minaj-ties-madonnas|archive-date=31 December 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> In its third week, the track rose to number eight on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, after the video's first full tracking week. It became Ronson's first top 10 as an artist. It debuted on the component charts of [[Streaming Songs]] and [[Radio Songs (chart)|Radio Songs]] |
The single debuted at number 65 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart on 21 November 2014 due to digital sales, making it Ronson's first entry on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6327452/meghan-trainor-mark-ronson-bruno-mars-hot-100|title=Hot 100 Chart Moves: Meghan Trainor Hits Top 40, Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars Debut|last=Trust|first=Gary|magazine=Billboard|date=21 November 2014|access-date=6 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141123183326/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6327452/meghan-trainor-mark-ronson-bruno-mars-hot-100|archive-date=23 November 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> Due to the release of the official video and a performance on ''Saturday Night Live'', it subsequently sold 110,000 digital copies. The song became the ''Billboard'' Hot 100's top Digital Gainer of the week and peaked at number 18 on 28 November 2014.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6334574/hot-100-chart-moves-band-aid-30-debuts-nicki-minaj-ties-madonnas|title=Hot 100 Chart Moves: Band Aid 30 Debuts, Nicki Minaj Ties Madonna's Hit Total|last=Trust|first=Gary|magazine=Billboard|date=28 November 2014|access-date=6 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161231175926/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6334574/hot-100-chart-moves-band-aid-30-debuts-nicki-minaj-ties-madonnas|archive-date=31 December 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> In its third week, the track rose to number eight on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, after the video's first full tracking week. It became Ronson's first top 10 as an artist. It debuted on the component charts of [[Streaming Songs]] and [[Radio Songs (chart)|Radio Songs]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6334880/hot-100-taylor-swift-no-1-selena-gomez-mark-ronson|title=Taylor Swift No. 1 on Hot 100, Selena Gomez, Mark Ronson Hit Top 10|last=Trust|first=Gary|magazine=Billboard|date=3 December 2014|access-date=6 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205050736/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6334880/hot-100-taylor-swift-no-1-selena-gomez-mark-ronson|archive-date=5 February 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> On the week of 10 December 2014, "Uptown Funk" ascended to number five, with sales of 152,000 copies. It marked the eleventh top five on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 for Mars.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6398474/taylor-swift-meghan-trainor-hot-100|title=Taylor Swift Tops Hot 100, Meghan Trainor Scores Second Top 10|first=Gary|last=Trust|magazine=Billboard|date=10 December 2014|access-date=10 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226060446/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6398474/taylor-swift-meghan-trainor-hot-100|archive-date=26 December 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> In its fourth week, the single peaked at number three on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, selling 170,000 copies and achieving a 49 million airplay audience, thus receiving Airplay Gainer honors.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6406647/taylor-swift-leads-hot-100-ed-sheeran-top-10|title=Taylor Swift Leads Billboard Hot 100, Ed Sheeran Soars to Top 10|last=Trust|first=Gary|magazine=Billboard|date=17 December 2014|access-date=16 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512235808/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6406647/taylor-swift-leads-hot-100-ed-sheeran-top-10|archive-date=12 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The following week after ''The Voice'' performance, the recording stayed at number three for the second consecutive week. It was the biggest gainer in Digital Songs (244,000), Streaming (7.9 million), Airplay Audience (63 million), becoming the fifth song to top all three "categories". Ronson became the second lead male artist to top Digital Songs with a debut single, since [[Sam Smith (singer)|Sam Smith]]'s "[[Stay with Me (Sam Smith song)|Stay with Me]]" (2014).<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6415163/taylor-swift-hot-100-sixth-week-blank-space|title=Taylor Swift Tops Hot 100 for Sixth Week|last=Trust|first=Gary|magazine=Billboard|date=24 December 2014|access-date=1 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141227071539/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6415163/taylor-swift-hot-100-sixth-week-blank-space|archive-date=27 December 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> On 31 December 2014, the track rose to number two on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 with 432,000 copies sold, 8.8 million streams and reached the top ten on [[Radio Songs (chart)|Radio Songs]] with a 68 million audience.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6422424/taylor-swift-hot-100-record-streak-women|title=Taylor Swift Helps Tie Record Streak for Women Atop Hot 100|last=Trust|first=Gary|magazine=Billboard|date=31 December 2014|access-date=16 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419044648/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6422424/taylor-swift-hot-100-record-streak-women|archive-date=19 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> In its seventh week, "Uptown Funk" topped the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, with 382,000 downloads sold, 10 million U.S. streams and a 76 million airplay audience. The song is Ronson's only number-one single in the country and Mars's sixth.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6429594/hot-100-uptown-funk-mark-ronson-bruno-mars|title=Mark Ronson, Bruno Mars Top Hot 100 With 'Uptown Funk!'|last=Trust|first=Gary|magazine=Billboard|date=31 December 2014|access-date=16 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418225323/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6429594/hot-100-uptown-funk-mark-ronson-bruno-mars|archive-date=18 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> It became one of the longest running number-one singles on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and the third longest-running number-one single of the 2010s decade topping the chart for 14 consecutive weeks until it was replaced by [[Wiz Khalifa]]'s "[[See You Again]]" featuring [[Charlie Puth]].<ref name="Hot100SYA"/><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6077132/longest-leading-hot-100-no-1s|title=The Longest-Leading Hot 100 No. 1s|first=Gary|last=Trust|magazine=Billboard|date=2 April 2018|access-date=4 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180405073449/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6077132/longest-leading-hot-100-no-1s|archive-date=5 April 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6495240/mark-ronson-bruno-mars-10th-week-hot-100|title="Uptown Funk" spends 10th week at top of Hot 100, while Ed Sheeran spends 8th week at No.2|first=Gary|last=Trust|magazine=Billboard|date=11 March 2015|access-date=11 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605190845/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6495240/mark-ronson-bruno-mars-10th-week-hot-100|archive-date=5 June 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> It topped the ''Billboard'' Hot 100-year-end chart and the Decade End ''Billboard'' Hot 100.<ref name="Hot100YEC"/><ref name="Hot100DEC"/> |
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In its thirteenth week at number one, "Uptown Funk" became the first song to top the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and its three main component charts for nine non-consecutive weeks.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6517180/uptown-funk-longest-leading-hot-100-no-1-2010s|title='Uptown Funk' Is Longest-Leading Hot 100 No. 1 of the 2010s|last=Trust|first=Gary|magazine=Billboard|date=1 April 2015|access-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403061026/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6517180/uptown-funk-longest-leading-hot-100-no-1-2010s|archive-date=3 April 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> The recording spent 31 weeks in the top ten of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and 21 weeks on the top three of the aforementioned chart, a record previously held by [[Santana (band)|Santana]] featuring [[Rob Thomas (musician)|Rob Thomas]]'s "[[Smooth (Santana song)|Smooth]]" (1999), with 19 weeks.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8511123/lil-nas-x-old-town-road-sixth-week-hot-100-number-one|title=Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road" Rules Billboard Hot 100 for Sixth Week; Shawn Mendes, Logic & Eminem Debut in Top Five|last=Trust|first=Gary|magazine=Billboard|date=13 May 2019|access-date=14 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190520004535/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8511123/lil-nas-x-old-town-road-sixth-week-hot-100-number-one|archive-date=20 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6554093/wiz-khalifa-tops-hot-100-t-wayne|title=Wiz Khalifa Tops Hot 100, T-Wayne Whips into Top 10|last=Trust|first=Gary|magazine=Billboard|date=8 May 2015|access-date=8 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508184108/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6554093/wiz-khalifa-tops-hot-100-t-wayne|archive-date=8 May 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> After spending 25 weeks on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100's top five, it matched the record set by [[LeAnn Rimes]]' "[[How Do I Live]]" (1997). This record was broken by [[The Chainsmokers]] "[[Closer (The Chainsmokers song)|Closer]]" (2016) featuring [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]] which spent 26 weeks on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100's top five.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7694382/chainsmokers-closer-breaks-record-most-weeks-top-five|title=The Chainsmokers' "Closer" Breaks Record for Most Weeks in Hot 100's Top Five|last=Trust|first=Gary|magazine=Billboard|date=21 February 2017|access-date=23 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190608223341/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7694382/chainsmokers-closer-breaks-record-most-weeks-top-five|archive-date=8 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> "Uptown Funk" sold at least 300,000 copies for eight consecutive weeks. Only "[[Blurred Lines]]" (2013) by [[Robin Thicke]] featuring [[Pharrell Williams]] and [[T.I.]] surpassed it by selling the same number ten weeks in a row.<ref name="Hot100TS">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/6473187/bruno-mars-longest-hot-100-reign-taylor-swift-top-10|title=Bruno Mars Scores Longest Hot 100 Reign, Taylor Swift Hits Top 10|last=Trust|first=Gary|magazine=Billboard|date=18 February 2015|access-date=16 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190522213229/https://www.billboard.com/articles/6473187/bruno-mars-longest-hot-100-reign-taylor-swift-top-10|archive-date=22 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> "Uptown Funk" tied the record for most weeks spent at the top of the Digital Song Sales chart (13 weeks) with [[Flo Rida]]'s "[[Low (Flo Rida song)|Low]]" (2007) featuring [[T-Pain]]. This record was broken two years after by [[Luis Fonsi]] and [[Daddy Yankee]]'s "[[Despacito]]" featuring [[Justin Bieber]], with 17 weeks.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7890184/despacito-tops-hot-100-13th-week-digital-song-sales-record|title='Despacito' Tops Hot 100 for 13th Week, Sets New No. 1 Record on Digital Song Sales Chart|first=Gary|last=Trust|magazine=Billboard|date=8 July 2017|access-date=19 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406094358/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7890184/despacito-tops-hot-100-13th-week-digital-song-sales-record|archive-date=6 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The recording reached its highest peak on Streaming Songs with 24.5 million streams and 5.7 million on subscription-services in one week.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6458469/mark-ronson-bruno-mars-hot-100-rihanna-kanye-west-paul-mccartney|title=Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars Top Hot 100; Rihanna, Kanye West & Paul McCartney Near Top 10|last=Trust|first=Gary|magazine=Billboard|date=4 February 2015|access-date=16 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425112156/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6458469/mark-ronson-bruno-mars-hot-100-rihanna-kanye-west-paul-mccartney|archive-date=25 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> "Uptown Funk" spent 12 weeks on the top position of [[Streaming Songs]], it was the second best run at the time, only surpassed by the thirteen weeks of [[Iggy Azalea]] featuring [[Charli XCX]]'s "[[Fancy (Iggy Azalea song)|Fancy]]" (2014).<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6524470/uptown-funk-second-longest-hot-100-number-one|title="Uptown Funk" Ties for Second-Longest-Leading Hot 100 No. 1 of All Time|last=Trust|first=Gary|magazine=Billboard|date=8 April 2015|access-date=20 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428153548/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6524470/uptown-funk-second-longest-hot-100-number-one|archive-date=28 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> It spent 12 weeks at number one on the Radio Songs chart, reaching a peak of 181 million in all-format audience.<ref name="Hot100SYA">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6538982/wiz-khalifa-see-you-again-tops-hot-100-second-week|title=Wiz Khalifa's 'See You Again' Tops Hot 100 for Second Week|last=Trust|first=Gary|magazine=Billboard|date=22 April 2015|access-date=22 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150425175710/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6538982/wiz-khalifa-see-you-again-tops-hot-100-second-week|archive-date=25 April 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Hot100TS"/> It was Ronson's first single to reach number one in the radio songs charts and the sixth for Mars.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6451149/mark-ronson-bruno-mars-rule-hot-100-fall-out-boy-top-10|title=Mark Ronson, Bruno Mars Rule Hot 100, Fall Out Boy Hits Top 10|first=Gary|last=Trust|magazine=Billboard|date=28 January 2015|access-date=28 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150129060459/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6451149/mark-ronson-bruno-mars-rule-hot-100-fall-out-boy-top-10|archive-date=29 January 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> "Uptown Funk" topped several component charts in the United States, such as [[Adult Top 40|Adult Pop Songs]], [[Dance Club Songs]], [[Dance/Mix Show Airplay]], [[Mainstream Top 40|Pop Songs]] and [[Rhythmic (chart)|Rhythmic Songs]].<ref name=AdultTop40/><ref name="DanceClub"/><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6458263/chart-highlights-new-no-1s-for-maroon-5-hozier-beyonce-mark|title=Chart Highlights: New No. 1s for Maroon 5, Hozier, Beyonce, Mark Ronson, Bruno Mars, the Decemberists & More|last=Trust|first=Gary|magazine=Billboard|date=2 February 2015|access-date=20 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190614084042/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6458263/chart-highlights-new-no-1s-for-maroon-5-hozier-beyonce-mark|archive-date=14 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> It topped the year-end chart Mainstream Top 40.<ref name="MainTop40"/> In the United States, the single sold 7.8 million downloads as of 28 September 2017.<!--Only change sales if you have a new reliable reference to put in as well--><ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.defjampromo.com/files/2009/10/BB-Digital-Songs-Chart-Wk.-Ending-9-28-17.pdf|title=Digital Songs Chart|magazine=Billboard|date=28 September 2017|access-date=6 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171002211120/http://www.defjampromo.com/files/2009/10/BB-Digital-Songs-Chart-Wk.-Ending-9-28-17.pdf|archive-date=2 October 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> It was certified eleven times platinum by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA) on 18 October 2016, for track-equivalent sales of 11 million units.<ref name="RIAA"/> |
In its thirteenth week at number one, "Uptown Funk" became the first song to top the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and its three main component charts for nine non-consecutive weeks.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6517180/uptown-funk-longest-leading-hot-100-no-1-2010s|title='Uptown Funk' Is Longest-Leading Hot 100 No. 1 of the 2010s|last=Trust|first=Gary|magazine=Billboard|date=1 April 2015|access-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403061026/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6517180/uptown-funk-longest-leading-hot-100-no-1-2010s|archive-date=3 April 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> The recording spent 31 weeks in the top ten of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and 21 weeks on the top three of the aforementioned chart, a record previously held by [[Santana (band)|Santana]] featuring [[Rob Thomas (musician)|Rob Thomas]]'s "[[Smooth (Santana song)|Smooth]]" (1999), with 19 weeks.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8511123/lil-nas-x-old-town-road-sixth-week-hot-100-number-one|title=Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road" Rules Billboard Hot 100 for Sixth Week; Shawn Mendes, Logic & Eminem Debut in Top Five|last=Trust|first=Gary|magazine=Billboard|date=13 May 2019|access-date=14 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190520004535/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8511123/lil-nas-x-old-town-road-sixth-week-hot-100-number-one|archive-date=20 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6554093/wiz-khalifa-tops-hot-100-t-wayne|title=Wiz Khalifa Tops Hot 100, T-Wayne Whips into Top 10|last=Trust|first=Gary|magazine=Billboard|date=8 May 2015|access-date=8 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508184108/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6554093/wiz-khalifa-tops-hot-100-t-wayne|archive-date=8 May 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> After spending 25 weeks on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100's top five, it matched the record set by [[LeAnn Rimes]]' "[[How Do I Live]]" (1997). This record was broken by [[The Chainsmokers]] "[[Closer (The Chainsmokers song)|Closer]]" (2016) featuring [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]] which spent 26 weeks on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100's top five.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7694382/chainsmokers-closer-breaks-record-most-weeks-top-five|title=The Chainsmokers' "Closer" Breaks Record for Most Weeks in Hot 100's Top Five|last=Trust|first=Gary|magazine=Billboard|date=21 February 2017|access-date=23 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190608223341/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7694382/chainsmokers-closer-breaks-record-most-weeks-top-five|archive-date=8 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> "Uptown Funk" sold at least 300,000 copies for eight consecutive weeks. Only "[[Blurred Lines]]" (2013) by [[Robin Thicke]] featuring [[Pharrell Williams]] and [[T.I.]] surpassed it by selling the same number ten weeks in a row.<ref name="Hot100TS">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/6473187/bruno-mars-longest-hot-100-reign-taylor-swift-top-10|title=Bruno Mars Scores Longest Hot 100 Reign, Taylor Swift Hits Top 10|last=Trust|first=Gary|magazine=Billboard|date=18 February 2015|access-date=16 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190522213229/https://www.billboard.com/articles/6473187/bruno-mars-longest-hot-100-reign-taylor-swift-top-10|archive-date=22 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> "Uptown Funk" tied the record for most weeks spent at the top of the Digital Song Sales chart (13 weeks) with [[Flo Rida]]'s "[[Low (Flo Rida song)|Low]]" (2007) featuring [[T-Pain]]. This record was broken two years after by [[Luis Fonsi]] and [[Daddy Yankee]]'s "[[Despacito]]" featuring [[Justin Bieber]], with 17 weeks.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7890184/despacito-tops-hot-100-13th-week-digital-song-sales-record|title='Despacito' Tops Hot 100 for 13th Week, Sets New No. 1 Record on Digital Song Sales Chart|first=Gary|last=Trust|magazine=Billboard|date=8 July 2017|access-date=19 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406094358/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7890184/despacito-tops-hot-100-13th-week-digital-song-sales-record|archive-date=6 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The recording reached its highest peak on Streaming Songs with 24.5 million streams and 5.7 million on subscription-services in one week.