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another review from Vh1
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The song is clearly inspired by Outlandos d’Amour-era Police as, on first listen, we thought we were listening to the group’s stone classic, “Roxanne.” A clipped, almost staccato Andy Summers-ian guitar tone that’s paired up with a very Sting-like bassline provide the backbone for the song, but the song’s production is very of-the-moment*. The song’s structure is flawless, too, as we have come to expect from Bruno Mars; the verses are emotional, the bridge (“Your sex takes me to paradise”) provides the build, and the song pays off in a killer chorus (“You make me feel like I’ve been locked out of paradise/For too long-ong-ong”). We’re gonna have this one On Repeat all day and, if history is any indication, for the next few months to come.
*We’re not sure who to credit the song’s production to, but the Billboard article informed us that a veritable Murderer’s Row of producers worked on the record: Mark Ronson, Emile Haynie, Jeff Bhasker, Diplo, Supa Dups and, of course, The Smeezingtons (which includes Bruno Mars
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, actually the song grew on me a lot and I've been playing it constantly for the past hour and it sounds much better with headphones on because you can hear the beats clearly and the ups and downs of the melody not to forget bruno' flawless voice and the hook is addictive.
I totally wrote that without reading the Vh1 review earlier in the thread, or really anything else on the song for that matter. 