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Bruno Mars & Mark Ronson - "Uptown Funk" (OUT!)



This here the ice cold
Michelle Pfeiffer, the white gold
This one for them hood girls, them good girls, straight masterpieces
Sliding, wilding, living it up in the city
Got tux on, we're saying it wrong, gotta kiss myself, I'm so pretty
I'm too hot, call the police and the firemen
I'm too hot, make a dragon run a retirement
I'm too hot, say my name you know who I am
I'm too hot, got my bed 'bout that money

Girls send your hallelujah
Girls send your hallelujah
Girls send your hallelujah

'cause uptown funk gon' give it to you
'cause uptown funk gon' give it to you
'cause uptown funk gon' give it to you
Saturday night and we're in the spot
Don't believe me just watch
Don't believe me just watch
Don't believe me just watch
Don't believe me just watch
Don't believe me just watch
Don't believe me just watch


Hey, hey, hey, oh
Stop, wait a minute

Fill my cup, pour some nigga in it
Soundcheck, julio, get the stretch
Ride to harlem, hollywood, jackson, Mississippi
If we show off, we gon' show out
Smoother than a fresh dry skipper
I'm too hot, call the police and the firemen
I'm too hot, make a dragon run a retirement
I'm too hot, say my name you know who I am
I'm too hot, got my bed 'bout that money

Girls send your hallelujah
Girls send your hallelujah
Girls send your hallelujah

'cause uptown funk gon' give it to you
'cause uptown funk gon' give it to you
'cause uptown funk gon' give it to you
Saturday night and we're in the spot
Don't believe me just watch
Don't believe me just watch
Don't believe me just watch
Don't believe me just watch
Don't believe me just watch
Don't believe me just watch

Hey, hey, hey, oh

Before we leave
Let me tell you a little something
Uptown funk you up
Uptown funk you up
Uptown funk you up
Uptown funk you up
I said uptown funk you up
Uptown funk you up
Uptown funk you up
Uptown funk you up

Come on
Dance
Jump on it
If you sexy, then flaunt it
If you're freaky, then own it
Don't brag about it, come show me,
Come on
Dance
Jump on it
If you sexy, then flaunt it
Well it's Saturday night and we're in the spot
Don't believe me just watch
Don't believe me just watch
Don't believe me just watch
Don't believe me just watch
Don't believe me just watch
Hey, hey, oh

Uptown funk you up
Uptown funk you up
Uptown funk you up
Uptown funk you up
Uptown funk you up
Uptown funk you up

Uptown funk you up
Uptown funk you up
Uptown funk you up


Source:http://www.directlyrics.c...yrics.html

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Reply #1 posted 10/31/14 8:53am

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LOL Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars, should be fun. He did make the little fella a bit more listenable.

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Mark's "Record Collection" rocked my socks, this is great news!

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Reply #2 posted 10/31/14 8:56am

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TheGoldStandard said:

LOL Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars, should be fun. He did make the little fella a bit more listenable.

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Mark's "Record Collection" rocked my socks, this is great news!

I just picked up 3 of Ronson's cd's.

I likes...............

FOOLS multiply when WISE Men & Women are silent.
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Reply #3 posted 10/31/14 10:04am

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So here for this! dancing jig I bet it will be amazing! There's speculation from fans that Bruno may debut the song at the EMA's since its being held the day before the single drops!

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Reply #4 posted 11/06/14 10:24am

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Mark also tweeted this:

Mark Ronson: and if you don’t have iTunes, it (Uptown Funk) will also be available…EVERYWHERE.


And then Stephen Hill tweeted this:





Stephen Hill @StephenGHill
JUST heard the new @MarkRonson/@BrunoMars song. It's the BEST song that The Time NEVER recorded...with a spritz of Trinidad James! SO DOPE!

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Reply #5 posted 11/06/14 10:26am

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FYI Bruno and Mark will be debuting the song on SNL Nov. 22nd cool



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Reply #6 posted 11/09/14 4:28pm

Shawy89

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5 hours till' the song drops!! biggrin

It's produced by Bruno, Mark and Jeff Bhasker.

Vocals by Bruno.

