Uptown Funk#Charts

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After producing three songs for Bruno Mars's second studio album Unorthodox Jukebox (2012), Mark Ronson said in June 2014, that he and Mars planned on working together again.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bruno-mars-helps-mark-ronson-chase-down-uptown-funk-20141110|title=Bruno Mars Helps Mark Ronson Chase Down 'Uptown Funk'|last1=Reed|first1=Ryan|last2=Kreps|first2=Daniel|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=10 November 2014|access-date=23 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141125150334/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bruno-mars-helps-mark-ronson-chase-down-uptown-funk-20141110|archive-date=25 November 2014|url-status=live|url-access=limited}}{{cite web|url=http://www.capitalfm.com/artists/bruno-mars/news/mark-ronson-new-album-plans/|title=Mark Ronson Confirms New Music Plans With Bruno Mars For Next Album|publisher=Capital FM|date=5 June 2014|access-date=27 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181019082044/https://www.capitalfm.com/artists/bruno-mars/news/mark-ronson-new-album-plans/|archive-date=19 October 2018|url-status=live}} Ronson ended up working on "Uptown Funk" for seven months, recording it in various locations, in a number of grueling, stressful sessions.{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2015/04/16/400106347/the-long-labored-process-behind-mark-ronsons-uptown-funk?t=1556379927456|title=The Story Behind Mark Ronson's Hit Song "Uptown Funk"|last=Gross|first=Terry|format=Audio upload and transcript|publisher=NPR|date=16 April 2015|access-date=27 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427163759/https://www.npr.org/2015/04/16/400106347/the-long-labored-process-behind-mark-ronsons-uptown-funk%3Ft%3D1556379927456|archive-date=27 April 2019|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2015/01/13/mark-ronson-interview-bruno-mars-amy-winehouse/|title=Mark Ronson: Recording "Uptown Funk" was a multi-continental process|last=Raimer|first=Miles|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=13 January 2015|access-date=27 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427163805/https://ew.com/article/2015/01/13/mark-ronson-interview-bruno-mars-amy-winehouse/|archive-date=27 April 2019|url-status=live}} Its earliest version was a jam that Mars and his band played on tour.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/6312180/mark-ronson-bruno-mars-uptown-funk|title=Mark Ronson Says New Single With Bruno Mars 'Uptown Funk' Is a Milestone for Both of Them|last=Rogers|first=Ray|magazine=Billboard|date=10 November 2014|access-date=27 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430093206/https://www.billboard.com/articles/6312180/mark-ronson-bruno-mars-uptown-funk|archive-date=30 April 2019|url-status=live}} When Ronson joined Jeff Bhasker and Mars for a jam session at the latter's studio, he wanted to finish leftover demos from Unorthodox Jukebox, however, Mars wanted to do something different. He started playing on a drum kit in the studio, while Bhasker and Ronson played keyboard and guitar, respectively. They decided to work on the tour jam and thought it would be "cool" to fit in the Trinidad James song, "All Gold Everything", played during the tour's soundcheck. At this point, they found the opening line: "This hit, that ice cold/Michelle Pfeiffer, that white gold", which led them to believe they had an "exciting idea". However, both Ronson and Mars had busy schedules and could not complete the single. They spent the next several months working on the song, fighting over which sections of the track would fit better. Mars was not a fan of early versions of the song.{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/its-joy-time-for-bruno-mars-1488382054|title=It's Joy Time for Bruno Mars|last=Light|first=Alan|work=The Wall Street Journal|date=1 March 2017|access-date=30 April 2019|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170303123215/https://www.wsj.com/articles/its-joy-time-for-bruno-mars-1488382054|archive-date=3 March 2017|url-status=live}}

The trio recorded the song in Los Angeles, London, Memphis, New York, Toronto, and Vancouver. The horn parts were recorded at Daptone Records in Brooklyn with the horn sections of The Dap-Kings, Antibalas and The Hooligans playing the final version of the track. The drum section was first recorded at a studio owned by Mars in Los Angeles, and later rearranged in Memphis. The track took over 100 takes before it was finished at Ronson's studio in London.{{cite web|url=https://gulfnews.com/entertainment/music/mark-ronson-why-uptown-funk-took-100-takes-1.1498330|title=Mark Ronson: Why "Uptown Funk" took 100 takes|last=Pendergast|first=Mark|work=Gulf News|date=25 April 2015|access-date=11 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190511123229/https://gulfnews.com/entertainment/music/mark-ronson-why-uptown-funk-took-100-takes-1.1498330|archive-date=11 May 2019|url-status=live}} There were a number of drastic changes made to the track. One iteration featured a hard rock breakdown in the middle and a chorus in which Mars shouted, "Burn this motherfucker down!" At one point, the song was nearly scrapped entirely. They spent months working on a chorus, only to decide not to use it.