Personnel

Who are the guys in Uptown Funk?

Personnel

  • Mark Ronson – songwriting, production, guitars, linn drum, programming, engineer.
  • Jeff Bhasker – songwriting, production, keyboards, talkbox.
  • Bruno Mars – lead vocals, songwriting, production, drums.
  • Philip Lawrence – songwriting.
  • Nicholas Williams – songwriting.
  • Devon Gallaspy – songwriting.

What is Uptown Funk a copy of?

Collage and the publishing company had claimed that Ronson and Mars’ song “is an obvious, strikingly and/or substantially similar copy” of their 1983 single “Young Girls,” nothing that the duo had talked up the influence of early 1980s Minneapolis electro-funk soul music.

What song is sampled in Uptown Funk?

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

What actress is mentioned in Uptown Funk?

The Vance Joy song “Riptide” was on the charts when “Uptown Funk” was released. Both tracks mention Michelle Pfeiffer, which is a little odd considering the actress hadn’t been in any blockbuster movies in a while.

Who is white guy in Uptown Funk?

He has received seven Grammy Awards, including Producer of the Year for Winehouse’s album Back to Black and two for Record of the Year singles “Rehab” and “Uptown Funk”….

Mark Ronson
Occupation Musician DJ songwriter record producer record executive
Years active 1993–present

Why do songs mention Michelle Pfeiffer?

Michelle Pfeiffer, that white gold.” There are two reasons for this particular name-dropping. The first one comes from NationalAve.com: a reference to a religious movement growing rapidly in the music industry: Pfeifferism.

Is Uptown Funk a ripoff?

Bruno Mars One Less ‘Uptown Funk’ Lawsuit On His Hands Bruno Mars is putting one of the alleged ripoff lawsuits over “Uptown Funk” behind him TMZ has learned. Bruno and ’80s funk band Collage have dismissed the lawsuit over the hit song according to docs. Both sides agreed to drop the matter permanently.

Was Uptown Funk a remake?

“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 song is sampled in blurred lines?

Robin Thicke feat. T.I. and Pharrell Williams’s ‘Blurred Lines’ sample of Marvin Gaye’s ‘Got to Give It Up’ | WhoSampled.

Is Uptown Funk a remake of an old song?

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”.