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6458469/mark-ronson-bruno-mars-hot-100-rihanna-kanye-west-paul-mccartney|title=Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars Top Hot 100; Rihanna, Kanye West & Paul McCartney Near Top 10|last=Trust|first=Gary|magazine=Billboard|date=4 February 2015|access-date=16 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425112156/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6458469/mark-ronson-bruno-mars-hot-100-rihanna-kanye-west-paul-mccartney|archive-date=25 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> "Uptown Funk" spent 12 weeks on the top position of [[Streaming Songs]], it was the second best run at the time, only surpassed by the thirteen weeks of [[Iggy Azalea]] featuring [[Charli XCX]]'s "[[Fancy (Iggy Azalea song)|Fancy]]" (2014).<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6524470/uptown-funk-second-longest-hot-100-number-one|title="Uptown Funk" Ties for Second-Longest-Leading Hot 100 No. 1 of All Time|last=Trust|first=Gary|magazine=Billboard|date=8 April 2015|access-date=20 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428153548/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6524470/uptown-funk-second-longest-hot-100-number-one|archive-date=28 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> It spent 12 weeks at number one on the Radio Songs chart, reaching a peak of 181 million in all-format audience.<ref name="Hot100SYA">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6538982/wiz-khalifa-see-you-again-tops-hot-100-second-week|title=Wiz Khalifa's 'See You Again' Tops Hot 100 for Second Week|last=Trust|first=Gary|magazine=Billboard|date=22 April 2015|access-date=22 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150425175710/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6538982/wiz-khalifa-see-you-again-tops-hot-100-second-week|archive-date=25 April 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Hot100TS"/> It was Ronson's first single to reach number one in the radio songs charts and the sixth for Mars.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6451149/mark-ronson-bruno-mars-rule-hot-100-fall-out-boy-top-10|title=Mark Ronson, Bruno Mars Rule Hot 100, Fall Out Boy Hits Top 10|first=Gary|last=Trust|magazine=Billboard|date=28 January 2015|access-date=28 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150129060459/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6451149/mark-ronson-bruno-mars-rule-hot-100-fall-out-boy-top-10|archive-date=29 January 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> "Uptown Funk" topped several component charts in the United States, such as [[Adult Top 40|Adult Pop Songs]], [[Dance Club Songs]], [[Dance/Mix Show Airplay]], [[Mainstream Top 40|Pop Songs]] and [[Rhythmic (chart)|Rhythmic Songs]].<ref name=AdultTop40/><ref name="DanceClub"/><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6458263/chart-highlights-new-no-1s-for-maroon-5-hozier-beyonce-mark|title=Chart Highlights: New No. 1s for Maroon 5, Hozier, Beyonce, Mark Ronson, Bruno Mars, the Decemberists & More|last=Trust|first=Gary|magazine=Billboard|date=2 February 2015|access-date=20 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190614084042/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6458263/chart-highlights-new-no-1s-for-maroon-5-hozier-beyonce-mark|archive-date=14 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> It topped the year-end chart Mainstream Top 40.<ref name="MainTop40"/> In the United States, the single sold 7.8 million downloads as of 28 September 2017.<!--Only change sales if you have a new reliable reference to put in as well--><ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.defjampromo.com/files/2009/10/BB-Digital-Songs-Chart-Wk.-Ending-9-28-17.pdf|title=Digital Songs Chart|magazine=Billboard|date=28 September 2017|access-date=6 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171002211120/http://www.defjampromo.com/files/2009/10/BB-Digital-Songs-Chart-Wk.-Ending-9-28-17.pdf|archive-date=2 October 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> It was certified eleven times platinum by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA) on 18 October 2016, for track-equivalent sales of 11 million units.<ref name="RIAA"/> |
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On 29 November 2014, "Uptown Funk" debuted at number 63 on the [[Canadian Hot 100]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2014-11-29|title=Canadian Hot 100: 6 December 2014|magazine=Billboard|date=6 December 2014|access-date=8 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629142035/http://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2014-11-29|archive-date=29 June 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> The following week it reached the top ten, in the third week entered the top five<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2014-12-06|title=Canadian Hot 100: 6 December 2014|magazine=Billboard|date=6 December 2014|access-date=24 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505095620/https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2014-12-06|archive-date=5 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2014-12-13|title=Canadian Hot 100: 13 December 2014|magazine=Billboard|date=13 December 2014|access-date=24 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317122731/https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2014-12-13|archive-date=17 March 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> peaking at number two in the fourth week.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2014-12-20|title=Canadian Hot 100: 20 December 2014|magazine=Billboard|date=20 December 2014|access-date=24 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317122734/https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2014-12-20|archive-date=17 March 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> On the issue date of 10 January 2015, the song reached number one, a position it held for fifteen consecutive weeks. It became the second longest-running number-one single on the [[Canadian Hot 100]], behind [[The Black Eyed Peas]]' "[[I Gotta Feeling]]" (2009), which spent sixteen weeks at number one.<ref name="Can100"/><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-black-eyed-peas/chart-history/can/|title=Canadian Hot 100: The Black Eyed Peas|magazine=Billboard|date=4 July 2009|access-date=24 May 2019}}</ref> On the issue date of 25 April 2015, the song was replaced by Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth's "See You Again" (2015).<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2015-04-25|title=Canadian Hot 100: 25 April 2015|magazine=Billboard|date=25 April 2015|access-date=24 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161109114631/http://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2015-04-25|archive-date=9 November 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> It was certified diamond by [[Music Canada]] (MC) for track-equivalent sales of 800,000 units.<ref name="MC"/> It |
On 29 November 2014, "Uptown Funk" debuted at number 63 on the [[Canadian Hot 100]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2014-11-29|title=Canadian Hot 100: 6 December 2014|magazine=Billboard|date=6 December 2014|access-date=8 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629142035/http://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2014-11-29|archive-date=29 June 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> The following week it reached the top ten, in the third week entered the top five<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2014-12-06|title=Canadian Hot 100: 6 December 2014|magazine=Billboard|date=6 December 2014|access-date=24 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505095620/https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2014-12-06|archive-date=5 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2014-12-13|title=Canadian Hot 100: 13 December 2014|magazine=Billboard|date=13 December 2014|access-date=24 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317122731/https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2014-12-13|archive-date=17 March 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> peaking at number two in the fourth week.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2014-12-20|title=Canadian Hot 100: 20 December 2014|magazine=Billboard|date=20 December 2014|access-date=24 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317122734/https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2014-12-20|archive-date=17 March 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> On the issue date of 10 January 2015, the song reached number one, a position it held for fifteen consecutive weeks. It became the second longest-running number-one single on the [[Canadian Hot 100]], behind [[The Black Eyed Peas]]' "[[I Gotta Feeling]]" (2009), which spent sixteen weeks at number one.<ref name="Can100"/><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-black-eyed-peas/chart-history/can/|title=Canadian Hot 100: The Black Eyed Peas|magazine=Billboard|date=4 July 2009|access-date=24 May 2019}}</ref> On the issue date of 25 April 2015, the song was replaced by Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth's "See You Again" (2015).<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2015-04-25|title=Canadian Hot 100: 25 April 2015|magazine=Billboard|date=25 April 2015|access-date=24 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161109114631/http://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2015-04-25|archive-date=9 November 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> It was certified diamond by [[Music Canada]] (MC) for track-equivalent sales of 800,000 units.<ref name="MC"/> It was the top song on the year-end chart in Canada.<ref name="CYEC"/> In the United Kingdom, "Uptown Funk" was covered by [[Fleur East]] on ''[[The X Factor (UK series 11)|The X Factor]]'' before its official release date, the cover reached number one on iTunes. This led the original version being released five weeks earlier than originally planned.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/30396760/fleur-east-apologises-to-mark-ronson-over-uptown-funk|title=Fleur East apologises to Mark Ronson over Uptown Funk|last=Kelsey|first=Rick|work=[[Newsbeat]]|date=9 December 2014|access-date=29 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151128072907/http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/30396760/fleur-east-apologises-to-mark-ronson-over-uptown-funk|archive-date=28 November 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Nevertheless it debuted at number one on the [[UK Singles Chart]] on 14 December 2014, giving Ronson his first UK number one as a producer and artist and also giving Mars his fifth UK number one.<ref name="UKC"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/uptown-funk-gives-mark-ronson-his-first-number-1-single-3353/|title=Uptown Funk gives Mark Ronson his first Number 1 single|first=Rob|last=Copsey|publisher=Official Charts Company|date=14 December 2014|access-date=14 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141214215953/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/uptown-funk-gives-mark-ronson-his-first-number-1-single-3353/|archive-date=14 December 2014}}</ref> The following week, the song was replaced in the top spot by the ''X Factor'' winner [[Ben Haenow]]'s single, "[[Something I Need]]" (2014), making it the [[List of UK Singles Chart Christmas number ones|Christmas number one]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/x-factors-ben-haenow-crowned-2014-official-christmas-number-1-3373/|title=X Factor's Ben Haenow crowned 2014 Official Christmas Number 1|last=Moss|first=Liv|publisher=Official Charts Company|date=21 December 2014|access-date=21 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222015601/http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/x-factors-ben-haenow-crowned-2014-official-christmas-number-1-3373/|archive-date=22 December 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> It then returned to number one for a further six consecutive weeks spending seven non-consecutive weeks at number one, before being replaced from the top by [[Ellie Goulding]]'s "[[Love Me Like You Do]]" (2015).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/ellie-goulding-scores-third-week-at-number-1-breaks-streaming-record__8162/|title=Ellie Goulding scores third week at Number 1, breaks streaming record|last=Moss|first=Liv|publisher=Official Charts Company|date=22 February 2015|access-date=15 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021072609/http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/ellie-goulding-scores-third-week-at-number-1-breaks-streaming-record__8162/|archive-date=21 October 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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The track was certified six times platinum by the [[British Phonographic Industry]] (BPI), for track-equivalent sales of 3,600,000 units.<ref name="BPI" /> "Uptown Funk" was the best-selling song of 2015 in the UK, with combined sales of 1.76 million during the year (total 2.25 million).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-top-40-biggest-songs-of-2015-on-the-official-chart__13270/|title=The Top 40 biggest songs of 2015 on the Official Chart|last=Copsey|first=Rob|website=[[OfficialCharts.com]]|date=4 January 2016|access-date=15 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323030419/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-top-40-biggest-songs-of-2015-on-the-official-chart__13270/|archive-date=23 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> As of September 2017, the song had 2,723,470 combining units, making the [[list of best-selling singles of the 21st century in the United Kingdom]] as the fourth [[List of best-selling singles of the 21st century in the United Kingdom#Best-selling singles based on paid-for sales|best-selling single based on paid-for sales]] and the second [[List of best-selling singles of the 21st century in the United Kingdom#Best-selling songs based on combined sales|best-selling song based on combined sales]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-uks-official-chart-millionaires-revealed__20459|title=The UK's Official Chart 'millionaires' revealed|last=Copsey|first=Rob|publisher=Official Charts Company|date=19 September 2017|access-date=15 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328164939/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-uks-official-chart-millionaires-revealed__20459/|archive-date=28 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> It made the year-end charts in 2014 and 2015, topping the latter.<ref name="YECUK2014" /><ref name="YECUK2015" /> "Uptown Funk" debuted at number two on 12 December 2014, and the following week peaked at the top of the [[Irish Singles Chart]], taking the [[List of Irish Singles Chart Christmas number ones|Christmas number one]] spot.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2014/1219/667942-x-factor-winner-ben-haenow-denied-irish-no-1-spot/|title=X Factor winner Ben Haenow denied Irish No 1 spot|publisher=[[Raidió Teilifís Éireann]]|date=19 December 2014|access-date=28 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220132620/http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2014/1219/667942-x-factor-winner-ben-haenow-denied-irish-no-1-spot/|archive-date=20 December 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> It became the first song not released by ''[[The X Factor (UK TV series)|The X Factor]]'' winner to reach this position in nine years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://entertainment.ie/music/people-of-ireland-we-havent-had-a-christmas-number-one-since-2004-386316/|title=People of Ireland, we haven't had a "Christmas" number one since 2004|last=Cannon|first=Eoghan|date=10 December 2018|publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann|access-date=25 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524230621/https://entertainment.ie/music/people-of-ireland-we-havent-had-a-christmas-number-one-since-2004-386316/|archive-date=24 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/every-christmas-number-1-on-the-official-irish-singles-chart__24948/|title=Every Christmas Number 1 on the Official Irish Singles Char|last=White|first=Jack|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|date=6 December 2018|access-date=25 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524230619/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/every-christmas-number-1-on-the-official-irish-singles-chart__24948/|archive-date=24 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> It spent seven weeks at number one on the Irish Charts, before being knocked off the top by Ellie Goulding's "Love Me Like You Do" (2015).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irma.ie/index.cfm?.page=viewNews&id=13&cYear=2015&cMonth=2|title=Goulding Strikes Gold|publisher=[[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRMA]]|date=6 February 2015|access-date=24 May 2019}}</ref> |
The track was certified six times platinum by the [[British Phonographic Industry]] (BPI), for track-equivalent sales of 3,600,000 units.<ref name="BPI" /> "Uptown Funk" was the best-selling song of 2015 in the UK, with combined sales of 1.76 million during the year (total 2.25 million).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-top-40-biggest-songs-of-2015-on-the-official-chart__13270/|title=The Top 40 biggest songs of 2015 on the Official Chart|last=Copsey|first=Rob|website=[[OfficialCharts.com]]|date=4 January 2016|access-date=15 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323030419/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-top-40-biggest-songs-of-2015-on-the-official-chart__13270/|archive-date=23 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> As of September 2017, the song had 2,723,470 combining units, making the [[list of best-selling singles of the 21st century in the United Kingdom]] as the fourth [[List of best-selling singles of the 21st century in the United Kingdom#Best-selling singles based on paid-for sales|best-selling single based on paid-for sales]] and the second [[List of best-selling singles of the 21st century in the United Kingdom#Best-selling songs based on combined sales|best-selling song based on combined sales]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-uks-official-chart-millionaires-revealed__20459|title=The UK's Official Chart 'millionaires' revealed|last=Copsey|first=Rob|publisher=Official Charts Company|date=19 September 2017|access-date=15 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328164939/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-uks-official-chart-millionaires-revealed__20459/|archive-date=28 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> It made the year-end charts in 2014 and 2015, topping the latter.<ref name="YECUK2014" /><ref name="YECUK2015" /> "Uptown Funk" debuted at number two on 12 December 2014, and the following week peaked at the top of the [[Irish Singles Chart]], taking the [[List of Irish Singles Chart Christmas number ones|Christmas number one]] spot.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2014/1219/667942-x-factor-winner-ben-haenow-denied-irish-no-1-spot/|title=X Factor winner Ben Haenow denied Irish No 1 spot|publisher=[[Raidió Teilifís Éireann]]|date=19 December 2014|access-date=28 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220132620/http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2014/1219/667942-x-factor-winner-ben-haenow-denied-irish-no-1-spot/|archive-date=20 December 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> It became the first song not released by ''[[The X Factor (UK TV series)|The X Factor]]'' winner to reach this position in nine years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://entertainment.ie/music/people-of-ireland-we-havent-had-a-christmas-number-one-since-2004-386316/|title=People of Ireland, we haven't had a "Christmas" number one since 2004|last=Cannon|first=Eoghan|date=10 December 2018|publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann|access-date=25 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524230621/https://entertainment.ie/music/people-of-ireland-we-havent-had-a-christmas-number-one-since-2004-386316/|archive-date=24 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/every-christmas-number-1-on-the-official-irish-singles-chart__24948/|title=Every Christmas Number 1 on the Official Irish Singles Char|last=White|first=Jack|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|date=6 December 2018|access-date=25 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524230619/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/every-christmas-number-1-on-the-official-irish-singles-chart__24948/|archive-date=24 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> It spent seven weeks at number one on the Irish Charts, before being knocked off the top by Ellie Goulding's "Love Me Like You Do" (2015).