Is Uptown Funk a remake of an old song?

“Substantial parts of ‘Uptown Funk’ were copied from ‘More Bounce to the Ounce. ‘ The significant and substantial similarities between the two songs have been widely commented on by ordinary observers, musicians, independent critics and commentators.”

What was uptown funk sampled from?

Bruno Mars’s ‘Uptown Funk’ sample of The Gap Band’s ‘I Don’t Believe You Want to Get Up and Dance (Oops!)

Who’s the white guy in uptown funk?

Mark Ronson
Florent Dechard”Uptown Funk!,” the smash hit by Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars, is spending a seventh week on top of the Billboard Hot 100, making it the longest-running #1 hit of Bruno’s career.

Is Uptown Funk about drugs?

It’s entirely about selling coke, and it’s not even vaguely veiled. The first two lines in the song are straight-up cocaine references. “This hit, that ice cold/Michelle Pfeifer, that white gold.” Michelle Pfeifer is another name for coke, a reference to the actress’ role in Scarface.

Who’s the white guy in Uptown Funk?

Who else sang Uptown Funk?

Uptown Funk/Artists

Is Uptown Funk by Michael Jackson?

Some critics are even dubbing him as the next Michael Jackson of this era. In his massive hit, ‘Uptown Funk’, a collaboration he did for Mark Ronson, it’s obvious that Bruno Mars channeled Michael Jackson’s style and turned it into a modern jukebox funk song that has broken into the mainstream.

Is uptown funk hiphop?

The London-native is no stranger to the Hot 100. But Uptown Funk, an old-skool tip of the hat to the Funk, Dance, Hip Hop/Rap and R&B of the late 70s and early 80s, was his first #1 single under his own name.

Is Mark Ronson a nice guy?

Famously a nice guy, he also has a reputation for making quite heavy weather of the business of being himself. The last time I met him was in 2015. His 2010 album, Record Collection, had sold “way less” than his 2007 breakthrough, Version, and he thought that he had “gone cold”.