Now That’s What I Call Music: Uptown Funk

Now That’s What I Call Music: Uptown Funk is the perfect album for anyone who loves to groove. Featuring hits like “Uptown Funk” and “All About That Bass,” this album is sure to get you moving.

The Song

Uptown Funk was released by Mark Ronson in 2014, featuring Bruno Mars on vocals. The song was an instant hit, reaching number one in multiple countries. The song won two Grammy Awards, including Record of the Year.

The Music

Now That’s What I Call Music: Uptown Funk is a compilation album featuring songs by American musician Bruno Mars. It was released on November 18, 2014, by Atlantic Records anduke Records. The album includes the singles “Uptown Funk” and “Locked Out of Heaven”, both of which topped the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.

The Lyrics

“Uptown Funk”
Up in the club, we just hit the ground
We been dancing ’round and ’round
And round and round and round we go
All my people, all my people right here right now
All my people, all my people right here right now
‘Cause uptown funk gon’ give it to you
‘Cause uptown funk gon’ give it to you
‘Cause uptown funk gon’ give it to you Saturday night and we in the spot
Don’t believe me, just watch (Come on)
Don’t believe me, just watch (Ooh)
Don’t believe me, just watch (‘Cause Uptown Funk gon’) Uptown funk you up (Give it to you) Uptown funk you up (Give it to you) Uptown funk you up (Give it to you) Uptown funk you up Come on, come on, come on, ho! Come on, come on Come on, come on Come on, come on Ha ha ha ha ha ha! Keep cool but be hot Make a supermodel I’m too hot (Hot damn!) Called a police and a fireman I’m too hot (Hot damn!) Make a dragon want to retire man I’m too hot (Hot damn!) Say my name you know who I am I’m too hot (Hot damn!) And my band ’cause we make ’em bounce We light it up with some glorious The room getting hotter ’cause that’s how We roll No hoodie no shoes all-black everything All-black everything Doh Doh doh doh Doh Doh doh Doh Doh doh Doh Don’t believe me Just watch x12

The Artist

Mark Ronson is an English musician, DJ, singer, and songwriter. He is best known for his work in the areas of pop, rock, and electronic music. He has won numerous awards, including Grammy Awards, Brit Awards, and Ivor Novello Awards.

The Artist’s History

Mark Ronson is a British-American musician, DJ, and record producer. He is best known for his work with Amy Winehouse and Bruno Mars. Ronson has won multiple Grammy Awards, including Producer of the Year. He is also a member of the band Superorganism.

Ronson was born in London to Jewish parents, Laurence Ronson, a real estate developer, and Ann Dexter-Jones, an actress. His mother is from a Catholic background, while his father is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. Ronson has five siblings: Charlotte, Alexander, Rebecca, Joshua, and Henrietta. He also has two step-siblings: Roman and Natasha from his mother’s prior marriage to Mick Jones of Foreigner.

Ronson’s parents divorced when he was nine years old; his father moved to New York City while Ronson remained in London with his mother. While still young, he began playing guitar and piano; in 1997 he enrolled at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts where he studied music theory and composition before eventually dropping out to focus on his music career.

The Artist’s Music

Now That’s What I Call Music: Uptown Funk is a compilation album of uptempo pop, R&B, and hip hop songs released on November 10, 2014 by Epic Records. The album features tracks from artists such as Maroon 5, Bruno Mars, Justin Timberlake, Mark Ronson, Kid Ink, Jeremih, and many more.

The Video

The “Now That’s What I Call Music: Uptown Funk” video has been viewed over 1.5 billion times on YouTube. The video features Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson performing the song “Uptown Funk” on a street in New York City. The video was directed by Cameron Duddy and Mars.

The Videography

The video for “Uptown Funk” was directed by Dave Meyers and filmed in Los Angeles, CA. It features Mark Ronson, Bruno Mars, and members of The Hooligans dancing on various landmarks throughout the city.

Some of the locations featured in the video include: the 110 Freeway, the Bradbury Building, Broadway, Angels Flight Railway, Orpheum Theatre, Wet Seal store on Melrose Avenue, the Dixon Water Foundation Teaching Garden in Compton, and Leimert Park.

The Choreography

The video for “Uptown Funk” was shot in October 2014, primarily in the New York City borough of Harlem. It features dances choreographed by Jamal Sims, Christopher Scott and Charmaine Li. The chopped and screwed remix of the song, which features additional vocals from Lil Wayne, was also used in the video.

The Legacy

Now That’s What I Call Music: Uptown Funk is the thirty-first album in the Now! series in the United States. It was released on November 18, 2014, by RCA Records. The album features Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars’ “Uptown Funk” as its lead single. “Uptown Funk” topped the US Billboard Hot 100 for fourteen weeks, becoming the longest-running number-one song of 2015. The album includes a number of other popular songs such as “All About That Bass” by Meghan Trainor and “Shake It Off” by Taylor Swift.

The Impact

Now That’s What I Call Music: Uptown Funk is the fourth studio album by American pop band *NSYNC, released on July 11, 2000 by Jive Records. The album was the band’s first album to be recorded without former member and founder Justin Timberlake. It peaked at number two on the US Billboard 200 and was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), denoting shipments of two million copies in the country.

Now That’s What I Call Music: Uptown Funk was a commercial success worldwide. In the United Kingdom, it debuted at number two on the UK Albums Chart, selling 95,000 copies in its first week. The album was certified double platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for shipments of two million copies. In total, Now That’s What I Call Music: Uptown Funk has sold over four million copies worldwide.

The album was nominated for five Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album, winning the latter. “Bye Bye Bye” and “It’s Gonna Be Me” were both nominated for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. “It’s Gonna Be Me” won the award for Best Dance Recording; Timberlake received this award as a featured artist on *NSYNC’s behalf as he could not attend the ceremony due to filming commitments for his film debut in The Social Network (2010).

The Criticism

Since its release, “Uptown Funk” has been the subject of much criticism. Some have accused the song of plagiarism, claiming that it borrows heavily from other songs released in the past, including Bruno Mars’ own “Treasure” and Mark Ronson’s “Nice Their said the song is “unoriginal” and a “carbon copy” of previous hits. Others have accused Mars and Ronson of cultural appropriation, claiming that they are profiting from music that appropriates black culture without giving proper credit or compensation to black artists.