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irma.ie/index.cfm?.page=viewNews&id=13&cYear=2015&cMonth=2|title=Goulding Strikes Gold|publisher=[[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRMA]]|date=6 February 2015|access-date=24 May 2019|archive-date=30 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030015837/http://www.irma.ie/index.cfm?.page=viewNews&id=13&cYear=2015&cMonth=2|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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It reached the top spot in France in its sixth week, spending 11 weeks in the number one position. It charted for a total of 117 weeks, never leaving it from 2014 to 2017.<ref name="Frechart"/> It was certified diamond by the [[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique]] (SNEP) for sales of 250,000 copies.<ref name="SNEP"/> "Uptown Funk" reached number one on both Belgium charts, [[Ultratop 50]] Wallonia and Flanders, spending six and three weeks on the top of the respective charts.<ref name="Wallonia"/><ref name="Flanders"/> The song was certified three times platinum by the [[Belgian Entertainment Association]] (BEA), for sales of 90,000 copies.<ref name="Belgium"/> In Italy, the song was certified five times platinum, for track-equivalent sales of 250,000 units, despite only peaking at number three on the [[Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana|FIMI Singles Chart]].<ref name="Italy"/><ref name="FIMI"/> The single debuted at number 11 in Australia on 30 November 2014, jumping to number two the following week. In its third week, it topped the charts, where it stayed for a total of six weeks.<ref name="Auschart"/> It is the [[List of best-selling singles in Australia|best-selling single in Australia]] of all time and has been certified 22 times platinum for track-equivalent sales of 1,540,000.<ref name="ARIA"/> The single made the Australian year-end charts in 2014, 2015 and 2016, peaking at number one in 2015.<ref name="YEC2014"/><ref name="YEC2015"/><ref name="YEC2016"/> In New Zealand, the song debuted in the top ten, at number seven. In its fourth week on the chart, it peaked at number one, staying there for nine consecutive weeks.<ref name="NZchart"/> The track not only topped the year-end chart, but it was certified five times platinum by [[Recorded Music NZ]] (RMNZ) for 75,000 copies sold.<ref name="YECNZ"/><ref name="RMNZ"/> "Uptown Funk" set a record, achieved by four other songs, as it topped the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and the Official UK Singles chart for at least seven weeks each.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6487794/pitbull-ne-yo-hot-100-top-10|title=Pitbull & Ne-Yo Enter Hot 100 Top 10; Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars No. 1 Again|last=Trust|first=Gary|magazine=Billboard|date=4 March 2015|access-date=19 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503031344/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6487794/pitbull-ne-yo-hot-100-top-10|archive-date=3 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The song is reported to earn $100,000 for the label and composers per week streaming on [[Spotify]] alone.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2015/02/12/uptown-funk-is-reportedly-earning-100000-per-week-on-spotify/|title="Uptown Funk!" Is Reportedly Earning $100,000 Per Week On Spotify|last=McIntyre|first=Hugh|work=Forbes|date=12 February 2015|access-date=12 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150213030451/http://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2015/02/12/uptown-funk-is-reportedly-earning-100000-per-week-on-spotify/|archive-date=13 February 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> It had sold over twenty million equivalent units as of 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.org/downloads/GMR2016.pdf|title=Global Music Report 2016: State of the Industry|publisher=International Federation of the Phonographic Industry|year=2016|access-date=16 April 2016|archive-url=https://archive.today/20160730180434/http://www.ifpi.org/downloads/GMR2016.pdf|archive-date=30 July 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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==Impact== |
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The success of "Uptown Funk" made it a worldwide phenomenon with a major impact on [[pop culture]].<ref name="TGHG"/><ref name="TNYT">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/13/arts/mark-ronson-late-night-feelings.html|title=Mark Ronson, a Party Boy No More, Tries on Melancholy After a Parade of Hits|last=Coscarelli|first=Joe|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=13 June 2019|access-date=15 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190613225852/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/13/arts/mark-ronson-late-night-feelings.html|archive-date=13 June 2019|url-status=live|url-access=limited}}</ref> At one point, the song broke its own streaming record three times in the United Kingdom, with 2.34, 2.49 and 2.56 million streams.<ref name="DISJP">{{cite web|url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/18604/reviews/4148644|title=Album Review: Mark Ronson – Uptown Special|last=Parker|first=John|work=[[Drowned in Sound]]|date=26 January 2015|access-date=8 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508175858/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/18604/reviews/4148644|archive-date=8 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/mark-ronson-reclaims-singles-top-spot-and-breaks-own-streaming-record-3382/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229001208/http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/mark-ronson-reclaims-singles-top-spot-and-breaks-own-streaming-record-3382/|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 December 2014|title=Mark Ronson reclaims singles top spot and breaks own streaming record|last=Copsey|first=Rob|publisher=Official Charts Company|date=28 December 2014|access-date=15 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/uptown-funk-scores-third-week-at-number-1-and-sets-new-streaming-record__7584/|title=Uptown Funk scores third week at Number 1 and sets new streaming record|last=Moss|first=Liv|publisher=Official Charts Company|date=22 February 2015|access-date=15 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310064738/http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/uptown-funk-scores-third-week-at-number-1-and-sets-new-streaming-record__7584/|archive-date=10 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> It also broke the record for most streamed track in the United States and worldwide in one week, with 4.8 and 15 million streams, respectively.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6502145/trinidad-james-uptown-funk|title=Exclusive Premiere: Trinidad James Jumps on Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars' "Uptown Funk"|last1=Hampp|first1=Adrew|last2=Buerger|first2=Megan|magazine=Billboard|date=13 March 2015|access-date=8 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607130004/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6502145/trinidad-james-uptown-funk|archive-date=7 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jan/04/mark-ronson-uptown-special-interview|title=Mark Ronson on Amy Winehouse, angst and the success of Uptown Funk|last=Petridis|first=Alexis|work=The Guardian|date=4 January 2015|access-date=12 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411051801/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jan/04/mark-ronson-uptown-special-interview|archive-date=11 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Tom Breihan writing for ''[[Stereogum]]'' felt the recording had "transcend[ed] hit status" and become "omnipresent". It is "some sort of cultural event", that will be heard at weddings in the next couple of years.<ref name="SteTB"/> Danielle Janota of ''[[Consequence of Sound]]'' believed the single had a cultural impact. It is "more than infectious: It's instinctual", as everyone "stampedes furiously to the closest dance floor the second it comes on".<ref name="COSDJ"/> Matt James of ''[[PopMatters]]'' said the recording "incite[s] mass euphoric dancing wherever it is unleashed". It also demonstrates its "global domination", seeming to be "the only song on planet earth right now".<ref name="PopMatters"/> |
The success of "Uptown Funk" made it a worldwide phenomenon with a major impact on [[pop culture]].<ref name="TGHG"/><ref name="TNYT">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/13/arts/mark-ronson-late-night-feelings.html|title=Mark Ronson, a Party Boy No More, Tries on Melancholy After a Parade of Hits|last=Coscarelli|first=Joe|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=13 June 2019|access-date=15 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190613225852/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/13/arts/mark-ronson-late-night-feelings.html|archive-date=13 June 2019|url-status=live|url-access=limited}}</ref> At one point, the song broke its own streaming record three times in the United Kingdom, with 2.34, 2.49 and 2.56 million streams.<ref name="DISJP">{{cite web|url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/18604/reviews/4148644|title=Album Review: Mark Ronson – Uptown Special|last=Parker|first=John|work=[[Drowned in Sound]]|date=26 January 2015|access-date=8 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508175858/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/18604/reviews/4148644|archive-date=8 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/mark-ronson-reclaims-singles-top-spot-and-breaks-own-streaming-record-3382/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229001208/http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/mark-ronson-reclaims-singles-top-spot-and-breaks-own-streaming-record-3382/|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 December 2014|title=Mark Ronson reclaims singles top spot and breaks own streaming record|last=Copsey|first=Rob|publisher=Official Charts Company|date=28 December 2014|access-date=15 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/uptown-funk-scores-third-week-at-number-1-and-sets-new-streaming-record__7584/|title=Uptown Funk scores third week at Number 1 and sets new streaming record|last=Moss|first=Liv|publisher=Official Charts Company|date=22 February 2015|access-date=15 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310064738/http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/uptown-funk-scores-third-week-at-number-1-and-sets-new-streaming-record__7584/|archive-date=10 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> It also broke the record for most streamed track in the United States and worldwide in one week, with 4.8 and 15 million streams, respectively.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6502145/trinidad-james-uptown-funk|title=Exclusive Premiere: Trinidad James Jumps on Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars' "Uptown Funk"|last1=Hampp|first1=Adrew|last2=Buerger|first2=Megan|magazine=Billboard|date=13 March 2015|access-date=8 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607130004/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6502145/trinidad-james-uptown-funk|archive-date=7 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jan/04/mark-ronson-uptown-special-interview|title=Mark Ronson on Amy Winehouse, angst and the success of Uptown Funk|last=Petridis|first=Alexis|work=The Guardian|date=4 January 2015|access-date=12 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411051801/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jan/04/mark-ronson-uptown-special-interview|archive-date=11 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Tom Breihan writing for ''[[Stereogum]]'' felt the recording had "transcend[ed] hit status" and become "omnipresent". It is "some sort of cultural event", that will be heard at weddings in the next couple of years.<ref name="SteTB"/> Danielle Janota of ''[[Consequence of Sound]]'' believed the single had a cultural impact. It is "more than infectious: It's instinctual", as everyone "stampedes furiously to the closest dance floor the second it comes on".<ref name="COSDJ"/> Matt James of ''[[PopMatters]]'' said the recording "incite[s] mass euphoric dancing wherever it is unleashed". It also demonstrates its "global domination", seeming to be "the only song on planet earth right now".<ref name="PopMatters"/> |
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In an interview with ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', Mark Ronson said the recording was being played in Morocco, Puerto Rico and Nigeria, countries his music had never reached before. He also confessed the track led to people starting to recognise him.<ref>{{cite magazine|url= |
In an interview with ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', Mark Ronson said the recording was being played in Morocco, Puerto Rico and Nigeria, countries his music had never reached before. He also confessed the track led to people starting to recognise him.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/3713183/mark-ronson-uptown-funk-bruno-mars/|title=Mark Ronson on 'Uptown Funk': Pop Songs Don't Need to Have Dumb Lyrics|last=Feeney|first=Nolan|magazine=Time|date=18 February 2015|access-date=8 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180501074407/http://time.com/3713183/mark-ronson-uptown-funk-bruno-mars/|archive-date=1 May 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Newsweek]]''{{'s}} Jed Gottlieb explained the reason "Uptown Funk" is an immortal track is because "the song is an increasingly rare phenomenon", since dancing allows us to connect "divergent demographics". "[T]he song creates an ephemeral flash where disparate groups get along because they've been spiked with the same euphoria". He believed "for the next quarter-century, it will persist as a choice wedding spin."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/2015/06/12/why-uptown-funk-immortal-337988.html|title=Why 'Uptown Funk' Is Immortal|last=Gottlieb|first=Jed|work=[[Newsweek]]|date=1 June 2015|access-date=8 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507165137/https://www.newsweek.com/2015/06/12/why-uptown-funk-immortal-337988.html|archive-date=7 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> ''NME''{{'s}} Barry Nicolson dubbed the single "an insta-phenomenon".<ref name="NMEBN">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/reviews-mark-ronson-15885|title=Mark Ronson – ''Uptown Special'' NME|last=Nicolson|first=Barry|work=NME|date=19 January 2015|access-date=11 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190511122104/https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/reviews-mark-ronson-15885|archive-date=11 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Jeremy Allen of [[BBC]] said that "the biggest hits of the past few years", such as Ronson's "Uptown Funk" and [[Daft Punk]]'s "[[Get Lucky (Daft Punk song)|Get Lucky]]" (2013) drew inspiration from the 80s funk/soul works by Prince, Michael Jackson, Nile Rodgers and others, leading the "80s to dominates modern culture".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2NzGHl4vmC4fH7Zf6cWjxwn/from-uptown-funk-to-stranger-things-how-the-80s-still-dominates-modern-culture|title=From Uptown Funk to Stranger Things: How the 80s still dominates modern culture|last=Allen|first=Jeremy|publisher=BBC|date=2 August 2018|access-date=8 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605084026/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2NzGHl4vmC4fH7Zf6cWjxwn/from-uptown-funk-to-stranger-things-how-the-80s-still-dominates-modern-culture|archive-date=5 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Nevertheless, when Angus Harrison of ''[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]'' asked musicologist Dr. John Burgoyne if it would be remembered in twenty years he explained that despite "the melody being sung, the hook is not" and he is unsure if it will be remembered as "the hook is that trumpet drop, whereas the words "Uptown Funk" just sort of disappear."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/da/article/rnwnkx/we-spoke-to-the-scientist-who-knows-which-songs-stick-in-your-head|title=Will Anyone Care About 'Uptown Funk' and "Take Me To Church" in 20 Years Time?|last=Harrison|first=Angus|work=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]|date=22 April 2015|access-date=8 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508170412/https://www.vice.com/da/article/rnwnkx/we-spoke-to-the-scientist-who-knows-which-songs-stick-in-your-head|archive-date=8 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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In November 2019, ''Consequence of Sound'' compiled a list of the "Top 100 Songs of the 2010s" with "Uptown Funk" at number 77. Ali Szubiak wrote, the song became "so embedded in our cultural core that it proved inescapable". Szubiak added, "not since "Uptown Funk" has the world felt so united."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2019/11/top-100-songs-of-the-2010s/4/|title=Top 100 Songs of the 2010s|author= |
In November 2019, ''Consequence of Sound'' compiled a list of the "Top 100 Songs of the 2010s" with "Uptown Funk" at number 77. Ali Szubiak wrote, the song became "so embedded in our cultural core that it proved inescapable". Szubiak added, "not since "Uptown Funk" has the world felt so united."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2019/11/top-100-songs-of-the-2010s/4/|title=Top 100 Songs of the 2010s|author=<!--Not stated-->|work=Consequence of Sound|date=11 November 2019|access-date=17 November 2019|archive-date=12 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112115519/https://consequenceofsound.net/2019/11/top-100-songs-of-the-2010s/4/|url-status=live}}</ref> A month later, ''Rolling Stone'' also compiled a list of the "Top 100 Songs of the 2010s" with "Uptown Funk" at number 66. Jon Dolan affirmed the song "kick-starting a 2010s funk revival that Mars himself and Lizzo would blow wide open".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/the-100-best-songs-of-the-2010s-917532/mark-ronson-bruno-mars-uptown-funk-917610/|title=The 100 Best Songs of the 2010s|author=<!--Not stated-->|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=4 December 2019|access-date=7 April 2022}}</ref> The staff from ''NME'' dubbed "Uptown Funk" as one of The 100 Best Songs of the 2010s, ranking at number 56, Rhian Daly classified it as "a gigantic, joy-giving earworm".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/features/nmes-greatest-songs-of-the-decade-the-2010s-2583527|title=The Best Songs Of The Decade: The 2010s|author=<!--Not stated--> |work=NME|date=4 December 2019|access-date=7 April 2022|archive-date=4 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204183146/https://www.nme.com/features/nmes-greatest-songs-of-the-decade-the-2010s-2583527|url-status=live}}</ref> On the same month, Jay Cridlin writing for ''[[Tampa Bay Times]]'' compiled a list of the 50 "The best pop songs of the 2010s", placing "Uptown Funk" at the top of it. Cridlin felt the track "it is timeless, and somehow, it still sounds fresh."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tampabay.com/arts-entertainment/music/2019/12/26/the-best-pop-songs-of-the-2010s-taylor-swift-bruno-mars-lorde-more/|title=The best pop songs of the 2010s: Taylor Swift, Bruno Mars, Lorde, more|last=Cridlin|first=Jay|work=[[Tampa Bay Times]]|date=26 December 2019|access-date=28 December 2019|archive-date=29 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191229123625/https://www.tampabay.com/arts-entertainment/music/2019/12/26/the-best-pop-songs-of-the-2010s-taylor-swift-bruno-mars-lorde-more/|url-status=live}}</ref> Nerisha Penrose from ''[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]]'' dubbed the track as one of the 52 Best Songs That Defined the 2010s, ranking at number 25, saying it "had the whole world smiling and dancing for weeks."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elle.com/culture/music/g30151906/best-2010s-songs/?slide=25|title=The 52 Best Songs That Defined the 2010s|last=Penrose|first=Nerisha|work=[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]]|date=13 December 2019|access-date=27 January 2020|archive-date=31 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131150928/https://www.elle.com/culture/music/g30151906/best-2010s-songs/?slide=25|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Stereogum'' compiled a list of The 200 Best Songs Of The 2010s, ranking "Uptown Funk" at number 19, Margaret Farrell affirmed the record "was a monstrously successful, inescapable single, the soundtrack for 2014 and well into 2015."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2062403/best-songs-of-the-2010s-list/lists/ultimate-playlist/|title=The 200 Best Songs of the 2010s|work=Stereogum|date=November 5, 2019|access-date=Jun 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106132915/https://www.stereogum.com/featured/best-songs-of-the-2010s-list/|archive-date=November 6, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> According to ''Billboard'', the single was one of the "Songs That Defined the Decade". Taylor Weatherby described it as "Four and a half minutes of pure fun, with hooks galore and memorable lines".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/mark-ronson-uptown-funk-songs-that-defined-the-decade-8544133/|title=Songs That Defined the Decade: Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars' 'Uptown Funk'|last=Weatherby|first=Taylor|magazine=Billboard|date=November 21, 2019|access-date=July 4, 2022}}</ref> In 2021, ''Rolling Stone'' placed "Uptown Funk" at number 417 on their "Top 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-songs-of-all-time-1224767/bruno-mars-mark-ronson-uptown-funk-1224921/|title=The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=September 15, 2021|access-date=July 4, 2022}}</ref> In 2022, ''Billboard''{{'s}} staff ranked the "500 Best Pop Songs", placing the single at number 76. Danielle Pascual wrote "fusing a rhythmic vocal base line ("doh doh doh"), a blaring horn section, a Trinidad James lift and Bruno Mars' soulful tone to create a brilliant and unpredictable modern [[disco-pop]] song".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/best-pop-songs-all-time-hits/76-mark-ronson-feat-bruno-mars-uptown-funk-2/|title=The 500 Best Pop Songs: Staff List|author=Various|magazine=Billboard|date=October 19, 2023|access-date=October 21, 2023}}</ref> |