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/life-on-planet-mars-w447916|title=Bruno Mars: The Private Anxiety of a Pop Perfectionist|last=Eells|first=Josh|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=2 November 2016|access-date=2 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161103014403/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/life-on-planet-mars-w447916|archive-date=3 November 2016|url-status=live|url-access=limited}} Ronson affirmed the compositions of American band Kool & the Gang influenced them to only use a "horn line" as the chorus.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/mark-ronson-kool-gang-ronald-bell-1058360|title=Mark Ronson Talks Kool & the Gang's Massive Influence and Legacy|last=Leight|first=Elias|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=September 11, 2020|access-date=November 11, 2020|url-access=limited}} After a show on the Moonshine Jungle Tour (2013–14), American songwriter Philip Lawrence suggested using an opening bassline; however, as he did not play bass himself, Canadian recording engineer Charles Moniz asked him to sing it. The "doh" vocal bassline ended up on the album. Some of the most progressive parts of the track were done in improvised studios set up by Moniz.{{cite web|url=http://www.cp24.com/sports/canadian-sound-pro-charles-moniz-up-for-a-grammy-for-uptown-funk-1.2744720|title=Canadian sound pro Charles Moniz up for a Grammy for 'Uptown Funk'|agency=Associated Press|work=CP24|date=20 January 2016|access-date=21 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129151123/http://www.cp24.com/sports/canadian-sound-pro-charles-moniz-up-for-a-grammy-for-uptown-funk-1.2744720|archive-date=29 January 2016|url-status=live}}

The stress over "Uptown Funk" was so high that Ronson passed out during one session trying to perfect the guitar part. Two days later in Toronto they figured out the guitar part when Ronson was playing it in front of The Hooligans after 82 takes. Ronson explained on NPR's Fresh Air why he was so determined to make the song perfect: "When you're doing something that doesn't sound like anything else on the radio at the time, you almost need to like, iron-clad it, to make sure it gets through. You have to put these hooks in it. You've got to make sure you've got all that ear candy in it to get it through the gate." The record label was hesitant to release the song under the title "Uptown Funk" suggesting the alternative "Just Watch".{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a665361/uptown-funk-was-very-nearly-not-called-uptown-funk-reveals-mark-ronson.html|title='Uptown Funk' was very nearly not called 'Uptown Funk', reveals Mark Ronson|last=Corner|first=Lewis|work=Digital Spy|date=26 August 2015|access-date=3 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150828223051/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a665361/uptown-funk-was-very-nearly-not-called-uptown-funk-reveals-mark-ronson.html|archive-date=28 August 2015|url-status=live}} In October 2014, Mike Mullaney, an assistant program director at CBS Radio/WBMX, listened to the song after it was sent for testing and called it "the greatest song of all time" in a tweet. He added, "The Ronson/Bruno tune is like JamesBrown/{{zwsp}}RickJames/{{zwsp}}TheTime jamming w/ badass brass band", describing it as "Filthy, funky" and added, "Bruno simply wails".{{cite web|url=http://singersroom.com/content/2014-10-11/Bruno-Mars-Teams-With-Mark-Ronson-For-New-Single-Music-Director-Calls-Song-Incredible/|title=Bruno Mars Teams With Mark Ronson For New Single, Music Director Calls Song "Incredible"|last=Poole|first=Jermaine|work=Singersroom|date=11 October 2014|access-date=2 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929191605/http://singersroom.com/content/2014-10-11/Bruno-Mars-Teams-With-Mark-Ronson-For-New-Single-Music-Director-Calls-Song-Incredible/|archive-date=29 September 2015|url-status=live}} Ronson feels that the song belongs more to Mars than himself.

"Uptown Funk" was initially written by Ronson, Mars, Lawrence, and Bhasker. Since the song embodies some of "All Gold Everything" (2012), Trinidad James and Devon Gallaspy were credited as a songwriters. In May 2015, the track was re-registered as it also contains portions of The Gap Band's "Oops Up Side Your Head" (1979). Additional writing credit was given to Charlie Wilson, Robert Wilson, Ronnie Wilson, Rudy Taylor, and Lonnie Simmons. The single was produced by Ronson, Bhasker, and Mars. Ronson was in charge of the guitars, LinnDrum and programming, while the keyboards and talk box were handled by Bhasker. Mars sang the vocals and played drums. Ronson and several others engineered the song. The track was recorded at six studios. Serban Ghenea and John Hanes, who served as the mix engineer, mixed "Uptown Funk" at MixStar Studios in Virginia Beach. It was mastered by Tom Coyne at Sterling Sound, NYC.

