Artist Mark Ronson collaborated with Grammy-Award winner Bruno Mars to make the hit song “Uptown Funk,” which was released in 2014. The song has become wildly popular. But Ronson recently learned that brides have banned the song from their weddings. It is an accomplishment that he is proud to wear.
“I read the other day that some brides have banned it from their wedding playlist because people are just actually maybe sick of hearing it,” Ronson said of the number.
“I thought that was the coolest thing I’d ever heard.”
Mark Ronson Gets Candid About ‘Uptown Funk’
Uptown Funk spent several weeks at number one on the music charts and has sold over 10 million units. When reflecting on the record, Ronson said it was ‘a true labor of love.’
“’Uptown Funk’ was a true labor of love. It was something we were very proud of and we worked extremely hard on it for seven months/ We were working on it a time when Bruno was touring his Unorthodox Jukebox album, and I was chasing him around the country with a five-string bass trying to finish this song,” he said.
“When it started to stay No. 1 for a week, two, three weeks, I remember just calling Bruno because he had had a couple of No. 1s before. I was like, ‘Is this what it’s like? This is amazing.’ He was like, ‘Man, just enjoy every moment.’ And then to go from that to playing it at the Super Bowl with Coldplay, I mean — that song, it’s crazy.”
Anderson Paak Praises Bruno Mars
Bruno Mars has worked with some of the top artists in the industry. His top collaborations include Lil Wayne, Snoop Dogg, and Cardi B. Artist Anderson Paak says that working with Mars is a ‘cheat code’
“I’ve done collabs with everybody. I don’t know not one person old, young, everyone on my checklist I’ve already checked and I’ve done all kinds of stuff, I’ve had records that have gotten Grammys but there’s stuff – but like there’s always a place that an artist wants to go and I wanted to go straight to the top,” he said.
“And there’s a cheat code, you know what I’m saying? Everybody told me the cheat code is linking up with this dude. Get Bruno on your side, and yeah, it’s dope.”