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In September 2024, ''Billboard''{{'s}} Kyle Denis affirmed that "Uptown Funk" "is the kind of genuine cultural phenomenon and musical juggernaut that feels damn near impossible in this age of hyper-fragmented social media silos. From Mars' annoyingly charming vocal performance to an irresistible brass breakdown, 'Uptown Funk' was simply inescapable. Mars' presence on the track was also so outsized that many forget it's not even his song."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/bruno-mars-greatest-pop-stars-21st-century-1235768954/|title=Billboard's Greatest Pop Stars of the 21st Century: No. 20 — Bruno Mars|last=Denis|first=Kyle|magazine=Billboard|date=September 6, 2024|accessdate=September 17, 2024}}</ref> |
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The music video was filmed at the 20th Century Fox Studios' "New York Street" backlot in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/20thCFoxStudios/posts/564247680344105|title=We were so thrilled to host Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson on our lot|author=20th Century Fox Studios|publisher=Facebook|date=20 November 2014|access-date=27 March 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150404222918/https://www.facebook.com/20thCFoxStudios/posts/564247680344105|archive-date=4 April 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Mars and [[Cameron Duddy]] directed the video released on 17 November 2014.<ref name="RSRR">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/mark-ronson-bruno-mars-strut-through-retro-uptown-funk-video-20141117|title=Mark Ronson, Bruno Mars Strut Through Retro 'Uptown Funk' Video|last=Reed|first=Ryan|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=17 November 2014|access-date=23 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141119190847/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/mark-ronson-bruno-mars-strut-through-retro-uptown-funk-video-20141117|archive-date=19 November 2014|url-status=live|url-access=limited}}</ref> In it, Ronson and Mars are wearing clothing from the late 1970s and 1980s.<ref name="RSRR"/><ref name="RapUp">{{cite web|url=https://www.rap-up.com/2014/11/17/video-mark-ronson-f-bruno-mars-uptown-funk/|title=Video: Mark Ronson f/ Bruno Mars – "Uptown Funk"|work=Rap-Up|date=17 November 2014|access-date=7 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507131245/https://www.rap-up.com/2014/11/17/video-mark-ronson-f-bruno-mars-uptown-funk/|archive-date=7 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Mars wears a "salmon-colored [[blazer]]" and both put on sun glasses.<ref name="BBJL">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6319862/bruno-mars-mark-ronson-uptown-funk-video|title=Bruno Mars & Mark Ronson Are Impossibly Cool in "Uptown Funk" Video|last=Lynch|first=Joe|magazine=Billboard|date=17 November 2014|access-date=7 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421110611/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6319862/bruno-mars-mark-ronson-uptown-funk-video|archive-date=21 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Throughout most of the video, Ronson, Mars and The Hooligans are singing, walking and dancing in the middle of the streets. Ronson is seen mostly lingering in the background, while Mars takes the spotlight.<ref name="RSRR"/><ref name="RapUp"/><ref name="BBJL"/> At one point, during the video, Ronson and Mars get their hair put in [[Perm (hairstyle)|perm curlers]] at a hair salon and their shoes shined.<ref name="RSRR"/><ref name="RapUp"/><ref name="BBJL"/> As Mars sings "Fill my cup, put some liquor in it", one of his bandmates does so. The singer also yells at his chauffeur to get the limousine as he, Ronson and the band "jive" next to it.<ref name="RSRR"/><ref name="StereoTB">{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/1720632/the-5-best-videos-of-the-week-155/franchises/straight-to-video/|title=The 5 Best Videos of the Week|last=Breihan|first=Tom|work=[[Stereogum]]|date=21 November 2014|access-date=7 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507131248/https://www.stereogum.com/1720632/the-5-best-videos-of-the-week-155/franchises/straight-to-video/|archive-date=7 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Towards the end of the video, Ronson, Mars, The Hooligans and Jeff Bhasker perform the song in a closed set to several people.<ref name="YTMR">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPf0YbXqDm0|title=Mark Ronson – Uptown Funk ft. Bruno Mars|via=[[YouTube]]|date=19 November 2014|access-date=15 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170711013718/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPf0YbXqDm0|archive-date=11 July 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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Joe Lynch of ''Billboard'' praised the video, finding it to be as "ebullient" as the song, calling Ronson and Mars "impossibly cool".<ref name="BBJL"/> ''Rap-Up'' praised the dance moves performed by Mars and The Hooligans.<ref name="RapUp"/> Tom Breihan of ''Stereogum'' said, "I had no idea [Mars] had "ersatz [[Morris Day]]" in his arsenal."<ref name="StereoTB"/> Ryan Reed from ''Rolling Stone'' called the video "goofy".<ref name="RSRR"/> The clip made the cut on several lists of best music videos of the year. [[Lyndsey Parker]], also writing in ''Rolling Stone'' felt Ronson and Mars complement [[The Time (band)|Morris Day and The Time]]'s "funky-fresh-to-death tradition well", ranking it number six on the list of 20 videos.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-20-most-awesome-music-videos-of-2014-231622/|title=The 20 Most Awesome Music Videos of 2014|last=Parker|first=Lyndsey|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=22 December 2014|access-date=7 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507164427/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-20-most-awesome-music-videos-of-2014-231622/|archive-date=7 May 2019|url-status=live|url-access=limited}}</ref> On its list of the 20 Best Music Videos of 2014 compiled by ''Paste'', Dacey Orr ranked the video at number 11 saying it "has all of the fun and embellishment and color and choreography to be a real classic".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2014/12/the-20-best-music-videos-of-2014.html|title=The 20 Best Music Videos of 2014|last=Orr|first=Dacey|work=Paste|date=31 December 2014|access-date=7 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507164427/https://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2014/12/the-20-best-music-videos-of-2014.html|archive-date=7 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> On the ''Stereogum'' 40 Best Music Videos of 2014, Breihan placed it at number 25. He wrote, "imagine a world in which circa-1986 [[Jonathan Demme]] had directed a movie about Morris Day & The Time".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/1724770/the-40-best-music-videos-of-2014/franchises/2014-in-review/|title=The 40 Best Music Videos Of 2014|last=Breihan|first=Tom|work=Stereogum|date=19 December 2014|access-date=7 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507131242/https://www.stereogum.com/1724770/the-40-best-music-videos-of-2014/franchises/2014-in-review/|archive-date=7 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Harriet Gibsone writing for ''The Guardian'' found the video has "super-slick, [[The Jackson 5|Jackson]]-like group choreography, glossy production and retro styling".<ref name="TGHG"/> On the ''Stereogum'' 20 Best Music Videos of 2010s, Breihan placed the music video at number four.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2063870/the-20-best-music-videos-of-the-2010s/franchises/list/|title=The 20 Best Music Videos Of The 2010s|last=Breihan|first=Tom|work=Stereogum|date=6 November 2019|access-date=13 October 2020}}</ref> |
Joe Lynch of ''Billboard'' praised the video, finding it to be as "ebullient" as the song, calling Ronson and Mars "impossibly cool".<ref name="BBJL"/> ''Rap-Up'' praised the dance moves performed by Mars and The Hooligans.<ref name="RapUp"/> Tom Breihan of ''Stereogum'' said, "I had no idea [Mars] had "ersatz [[Morris Day]]" in his arsenal."<ref name="StereoTB"/> Ryan Reed from ''Rolling Stone'' called the video "goofy".<ref name="RSRR"/> The clip made the cut on several lists of best music videos of the year. [[Lyndsey Parker]], also writing in ''Rolling Stone'' felt Ronson and Mars complement [[The Time (band)|Morris Day and The Time]]'s "funky-fresh-to-death tradition well", ranking it number six on the list of 20 videos.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-20-most-awesome-music-videos-of-2014-231622/|title=The 20 Most Awesome Music Videos of 2014|last=Parker|first=Lyndsey|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=22 December 2014|access-date=7 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507164427/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-20-most-awesome-music-videos-of-2014-231622/|archive-date=7 May 2019|url-status=live|url-access=limited}}</ref> On its list of the 20 Best Music Videos of 2014 compiled by ''Paste'', Dacey Orr ranked the video at number 11 saying it "has all of the fun and embellishment and color and choreography to be a real classic".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2014/12/the-20-best-music-videos-of-2014.html|title=The 20 Best Music Videos of 2014|last=Orr|first=Dacey|work=Paste|date=31 December 2014|access-date=7 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507164427/https://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2014/12/the-20-best-music-videos-of-2014.html|archive-date=7 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> On the ''Stereogum'' 40 Best Music Videos of 2014, Breihan placed it at number 25. He wrote, "imagine a world in which circa-1986 [[Jonathan Demme]] had directed a movie about Morris Day & The Time".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/1724770/the-40-best-music-videos-of-2014/franchises/2014-in-review/|title=The 40 Best Music Videos Of 2014|last=Breihan|first=Tom|work=Stereogum|date=19 December 2014|access-date=7 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507131242/https://www.stereogum.com/1724770/the-40-best-music-videos-of-2014/franchises/2014-in-review/|archive-date=7 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Harriet Gibsone writing for ''The Guardian'' found the video has "super-slick, [[The Jackson 5|Jackson]]-like group choreography, glossy production and retro styling".<ref name="TGHG"/> On the ''Stereogum'' 20 Best Music Videos of 2010s, Breihan placed the music video at number four.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2063870/the-20-best-music-videos-of-the-2010s/franchises/list/|title=The 20 Best Music Videos Of The 2010s|last=Breihan|first=Tom|work=Stereogum|date=6 November 2019|access-date=13 October 2020|archive-date=23 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200823203308/https://www.stereogum.com/2063870/the-20-best-music-videos-of-the-2010s/franchises/list/|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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The video received multiple awards and nominations. In 2015, it was nominated for [[Brit Award for British Video of the Year|British Video of the Year]] at the BRIT Awards.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/brit-awards-2015-nominations-list-sam-smith-and-ed-sheeran-favourites-to-win-big-10067640.html|title=Brit Awards 2015 nominations list in full: Sam Smith and Ed Sheeran favorites to win big|last=Denham|first=Jess|work=[[The Independent]]|date=24 February 2015|access-date=19 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926042324/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/brit-awards-2015-nominations-list-sam-smith-and-ed-sheeran-favourites-to-win-big-10067640.html|archive-date=26 September 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> At the [[2015 MTV Video Music Awards]], it received nominations for [[MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year|Video of the Year]], [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Pop Video|Best Pop Video]], [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Collaboration|Best Collaboration]] and [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction|Best Direction]] and an award for [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video|Best Male Video]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/events/vma/6678711/vmas-2015-winners-list-full|title=MTV Video Music Awards 2015: The Winners Are…|last=Lipshutz|first=Jason|date=30 August 2015|magazine=Billboard|access-date=19 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913034243/http://www.billboard.com/articles/events/vma/6678711/vmas-2015-winners-list-full|archive-date=13 September 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> In the same year, the [[UK Music Video Awards]] awarded it Best Pop Video-UK and it was nominated for [[MTV Video Music Award Japan for Best Male Video|Best Male Video]] at the [[2015 MTV Video Music Awards Japan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukmva.com/content/past-winners/2015|title=Past Winners – 2015|publisher=UK Music Video Awards|access-date=5 September 2021|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160620151440/http://www.ukmva.com/content/past-winners/2015|archive-date=20 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtvjapan.com/vmaj2015/nominees/best-male-video/|title=MTV Video Music Awards Japan 2015|publisher=MTV Japan|language=ja|access-date=30 July 2020|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205120959/http://www.mtvjapan.com/vmaj2015/nominees/best-male-video/|archive-date=5 February 2016}}</ref> It received an award for [[Soul Train Music Award for Best Video of the Year|Video of the Year]] and a nomination for [[Soul Train Music Award for Best Dance Performance|Best Dance Performance]] at the [[2015 Soul Train Music Awards]].<ref name="STMAW 2015"/><ref name="STMAN 2015"/> The video has over |
The video received multiple awards and nominations. In 2015, it was nominated for [[Brit Award for British Video of the Year|British Video of the Year]] at the BRIT Awards.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/brit-awards-2015-nominations-list-sam-smith-and-ed-sheeran-favourites-to-win-big-10067640.html|title=Brit Awards 2015 nominations list in full: Sam Smith and Ed Sheeran favorites to win big|last=Denham|first=Jess|work=[[The Independent]]|date=24 February 2015|access-date=19 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926042324/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/brit-awards-2015-nominations-list-sam-smith-and-ed-sheeran-favourites-to-win-big-10067640.html|archive-date=26 September 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> At the [[2015 MTV Video Music Awards]], it received nominations for [[MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year|Video of the Year]], [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Pop Video|Best Pop Video]], [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Collaboration|Best Collaboration]] and [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction|Best Direction]] and an award for [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video|Best Male Video]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/events/vma/6678711/vmas-2015-winners-list-full|title=MTV Video Music Awards 2015: The Winners Are…|last=Lipshutz|first=Jason|date=30 August 2015|magazine=Billboard|access-date=19 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913034243/http://www.billboard.com/articles/events/vma/6678711/vmas-2015-winners-list-full|archive-date=13 September 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> In the same year, the [[UK Music Video Awards]] awarded it Best Pop Video-UK and it was nominated for [[MTV Video Music Award Japan for Best Male Video|Best Male Video]] at the [[2015 MTV Video Music Awards Japan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukmva.com/content/past-winners/2015|title=Past Winners – 2015|publisher=UK Music Video Awards|access-date=5 September 2021|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160620151440/http://www.ukmva.com/content/past-winners/2015|archive-date=20 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtvjapan.com/vmaj2015/nominees/best-male-video/|title=MTV Video Music Awards Japan 2015|publisher=MTV Japan|language=ja|access-date=30 July 2020|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205120959/http://www.mtvjapan.com/vmaj2015/nominees/best-male-video/|archive-date=5 February 2016}}</ref> It received an award for [[Soul Train Music Award for Best Video of the Year|Video of the Year]] and a nomination for [[Soul Train Music Award for Best Dance Performance|Best Dance Performance]] at the [[2015 Soul Train Music Awards]].<ref name="STMAW 2015"/><ref name="STMAN 2015"/> The video has over 5.3 billion views on [[YouTube]] as of November 2024, making it the [[List of most-viewed YouTube videos|ninth most viewed YouTube video of all time]].<ref name="YTMR"/> |
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==Live performances== |
==Live performances== |
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[[File:Bruno Mars Super Bowl.jpg|thumb|alt=Photograph of Bruno Mars and The Hooligans performing "Uptown Funk" at the [[Super Bowl 50 halftime show]]| Bruno Mars and The Hooligans performing "Uptown Funk" at the [[Super Bowl 50 halftime show]]]] |
[[File:Bruno Mars Super Bowl.jpg|thumb|alt=Photograph of Bruno Mars and The Hooligans performing "Uptown Funk" at the [[Super Bowl 50 halftime show]]| Bruno Mars and The Hooligans performing "Uptown Funk" at the [[Super Bowl 50 halftime show]]]] |
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"Uptown Funk" was first performed live by Ronson and Mars on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' on 22 November 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.idolator.com/7571556/mark-ronson-bruno-mars-uptown-funk-snl-saturday-night-live-watch|title=Mark Ronson And Bruno Mars Perform 'Uptown Funk' And Debut "Feel Right" On 'Saturday Night Live': Watch|last=Daw|first=Robbie|website=Idolator|date=22 November 2014|access-date=29 April 2019|archive-date=11 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811192405/http://www.idolator.com/7571556/mark-ronson-bruno-mars-uptown-funk-snl-saturday-night-live-watch|url-status=live}}</ref> Mars wore shades and a salmon-colored blazer.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6327527/snl-saturday-night-live-recap-bruno-mars-and-mark-ronson-bring-the-funk-with-mystikal-cameron-diaz-raps|title='SNL' Recap: Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson Bring the Funk With Mystikal, Cameron Diaz Raps & More|last=Peters|first=Mitchell|magazine=Billboard|date=23 November 2016|access-date=29 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171112122210/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6327527/snl-saturday-night-live-recap-bruno-mars-and-mark-ronson-bring-the-funk-with-mystikal-cameron-diaz-raps|archive-date=12 November 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Their performance was well received by critics. Colin Joyce of ''Spin'' magazine praised Ronson's "electric guitar performance" describing it as something "that Prince ... could have been proud of". Joyce also commended the effortless singing and rapping skills of Mars.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2014/11/bruno-mars-mark-ronson-mystikal-uptown-funk-snl-video/|title=Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson Give 'SNL' Some "Uptown Funk"|last=Joyce|first=Colin|work=Spin|date=23 November 2014|access-date=29 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170622011255/http://www.spin.com/2014/11/bruno-mars-mark-ronson-mystikal-uptown-funk-snl-video/|archive-date=22 June 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The ''[[Village Voice]]''{{'s}} Hillary Hugues praised the vocals by Mars, dance moves and the "taut line between cheeky confidence and charm" that he was able to walk.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2014/11/24/bruno-mars-and-mark-ronson-have-a-total-blast-on-snl/|title=Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson Have a Total Blast on SNL|last=Hugues|first=Hillary|work=[[The Village Voice]]|date=24 November 2014|access-date=29 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214030233/https://www.villagevoice.com/2014/11/24/bruno-mars-and-mark-ronson-have-a-total-blast-on-snl/|archive-date=14 February 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Iyana Robertson of ''Vibe'' complimented the "groove" of the song, as well as, the reenactment of "the retro swag" music video.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vibe.com/2014/11/bruno-mars-mark-ronson-mystikal-snl-performance|title=Bruno Mars, Mark Ronson And Mystikal Funk It Up On 'SNL'|last=Robertson|first=Iyana|work=Vibe|date=23 November 2014|access-date=29 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170621084630/http://www.vibe.com/2014/11/bruno-mars-mark-ronson-mystikal-snl-performance/|archive-date=21 June 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The track was also performed live during the North American version of ''[[The Voice (U.S. season 7)|The Voice]]'' final on 16 December 2014. During the show, Mars and his band, The Hooligans, performed a rehearsed choreography, while the singer wore gold rollers in his hair.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rap-up.com/2014/12/16/bruno-mars-mark-ronson-perform-uptown-funk-on-the-voice-finale/|title=Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson Bring 'Uptown Funk' to "The Voice" Finale|work=[[Rap-Up]]|date=16 December 2014|access-date=29 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161117162244/http://www.rap-up.com/2014/12/16/bruno-mars-mark-ronson-perform-uptown-funk-on-the-voice-finale/|archive-date=17 November 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Critics found the use of rollers by Mars in his hair hilarious.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/607297/bruno-mars-rocks-the-hell-out-of-curlers-during-uptown-funk-performance-on-the-voice|title=Bruno Mars Rocks the Hell Out of Curlers During 'Uptown Funk' Performance on The Voice|last=Harrison|first=Lily|publisher=[[E!]]|date=17 December 2014|access-date=29 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204134323/http://www.eonline.com/news/607297/bruno-mars-rocks-the-hell-out-of-curlers-during-uptown-funk-performance-on-the-voice|archive-date=4 February 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2014/12/17/bruno-mars-voice-curlers/77619112/|title=So, Bruno Mars just wore hair curlers onstage...|last=Mallenbaum|first=Carly|work=[[USA Today]]|date=17 December 2014|access-date=29 April 2019|archive-date=14 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914090529/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2014/12/17/bruno-mars-voice-curlers/77619112/|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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"Uptown Funk" |
