“Marry You” by Bruno Mars

"Marry You" sits sixth on Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars's 2010 debut album, and it's a Smeezingtons job through and through: Mars wrote it with Philip Lawrence and Ari Levine, and the three produced it under that name. It's a sugar rush of pop, doo-wop and soul about deciding to get married on a whim, and plenty of people took it at its word; it has become a standard soundtrack for proposals.

Critics split, some charmed by the production and its 1960s pop glow, others hearing a lack of imagination. It was never issued as a single in America, yet it still reached No. 85 on the Hot 100, went seven times platinum there and broke into the top ten in most other markets. Mars has played it on every tour he's done.

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