On 30 October 2014, Ronson announced, via Twitter, the release of "Uptown Funk". The date 10 November 2014 appeared on the poster image Ronson included in the tweet.{{cite web|url=http://www.idolator.com/7568580/mark-ronson-uptown-funk-single-bruno-mars|title=Mark Ronson Announces 'Uptown Funk' Single, Featuring Bruno Mars|first=Robbie|last=Daw|website=Idolator|date=30 October 2014|access-date=1 November 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141101143023/http://www.idolator.com/7568580/mark-ronson-uptown-funk-single-bruno-mars|archive-date=1 November 2014|url-status=live}} Columbia Records and Sony Music Entertainment released the single on 10 November 2014 for digital download in various countries. RCA Records sent the track to be added to US contemporary hit radio the following day, while Sony issued the track for radio airplay in Italy on 14 November 2014. In the United Kingdom, "Uptown Funk" was released before its scheduled date, 11 January 2015, because it had been performed earlier on The X Factor as a cover by Fleur East.{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/music/a608959/mark-ronson-and-bruno-mars-premiere-new-single-uptown-funk/|title=Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars premiere new single Uptown Funk|last=Croner|first=Lews|work=Digital Spy|date=10 November 2014|access-date=11 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503210540/https://www.digitalspy.com/music/a608959/mark-ronson-and-bruno-mars-premiere-new-single-uptown-funk/|archive-date=3 May 2019|url-status=live}} On 8 December 2014 the song released on the UK via digital download and radio stations began adding the track to their playlists. On 9 January 2015, a CD Single was released in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. It included the album version of "Uptown Funk" and Ronson's "Feel Right" featuring Mystikal. On 16 and 24 February 2015, the recording and one of its remixes, the BB Disco Dub Mix by Benji B, were released on vinyl in the UK and the US. An EP of four different remixes of the original version of the song was released via digital download on 13 April 2015. On 29 June 2015, a remix featuring Trinidad James was made available for purchase on iTunes. On 18 July 2018, the radio edition of the track was available for sale.{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Uptown-Funk-Radio-Edit/dp/B07FPYBPW2|title=Uptown Funk (Radio Edit)|website=Amazon|date=19 July 2018|access-date=15 June 2019|archive-date=28 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221228150910/https://www.amazon.com/Uptown-Funk-Radio-Edit/dp/B07FPYBPW2|url-status=live}}

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"Uptown Funk" has been described as a funk-pop,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/the-100-greatest-songs-of-the-century-so-far-666874/uptown-funk-mark-ronson-and-bruno-mars-666911/|title=The 100 Greatest Songs of the Century – So Far|last1=Hoard|first1=Christian |last2=R. Weingarten|first2=Christopher |last3=Dolan|first3=Jon |last4=Leight|first4=Elias |last5=Spanos|first5=Brittany |last6=Exposito|first6=Suzy |last7=Grow|first7=Kory |last8=Grant|first8=Sarah |last9=Vozick-Levinson|first9=Simon |last10=Greene|first10=Andy |last11=Hermes|first11=Will |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=28 June 2018|access-date=12 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190511223739/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/the-100-greatest-songs-of-the-century-so-far-666874/uptown-funk-mark-ronson-and-bruno-mars-666911/|archive-date=11 May 2019|url-status=live|url-access=limited}} soul,{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/dec/09/uptown-funk-phenomenon-cara-cowell-success|title=The Uptown Funk phenomenon: Cara, Cowell and the components of its success|last=Gibsone|first=Harriet|work=The Guardian|date=9 December 2014|access-date=28 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406022549/https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/dec/09/uptown-funk-phenomenon-cara-cowell-success|archive-date=6 April 2019|url-status=live}} boogie,{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-big-surprise-taylor-swift-1989-sales-chart-20150702-story.html|title=Taylor Swift's '1989,' Mark Ronson's 'Uptown Funk' top midyear charts|last=Faughnder|first=Ryan|work=Los Angeles Times|date=3 July 2015|access-date=17 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150817002759/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-big-surprise-taylor-swift-1989-sales-chart-20150702-story.html|archive-date=17 August 2015|url-status=live|url-access=limited}} disco-pop,{{cite web|url=http://www.undertheradarmag.com/interviews/mark_ronson_on_2015s_biggest_song_uptown_funk/|title=Mark Ronson on 2015's Biggest Song, "Uptown Funk" A DJ's Best Friend|last=Fink|first=Matt|work=Under the Radar|date=18 February 2016|access-date=2 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003100846/http://www.undertheradarmag.com/interviews/mark_ronson_on_2015s_biggest_song_uptown_funk/|archive-date=3 October 2018|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|last=Billboard Staff|title= The 500 Best Pop Songs: Staff List|magazine=Billboard|url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/best-pop-songs-all-time-hits/76-mark-ronson-feat-bruno-mars-uptown-funk-2/|date= October 19, 2023|access-date= November 27, 2024}}Minneapolis sound track, with a light EDM influence.