Ronson and Mars performed "Uptown Funk" live on ''[[The Ellen DeGeneres Show]]'' on 13 January 2015. The performance began with Ronson demonstrating some of his DJ skills by scratching and doing hypeman work. Then Mars, dressed in a red blazer, snap back and black shades, and some of his band-mates, led the "audience through some choreography", before making their way to the stage, where Ellen also showed "her little two-step".<ref name="STEREOCD">{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/1728964/watch-mark-ronson-bruno-mars-funk-up-ellens-studio-audience/video/|title=Watch Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars Funk Up Ellen's Studio Audience|last=DeVille|first=Chris|work=Stereogum|date=13 January 2015|access-date=29 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180825152446/https://www.stereogum.com/1728964/watch-mark-ronson-bruno-mars-funk-up-ellens-studio-audience/video/|archive-date=25 August 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="VIBESG">{{cite web|url=https://www.vibe.com/2015/01/bruno-mars-mark-ronson-perform-on-ellen|title=Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson Bring Their Uptown Funk To Ellen|last=Golding|first=Shenequa|work=Vibe|date=14 January 2015|access-date=29 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170621085938/http://www.vibe.com/2015/01/bruno-mars-mark-ronson-perform-on-ellen/|archive-date=21 June 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Chris DeVille from ''Stereogum'' characterised the performance as a "blast", while ''NME''{{'s}} Nadia Khomami dubbed it "energetic". In the same vein, Shenequa Golding from ''Vibe'', called the show "dope".<ref name="STEREOCD"/><ref name="VIBESG"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mark-ronson-30-1219362|title=Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars involve entire audience in 'Uptown Funk' performance on Ellen|last=Khomami|first=Nadia|work=NME|date=14 January 2015|access-date=29 April 2019|archive-date=28 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028121937/https://www.nme.com/news/music/mark-ronson-30-1219362|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2016, this performance earned them a nomination for a [[Daytime Emmy Award]] at the [[43rd Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cdn.emmyonline.org/day_43rd_nominations.pdf|title=The 43rd Annual Daytime Emmy Award Nominations|publisher=[[National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences]]|access-date=24 March 2016|date=24 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417042422/http://cdn.emmyonline.org/day_43rd_nominations.pdf|archive-date=17 April 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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Ronson and Mars performed "Uptown Funk" live on ''[[The Ellen DeGeneres Show]]'' on 13 January 2015. The performance began with Ronson demonstrating some of his DJ skills by scratching and doing hypeman work. Then Mars, dressed in a red blazer, snap back and black shades, and some of his band-mates, led the "audience through some choreography", before making their way to the stage, where Ellen also showed "her little two-step".<ref name="STEREOCD">{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/1728964/watch-mark-ronson-bruno-mars-funk-up-ellens-studio-audience/video/|title=Watch Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars Funk Up Ellen's Studio Audience|last=DeVille|first=Chris|work=Stereogum|date=13 January 2015|access-date=29 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180825152446/https://www.stereogum.com/1728964/watch-mark-ronson-bruno-mars-funk-up-ellens-studio-audience/video/|archive-date=25 August 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="VIBESG">{{cite web|url=https://www.vibe.com/2015/01/bruno-mars-mark-ronson-perform-on-ellen|title=Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson Bring Their Uptown Funk To Ellen|last=Golding|first=Shenequa|work=Vibe|date=14 January 2015|access-date=29 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170621085938/http://www.vibe.com/2015/01/bruno-mars-mark-ronson-perform-on-ellen/|archive-date=21 June 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Chris DeVille from ''Stereogum'' characterised the performance as a "blast", while ''NME''{{'s}} Nadia Khomami dubbed it "energetic". In the same vein, Shenequa Golding from ''Vibe'', called the show "dope".<ref name="STEREOCD"/><ref name="VIBESG"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mark-ronson-30-1219362|title=Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars involve entire audience in 'Uptown Funk' performance on Ellen|last=Khomami|first=Nadia|work=NME|date=14 January 2015|access-date=29 April 2019}}</ref> In 2016, this performance earned them a nomination for a [[Daytime Emmy Award]] at the [[43rd Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cdn.emmyonline.org/day_43rd_nominations.pdf|title=The 43rd Annual Daytime Emmy Award Nominations|publisher=[[National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences]]|access-date=24 March 2016|date=24 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417042422/http://cdn.emmyonline.org/day_43rd_nominations.pdf|archive-date=17 April 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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After [[Coldplay]] were announced as the lead performers for the [[Super Bowl 50 halftime show]], [[Chris Martin]] asked Mars to join them, but he declined. Martin explained he wanted Mars to perform "Uptown Funk" with [[Beyoncé]]. Mars still did not think it was a good idea, but Beyoncé was receptive to the idea.<ref name="RSRRDK"/> On 7 February 2016, the trio took the stage during the halftime show. |
After [[Coldplay]] were announced as the lead performers for the [[Super Bowl 50 halftime show]], [[Chris Martin]] asked Mars to join them, but he declined. Martin explained he wanted Mars to perform "Uptown Funk" with [[Beyoncé]]. Mars still did not think it was a good idea, but Beyoncé was receptive to the idea.<ref name="RSRRDK"/> On 7 February 2016, the trio took the stage during the halftime show. Ronson appeared handling DJ duties, while Mars and his dancers performed "Uptown Funk", wearing an all-black Versace outfit with gold chains.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bruno-mars-outfit-at-super-862875|title=Bruno Mars Kills It in Versace at Super Bowl 50|last=Chan|first=Stephanie|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=7 February 2017|access-date=30 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430224023/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bruno-mars-outfit-at-super-862875|archive-date=30 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="NYTJC">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/08/sports/football/beyonce-coldplay-super-bowl-halftime-show.html?|title=Review: It's Coldplay, Starring Beyoncé, at Super Bowl Halftime Show|last=Caramanica|first=Jon|work=The New York Times|date=7 February 2016|access-date=30 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426184430/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/08/sports/football/beyonce-coldplay-super-bowl-halftime-show.html|archive-date=26 April 2019|url-status=live|url-access=limited}}</ref> During the show, Beyoncé, in a Michael Jackson-inspired outfit appeared with a set of backing dancers dressed as Black Panthers. She performed her single "[[Formation (song)|Formation]]" (2016) in choreography before being challenged by Mars to a dance-off, while singing the track.<ref name="NYTJC"/><ref name="TGAN">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/feb/07/beyonce-coldplay-super-bowl-50-halftime-show-review|title=Super Bowl half-time show – Beyonce easily steals the show from Coldplay|last=Needham|first=Alex|work=The Guardian|date=8 February 2016|access-date=30 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430210842/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/feb/07/beyonce-coldplay-super-bowl-50-halftime-show-review|archive-date=30 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="VOXCR">{{cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/2016/2/7/10934576/beyonce-super-bowl-halftime-2016-coldplay|title=Beyoncé didn't just steal the Super Bowl halftime show. She made it a political act.|last=Framke|first=Caroline|work=[[Vox (website)|Vox]]|date=7 February 2016|access-date=2 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502162502/https://www.vox.com/2016/2/7/10934576/beyonce-super-bowl-halftime-2016-coldplay|archive-date=2 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> At that point Martin joined Beyoncé and Mars singing the song.<ref name="NYTJC"/><ref name="TGAN"/> Jon Caramanica of ''The New York Times'' explained that Beyoncé and Mars brought "soul and funk" to the show, while ''The Guardian''{{'}}s Alex Needham and Caroline Framke of ''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]'' praised Beyonce, but criticised Mars and Coldplay's performance.<ref name="NYTJC"/><ref name="TGAN"/><ref name="VOXCR"/> During ''[[The Late Late Show with James Corden]]'' on 13 December 2016, Mars included "Uptown Funk" on the popular segment [[Carpool Karaoke]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/bruno-mars-does-his-best-elvis-presley-in-carpool-karaoke-with-james-corden-a7473376.html|title=Bruno Mars shows James Corden his best Elvis in latest Carpool Karaoke|last=Stolworthy|first=Jacob|work=[[The Independent]]|date=14 December 2016|access-date=13 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507234153/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/bruno-mars-does-his-best-elvis-presley-in-carpool-karaoke-with-james-corden-a7473376.html|archive-date=7 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Mars performed the song as the closing act at the [[Apollo Theater]] alongside the majority of the [[24K Magic (album)|''24K Magic'']] (2016) album for his [[CBS]] prime time special titled ''[[Bruno Mars: 24K Magic Live at the Apollo]]'', which aired on November 29, 2017.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/sections/culture/weirdly-we-might-be-overlooking-bruno-mars|title=Weirdly, We Might Be Overlooking Bruno Mars|last=Petrusich|first=Amanda|magazine=[[The New Yorker]]|date=December 1, 2017|access-date=November 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007160022/https://www.newyorker.com/sections/culture/weirdly-we-might-be-overlooking-bruno-mars|archive-date=October 7, 2019|url-status=live|url-access=limited}}</ref> On the [[24K Magic World Tour]] (2017–18), Mars performed "Uptown Funk" as the last track of the setlist, sung as an encore.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blitz.sapo.pt/principal/update/2017-04-05-Ele-e-funk-ele-e-rock-ele-e-um-romantico.-Bruno-Mars-fe-la-bonita-em-Lisboa|title=Ele é funk, ele é rock, ele é um romântico. Bruno Mars fê-la bonita em Lisboa|last=Guerra|first=Luís|work=[[Blitz (Portuguese magazine)|Blitz]]|language=pt|date=5 April 2017|access-date=18 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170408083206/http://blitz.sapo.pt/principal/update/2017-04-05-Ele-e-funk-ele-e-rock-ele-e-um-romantico.-Bruno-Mars-fe-la-bonita-em-Lisboa|archive-date=8 April 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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==Use in other media and covers== |
==Use in other media and covers== |
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The song was also featured in commercials for [[L'Oreal]]'s [[Garnier]] line, [[Skippy (peanut butter)|Skippy peanut butter]] and the [[Cadillac XT4]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsongsadmin.com/loreal-chooses-uptown-funk-for-worldwide-ad-campaign|title=L'Oreal Chooses "Uptown Funk" for Worldwide Ad Campaign|publisher=John Fogarty|date=25 January 2018|access-date=7 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507190006/http://www.newsongsadmin.com/loreal-chooses-uptown-funk-for-worldwide-ad-campaign/ |
The song was also featured in commercials for [[L'Oreal]]'s [[Garnier]] line, [[Skippy (peanut butter)|Skippy peanut butter]] and the [[Cadillac XT4]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsongsadmin.com/loreal-chooses-uptown-funk-for-worldwide-ad-campaign|title=L'Oreal Chooses "Uptown Funk" for Worldwide Ad Campaign|publisher=John Fogarty|date=25 January 2018|access-date=7 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507190006/http://www.newsongsadmin.com/loreal-chooses-uptown-funk-for-worldwide-ad-campaign/|archive-date=7 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsongsadmin.com/cadillac-xt4/|title=Uptown Funk introduces Cadillac's new XT4|publisher=John Fogarty|date=6 March 2018|access-date=7 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507190023/http://www.newsongsadmin.com/cadillac-xt4/|archive-date=7 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> It is also featured in the film ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (film)|Sonic the Hedgehog 2]]'' (2022), on the episode "[[Child Star (Glee)|Child Star]]" of the [[Glee (season 6)|sixth season of Glee]], and the video game ''[[Sackboy: A Big Adventure]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a39539270/sonic-the-hedgehog-2-review/|title=Sonic the Hedgehog 2 review: A nostalgic joy for fans|last=Sandwell|first=Ian|work=Digital Spy|date=4 April 2022|access-date=12 April 2022|archive-date=12 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220412111333/https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a39539270/sonic-the-hedgehog-2-review/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="THR912">{{cite web|title=''Glee'': The Music, Child Star|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TQTBGQS|publisher=Amazon|date=20 February 2015|access-date=19 July 2020|archive-date=14 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914090636/https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TQTBGQS|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Houghton |first=Jack |date=2021-05-12 |title=Making platforming pop: How Sumo built Sackboy's music levels |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/making-platforming-pop-how-sumo-built-sackboys-music-levels |access-date=2023-08-08 |website=GamesIndustry.biz |language=en |archive-date=10 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810230843/https://www.gamesindustry.biz/making-platforming-pop-how-sumo-built-sackboys-music-levels |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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The song has been parodied several times. Scot Pankey, a teacher at [[A. Maceo Smith New Tech High School]] in Dallas, gave his students a video project using the track. His students came up with an idea and once Pankey heard it, he wanted to join them. After seeing the video, Mars admitted he cried.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/28/entertainment/feat-uptown-funk-high-school-dance-video/index.html|title=High school's 'Uptown Funk' made Bruno Mars cry|last=Hetter|first=Katia|publisher=[[CNN]]|date=28 January 2015|access-date=7 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507231453/https://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/28/entertainment/feat-uptown-funk-high-school-dance-video/index.html|archive-date=7 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Mikey Bolts, who is known for his impressions and parodies, recreated the "Uptown Funk" singing in the voices of ''[[Family Guy]]'' characters. The voices of [[Peter Griffin]] and [[Stewie Griffin]] are the most prominent on the track.<ref>{{cite magazine|url= |
The song has been parodied several times. Scot Pankey, a teacher at [[A. Maceo Smith New Tech High School]] in Dallas, gave his students a video project using the track. His students came up with an idea and once Pankey heard it, he wanted to join them. After seeing the video, Mars admitted he cried.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/28/entertainment/feat-uptown-funk-high-school-dance-video/index.html|title=High school's 'Uptown Funk' made Bruno Mars cry|last=Hetter|first=Katia|publisher=[[CNN]]|date=28 January 2015|access-date=7 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507231453/https://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/28/entertainment/feat-uptown-funk-high-school-dance-video/index.html|archive-date=7 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Mikey Bolts, who is known for his impressions and parodies, recreated the "Uptown Funk" singing in the voices of ''[[Family Guy]]'' characters. The voices of [[Peter Griffin]] and [[Stewie Griffin]] are the most prominent on the track.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/3733942/uptown-funk-family-guy-voices-cover/|title=Listen to a Cover of 'Uptown Funk' Done Entirely in Family Guy Voices|last=Grossman|first=Samantha|magazine=Time|date=5 March 2015|access-date=7 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007080517/http://time.com/3733942/uptown-funk-family-guy-voices-cover/|archive-date=7 October 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> In September 2015, YouTube channel What's The Mashup? used 100 dance scenes from various films synchronizing them to the rhythm of "Uptown Funk".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/100-dance-scenes-all-sync-up-to-uptown-funk-in-this-i-1798284337|title=100 dance scenes all sync up to 'Uptown Funk' in this impressive supercut|last=Dean|first=Rob|work=The A.V. Club|date=15 September 2015|access-date=7 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507231453/https://news.avclub.com/100-dance-scenes-all-sync-up-to-uptown-funk-in-this-i-1798284337|archive-date=7 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Later the single was mashed up with dance moves of different actors, such as [[Fred Astaire]], [[Ginger Rogers]] and [[Gene Kelly]] in films from the [[Classical Hollywood cinema|Golden Age of Hollywood]]. The speed which the scenes are shown was unchanged.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/uptown-funk-golden-age-of-hollywood-mashup_n_564b947fe4b045bf3df17c08|title=New Mashup Pairs 'Uptown Funk' With Moves From The Golden Age Of Hollywood|last=Ledbetter|first=Carly|work=[[HuffPost]]|date=17 November 2015|access-date=7 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507190010/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/uptown-funk-golden-age-of-hollywood-mashup_n_564b947fe4b045bf3df17c08|archive-date=7 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The YouTube channel known as Baracksdubs created the illusion of President [[Barack Obama]] singing "Uptown Funk", using snippets of his speeches.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/3685704/barack-obama-sings-uptown-funk-mark-ronson-bruno-mars/|title=Watch Barack Obama Sing 'Uptown Funk' (Sort Of)|last=Grossman|first=Samantha|magazine=Time|date=28 January 2015|access-date=22 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202072503/http://time.com/3685704/barack-obama-sings-uptown-funk-mark-ronson-bruno-mars/|archive-date=2 February 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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Ronson recorded a new version of the song with six unknown musicians for YouTube at the [[Abbey Road Studios]]. Initially, the group thought they were covering the track for a documentary about Ronson.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mark-ronson-3-1193131|title=Mark Ronson records a new version of 'Uptown Funk' – watch|work=NME|date=19 January 2016|access-date=7 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507190002/https://www.nme.com/news/music/mark-ronson-3-1193131|archive-date=7 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> On 12 February 2015, Ronson premiered the first official remix of "Uptown Funk", a radio-exclusive, during his interview on [[WQHT|Hot 97]]. It includes a new intro verse by rapper [[Action Bronson]]; the final version includes a verse by rapper Bodega Bamz.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/6472723/action-bronson-mark-ronson-bruno-mars-uptown-funk-remix-stream|title='Uptown Funk' Remix: Action Bronson Joins Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars|last=Stutz|first=Colin|magazine=Billboard|date=12 February 2015|access-date=14 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321100723/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/6472723/action-bronson-mark-ronson-bruno-mars-uptown-funk-remix-stream|archive-date=21 March 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> The song has been used by [[Ligue 1]] club [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint Germain]] to [[Goal celebration|celebrate]] home goals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/psg-vs-manchester-united-highlights-15933102|title=Ole Gunnar Solskjaer gives Manchester United their greatest Champions League night in 11 years|last=Luckhurst|first=Samuel|work=[[Manchester Evening News]]|date=March 6, 2019|access-date=November 16, 2021}}</ref> |
