Uptown Funk: The Best Music Videos
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We all know and love Uptown Funk, but have you seen the music videos that go along with it? Here are our favorites!
Uptown Funk
Uptown Funk is a 2014 song by English producer Mark Ronson and American singer Bruno Mars. The song was a worldwide success, reaching number one in several countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia. The song’s music video was also a success, helping the song to achieve even more popularity.
The song
“Uptown Funk” is a song by English producer Mark Ronson from his fourth studio album, Uptown Special (2015), featuring American singer and rapper Bruno Mars. The song was released as the album’s lead single on 10 November 2014 in the United States. Onto positive reception from critics, “Uptown Funk” spent fourteen non-consecutive weeks atop the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming Ronson’s second US number-one single and Mars’ fourth as a featured artist. It also topped the charts in several other countries, including Australia, Canada, France, Ireland and New Zealand. The song won two Grammy Awards for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance and Record of the Year. Its music video features Ronson, Mars and their backup dancers performing choreographed routines in various locations around Los Angeles.
“Uptown Funk” was originally written with Glee creator Ryan Murphy in mind for a Christmas episode of the musical comedy-drama television series that aired in late 2013. The song’s original title was “Daft Punk”, named after the electronic music duo; however, this was changed after Ronson thought that an ode to French house music would not make sense within the context of a television show about high school students in America. In addition to Bruno Mars, several other singers were considered for the track before deciding on Mars—including Justin Timberlake, who turned it down stating that he “didn’t need it”.
The music video
Set in the 1970s, the music video for “Uptown Funk” features a cast of dancing schoolgirls, office workers, and others dancing in streets and on rooftops in various cities across the United States. The video was directed by Bruno Mars and featured cameo appearances by Mars, Mark Ronson, and Jeff Bhasker. The video became an internet sensation, garnering over two billion views on YouTube as of 2019.
Other great music videos
While Uptown Funk is certainly one of the best music videos ever made, there are plenty of other great music videos out there. In this article, we’ll take a look at ten of the best music videos of all time.
‘Formation’ by Beyoncé
Formation is a song by Beyoncé, released on February 6, 2016. The song was released as a single from her album Lemonade. The music video for the song was released on the same day as the album.
The video was directed by Melina Matsoukas and shot in New Orleans. It features Beyoncé dancing in various locations around the city, including a cemetery and an abandoned warehouse. The video also includes cameos from Mike Epps, Serena Williams, and Jay Z.
Beyoncé has said that the video is about “celebrating our culture and heritage”. She has also said that it is a “love letter to New Orleans”.
‘This is America’ by Childish Gambino
Gambino’s “This is America” video has been widely praised for its bold and necessary commentary on race relations and gun violence in America. The video features a number of powerful images, including a scene where Gambino calmly shoots a man in the back of the head while others dance around him. It’s a stark reminder of the senseless violence that occurs far too often in our country.
‘Hotline Bling’ by Drake
Drake gave us all a lesson in how to properly do the hotline bling in his iconic music video for the 2015 single. The visual, which was shot entirely in grayscale, sees the rapper dancing in front of a brick wall in various locations, including inside a empty warehouse and on top of a roof. It’s all very ’90s and very Drake, and we can’t get enough of it.