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/mark-ronson-uptown-special-20150113|title=Mark Ronson 'Uptown Special' Review|last=Hermes|first=Will|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=13 January 2015|access-date=13 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150116071931/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/mark-ronson-uptown-special-20150113|archive-date=16 January 2015|url-status=live|url-access=limited}} Written in the key of D Dorian, it has a tempo of 115 beats per minute, with vocals ranging from B₂ to D₆.{{cite web|url=https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0143957|title=Bruno Mars 'Uptown Funk' Sheet Music|date=21 November 2014 |publisher=Musicnotes|access-date=3 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011092254/http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0143957|archive-date=11 October 2017|url-status=live}} It has been described as a "joyous, energetic and feel-good" song. The Guardian{{'}}s music critic noted influences of Cameo, Earth, Wind & Fire, Chaka Khan, New Edition, Prince, Sugarhill Gang and The Gap Band. Billboard{{'s}} music critic compared the song to George Kranz's "Trommeltanz (Din Daa Daa)" (1983), Earth, Wind & Fire's "Getaway" (1976), One Way's "Cutie Pie" (1982), Sugarhill Gang's "Apache" (1981), The Gap Band's "Oops Up Side Your Head" (1979) and "Early in the Morning" (1982), The Sequence's "Funk You Up" (1979), Morris Day & The Time's "Cool" (1981) and "Jungle Love" (1984), as well as, Zapp's "More Bounce to the Ounce" (1980).{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/6327615/sugarhill-gang-to-trinidad-james-influences-mark-ronson-bruno-mars-uptown|title=From Sugarhill Gang to Trinidad James, a Look at the Influences of Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars' 'Uptown Funk'|first=Sean|last=Ross|magazine=Billboard|date=24 November 2014|access-date=28 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141127114508/http://www.billboard.com/articles/6327615/sugarhill-gang-to-trinidad-james-influences-mark-ronson-bruno-mars-uptown|archive-date=27 November 2014|url-status=live}} Matt James of PopMatters felt Morris Day & The Time's "The Bird" (1984), Kool & the Gang's "Get Down on It" (1981) and Was (Not Was)' "Walk the Dinosaur" (1987) to have influenced "Uptown Funk".{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/189837-mark-ronson-uptown-special-2495568874.html|title=Mark Ronson: Uptown Special|last=James|first=Matt|work=PopMatters|date=22 January 2015|access-date=8 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508175859/https://www.popmatters.com/189837-mark-ronson-uptown-special-2495568874.html|archive-date=8 May 2019|url-status=live}} Various critics noticed the pastiche on "Uptown Funk", from the "electric purple texture of the synths and the loose slap of the rhythms" to the "Prince-backed 80's...Morris Day & The Time".{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/1728879/album-of-the-week-mark-ronson-uptown-special/franchises/album-of-the-week/|title=Album of the Week: Mark Ronson Uptown Special|last=Breihan|first=Tom|work=Stereogum|date=13 January 2015|access-date=11 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430032540/https://www.stereogum.com/1728879/album-of-the-week-mark-ronson-uptown-special/franchises/album-of-the-week/|archive-date=30 April 2019|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/cdreviews/11333475/Mark-Ronson-Uptown-Special-review-a-shameless-lack-of-irony.html|title=Mark Ronson, Uptown Special, review: 'a shameless lack of irony'|last=McCormick|first=Neil|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=10 January 2015|access-date=11 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503210540/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/cdreviews/11333475/Mark-Ronson-Uptown-Special-review-a-shameless-lack-of-irony.html|archive-date=3 May 2019|url-status=live}}