Ronson recorded a new version of the song with six unknown musicians for YouTube at the [[Abbey Road Studios]]. Initially, the group thought they were covering the track for a documentary about Ronson.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mark-ronson-3-1193131|title=Mark Ronson records a new version of 'Uptown Funk' – watch|work=NME|date=19 January 2016|access-date=7 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507190002/https://www.nme.com/news/music/mark-ronson-3-1193131|archive-date=7 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> On 12 February 2015, Ronson premiered the first official remix of "Uptown Funk", a radio-exclusive, during his interview on [[WQHT|Hot 97]]. It includes a new intro verse by rapper [[Action Bronson]]; the final version includes a verse by rapper Bodega Bamz.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/6472723/action-bronson-mark-ronson-bruno-mars-uptown-funk-remix-stream|title='Uptown Funk' Remix: Action Bronson Joins Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars|last=Stutz|first=Colin|magazine=Billboard|date=12 February 2015|access-date=14 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321100723/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/6472723/action-bronson-mark-ronson-bruno-mars-uptown-funk-remix-stream|archive-date=21 March 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> The song has been used by [[Ligue 1]] club [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint Germain]] to [[Goal celebration|celebrate]] home goals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/psg-vs-manchester-united-highlights-15933102|title=Ole Gunnar Solskjaer gives Manchester United their greatest Champions League night in 11 years|last=Luckhurst|first=Samuel|work=[[Manchester Evening News]]|date=March 6, 2019|access-date=November 16, 2021|archive-date=16 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211116103935/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/psg-vs-manchester-united-highlights-15933102|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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!scope="row"|Israel ([[Media Forest]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediaforest.biz/WeeklyCharts/HistoryWeeklyCharts.aspx?year=2014&week=50|title=Nark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk Media Forest|publisher=Israeli Airplay Chart. [[Media Forest]]|access-date=25 March 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141214062702/http://www.mediaforest.biz/WeeklyCharts/HistoryWeeklyCharts.aspx?year=2014&week=50|archive-date=14 December 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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!scope="row"| Lebanon ([[The Official Lebanese Top 20|Lebanese Top 20]])<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://www.olt20.com/Mark_Ronson_#fragment-2|title=The Official Lebanese Top 20 – Mark Ronson|publisher=[[The Official Lebanese Top 20]]|access-date=15 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402160816/http://www.olt20.com/Mark_Ronson_#fragment-2|archive-date=2 April 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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!scope="row"|Portugal Digital Songs Sales (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/Bruno-Mars/chart-history/portugal-digital-song-sales|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190826095826/https://www.billboard.com/music/Bruno-Mars/chart-history/portugal-digital-song-sales|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 August 2019|title=Mark Ronson Portugal Digital Songs Sales|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=1 September 2019}}</ref> |
!scope="row"|Portugal Digital Songs Sales (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/Bruno-Mars/chart-history/portugal-digital-song-sales|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190826095826/https://www.billboard.com/music/Bruno-Mars/chart-history/portugal-digital-song-sales|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 August 2019|title=Mark Ronson Portugal Digital Songs Sales|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=1 September 2019}}</ref> |
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! scope="row"| Russia Airplay ([[TopHit]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/ru/weekly/20150501-20150507|title=Top Radio Hits Russia Weekly Chart: May 7, 2015|publisher=[[TopHit]]|access-date=11 October 2024}}</ref> |
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! scope="row"| Slovenia ([[SloTop50]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slotop50.si/Glasbene-lestvice/Tedenske-lestvice/?year=2015&week=10|title=SloTop50 {{!}} Slovenian official singles weekly charts|language=sl|access-date=5 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828191006/http://www.slotop50.si/Glasbene-lestvice/Tedenske-lestvice/?year=2015&week=10|archive-date=28 August 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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!scope="row"|South Korea ([[Gaon Chart|Gaon]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=33&hitYear=2015&termGbn=week|title=Gaon Digital Chart – Week 33, 2015|publisher=[[Gaon Music Chart|Gaon]]|language=ko|access-date=7 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160705214646/http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=33&hitYear=2015&termGbn=week|archive-date=5 July 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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! scope="row"| France (SNEP)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-lannee/top-singles-annee/?categorie=Top%20Single%20de%20l%E2%80%99ann%C3%A9e&annee=2014|title=Top de l'année Top Singles 2014|publisher=SNEP|language=fr|access-date=28 August 2020}}</ref> |
! scope="row"| France (SNEP)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-lannee/top-singles-annee/?categorie=Top%20Single%20de%20l%E2%80%99ann%C3%A9e&annee=2014|title=Top de l'année Top Singles 2014|publisher=SNEP|language=fr|access-date=28 August 2020|archive-date=4 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200704225900/https://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-lannee/top-singles-annee/?categorie=Top%20Single%20de%20l%E2%80%99ann%C3%A9e&annee=2014|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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! scope="row"| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/2014|title=Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 2014|language=nl|publisher=Dutch Top 40|access-date=31 October 2019|archive-date=1 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101115119/https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/2014|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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! scope="row"| UK Singles (OCC)<ref name="YECUK2014">{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-singles-chart/20140105/37501/|title=End of Year Singles Chart Top 100 2014|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=9 April 2020}}</ref> |
! scope="row"| UK Singles (OCC)<ref name="YECUK2014">{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-singles-chart/20140105/37501/|title=End of Year Singles Chart Top 100 2014|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=9 April 2020|archive-date=26 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226192916/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-singles-chart/20140105/37501/|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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! scope="row"| Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=s&id=2015|title=Jahreshitparade Singles 2015|publisher=Ö3 Austria Top 40|access-date=9 January 2020|archive-date=17 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217162705/https://austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=s&id=2015|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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! scope="row"| Belgium (Ultratop Wallonia)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2015&cat=s|title=Ultratop Belgian ChartsAnnual Reports 2015|language=fr|publisher=Ultratop|access-date=29 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301155933/http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2015&cat=s|archive-date=1 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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! scope="row"| Canada (Canadian Hot 100)<ref name="CYEC">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2015/canadian-hot-100|title=Canadian Hot 100 Year End 2015|magazine=Billboard|date=2 January 2013|access-date=9 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151211223836/http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2015/canadian-hot-100|archive-date=11 December 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> |
! scope="row"| Canada (Canadian Hot 100)<ref name="CYEC">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2015/canadian-hot-100|title=Canadian Hot 100 Year End 2015|magazine=Billboard|date=2 January 2013|access-date=9 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151211223836/http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2015/canadian-hot-100|archive-date=11 December 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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! scope="row"| CIS (Tophit)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tophit.ru/en/chart/airplay/yearly/2015-01-01/all/all|title=CIS Year-End Radio Hits (2015)|publisher=[[Tophit]]|access-date=12 August 2019|archive-date=12 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812094718/https://tophit.ru/en/chart/airplay/yearly/2015-01-01/all/all|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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! scope="row"| France (SNEP)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-lannee/top-singles-annee/?categorie=Top%20Single%20de%20l%E2%80%99ann%C3%A9e&annee=2015|title=Top de l'année Top Singles 2015|publisher=SNEP|language=fr|access-date=28 August 2020|archive-date=3 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703005226/https://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-lannee/top-singles-annee/?categorie=Top%20Single%20de%20l%E2%80%99ann%C3%A9e&annee=2015|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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! scope="row"| Hungary (Dance Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/dance/2015|title=Dance Top 100 2015|language=hu|access-date=4 April 2020|publisher=[[Mahasz]]|archive-date=3 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603160328/https://slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/dance/2015|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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! scope="row"| Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/radios/2015|title=Rádiós Top 100 hallgatottsági adatok alapján 2015|language=hu|access-date=31 October 2019|publisher=Mahasz}}</ref> |
! scope="row"| Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/radios/2015|title=Rádiós Top 100 hallgatottsági adatok alapján 2015|language=hu|access-date=31 October 2019|publisher=Mahasz|archive-date=3 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603155836/https://slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/radios/2015|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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! scope="row"| Hungary (Single Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/single_db/2015|title=Single Top 100 eladási darabszám alapján 2015|language=hu|access-date=31 October 2019|publisher=Mahasz|archive-date=5 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305142949/http://zene.slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/single_db/2015|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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! scope="row"| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/2015|title=Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 2015|language=nl|publisher=Dutch Top 40|access-date=31 October 2019|archive-date=20 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190520223142/https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/2015|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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! scope="row"| Netherlands (Single Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2015&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten Single 2015|language=nl|publisher=[[MegaCharts]]|access-date=31 October 2019}}</ref> |
! scope="row"| Netherlands (Single Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2015&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten Single 2015|language=nl|publisher=[[MegaCharts]]|access-date=31 October 2019|archive-date=18 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018035301/https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2015&cat=s|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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"Uptown Funk" is a song by British record producer Mark Ronson featuring American singer Bruno Mars. It was released on 10 November 2014, as the lead single from Ronson's fourth studio album, Uptown Special (2015). "Uptown Funk" was written by Ronson, Mars, Jeff Bhasker, and Philip Lawrence; it was produced by the aforementioned first three. The song began during a freestyle studio session while they worked on a jam Mars and his band had been playing on tour. Copyright controversies arose after the song's release resulting in multiple lawsuits and amendments to its songwriting credits.
The song is a funk-pop, soul, boogie, disco-pop, and Minneapolis sound track. It has a spirit akin to the 1980s-era funk music. Its lyrics address fashion, self-love and "traditional masculine bravado", performed in a sing-rapping style filled with metaphors, arrogance, charisma, and fun. Upon its release, the single received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised the instrumental, style and influences of the track. Others criticized it for not being innovative as it tried to emulate 1980s funk music.
The song topped the charts of 19 countries and reached the top 10 of 15 others, making it the most successful single of Ronson and Mars to date. In the United States, "Uptown Funk" topped the Billboard Hot 100 for 14 consecutive weeks and spent seven weeks on the top of the UK Singles Chart. It was certified 11 times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and six times platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). "Uptown Funk" peaked at number one on the Canadian Hot 100, and topped the Irish Singles Chart, taking the Christmas number one spot. The song also reached the top spot in France, spending 11 weeks in the number one position. number one in both Australia for a total of six weeks and in New Zealand for nine consecutive weeks. It also broke its own streaming record three times in the United Kingdom, while breaking the streaming record in the United States and Worldwide at that time.
Director Cameron Duddy and Mars shot the song's music video depicting Ronson, Mars and The Hooligans singing, walking and dancing in a city street. As of January 2023, the official music video for "Uptown Funk" is the ninth most viewed YouTube video of all-time, having received over 5.2 billion views. "Uptown Funk" was performed on television shows such as Saturday Night Live, The Ellen DeGeneres Show and the Super Bowl 50 halftime show. It received several awards and nominations, winning British Single of the Year at the 2015 Brit Awards, International Work of the Year at the APRA Music Awards of 2016 and Record of the Year at the 2016 Grammy Awards. The television show soundtrack of Glee, and commercials for L'Oreal's Garnier line and Skippy peanut butter, have used the song. It has been parodied several times and became a worldwide phenomenon with a major impact on pop culture.
Background
[edit]After producing three songs for Bruno Mars's second studio album Unorthodox Jukebox (2012), Mark Ronson said in June 2014, that he and Mars planned on working together again.[1][2] Ronson ended up working on "Uptown Funk" for seven months, recording it in various locations, in a number of grueling, stressful sessions.[3][4] Its earliest version was a jam that Mars and his band played on tour.[4][5] When Ronson joined Jeff Bhasker and Mars for a jam session at the latter's studio, he wanted to finish leftover demos from Unorthodox Jukebox, however, Mars wanted to do something different. He started playing on a drum kit in the studio, while Bhasker and Ronson played keyboard and guitar, respectively. They decided to work on the tour jam and thought it would be "cool" to fit in the Trinidad James song, "All Gold Everything", played during the tour's soundcheck. At this point, they found the opening line: "This hit, that ice cold/Michelle Pfeiffer, that white gold", which led them to believe they had an "exciting idea". However, both Ronson and Mars had busy schedules and could not complete the single. They spent the next several months working on the song,[3][4][5] fighting over which sections of the track would fit better. Mars was not a fan of early versions of the song.[6]
The trio recorded the song in Los Angeles, London, Memphis, New York, Toronto, and Vancouver.[3][5][7] The horn parts were recorded at Daptone Records in Brooklyn with the horn sections of The Dap-Kings, Antibalas and The Hooligans playing the final version of the track.[4][5][7] The drum section was first recorded at a studio owned by Mars in Los Angeles, and later rearranged in Memphis. The track took over 100 takes before it was finished at Ronson's studio in London.[8] There were a number of drastic changes made to the track.[4] One iteration featured a hard rock breakdown in the middle and a chorus in which Mars shouted, "Burn this motherfucker down!" At one point, the song was nearly scrapped entirely. They spent months working on a chorus, only to decide not to use it.[9] Ronson affirmed the compositions of American band Kool & the Gang influenced them to only use a "horn line" as the chorus.[10] After a show on the Moonshine Jungle Tour (2013–14), American songwriter Philip Lawrence suggested using an opening bassline; however, as he did not play bass himself, Canadian recording engineer Charles Moniz asked him to sing it. The "doh" vocal bassline ended up on the album. Some of the most progressive parts of the track were done in improvised studios set up by Moniz.[11]
