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“Uptown Funk” by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars
From the album Uptown Special (2015) Featuring Bruno Mars
“Uptown Funk” by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars appears on 13 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 2014 and 2026. It was first released in 2015 on the album Uptown Special. Its best result is #6 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2014.
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"Uptown Funk" dropped in November 2014 as the lead single from Uptown Special, Mark Ronson's fourth album, with Bruno Mars out front, and it struts like it owns the whole block. It started as a freestyle in the studio, Ronson, Mars and Jeff Bhasker riffing on a jam that Mars and his band had been working out on tour; those three produced it, and Philip Lawrence joined them in writing it. Mars plays the drums, Bhasker adds keys and a talkbox, and a full horn section blares over Carlos Alomar's choppy guitar: pure retro Minneapolis funk and boogie, with Mars sing-rapping about sharp clothes and his own magnificence.
Nobody could get away from it. It sat atop the Billboard Hot 100 for fourteen straight weeks, won British Single of the Year at the Brits and Record of the Year at the Grammys, and got its moment at the Super Bowl 50 halftime show.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 200 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 200 Songs of 2014 | 200 |
| 2014 | 6 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2014 | 100 |
| 2015 | 26 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2015 | 89 |
| 2015 | 13 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2015 | 90 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 459 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs | 892 |
| 2020 | 474 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
| 2024 | 122 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years | 1049 |
| 2024 | 118 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century | 1055 |
| 2024 | 19 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 62 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
| 2025 | 10 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs | 800 |
| 2025 | 55 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) | 714 |
| 2026 | 1126 | WYEP | WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time | 1180 |
Also listed as: Uptown Funk!; Uptown Funk feat. Bruno Mars.
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