Jamieson Cox of Time, Chris Molanphy of Slate and Stuart Berman of Pitchfork found the song heavily influenced by 1980s funk.{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/3665676/mark-ronson-uptown-special-review/|title=Review: Mark Ronson's Uptown Special Is at the Mercy of His Collaborators|last=Cox|first=Jamieson|magazine=Time|date=13 January 2015|access-date=11 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503210539/http://time.com/3665676/mark-ronson-uptown-special-review/|archive-date=3 May 2019|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://slate.com/culture/2015/01/uptown-funk-mark-ronson-and-bruno-mars-hit-no-1-on-the-billboard-chart-why.html|title=Why Is Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars' "Uptown Funk!" No. 1?|last=Molanphy|first=Chris|work=Slate|date=13 January 2015|access-date=11 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190511093635/https://slate.com/culture/2015/01/uptown-funk-mark-ronson-and-bruno-mars-hit-no-1-on-the-billboard-chart-why.html|archive-date=11 May 2019|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/20121-uptown-special/|title=Mark Ronson: Uptown Special Review|last=Berman|first=Stuart|work=Pitchfork|date=21 January 2015|access-date=11 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503210539/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/20121-uptown-special/|archive-date=3 May 2019|url-status=live}} Neil McCormick writing for The Telegraph called it an "evocation of the kind of Eighties funk that was already ripe with nostalgia". Robbie Daw of Idolator found the single closer to the "70's groove", filling "the hearts of Stax- and James Brown music fans".{{cite web|url=https://www.idolator.com/7569772/mark-ronson-bruno-mars-uptown-funk-listen|title=Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars' "Uptown Funk": Listen To Their Soulful New Single|last=Daw|first=Robbie|website=Idolator|date=10 November 2014|access-date=11 May 2019|archive-date=3 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503210537/https://www.idolator.com/7569772/mark-ronson-bruno-mars-uptown-funk-listen|url-status=live}} Likewise, Rap-Up dubbed it a "70's jam", a mash-up of "the best of Morris Day & The Time, James Brown, and The Jackson 5".{{cite web|url=https://www.rap-up.com/2014/11/09/new-music-mark-ronson-f-bruno-mars-uptown-funk/|title=New Music: Mark Ronson f/ Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk|work=Rap-Up|date=9 November 2014|access-date=11 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507122323/https://www.rap-up.com/2014/11/09/new-music-mark-ronson-f-bruno-mars-uptown-funk/|archive-date=7 May 2019|url-status=live}} AXS's Lucas Villa compared the funk sound of the recording to George Clinton's "Atomic Dog" (1982).{{cite web|url=http://www.axs.com/news/mark-ronson-and-bruno-mars-ride-uptown-funk-to-the-top-of-billboard-ho-36180|title=Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars ride 'Uptown Funk' to the top of Billboard Hot 100|last=Villa|first=Lucas|work=AXS |publisher=AXS|date=8 January 2015|access-date=11 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190511174029/https://www.axs.com/news/mark-ronson-and-bruno-mars-ride-uptown-funk-to-the-top-of-billboard-ho-36180|archive-date=11 May 2019|url-status=live}} Andy Kellman's AllMusic said the recording "aimed for early Time", but it sounded more like One Way's "Let's Talk"(1985).{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/uptown-special-mw0002791862|title=Uptown Special – Mark Ronson review|first=Andy|last=Kellman|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=22 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319164719/http://www.allmusic.com/album/uptown-special-mw0002791862|archive-date=19 March 2016|url-status=live}} Annie Galvin of Slant Magazine found Mars "channeling Little Richard's raspier inflections."{{cite web|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/mark-ronson-uptown-special/|title=Review: Mark Ronson, Uptown Special|last=Galvin|first=Annie|work=Slant Magazine|date=14 January 2015|access-date=12 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512140843/https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/mark-ronson-uptown-special/|archive-date=12 May 2019|url-status=live}} Critics noticed the influence of Cameo on the horns, Morris Day & The Time on the keyboards, and "Party Train" (1983) by The Gap Band on the drums. The song is performed in a more arrogant and charismatic way than previous tracks by Mars.{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2015/01/mark-ronson-uptown-special/|title=Review: Mark Ronson Delivers a Fun But Overstuffed Uptown Special|last=Unterberger|first=Andrew|work=Spin|date=13 January 2015|access-date=12 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512135344/https://www.spin.com/2015/01/mark-ronson-uptown-special/|archive-date=12 May 2019|url-status=live}} The lyrics have "well-placed references to Michelle Pfeiffer and Trinidad James", as the hook samples portions of James's "All Gold Everything" (2012). Mars shows not only "soul and swagger" in the sing-rapping verses, "I'm too hot / Call the police and the fireman", but he also jokes around, "Got Chucks on / With Saint Laurent / Gotta kiss myself / I'm so pretty".{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2014/11/mark-ronson-bruno-mars-new-song-uptown-funk/|title=Bruno Mars Brings the 'Uptown Funk' on New Mark Ronson Single|last=Carley|first=Brennan|work=Spin|date=10 November 2014|access-date=23 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508160102/http://www.spin.com/2014/11/mark-ronson-bruno-mars-new-song-uptown-funk/|archive-date=8 May 2015|url-status=live}} The lyrics make fun of "traditional masculine bravado" using "silly metaphors", "I'm too hot, hot damn / Make a dragon wanna retire man".