The stress over "Uptown Funk" was so high that Ronson passed out during one session trying to perfect the guitar part. Two days later in Toronto they figured out the guitar part when Ronson was playing it in front of The Hooligans after 82 takes.[3][5][8] Ronson explained on NPR's Fresh Air why he was so determined to make the song perfect: "When you're doing something that doesn't sound like anything else on the radio at the time, you almost need to like, iron-clad it, to make sure it gets through. You have to put these hooks in it. You've got to make sure you've got all that ear candy in it to get it through the gate."[3] The record label was hesitant to release the song under the title "Uptown Funk" suggesting the alternative "Just Watch".[12] In October 2014, Mike Mullaney, an assistant program director at CBS Radio/WBMX, listened to the song after it was sent for testing and called it "the greatest song of all time". He added, "The Ronson/Bruno tune is like JamesBrown/RickJames/TheTime jamming w/ badass brass band", describing it as "Filthy, funky" and added, "Bruno simply wails".[13] Ronson feels that the song belongs more to Mars than himself.[14]
Production and release
[edit]"Uptown Funk" was initially written by Ronson, Mars, Lawrence, and Bhasker. Since the song embodies some of "All Gold Everything" (2012), Trinidad James and Devon Gallaspy were credited as a songwriters. In May 2015, the track was re-registered as it also contains portions of "Oops Up Side Your Head" (1979). Additional writing credit was given to Charlie Wilson, Robert Wilson, Ronnie Wilson, Rudy Taylor, and Lonnie Simmons.[15] The single was produced by Ronson, Bhasker, and Mars. Ronson was in charge of the guitars, LinnDrum and programming, while the keyboards and talk box were handled by Bhasker. Mars sang the vocals and played drums. Ronson and several others engineered the song. The track was recorded at six studios. Serban Ghenea and John Hanes, who served as the mix engineer, mixed "Uptown Funk" at MixStar Studios in Virginia Beach. It was mastered by Tom Coyne at Sterling Sound, NYC.[7]
On 30 October 2014, Ronson announced, via Twitter, the release of "Uptown Funk". The date 10 November 2014 appeared on the poster image Ronson included in the tweet.[16] Columbia Records and Sony Music Entertainment released the single on 10 November 2014 for digital download in various countries.[17][18][19] RCA Records sent the track to be added to US contemporary hit radio the following day, while Sony issued the track for radio airplay in Italy on 14 November 2014.[20][21] In the United Kingdom, "Uptown Funk" was released before its scheduled date, 11 January 2015, because it had been performed earlier on The X Factor as a cover by Fleur East.[22][23][24] On 8 December 2014 the song released on the UK via digital download and radio stations began adding the track to their playlists.[25][26] On 9 January 2015, a CD Single was released in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. It included the album version of "Uptown Funk" and Ronson's "Feel Right" featuring Mystikal.[27] On 16 and 24 February 2015, the recording and one of its remixes, the BB Disco Dub Mix by Benji B, were released on vinyl in the UK and the US.[28][29] An EP of four different remixes of the original version of the song was released via digital download on 13 April 2015.[30] On 29 June 2015, a remix featuring Trinidad James was made available for purchase on iTunes.[31] On 18 July 2018, the radio edition of the track was available for sale.[32]
Composition and influences
[edit]"Uptown Funk" has been described as a funk-pop,[33] soul,[23] boogie,[34] disco-pop,[35][36]Minneapolis sound track, with a light EDM influence.[37] Written in the key of D Dorian, it has a tempo of 115 beats per minute, with vocals ranging from B2 to D6.[38] It has been described as a "joyous, energetic and feel-good" song.[23][39] The Guardian's music critic noted influences of Cameo, Earth, Wind & Fire, Chaka Khan, New Edition, Prince, Sugarhill Gang and The Gap Band.[23][40] Billboard's music critic compared the song to George Kranz's "Trommeltanz (Din Daa Daa)" (1983), Earth, Wind & Fire's "Getaway" (1976), One Way's "Cutie Pie" (1982), Sugarhill Gang's "Apache" (1981), The Gap Band's "Oops Up Side Your Head" (1979) and "Early in the Morning" (1982), The Sequence's "Funk You Up" (1979), Morris Day & The Time's "Cool" (1981) and "Jungle Love" (1984), as well as, Zapp's "More Bounce to the Ounce" (1980).[40] Matt James of PopMatters felt Morris Day & The Time's "The Bird" (1984), Kool & the Gang's "Get Down on It" (1981) and Was (Not Was)' "Walk the Dinosaur" (1987) to have influenced "Uptown Funk".[41] Various critics noticed the pastiche on "Uptown Funk", from the "electric purple texture of the synths and the loose slap of the rhythms" to the "Prince-backed 80's...Morris Day & The Time".[42][43][44]
Jamieson Cox of Time, Chris Molanphy of Slate and Stuart Berman of Pitchfork found the song heavily influenced by 1980s funk.[42][45][46] Neil McCormick writing for The Telegraph called it an "evocation of the kind of Eighties funk that was already ripe with nostalgia".[44] Robbie Daw of Idolator found the single closer to the "70's groove", filling "the hearts of Stax- and James Brown music fans".[47] Likewise, Rap-Up dubbed it a "70's jam", a mash-up of "the best of Morris Day & The Time, James Brown, and The Jackson 5".[39] AXS's Lucas Villa compared the funk sound of the recording to George Clinton's "Atomic Dog" (1982).[48] Andy Kellman's AllMusic said the recording "aimed for early Time", but it sounded more like One Way's "Let's Talk"(1985).[49] Annie Galvin of Slant Magazine found Mars "channeling Little Richard's raspier inflections."[50] Critics noticed the influence of Cameo on the horns, Morris Day & The Time on the keyboards, and "Party Train" (1983) by The Gap Band on the drums.[40] The song is performed in a more arrogant and charismatic way than previous tracks by Mars.[46][51] The lyrics have "well-placed references to Michelle Pfeiffer and Trinidad James", as the hook samples portions of James's "All Gold Everything" (2012).[40][51] Mars shows not only "soul and swagger" in the sing-rapping verses, "I'm too hot / Call the police and the fireman", but he also jokes around, "Got Chucks on / With Saint Laurent / Gotta kiss myself / I'm so pretty".[42][48][52] The lyrics make fun of "traditional masculine bravado" using "silly metaphors", "I'm too hot, hot damn / Make a dragon wanna retire man".[50]
Reception
[edit]"Uptown Funk" received positive reviews from most music critics. Nick Murray of Rolling Stone gave the song a rating of four out of five stars, praising the "George Kranz scatting and Nile Rodgers guitar riff." He noted that Mars, Ronson and The Hooligans "channel the days when brags weren't humble and disco wasn't retro."[53] Spin's Brennan Carley noticed the resemblance between Mars's sing-rapping style and Nelly's vocals. He praised the former's voice for keeping things "light and bubbly". Carley compared the bass line to something that Prince would use. He felt "Uptown Funk" would be all over the radio in a short time.[52] Danielle Janota writing for Consequence of Sound praised the single calling it the "crown jewel" of the album.[54] Lucas Villa of AXS dubbed Ronson's latest approach to Funk "his freakiest, freshest and most fun release yet".[48] Kirsten Maree of Renowned for Sound called the song "a joyous, bass-slapping little ditty that joins the likes of Olly Murs' Wrapped Up and Pharrell Williams' Gust Of Wind in a trend of soul clad 70's throwbacks. The vocal dum-dum bass line, meets the scratchy melody of the electric guitar right off the bat, sending us hurling back in time and ready to dance."[55] PopMatters's Matt James called the track a "deftly daft, delirious and incessant, booty-shaking blast of brass 'n' bravado", finding it a standout on the album.[41] John Parker from Drowned in Sound called the recording "inescapable, a bona fide modern day mega hit".[56] Neil McCormick from The Telegraph enjoyed the track because he "liked all the records it was built out of, by James Brown, Earth Wind & Fire and The Gap Band".[44] Stereogum's Tom Breihan wrote, "It's the best American #1 we've had in more than a year, easily, and maybe much more". However, he noticed it copied the work of Morris Day & The Time and "takes these old sounds, but it presents them with energy and inventiveness and charm and balls".[43] Robbie Daw of Idolator called the single "a straight-up ass-kicker" and not a "half-hearted stab" at recreating the "70's groove". He also praised the song's lyrics like "Michelle Pfeiffer, that white gold" and "gotta kiss myself, so pretty".[47]
Jim Farber of the New York Daily News said the recording "isn't even a song", adding "[i]t's a vamp, a rush of 'hit me' rhythms of the style patented by James Brown". Farber added that the vocals have "zip", but they "lack soul, not to mention an ounce of individuality". He called "Uptown Funk" the only "lazy track" on the album.[57]
The song made the cut on several lists of best songs. In June 2015, Spin compiled a list of The 63 Best Songs of 2015 So Far with "Uptown Funk" at number 51. Andrew Unterberger wrote, the song enters "the canon of "September", "Celebration", and "I Gotta Feeling", jams to be played at every wedding from now until the end of time".[58] Stereogum called it the best pop song of 2015: "Channeling Morris Day by way of Trinidad James, Mars and Mark Ronson crafted the year's most universal hit, one that will live on for decades at all kinds of jubilant public gatherings. It flaunts its sexiness and owns its freakiness. It's so hot that it probably sent several dozen dragons into early retirement."[59] Vulture ranked it at number 6 on its "The 10 Best Songs of 2015" list: ""Uptown Funk" will be played at every wedding reception you attend for the rest of your life, and its opening notes will fill you with neither embarrassment nor dread. By the most reliable rubric, then, "Uptown Funk" is a great pop song."[60] MTV placed it on its "Best Songs Of 2015" list: "As the year's most existential pop question goes: "Who was I before 'Uptown Funk'?" Really, can any of us actually remember a time this ubiquitous, certifiably catchy song wasn't part of our lives? Even if Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars didn't roll up to the VMAs in hair curlers, they still took home Best Male Video—and everyone with a pulse knows why. "Uptown Funk" is not just a song. "Uptown Funk" is lightning in a bottle. That white gold."[61] On the list of the 101 best songs of 2015 compiled by Spin, Dan Weiss ranked the song at number 87 saying it emulates "Morris Day-esque funk ditty" and each one of us contributed to its success.[62] Rolling Stone ranked "Uptown Funk" at number 25 on its 100 Greatest Songs of the Century – So Far in 2018. The magazine's writers described it as a "perfect Eighties funk-pop nostalgia bomb", praising the singer's "sparkling showmanship", and dubbing it "one of a kind".[33] The Village Voice's annual year-end Pazz & Jop critics' poll selected it as the 23rd best song of 2014, tied with Meghan Trainor's "All About That Bass". The same critics selected "Uptown Funk" as the eighth best track of 2015.[63] NPR included it on their list of favorite songs Of 2015. Stephen Thompson wrote, "If you're going to hear a song on the radio 15,000 times in a single summer, it might as well be this one".[64] On 26 January 2015, the song was voted number six on radio station Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2014.[65] Billboard included it on "The 50 Best Song Interpolations of the 21st Century" as it uses "All Gold Everything" (2012) by Trinidad James. Christine Werthman wrote that Mars "turned it into a jubilant call to shout from the rooftops and kick off a dance-funk break".[66]
Accolades
[edit]"Uptown Funk" has received various awards and nominations following its commercial success. In 2015, the song won British Single of the Year at the Brit Awards, Best Pop at MelOn Music Awards and was one of the Top 10 Gold International Gold Songs at RTHK International Pop Poll Awards.[67][68][69] The track also won BMI Pop Song of the Year at the BMI Awards, Song of the Year at Telehit Awards and Song of the Year at Soul Train Music Awards.[70][71][72] It also received Soul Train nominations for The Ashford & Simpson Songwriter's Award and Best Collaboration.[73] The single was nominated for Single of the Year and Collaboration of the Year at the 2015 American Music Awards, International Hit of the Year at the Danish GAFFA Awards and Best International Song at the Los Premios 40 Principales.[74][75][76] It was also nominated for Best Collaboration and Centric Award at the BET Awards, Best Song and Best Collaboration at the MTV Europe Music Awards and Dancefloor Filler at the NME Awards.[77][78][79]
In 2016, "Uptown Funk" received Grammy awards for Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 58th Grammy Awards.[80] It also won International Work of the Year at the APRA Music Awards, Best Collaboration at the iHeartRadio Music Awards, while it was nominated for Song of the Year.[81][82] The song was also nominated for Top Radio Song and Top Streaming Song (Video) at the Billboard Music Awards.[83] "Uptown Funk " was inducted to the 2017 edition of the Guinness World Records for achieving the most weeks at number one on Billboard's Digital Song Sales chart.[84] In 2017, the track was one of the winners of Most Performed Songs at the ASCAP Pop Music Awards.[85] This record was later broken by "Despacito" (2017).[86] "Uptown Funk" is the fifth biggest song of all-time to have charted on the Billboard Hot 100.[87]
Controversies and lawsuits
[edit]"Uptown Funk" was the subject of several lawsuits over copyright infringement. In 2015, similarities with "Oops Up Side Your Head" (1979) by the Gap Band led them, along with keyboardist Rudolph Taylor, and producer Lonnie Simmons to be added as co-writers of "Uptown Funk" receiving 17% of the publishing royalties.[15][88] In the same year, Serbian artist Viktorija argued that "Uptown Funk" infringed on her track "Ulice mračne nisu za devojke". She decided not to sue Mars and Ronson.[89] In 2016, electro-funk band Collage sued Ronson and Mars for copying their single, "Young Girls" (1983), while the Sequence, a rap group, claimed it infringed their single "Funk You Up" (1979) and sued a year later.[90][91] In 2017, Lastrada Entertainment filed a lawsuit citing similarities with "More Bounce to the Ounce" (1980) by Zapp.[92] In 2018, the Collage and Zapp lawsuits were dropped, with no word if there was a financial settlement.[93][94] The track drew comparisons with the theme tune of The Really Wild Show,[95] a BBC children's nature program that first aired in 1986. When Ronson was asked if he heard similarities between "Uptown Funk" and the theme tune, he said, "Oh, then the horns, I understand what they're saying, yeah, we owe a little bit ... all equally influenced by Quincy Jones".[96] In 2021, Ronnie and Robert Wilson of the Gap Band filed another lawsuit due to the similarities between "Uptown Funk" and "Oops Up Side Your Head" as Ronnie Wilson and Robert Wilson's heirs "have yet to receive any publishing rights income".[97]
Commercial performance
[edit]United States
[edit]The single debuted at number 65 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on 21 November 2014 due to digital sales, making it Ronson's first entry on the Billboard Hot 100.[98] Due to the release of the official video and a performance on Saturday Night Live, it subsequently sold 110,000 digital copies. The song became the Billboard Hot 100's top Digital Gainer of the week and peaked at number 18 on 28 November 2014.[99] In its third week, the track rose to number eight on the Billboard Hot 100, after the video's first full tracking week. It became Ronson's first top 10 as an artist. It debuted on the component charts of Streaming Songs and Radio Songs.[100] On the week of 10 December 2014, "Uptown Funk" ascended to number five, with sales of 152,000 copies. It marked the eleventh top five on the Billboard Hot 100 for Mars.[101] In its fourth week, the single peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100, selling 170,000 copies and achieving a 49 million airplay audience, thus receiving Airplay Gainer honors.[102] The following week after The Voice performance, the recording stayed at number three for the second consecutive week. It was the biggest gainer in Digital Songs (244,000), Streaming (7.9 million), Airplay Audience (63 million), becoming the fifth song to top all three "categories". Ronson became the second lead male artist to top Digital Songs with a debut single, since Sam Smith's "Stay with Me" (2014).[103] On 31 December 2014, the track rose to number two on the Billboard Hot 100 with 432,000 copies sold, 8.8 million streams and reached the top ten on Radio Songs with a 68 million audience.[104] In its seventh week, "Uptown Funk" topped the Billboard Hot 100, with 382,000 downloads sold, 10 million U.S. streams and a 76 million airplay audience. The song is Ronson's only number-one single in the country and Mars's sixth.[105] It became one of the longest running number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 and the third longest-running number-one single of the 2010s decade topping the chart for 14 consecutive weeks until it was replaced by Wiz Khalifa's "See You Again" featuring Charlie Puth.[106][107][108] It topped the Billboard Hot 100-year-end chart and the Decade End Billboard Hot 100.[109][110]
In its thirteenth week at number one, "Uptown Funk" became the first song to top the Billboard Hot 100 and its three main component charts for nine non-consecutive weeks.[111] The recording spent 31 weeks in the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 and 21 weeks on the top three of the aforementioned chart, a record previously held by Santana featuring Rob Thomas's "Smooth" (1999), with 19 weeks.[112][113] After spending 25 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100's top five, it matched the record set by LeAnn Rimes' "How Do I Live" (1997). This record was broken by The Chainsmokers "Closer" (2016) featuring Halsey which spent 26 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100's top five.[114] "Uptown Funk" sold at least 300,000 copies for eight consecutive weeks. Only "Blurred Lines" (2013) by Robin Thicke featuring Pharrell Williams and T.I. surpassed it by selling the same number ten weeks in a row.[115] "Uptown Funk" tied the record for most weeks spent at the top of the Digital Song Sales chart (13 weeks) with Flo Rida's "Low" (2007) featuring T-Pain. This record was broken two years after by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee's "Despacito" featuring Justin Bieber, with 17 weeks.[116] The recording reached its highest peak on Streaming Songs with 24.5 million streams and 5.7 million on subscription-services in one week.[117] "Uptown Funk" spent 12 weeks on the top position of Streaming Songs, it was the second best run at the time, only surpassed by the thirteen weeks of Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX's "Fancy" (2014).[118] It spent 12 weeks at number one on the Radio Songs chart, reaching a peak of 181 million in all-format audience.[106][115] It was Ronson's first single to reach number one in the radio songs charts and the sixth for Mars.[119] "Uptown Funk" topped several component charts in the United States, such as Adult Pop Songs, Dance Club Songs, Dance/Mix Show Airplay, Pop Songs and Rhythmic Songs.[120][121][122] It topped the year-end chart Mainstream Top 40.[123] In the United States, the single sold 7.8 million downloads as of 28 September 2017.[124] It was certified eleven times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on 18 October 2016, for track-equivalent sales of 11 million units.[125]
International
[edit]On 29 November 2014, "Uptown Funk" debuted at number 63 on the Canadian Hot 100.[126] The following week it reached the top ten, in the third week entered the top five[127][128] peaking at number two in the fourth week.[129] On the issue date of 10 January 2015, the song reached number one, a position it held for fifteen consecutive weeks. It became the second longest-running number-one single on the Canadian Hot 100, behind The Black Eyed Peas' "I Gotta Feeling" (2009), which spent sixteen weeks at number one.[130][131] On the issue date of 25 April 2015, the song was replaced by Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth's "See You Again" (2015).[132] It was certified diamond by Music Canada (MC) for track-equivalent sales of 800,000 units.[133] It was the top song on the year-end chart in Canada.[134] In the United Kingdom, "Uptown Funk" was covered by Fleur East on The X Factor before its official release date, the cover reached number one on iTunes. This led the original version being released five weeks earlier than originally planned.[135] Nevertheless it debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart on 14 December 2014, giving Ronson his first UK number one as a producer and artist and also giving Mars his fifth UK number one.[136][137] The following week, the song was replaced in the top spot by the X Factor winner Ben Haenow's single, "Something I Need" (2014), making it the Christmas number one.[138] It then returned to number one for a further six consecutive weeks spending seven non-consecutive weeks at number one, before being replaced from the top by Ellie Goulding's "Love Me Like You Do" (2015).[139]
