Mark Ronson
Featuring Bruno Mars
Featuring Bruno Mars
"Uptown Funk" Background -
Genres considered -
Funk Pop, Soul, Boogie, Disco Pop, Minneapolis Sound
Lead single from Mark Ronson's 4th album, Uptown Special (2015)
Released via download in November 2014
Message through lyrics - Fashion, Self Love, Male Bravado
"Uptown Funk" Charts -
No. 1 in 19 countries
Top 10 in 15 countries
No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100
No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart
No. 1 on Canadian Hot 100
No. 1 on Irish Singles Chart
No. 1 in France
No. 1 in Australia
No. 1 in New Zealand
"Uptown Funk" Certifications -
Gold in Austria and Japan
Platinum in Germany, Netherlands, Sweden
2x Platinum in Denmark
3x Platinum in Belgium and Norway
4x Platinum in Spain
5x Platinum in New Zealand, Italy, UK
11x Platinum in the U.S.
18x Platinum in Australia
Diamond in Canada and France
3x Platinum+Diamond in Mexico
"Uptown Funk" Honors -
British Single of the Year at the 2015 Brit Awards
Record of the Year at the 2016 Grammy Awards
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 2016 Grammy Awards
2015 American Music Awards nominations*
*Song of the Year, Collaboration of the Year
...to name a few
Point of intrigue -
As of March 2020, the music video is the 6th most viewed YouTube video with 3.8 billion views.
Point of intrigue -
In 2017, "Uptown Funk" was inducted into the Guinness World Records for spending the most weeks at No. 1 on Billboard's Digital Songs Sales chart.
The full background and pop culture impact, among many other notes about the song, can be found on Wikipedia.
Many years ago, an evening baseball game was played...I think between the Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Indians. Anyway, the win for one of the teams seemed certain as the score was well in their favor. The other team, though, came out of nowhere when they matched and surpassed the score that was in the double digits. They won. The game became an instant classic...an exceptionally rare honor.
"Uptown Funk" was an instant classic in pop culture with impact that remains to date...an impressive honor.
"Uptown Funk" was and remains an instant classic on Set List.
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