"Uptown Funk" received positive reviews from most music critics. Nick Murray of Rolling Stone gave the song a rating of four out of five stars, praising the "George Kranz scatting and Nile Rodgers guitar riff." He noted that Mars, Ronson and The Hooligans "channel the days when brags weren't humble and disco wasn't retro."{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/songreviews/mark-ronson-feat-bruno-mars-uptown-funk-20141118|title=Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars "Uptown Funk"|first=Nick|last=Murray|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=10 November 2014|access-date=23 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141122223258/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/songreviews/mark-ronson-feat-bruno-mars-uptown-funk-20141118|archive-date=22 November 2014|url-status=dead|url-access=limited}} Spin{{'s}} Brennan Carley noticed the resemblance between Mars's sing-rapping style and Nelly's vocals. He praised the former's voice for keeping things "light and bubbly". Carley compared the bass line to something that Prince would use. He felt "Uptown Funk" would be all over the radio in a short time. Danielle Janota writing for Consequence of Sound praised the single calling it the "crown jewel" of the album.{{cite web|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2015/01/album-review-mark-ronson-uptown-special/|title=Mark Ronson – Uptown Special|last=Janota|first=Danielle|work=Consequence of Sound|date=30 January 2015|access-date=8 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507165132/https://consequenceofsound.net/2015/01/album-review-mark-ronson-uptown-special/|archive-date=7 May 2019|url-status=live}} Lucas Villa of AXS dubbed Ronson's latest approach to Funk "his freakiest, freshest and most fun release yet".

Kirsten Maree of Renowned for Sound called the song "a joyous, bass-slapping little ditty that joins the likes of Olly Murs' Wrapped Up and Pharrell Williams' Gust Of Wind in a trend of soul clad 70's throwbacks. The vocal dum-dum bass line, meets the scratchy melody of the electric guitar right off the bat, sending us hurling back in time and ready to dance."{{cite web|url=https://renownedforsound.com/single-review-mark-ronson-uptown-funk-feat-bruno-mars/|title=Single Review: Mark Ronson – 'Uptown Funk' (feat. Bruno Mars )|publisher=Renowned for Sound|access-date=April 10, 2023|archive-date=10 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410144423/https://renownedforsound.com/single-review-mark-ronson-uptown-funk-feat-bruno-mars/|url-status=live}} PopMatters{{'s}} Matt James called the track a "deftly daft, delirious and incessant, booty-shaking blast of brass 'n' bravado", finding it a standout on the album. John Parker from Drowned in Sound called the recording "inescapable, a bona fide modern day mega hit". Neil McCormick from The Telegraph enjoyed the track because he "liked all the records it was built out of, by James Brown, Earth Wind & Fire and The Gap Band". Stereogum{{'s}} Tom Breihan wrote, "It's the best American #1 we've had in more than a year, easily, and maybe much more". However, he noticed it copied the work of Morris Day & The Time and "takes these old sounds, but it presents them with energy and inventiveness and charm and balls". Robbie Daw of Idolator called the single "a straight-up ass-kicker" and not a "half-hearted stab" at recreating the "70's groove". He also praised the song's lyrics like "Michelle Pfeiffer, that white gold" and "gotta kiss myself, so pretty".