The track was certified six times platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), for track-equivalent sales of 3,600,000 units.[140] "Uptown Funk" was the best-selling song of 2015 in the UK, with combined sales of 1.76 million during the year (total 2.25 million).[141] As of September 2017, the song had 2,723,470 combining units, making the list of best-selling singles of the 21st century in the United Kingdom as the fourth best-selling single based on paid-for sales and the second best-selling song based on combined sales.[142] It made the year-end charts in 2014 and 2015, topping the latter.[143][144] "Uptown Funk" 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.[145] It became the first song not released by The X Factor winner to reach this position in nine years.[146][147] It spent seven weeks at number one on the Irish Charts, before being knocked off the top by Ellie Goulding's "Love Me Like You Do" (2015).[148]
It reached the top spot in France in its sixth week, spending 11 weeks in the number one position. It charted for a total of 117 weeks, never leaving it from 2014 to 2017.[149] It was certified diamond by the Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP) for sales of 250,000 copies.[150] "Uptown Funk" reached number one on both Belgium charts, Ultratop 50 Wallonia and Flanders, spending six and three weeks on the top of the respective charts.[151][152] The song was certified three times platinum by the Belgian Entertainment Association (BEA), for sales of 90,000 copies.[153] In Italy, the song was certified five times platinum, for track-equivalent sales of 250,000 units, despite only peaking at number three on the FIMI Singles Chart.[154][155] The single debuted at number 11 in Australia on 30 November 2014, jumping to number two the following week. In its third week, it topped the charts, where it stayed for a total of six weeks.[156] It is the best-selling single in Australia of all time and has been certified 22 times platinum for track-equivalent sales of 1,540,000.[157] The single made the Australian year-end charts in 2014, 2015 and 2016, peaking at number one in 2015.[158][159][160] In New Zealand, the song debuted in the top ten, at number seven. In its fourth week on the chart, it peaked at number one, staying there for nine consecutive weeks.[161] The track not only topped the year-end chart, but it was certified five times platinum by Recorded Music NZ (RMNZ) for 75,000 copies sold.[162][163] "Uptown Funk" set a record, achieved by four other songs, as it topped the Billboard Hot 100 and the Official UK Singles chart for at least seven weeks each.[164] The song is reported to earn $100,000 for the label and composers per week streaming on Spotify alone.[165] It had sold over twenty million equivalent units as of 2015.[166]
Impact
[edit]The success of "Uptown Funk" made it a worldwide phenomenon with a major impact on pop culture.[23][14] At one point, the song broke its own streaming record three times in the United Kingdom, with 2.34, 2.49 and 2.56 million streams.[56][167][168] It also broke the record for most streamed track in the United States and worldwide in one week, with 4.8 and 15 million streams, respectively.[169][170] Tom Breihan writing for Stereogum felt the recording had "transcend[ed] hit status" and become "omnipresent". It is "some sort of cultural event", that will be heard at weddings in the next couple of years.[43] Danielle Janota of Consequence of Sound believed the single had a cultural impact. It is "more than infectious: It's instinctual", as everyone "stampedes furiously to the closest dance floor the second it comes on".[54] Matt James of PopMatters said the recording "incite[s] mass euphoric dancing wherever it is unleashed". It also demonstrates its "global domination", seeming to be "the only song on planet earth right now".[41]
In an interview with Time, Mark Ronson said the recording was being played in Morocco, Puerto Rico and Nigeria, countries his music had never reached before. He also confessed the track led to people starting to recognise him.[171] Newsweek's Jed Gottlieb explained the reason "Uptown Funk" is an immortal track is because "the song is an increasingly rare phenomenon", since dancing allows us to connect "divergent demographics". "[T]he song creates an ephemeral flash where disparate groups get along because they've been spiked with the same euphoria". He believed "for the next quarter-century, it will persist as a choice wedding spin."[172] NME's Barry Nicolson dubbed the single "an insta-phenomenon".[22] Jeremy Allen of BBC said that "the biggest hits of the past few years", such as Ronson's "Uptown Funk" and Daft Punk's "Get Lucky" (2013) drew inspiration from the 80s funk/soul works by Prince, Michael Jackson, Nile Rodgers and others, leading the "80s to dominates modern culture".[173] Nevertheless, when Angus Harrison of Vice asked musicologist Dr. John Burgoyne if it would be remembered in twenty years he explained that despite "the melody being sung, the hook is not" and he is unsure if it will be remembered as "the hook is that trumpet drop, whereas the words "Uptown Funk" just sort of disappear."[174]
In November 2019, Consequence of Sound compiled a list of the "Top 100 Songs of the 2010s" with "Uptown Funk" at number 77. Ali Szubiak wrote, the song became "so embedded in our cultural core that it proved inescapable". Szubiak added, "not since "Uptown Funk" has the world felt so united."[175] A month later, Rolling Stone also compiled a list of the "Top 100 Songs of the 2010s" with "Uptown Funk" at number 66. Jon Dolan affirmed the song "kick-starting a 2010s funk revival that Mars himself and Lizzo would blow wide open".[176] The staff from NME dubbed "Uptown Funk" as one of The 100 Best Songs of the 2010s, ranking at number 56, Rhian Daly classified it as "a gigantic, joy-giving earworm".[177] On the same month, Jay Cridlin writing for Tampa Bay Times compiled a list of the 50 "The best pop songs of the 2010s", placing "Uptown Funk" at the top of it. Cridlin felt the track "it is timeless, and somehow, it still sounds fresh."[178] Nerisha Penrose from Elle dubbed the track as one of the 52 Best Songs That Defined the 2010s, ranking at number 25, saying it "had the whole world smiling and dancing for weeks."[179] Stereogum compiled a list of The 200 Best Songs Of The 2010s, ranking "Uptown Funk" at number 19, Margaret Farrell affirmed the record "was a monstrously successful, inescapable single, the soundtrack for 2014 and well into 2015."[180] According to Billboard, the single was one of the "Songs That Defined the Decade". Taylor Weatherby described it as "Four and a half minutes of pure fun, with hooks galore and memorable lines".[181] In 2021, Rolling Stone placed "Uptown Funk" at number 417 on their "Top 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".[182] In 2022, Billboard's staff ranked the "500 Best Pop Songs", placing the single at number 76. Danielle Pascual wrote "fusing a rhythmic vocal base line ("doh doh doh"), a blaring horn section, a Trinidad James lift and Bruno Mars' soulful tone to create a brilliant and unpredictable modern disco-pop song".[183]
In September 2024, Billboard's Kyle Denis affirmed that "Uptown Funk" "is the kind of genuine cultural phenomenon and musical juggernaut that feels damn near impossible in this age of hyper-fragmented social media silos. From Mars' annoyingly charming vocal performance to an irresistible brass breakdown, 'Uptown Funk' was simply inescapable. Mars' presence on the track was also so outsized that many forget it's not even his song."[184]
Music video
[edit]Development and synopsis
[edit]The music video was filmed at the 20th Century Fox Studios' "New York Street" backlot in Los Angeles.[185] Mars and Cameron Duddy directed the video released on 17 November 2014.[186] In it, Ronson and Mars are wearing clothing from the late 1970s and 1980s.[186][187] Mars wears a "salmon-colored blazer" and both put on sun glasses.[188] Throughout most of the video, Ronson, Mars and The Hooligans are singing, walking and dancing in the middle of the streets. Ronson is seen mostly lingering in the background, while Mars takes the spotlight.[186][187][188] At one point, during the video, Ronson and Mars get their hair put in perm curlers at a hair salon and their shoes shined.[186][187][188] As Mars sings "Fill my cup, put some liquor in it", one of his bandmates does so. The singer also yells at his chauffeur to get the limousine as he, Ronson and the band "jive" next to it.[186][189] Towards the end of the video, Ronson, Mars, The Hooligans and Jeff Bhasker perform the song in a closed set to several people.[190]
Reception
[edit]Joe Lynch of Billboard praised the video, finding it to be as "ebullient" as the song, calling Ronson and Mars "impossibly cool".[188] Rap-Up praised the dance moves performed by Mars and The Hooligans.[187] Tom Breihan of Stereogum said, "I had no idea [Mars] had "ersatz Morris Day" in his arsenal."[189] Ryan Reed from Rolling Stone called the video "goofy".[186] The clip made the cut on several lists of best music videos of the year. Lyndsey Parker, also writing in Rolling Stone felt Ronson and Mars complement Morris Day and The Time's "funky-fresh-to-death tradition well", ranking it number six on the list of 20 videos.[191] On its list of the 20 Best Music Videos of 2014 compiled by Paste, Dacey Orr ranked the video at number 11 saying it "has all of the fun and embellishment and color and choreography to be a real classic".[192] On the Stereogum 40 Best Music Videos of 2014, Breihan placed it at number 25. He wrote, "imagine a world in which circa-1986 Jonathan Demme had directed a movie about Morris Day & The Time".[193] Harriet Gibsone writing for The Guardian found the video has "super-slick, Jackson-like group choreography, glossy production and retro styling".[23] On the Stereogum 20 Best Music Videos of 2010s, Breihan placed the music video at number four.[194]
The video received multiple awards and nominations. In 2015, it was nominated for British Video of the Year at the BRIT Awards.[195] At the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards, it received nominations for Video of the Year, Best Pop Video, Best Collaboration and Best Direction and an award for Best Male Video.[196] In the same year, the UK Music Video Awards awarded it Best Pop Video-UK and it was nominated for Best Male Video at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards Japan.[197][198] It received an award for Video of the Year and a nomination for Best Dance Performance at the 2015 Soul Train Music Awards.[72][73] The video has over 5.3 billion views on YouTube as of November 2024, making it the ninth most viewed YouTube video of all time.[190]
Live performances
[edit]"Uptown Funk" was first performed live by Ronson and Mars on Saturday Night Live on 22 November 2014.[199] Mars wore shades and a salmon-colored blazer.[200] Their performance was well received by critics. Colin Joyce of Spin magazine praised Ronson's "electric guitar performance" describing it as something "that Prince ... could have been proud of". Joyce also commended the effortless singing and rapping skills of Mars.[201] The Village Voice's Hillary Hugues praised the vocals by Mars, dance moves and the "taut line between cheeky confidence and charm" that he was able to walk.[202] Iyana Robertson of Vibe complimented the "groove" of the song, as well as, the reenactment of "the retro swag" music video.[203] The track was also performed live during the North American version of The Voice final on 16 December 2014. During the show, Mars and his band, The Hooligans, performed a rehearsed choreography, while the singer wore gold rollers in his hair.[204] Critics found the use of rollers by Mars in his hair hilarious.[205][206]
Ronson and Mars performed "Uptown Funk" live on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on 13 January 2015. The performance began with Ronson demonstrating some of his DJ skills by scratching and doing hypeman work. Then Mars, dressed in a red blazer, snap back and black shades, and some of his band-mates, led the "audience through some choreography", before making their way to the stage, where Ellen also showed "her little two-step".[207][208] Chris DeVille from Stereogum characterised the performance as a "blast", while NME's Nadia Khomami dubbed it "energetic". In the same vein, Shenequa Golding from Vibe, called the show "dope".[207][208][209] In 2016, this performance earned them a nomination for a Daytime Emmy Award at the 43rd Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards.[210]
After Coldplay were announced as the lead performers for the Super Bowl 50 halftime show, Chris Martin asked Mars to join them, but he declined. Martin explained he wanted Mars to perform "Uptown Funk" with Beyoncé. Mars still did not think it was a good idea, but Beyoncé was receptive to the idea.[1] On 7 February 2016, the trio took the stage during the halftime show. Ronson appeared handling DJ duties, while Mars and his dancers performed "Uptown Funk", wearing an all-black Versace outfit with gold chains.[211][212] During the show, Beyoncé, in a Michael Jackson-inspired outfit appeared with a set of backing dancers dressed as Black Panthers. She performed her single "Formation" (2016) in choreography before being challenged by Mars to a dance-off, while singing the track.[212][213][214] At that point Martin joined Beyoncé and Mars singing the song.[212][213] Jon Caramanica of The New York Times explained that Beyoncé and Mars brought "soul and funk" to the show, while The Guardian's Alex Needham and Caroline Framke of Vox praised Beyonce, but criticised Mars and Coldplay's performance.[212][213][214] During The Late Late Show with James Corden on 13 December 2016, Mars included "Uptown Funk" on the popular segment Carpool Karaoke.[215] Mars performed the song as the closing act at the Apollo Theater alongside the majority of the 24K Magic (2016) album for his CBS prime time special titled Bruno Mars: 24K Magic Live at the Apollo, which aired on November 29, 2017.[216] On the 24K Magic World Tour (2017–18), Mars performed "Uptown Funk" as the last track of the setlist, sung as an encore.[217]
Use in other media and covers
[edit]The song was also featured in commercials for L'Oreal's Garnier line, Skippy peanut butter and the Cadillac XT4.[218][219] It is also featured in the film Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022), on the episode "Child Star" of the sixth season of Glee, and the video game Sackboy: A Big Adventure.[220][221][222]
The song has been parodied several times. Scot Pankey, a teacher at A. Maceo Smith New Tech High School in Dallas, gave his students a video project using the track. His students came up with an idea and once Pankey heard it, he wanted to join them. After seeing the video, Mars admitted he cried.[223] Mikey Bolts, who is known for his impressions and parodies, recreated the "Uptown Funk" singing in the voices of Family Guy characters. The voices of Peter Griffin and Stewie Griffin are the most prominent on the track.[224] In September 2015, YouTube channel What's The Mashup? used 100 dance scenes from various films synchronizing them to the rhythm of "Uptown Funk".[225] Later the single was mashed up with dance moves of different actors, such as Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers and Gene Kelly in films from the Golden Age of Hollywood. The speed which the scenes are shown was unchanged.[226] The YouTube channel known as Baracksdubs created the illusion of President Barack Obama singing "Uptown Funk", using snippets of his speeches.[227]
Ronson recorded a new version of the song with six unknown musicians for YouTube at the Abbey Road Studios. Initially, the group thought they were covering the track for a documentary about Ronson.[228] On 12 February 2015, Ronson premiered the first official remix of "Uptown Funk", a radio-exclusive, during his interview on Hot 97. It includes a new intro verse by rapper Action Bronson; the final version includes a verse by rapper Bodega Bamz.[229] The song has been used by Ligue 1 club Paris Saint Germain to celebrate home goals.[230]
Track listing
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Personnel
[edit]Credits adapted from the liner notes of Uptown Special and Billboard.[7][15]
- Mark Ronson – songwriting, production, guitars, LinnDrum, programming, engineer
- Carlos Alomar – guitars
- Jeff Bhasker – songwriting, production, keyboards, talkbox
- Bruno Mars – lead vocals, songwriting, production, drums
- Philip Lawrence – songwriting
- Nicholas Williams – songwriting
- Devon Gallaspy – songwriting
- Charlie Wilson – songwriting
- Robert Wilson – songwriting
- Ronnie Wilson – songwriting
- Rudolph Taylor – songwriting
- Lonnie Simmons – songwriting
- Jamareo Artis – bass
- Phredley Brown – additional keyboards
- David Guy – trumpet
- Michael Leonhart – trumpet
- Jimmy King – trumpet
- Neal Sugarman – tenor saxophone
- Dwayne Dagger – tenor saxophone
- Ian Hendrickson-Smith – baritone saxophone
- Ray Mason – trombone
- Kameron Whalum – trombone
- Boo Mitchell – engineer
- Charles Moniz – engineer
- Wayne Gordon – engineer
- Josh Blair – engineer
- Inaam Haq – engineer
- Ken Lewis – additional engineering
- Devin Nakao – additional engineering
- Matthew Stevens – additional engineering
- Riccardo Damian – engineer
- Serban Ghenea – mixing
- John Hanes – mix engineering
- Tom Coyne – mastering
Charts
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Weekly charts[edit]
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Year-end charts[edit]
Decade-end charts[edit]
All-time charts[edit]
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Certifications
[edit]Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[157] | 22× Platinum | 1,540,000‡ |
Austria (IFPI Austria)[322] | Gold | 15,000* |
Belgium (BEA)[153] | 3× Platinum | 60,000‡ |
Canada (Music Canada)[133] | Diamond | 800,000‡ |
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[323] | 3× Platinum | 270,000‡ |
France (SNEP)[150] | Diamond | 250,000* |
Germany (BVMI)[324] | Platinum | 400,000‡ |
Italy (FIMI)[155] | 5× Platinum | 250,000‡ |
Japan (RIAJ)[325] | Gold | 100,000* |
Mexico (AMPROFON)[326] | 2× Diamond+Platinum | 660,000‡ |
Netherlands (NVPI)[327] | Platinum | 30,000‡ |
New Zealand (RMNZ)[163] | 5× Platinum | 75,000* |
Norway (IFPI Norway)[328] | 3× Platinum | 30,000‡ |
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[329] | 4× Platinum | 160,000‡ |
Sweden (GLF)[330] | Platinum | 40,000‡ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[140] | 7× Platinum | 4,200,000‡ |
United States (RIAA)[125] | 11× Platinum | 11,000,000‡ |
Streaming | ||
Japan (RIAJ)[331] | Gold | 50,000,000† |
South Korea | — | 100,000,000[332] |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
Release history
[edit]Region | Date | Format | Version | Label | Ref. |
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Australia | 10 November 2014 | Digital download | Original |
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[17] |
New Zealand | Sony | [18] | |||
United States | [19] | ||||
11 November 2014 | Contemporary hit radio | Unknown | RCA | [20] | |
Italy | 14 November 2014 | Original | Sony | [21] | |
United Kingdom | 8 December 2014 | Digital download | Columbia | [25] | |
Contemporary hit radio | Unknown | Unknown | [26] | ||
Austria | 9 January 2015 | CD single | Original | Sony | [27] |
Germany | |||||
Switzerland | |||||
United Kingdom | 16 February 2015 | 12" |
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Columbia | [28] |
United States | 24 February 2015 | [29] | |||
13 April 2015 | Digital Download | Remixes | Sony | [30] | |
29 June 2015 | Trinidad James remix | [31] | |||
Various | 19 July 2018 | Radio edit | Columbia | [32] |
See also
[edit]- List of best-selling singles in Australia
- List of best-selling singles in the United Kingdom
- List of best-selling singles in the United States
- List of number-one singles of 2014 (Australia)
- List of number-one singles of 2015 (Australia)
- List of number-one digital tracks of 2015 (Australia)
- List of number-one streaming tracks of 2015 (Australia)
- List of number-one urban singles of 2014 (Australia)
- List of number-one urban singles of 2015 (Australia)
- List of Ultratop 50 Flanders number-one singles of 2015
- List of Ultratop 50 Wallonia number-one singles of 2015
- List of Canadian Hot 100 number-one singles of 2015
- List of number-one hits of 2014 (France)
- List of number-one hits of 2015 (France)
- Lists of number-one singles of the 2010s (Hungary)
- List of number-one singles of 2015 (Ireland)
- List of number-one songs of 2015 (Mexico)
- List of Mexico Airplay number-one singles from the 2010s
- List of Mexico Ingles Airplay singles of the 2010s
- Lists of number-one singles from the 2010s (New Zealand)
- List of Romandie Charts number-one singles of 2015
- List of Scottish number-one singles of 2015
- List of number-one international songs of 2015 (South Korea)
- List of number-one singles of 2015 (South Africa)
- List of number-one singles of 2015 (Spain)
- List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 2010s
- List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 2015
- Lists of Adult Top 40 number-one songs of the 2010s
- List of Billboard Dance/Mix Show Airplay number-one singles of 2015
- List of Hot 100 Airplay number-one singles of the 2010s
- List of number-one dance singles of 2015 (U.S.)
- List of number-one digital songs of 2015 (U.S.)
- List of Billboard Mainstream Top 40 number-one songs of 2015
- List of Billboard Rhythmic number-one songs of the 2010s
- List of most liked YouTube videos
- List of most streamed songs on Spotify
- List of most streamed songs in the United Kingdom
- List of most-viewed YouTube videos
- List of best-selling singles
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