Will be available on iTunes and will probably be dropped on Youtube after a while.

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Reply #7 posted 11/09/14 6:30pm

NaughtyKitty

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HECK YEAH!!!! I need for 12:01am to happen like RIGHT NOW! excited excited excited excited excited excited

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Reply #8 posted 11/09/14 9:04pm

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headbang headbang headbang headbang music music music music cool cool cool cool cool cool cool cool

This IS HOTTT!!! Morris Day would be proud.

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Reply #9 posted 11/09/14 10:01pm

GeorgieAto

NaughtyKitty said:




headbang headbang headbang headbang music music music music cool cool cool cool cool cool cool cool

This IS HOTTT!!! Morris Day would be proud.

awesome! music music music

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Reply #10 posted 11/09/14 10:56pm

FunkyD

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meh... These lyrics about being cool don't really fit Bruno Mars imo

then again I'm not a big fan of his

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Reply #11 posted 11/10/14 12:03am

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It's a masterpiece! biggrin

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Reply #12 posted 11/10/14 12:37am

MoBettaBliss


it's like... how many funk clichés can you throw into one song lol

it's alright... nothing special... i bet it will kill live though

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Reply #13 posted 11/10/14 5:23am

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I don't fuckin care lol lol lol The song is so damn jamming and the lyrics are damn hilarious.

This will smash

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Reply #14 posted 11/10/14 7:03am

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MoBettaBliss said:


it's like... how many funk clichés can you throw into one song lol

it's alright... nothing special... i bet it will kill live though

You betta believe it! Cant wait for them to slay this on SNL next weekend! headbang



Bruno also co-produced and appears on a track called ‘Feels Right’, which features rapper Mystikal.

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Reply #15 posted 11/10/14 9:00am

Identity

The song comes off too much like a contrived attempt to reveal Bruno as a pop artist who can also bring the funk with ease and dexterity sampling an over-used Zapp hit.


I'm so not feeling it.

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Reply #16 posted 11/10/14 9:43am

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Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson collab is a sure-fire hit

http://nypost.com/2014/11...-fire-hit/



“We kind of met Bruno when he started to work on his second album. He said he wanted to work together and we got in the studio and ended up working on ‘Locked Out of Heaven,” and ‘Gorilla,’ and ‘Moonshine,’” he said. “And then when I started making my record, I played him some early demos I had, and I knew I wanted him on it partly cause he’s the world’s biggest pop star that I’ve ever heard.”

“That song took a lot of work,” he revealed. “It took seven months of chasing him around the world on tour and a lot of blood sweat and tears, but I’m very proud of it. I love it. It’s one of my favorite things I’ve ever done … I think that Bruno just — with the lyrics and the vocal delivery — he makes it so it’s not too throwback-y. I guess I love all those things. I guess love live instruments, I love horns, but I also love DJing and playing records in the club that sound amazing. So, we tried to make a hybrid of all those things.”

http://www.billboard.com/...ptown-funk




The Lyrics:


This hit
That ice cold
Michelle Pfeiffer
That white gold
This one, for them hood girls
Them good girls
Straight masterpieces
Stylin', while in
Livin’ it up in the city
Got Chucks on with Saint Laurent
Got kiss myself I’m so pretty

I’m too hot (hot damn)
Called a police and a fireman
I’m too hot (hot damn)
Make a dragon wanna retire man
I’m too hot (hot damn)
Say my name you know who I am
I’m too hot (hot damn)
Am I bad 'bout that money
Break it down

Girls hit your hallelujah (whuoo)
Girls hit your hallelujah (whuoo)
Girls hit your hallelujah (whuoo)
‘Cause Uptown Funk gon’ give it to you
‘Cause Uptown Funk gon’ give it to you
‘Cause Uptown Funk gon’ give it to you
Saturday night and we in the spot
Don’t believe me just watch (come on)
Don’t believe me just watch
Don’t believe me just watch
Don’t believe me just watch
Don’t believe me just watch
Don’t believe me just watch
Hey, hey, hey, oh!

