Who Wrote the Music for “Uptown Funk?”
Who Wrote the Music for “Uptown Funk?” The song was written by Mark Ronson, Jeff Bhasker, and Bruno Mars.
The Song’s Origins
The song “Uptown Funk” was originally written by Bruno Mars, Jeff Bhasker, and Mark Ronson. The song was then recorded by Bruno Mars and produced by Mark Ronson. The song became a worldwide hit and won two Grammy Awards.
The song was originally written for Bruno Mars
“Uptown Funk” was originally written for Bruno Mars, but he turned it down. So the song was offered to Mark Ronson, who decided to put it on his album “Uptown Special.” The song features vocals by Bruno Mars.
It was inspired by Mars’ album “24K Magic”
The song was born from a writing session between Ronson and Mars that occurred after the two had gone out clubbing. According to Ronson, the 24K Magic album inspired him to talk about his own experiences going out clubbing in New York City during the 1980s. The song’s lyrics are about “partying and having a good time.”
The Song’s Composition
The song was originally written by Bruno Mars, Jeffrey Bhasker, and Mark Ronson. “Uptown Funk” was produced by Ronson with Bhasker. The composition is credited to them, as well as Nicholas Williams, known by his stage name Trinidad James.
The song was co-written by Bruno Mars, Mark Ronson, and Jeff Bhasker
“Uptown Funk” is a song co-written and recorded by American recording artist Bruno Mars for his fourth studio album, Uptown Special (2015). Ronson’s regular collaborator Jeff Bhasker is also credited as a co-writer. The track was written by Bruno Mars, Mark Ronson and Jeff Bhasker. It was produced by Ronson and Bhasker. The song landed in the top 10 of over 50 countries’ charts, reaching number one in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
It was produced by Ronson and Bhasker
“Uptown Funk” was produced by Ronson and Bhasker. The song was written by Ronson, Mars, Philip Lawrence and Jeff Bhasker. The horn arrangement was done by Ronson, while blood was provided by Mars and the Hooligans.
The Song’s Release
On November 10, 2014, “Uptown Funk” was released as a single by American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars from his fourth studio album, Unorthodox Jukebox (2012). The song was written by Mars, Jeff Bhasker, and Mark Ronson, and produced by Ronson and Bhasker.
“Uptown Funk” was released as a single on November 10, 2014
“Uptown Funk” was released as a single on November 10, 2014, by record label RCA. The song was written by Bruno Mars, Mark Ronson, Philip Lawrence and Jeff Bhasker. “Uptown Funk” is a funk and soul track in the key of B♭ minor with a tempo of 112 beats per minute. The song’s lyrics describe taking one’s partner to an uptown function.
The single’s release was announced on October 20, 2014, via Mars’ Twitter account. “Uptown Funk” was serviced to contemporary hit radio stations in the United Kingdom on November 21, 2014 and in the United States on December 8, 2014. A remixed version featuring uncredited vocals from American rapper Mystikal was released to US mainstream radio on January 27, 2015. Upon its release, “Uptown Funk” met mixed reviews from music critics. Many praised its throwback sound while others criticized its similarity to past works by Mars. The song became an international commercial success; it topped charts in Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom as well as the US Billboard Hot 100 for fourteen weeks, making it both Mars’ longest-running US number-one single and second longest-running US number-one song of all time behind only Despacito (2017).
It was included on Mars’ album “24K Magic”, which was released on November 18, 2016
The song was written by Jeff Bhasker, Mark Ronson, Nicholas Williams (also known as Trinidad James) and Bruno Mars. It was produced by Bhasker, Ronson and Mars. “Uptown Funk” is a disco and funk song with influences of hip hop. The song’s lyrics talk about Mars and his friends “getting their swagger on” in uptown New York City.
The Song’s Success
“Uptown Funk” topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 14 weeks
“Uptown Funk” is a song by British record producer Mark Ronson featuring American singer and songwriter Bruno Mars. The song was released on 10 November 2014, as the lead single from Ronson’s fourth studio album, Uptown Special (2015). “Uptown Funk” climbed to the top of the US Billboard Hot 100 chart for seven weeks, becoming both Mars’ and Ronson’s longest-running US number-one single to date. The song spent 14 weeks atop of the Hot 100, tied with Leona Lewis’ “Bleeding Love” (2007) for the longest-running consecutive number-one by a British artist in the US.
In January 2015, Billboard announced that “Uptown Funk” was the most streamed song of all time on Spotify in the United States, with over 438 million streams. In March 2015, it was certified quadruple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), denoting sales and streams of over four million units in the US. As of June 2018, it has sold 8.6 million copies in the US.
Worldwide, “Uptown Funk” has sold 14 million digital copies and 3.5 million vinyl copies as of June 2015, becoming one of best-selling singles of all time. The song received three Grammy Awards at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards: Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.
It was nominated for four Grammy Awards, including Record of the Year
The song was written by Jeff Bhasker, Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars.[1][2] “Uptown Funk” was recorded in 2014 at MXM Studios in Santa Monica, California and at Way Station Inc. in Brooklyn, New York City. The track was mixed by Serban Ghenea at MixStar Studios in Virginia Beach.[3] John Hanes served as the engineer for the song, with assistance from Andrew Coleman and Jason Yuklich.[4][5]
“Uptown Funk” was released as the lead single from Ronson’s fourth studio album, Uptown Special (2015), on 10 November 2014.[6][7] Martian said that he felt the song was “one of those ‘event’ songs”, similar to his previous single with Mars, “Locked Out of Heaven”.[8] On 1 December 2014, “Uptown Funk” peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100; it remained there for fourteen consecutive weeks and spent a total of 31 weeks on the chart overall. It became Mars’ sixth solo US number-one single on the Hot 100 (tying him with Mariah Carey) and Ronson’s fourth (tying him with Mike Posner). The song also reached number one on Billboard’s Rhythmic Songs chart, as well as Mainstream Top 40 becoming Mars’ third solo number-one there whilst also becoming Ronson’s first Billboard airplay chart topper.
In January 2015, “Uptown Funk” won Favorite Song at the People’s Choice Awards[34] and Favorite Music Video at the American Music Awards.[35] In February 2015, it won two Brit Awards: Best British Single and Best Producer for Ronson. In March 2015, “Uptown Funk” won three Grammy Awards: Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance; as well as Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella for its horns arrangement by Bruno Mars’ team The Hooligans – Philip Lawrence, Christopher Brody Brown, James King andhorn arranger David Ralicke.[36][37][38] Additionally it became only the fifth song to win all three general field awards after Michael Jackson’s “Beat It”, Outkast’s “Hey Ya!”, Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance”, fun.’s “We Are Young”.