Jim Farber of the New York Daily News said the recording "isn't even a song", adding "[i]t's a vamp, a rush of 'hit me' rhythms of the style patented by James Brown". Farber added that the vocals have "zip", but they "lack soul, not to mention an ounce of individuality". He called "Uptown Funk" the only "lazy track" on the album.{{cite journal|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/mark-ronson-new-album-uptown-special-stars-article-1.2074988|title=Music review: Three stars for Mark Ronson's 'Uptown Special'|journal=Daily News|location=New York|first=Jim|last=Farber|date=12 January 2015|access-date=13 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150112205011/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/mark-ronson-new-album-uptown-special-stars-article-1.2074988|archive-date=12 January 2015}}

The song made the cut on several lists of best songs. In June 2015, Spin compiled a list of The 63 Best Songs of 2015 So Far with "Uptown Funk" at number 51. Andrew Unterberger wrote, the song enters "the canon of "September", "Celebration", and "I Gotta Feeling", jams to be played at every wedding from now until the end of time".{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2015/06/best-songs-2015-so-far/|title=The 63 Best Songs of 2015 So Far|work=Spin|date=3 June 2015|access-date=13 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513210901/https://www.spin.com/2015/06/best-songs-2015-so-far/|archive-date=13 May 2019|url-status=live}} Stereogum called it the best pop song of 2015: "Channeling Morris Day by way of Trinidad James, Mars and Mark Ronson crafted the year's most universal hit, one that will live on for decades at all kinds of jubilant public gatherings. It flaunts its sexiness and owns its freakiness. It's so hot that it probably sent several dozen dragons into early retirement."{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/1848717/the-50-best-pop-songs-of-2015/lists/|title=The 50 Best Pop Songs Of 2015|date=17 December 2015|publisher=Stereogum|access-date=10 April 2023|archive-date=20 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120054308/https://www.stereogum.com/1848717/the-50-best-pop-songs-of-2015/lists/|url-status=live}} Vulture ranked it at number 6 on its "The 10 Best Songs of 2015" list: ""Uptown Funk" will be played at every wedding reception you attend for the rest of your life, and its opening notes will fill you with neither embarrassment nor dread. By the most reliable rubric, then, "Uptown Funk" is a great pop song."{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2015/12/10-best-songs-of-2015.html|title=The 10 Best Songs of 2015|date=8 December 2015 |publisher=Vulture|access-date=10 April 2023|archive-date=24 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924111051/http://www.vulture.com/2015/12/10-best-songs-of-2015.html|url-status=live}} MTV placed it on its "Best Songs Of 2015" list: "As the year's most existential pop question goes: "Who was I before 'Uptown Funk'?" Really, can any of us actually remember a time this ubiquitous, certifiably catchy song wasn't part of our lives? Even if Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars didn't roll up to the VMAs in hair curlers, they still took home Best Male Video—and everyone with a pulse knows why. "Uptown Funk" is not just a song. "Uptown Funk" is lightning in a bottle. That white gold."{{cite web|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/ct2xjh/best-songs-2015|title=Best Songs Of 2015|publisher=MTV|access-date=10 April 2023|archive-date=10 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410154917/https://www.mtv.com/news/ct2xjh/best-songs-2015|url-status=dead}} On the list of the 101 best songs of 2015 compiled by Spin, Dan Weiss ranked the song at number 87 saying it emulates "Morris Day-esque funk ditty" and each one of us contributed to its success.{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2015/11/the-101-best-songs-of-2015/|title=The 101 Best Songs of 2015|work=Spin|date=30 November 2015|access-date=13 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513210911/https://www.spin.com/2015/11/the-101-best-songs-of-2015/|archive-date=13 May 2019|url-status=live}} Rolling Stone ranked "Uptown Funk" at number 25 on its 100 Greatest Songs of the Century – So Far in 2018. The magazine's writers described it as a "perfect Eighties funk-pop nostalgia bomb", praising the singer's "sparkling showmanship", and dubbing it "one of a kind". The Village Voice{{'}}s annual year-end Pazz & Jop critics' poll selected it as the 23rd best song of 2014, tied with Meghan Trainor's "All About That Bass". The same critics selected "Uptown Funk" as the eighth best track of 2015.{{cite web|url=http://furia.com/pjs/table_song_2014_total.html|title=Pazz & Jop Statistics 2014|work=The Village Voice|access-date=13 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203134257/http://furia.com/pjs/table_song_2014_total.html|archive-date=3 February 2016|url-status=live}} NPR included it on their list of favorite songs Of 2015. Stephen Thompson wrote, "If you're going to hear a song on the radio 15,000 times in a single summer, it might as well be this one".{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2015/12/15/459719483/the-complete-list-npr-musics-favorite-songs-of-2015|title=The Complete List: NPR Music's Favorite Songs Of 2015|publisher=NPR|date=15 December 2015|access-date=14 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328084527/https://www.npr.org/2015/12/15/459719483/the-complete-list-npr-musics-favorite-songs-of-2015|archive-date=28 March 2019|url-status=live}} On 26 January 2015, the song was voted number six on radio station Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2014.{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/14/countdown/|title=Hottest 100 2014 – Triple J|publisher=ABC News|date=26 January 2015|access-date=14 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004004956/http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/14/countdown/|archive-date=4 October 2018|url-status=live}} Billboard included it on "The 50 Best Song Interpolations of the 21st Century" as it uses "All Gold Everything" (2012) by Trinidad James. Christine Werthman wrote that Mars "turned it into a jubilant call to shout from the rooftops and kick off a dance-funk break".{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/media/lists/best-interpolations-9651682/|title=The 50 Best Song Interpolations of the 21st Century: Staff Picks|author=|magazine=Billboard|date=October 28, 2021|access-date=November 22, 2021}}