Stop
Wait a minute
Fill my cup put some liquor in it
Take a sip, sign a check
Julio! Get the stretch!
Ride to Harlem, Hollywood, Jackson, Mississippi
If we show up, we gon’ show out
Smoother than a fresh dry skippy

I’m too hot (hot damn)
Called a police and a fireman
I’m too hot (hot damn)
Make a dragon wanna retire man
I’m too hot (hot damn) (hot damn)
Bitch, say my name you know who I am
I’m too hot (hot damn)
Am I bad 'bout that money
Break it down

Girls hit your hallelujah (whuoo)
Girls hit your hallelujah (whuoo)
Girls hit your hallelujah (whuoo)
‘Cause Uptown Funk gon’ give it to you
‘Cause Uptown Funk gon’ give it to you
‘Cause Uptown Funk gon’ give it to you
Saturday night and we in the spot
Don’t believe me just watch (come on)
Don’t believe me just watch
Don’t believe me just watch
Don’t believe me just watch
Don’t believe me just watch
Don’t believe me just watch
Hey, hey, hey, oh!

Before we leave
Imma tell y’all a lil’ something
Uptown Funk you up, Uptown Funk you up
Uptown Funk you up, Uptown Funk you up
I said Uptown Funk you up, Uptown Funk you up
Uptown Funk you up, Uptown Funk you up

Come on, dance
Jump on it
If you sexy than flaunt it
If you freaky than own it
Don’t brag about it, come show me
Come on, dance
Jump on it
If you sexy than flaunt it
Well it’s Saturday night and we in the spot
Don’t believe me just watch
Don’t believe me just watch
Don’t believe me just watch
Don’t believe me just watch
Don’t believe me just watch
Don’t believe me just watch
Hey, hey, hey, oh!

Uptown Funk you up, Uptown Funk you up (say whaa?!)
Uptown Funk you up, Uptown Funk you up
Uptown Funk you up, Uptown Funk you up (say whaa?!)
Uptown Funk you up, Uptown Funk you up
Uptown Funk you up, Uptown Funk you up (say whaa?!)
Uptown Funk you up, Uptown Funk you up
Uptown Funk you up, Uptown Funk you up (say whaa?!)

lol

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Reply #17 posted 11/10/14 10:49am

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One of the baddest jams I've heard by anyone in ages. And for me to say something new is hot by a current mainstream artist, you better believe it's hot because I hate the hell out of anything that sounds even remotely current sounding. Funk is finally back. Finally!

Andy is a four letter word.
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Reply #18 posted 11/10/14 2:07pm

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^Yeeeaaaahh!! biggrin

And here's a good review of the song:


....I don’t know how much each person involved contributed but this track is funked out to the max. The dirty horns, Bruno’s vocals (YES, WE GOT THE DRAGGING RASP - especially “fireman”), the guys in the backing chants, the bass line, the punchy and confident lyrics…ahhh, bliss! Mark Ronson always produces some amazing shiz and this tops it all. Mark and Bruno are an excellent pairing and they understand each other so well.

It definitely pays homage to classic funk and in an amped up, fresh modern way. We have the components of the Money Make Her Smile mash up and some other funk element to find on a sort of easter egg hunt. For example, the “uptown funk you up” refrain could easily be a play on “Oops, Upside Your Head”.

I can’t wait to see what comes of this. I hope the whole world gets on that funky shit and wakes up to the wall of sound. There’s nothing that sounds like Uptown Funk right now. If Mark’s goal was to push boundaries and rejuvenate the charts, he’s done it for me. And that’s just from this one song.

http://rhapsodyincolour.tumblr.com/post/102269648648/how-do-you-feel-about-it-all

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Reply #19 posted 11/10/14 3:16pm

Shawy89

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It's #32 on US iTunes eek eek eek WTF

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Reply #20 posted 11/10/14 4:09pm

Shaolin325

HOT BEAT!!!!! I LOVE IT! I can't wait to see how he pulls this off live! However, he sounds like "a little boy wearing his dads 10 sizes too large shoes" (how I imagine that would sound....if that were an actual sound lol lol )..........But I can get past that....it's a good song.

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Reply #21 posted 11/10/14 4:24pm

Ego101

Nice work.

