2015Released
4:29

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Interesting facts and trivia about Uptown Funk (feat. Bruno Mars). By Songfacts®.

The first single from Uptown Special, this exuberant track features vocals and co-writing credits by Bruno Mars and was produced by Jeff Bhasker (Kanye West, Drake, Alicia Keys). The same trio previously collaborated on Mars' hit tune "Locked Out of Heaven."

The song originated from a lick that Mars and his band were playing on tour. "When we hit on that opening line - 'This s--t, that ice cold. Michelle Pfeiffer, that white gold' - we knew that we had the seed of this really exciting idea," Ronson told Billboard magazine. "I pushed myself much more than I have on anything else in the past."

The song took over a half a year to complete as Ronson spent a lot of time traveling across the States as he tried to pin Mars down. "It was six or seven months of chasing Bruno around on tour," he said. The pressure got to Ronson as he struggled to lay down his guitar part before producer Jeff Bhasker left at the end of the day for another project. "The plan was for me to record my guitar part by lunch. Lunchtime comes around and I still haven't nailed the part," he recalled to Billboard. "We go out and in the stress of finishing this song I fainted in the restaurant. I threw up three times. Jeff had to carry me back to the studio." In the end, they got it - on take 82."

Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Uptown Funk (feat. Bruno Mars).
CKey
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
115BPM

Album

The album Uptown Funk (feat. Bruno Mars) is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released Uptown Funk (feat. Bruno Mars).
Legacy Recordings
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