not to mention Bruno is the one that brought this sound back to mainstream anyways
he's been retro since day one and when it worked for him...everyone started to jump on the bandwagon
Spill the real tea sis, he's been retro since 2010 with the whole James Brown phase but somehow people think it's Pharrell that brought it back. And then Bruno produced a little funky song called **** YOU which became a top 10 hit in 12 countries around the world.
Just like the Pompadour hair style with his Grenade smash music video, everybody made fun at him when he first debuted that style and then boom it's the hot new thing and everybody started rocking it.
I'm not too sure on this, because it has that real nasty funk sound to it. But stranger things have happened.
I think the same, I am not seeing it doing any damage on the charts but who knows? I thought locked out of heaven was going to become a huge flop when it first came out and look what happened?
POPJUICE:
Despite being a whole one minute longer than the optimum song length of 3:30, 'Uptown Funk' is a perfect pop moment.
It blossoms like 'Biology', it has whooshy bits, there's a 'music drops out'/'clap your hands' part, "c'mon"s feature heavily, it's all about Saturday night, there's a talky bit that turns into a chant... This song pretty much has everything, including an extraordinary performance from Bruno Mars.
The sound of 'Uptown Funk' is almost certainly informed by Mark's deep, genuine and encyclopaedic passion for cooler end of 70s funk. But in Popjustice terms it's basically 'Walk The Dinosaur' meets 'Oops Up Side Your Head', ie a solid gold wedding disco banger.
NEW YORK POST: Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson collab is a sure-fire hit
It only takes one listen to know that “Uptown Funk” is heading straight up the chart.
The new Mark Ronson track featuring vocals by Bruno Mars was released on iTunes late Sunday night and is an irresistible blend of Prince, Michael Jackson, and nods heavily towards “Oops Upside Your Head” by Oklahoman funk legends the Gap Band.