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Reply #22 posted 11/10/14 5:10pm

NaughtyKitty

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The song is flying up the charts! bananadance

More rave reviews pouring in! biggrin


Hot damn. Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson are back at it with their funky and feel-good collaboration “Uptown Funk. The duo that brought us “Locked Out of Heaven” and “Gorilla” makes magic once more on the ’70s-inspired jam, which combines the best of The Time, James Brown, and the Jackson 5, with a hook inspired by Trinidad Jame$.

http://www.rap-up.com/2014/11/09/new-music-mark-ronson-f-bruno-mars-uptown-funk/



I must’ve been an extremely good girl this year because Christmas just came a month and a half early, and Santa gave me the one thing on my wish list — a grooved-up-to-here (“here” being the waistline of your ultra-tight designer Jordache jeans) collaboration from Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars....The dynamic duo resurrect retro soul again on the “Uptown Funk,” which feels like a time-travel trip back to a George Clinton, Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Sugarhill Gang, Ohio Players and Kool And The Gang all-star funk lord power jam (via the seedy streets of 1970s Times Square… via a graffiti-stained 9 soul train).

http://www.mtv.com/news/1...town-funk/



After earning a handful of hit singles, playing the Super Bowl Halftime Show and all around owning 2013 and early 2014, Bruno Mars more than deserved a little break. But the "Treasure" singer is already back, returning via a fiery, funky single from Mark Ronson—a.k.a. the producer who helped launch Amy Winehouse, Lily Allen and Wale. - See more at: http://www.fuse.tv/2014/1...Y7BZi.dpuf


Bruno Mars gives the King of Soul himself, James Brown a run for his money on the new Mark Ronson track, “Uptown Fun.”

http://radio.com/2014/11/...nk-listen/


This is no half-hearted stab at a retro ’70s groove; “Uptown Funk” is a straight-up ass-kicker.

http://www.idolator.com/7...unk-listen






  1. Michelle

    I can’t stop dancing, smiling, laughing!!! Thanks guys, that is what music should make people do!

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  2. Major Sushi

    I feel that Bruno Mars wasn’t supposed to be born in this era

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  3. Chari

    Thank God for Bruno’s talent and influence that we get to hear great music!!! This one makes you dance, smile, laugh.. even while lying down in bed trying to sleep!

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  4. vladica07

    It’s amazing and I’m only in the middle of the song!!

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  5. Jessica

    lOL this is going to sound so good live, and love the part when he sings “Girls hit your hallelujah (whuoo)”

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  6. d. kells

    This is that feel good music and taking it back to the 70′s funk era when music simply made you get up and dance and just feel good. Sounds like something Prince would get on and just kill. Bruno is a great artist

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  7. francisco

    Damn i thought this was gonna be a pop song..this actually songs nice!

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  8. WhAh

    Bruno can’t do any wrong I swear his freaking unbelievable

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  9. white chocolate

    the production is refreshing in an era where almost everything is canned.





  10. Bruno stay slaying! bananadance




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Reply #23 posted 11/10/14 5:55pm

Mong

Where's the chorus?

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Reply #24 posted 11/10/14 6:28pm

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Someone's been listening to The Time, for sure. I wont hate though...not really a Bruno fan, but on first listen, this shit his crackin'!!!! nod

Make it so, Number One...
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Reply #25 posted 11/11/14 6:39am

Ego101

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Reply #26 posted 11/11/14 8:59am

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It's alright. The lyrics aren't much and are a bit forced but it's a hot jam and that's what matters most when it comes to funk. Still, he needs to work on those lyrics...
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Reply #27 posted 11/11/14 9:47am

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Mong said:

Where's the chorus?

  • "It’s a funk song in a way, so it’s not supposed to have a real chorus - like a traditional pop song. We had to get it to the point where we thought it was a real funk song." - Mark Ronson on why there's no chorus in "Uptown Funk"

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Reply #28 posted 11/11/14 9:48am

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cool

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Reply #29 posted 11/11/14 9:49am

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Wow that was disappointing lol. Idk, this Bruno fella has like 0 star quality. Sure he's likeable/cute.

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