{{further|List of awards and nominations received by Mark Ronson|List of awards and nominations received by Bruno Mars}}

"Uptown Funk" has received various awards and nominations following its commercial success. In 2015, the song won British Single of the Year at the Brit Awards, Best Pop at MelOn Music Awards and was one of the Top 10 Gold International Gold Songs at RTHK International Pop Poll Awards.{{cite web|url=http://www.brits.co.uk/history/shows/2015|title=The Brits 2015|work=Brits|access-date=22 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223053550/http://www.brits.co.uk/history/shows/2015|archive-date=23 December 2015|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.melon.com/melonaward/yearlyaward.htm|title=MelOn Music Awards|language=ko|publisher=Kakao|quote=Select year 2015, then scroll to POP|access-date=26 June 2020|archive-date=8 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408083141/https://www.melon.com/melonaward/yearlyaward.htm|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://app4.rthk.hk/special/poppoll26/|title=26th International Pop Poll Awards|work=RTHK|date=18 May 2015|access-date=12 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312035830/http://app4.rthk.hk/special/poppoll26/|archive-date=12 March 2016}} The track also won BMI Pop Song of the Year at the BMI Awards, Song of the Year at Telehit Awards and Song of the Year at Soul Train Music Awards.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/music/news/bmi-pop-awards-mark-ronson-justin-tranter-sony-atv-big-winners-1202804552/|title=Mark Ronson, Justin Tranter, Sony/ATV Are Big Winners at BMI Pop Awards|last=Trakin|first=Roy|work=Variety|date=9 May 2018|access-date=1 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202042554/https://variety.com/2018/music/news/bmi-pop-awards-mark-ronson-justin-tranter-sony-atv-big-winners-1202804552/|archive-date=2 February 2019|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.televisa.com/sala-de-prensa/especiales/901586/premios-telehit-2015-one-direction-foro-sol/|title=One Direction en Premios Telehit|last=Redacción|first=Televisa|language=es|work=Televisa Digital|date=27 November 2015|access-date=3 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180403234735/http://www.televisa.com/sala-de-prensa/especiales/901586/premios-telehit-2015-one-direction-foro-sol/|archive-date=3 April 2018|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/videos/popular/6777934/the-weeknd-uptown-funk-jidenna-2015-soul-train-awards|title=The Weeknd, 'Uptown Funk' and Jidenna Big Winners at 2015 Soul Train Awards|last=Mitchell|first=Gail|magazine=Billboard|date=29 November 2015|access-date=17 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160222160306/http://www.billboard.com/articles/videos/popular/6777934/the-weeknd-uptown-funk-jidenna-2015-soul-train-awards|archive-date=22 February 2016|url-status=live}} It also received Soul Train nominations for The Ashford & Simpson Songwriter's Award and Best Collaboration.{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-the-weeknd-bruno-mars-lead-soul-train-awards-nominations-20151016-story.html|title=The Weeknd, Bruno Mars lead Soul Train Awards nominations|last=D. Kennedy|first=Gerrick|work=Los Angeles Times|date=16 October 2015|access-date=17 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216053414/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-the-weeknd-bruno-mars-lead-soul-train-awards-nominations-20151016-story.html|archive-date=16 February 2016|url-status=live|url-access=limited}} The single was nominated for Single of the Year and Collaboration of the Year at the 2015 American Music Awards, International Hit of the Year at the Danish GAFFA Awards and Best International Song at the Los Premios 40 Principales.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/events/amas/6770317/american-music-awards-2015-winners-list-amas|title=American Music Awards 2015: Check Out All the Winners Here|author= |magazine=Billboard|date=22 November 2015|access-date=23 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151124152847/http://www.billboard.com/articles/events/amas/6770317/american-music-awards-2015-winners-list-amas|archive-date=24 November 2015|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://gaffa.dk/nyhed/101624|title=GAFFA-Prisen 2015: Og de nominerede er...|last=Rosenstand Svidt|first=Ole|language=da|work=Gaffa|date=11 November 2015|access-date=22 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514204829/https://gaffa.dk/nyhed/101624|archive-date=14 May 2019|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://los40.com/especiales/premios-40-principales/2015/|title=Premios 40 Principales 2015|work=PRISA|language=es|access-date=19 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406201315/http://los40.com/especiales/premios-40-principales/2015/|archive-date=6 April 2016}} It was also nominated for Best Collaboration and Centric Award at the BET Awards, Best Song and Best Collaboration at the MTV Europe Music Awards and Dancefloor Filler at the NME Awards.{{cite web|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/bet-awards-2015-complete-list-of-winners--2015286|title=BET Awards 2015: Updated List of Winners|last=Marquina|first=Sierra|work=Us Weekly|date=28 June 2015|access-date=29 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630031242/http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/bet-awards-2015-complete-list-of-winners--2015286|archive-date=30 June 2015|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/mtv-ema-2015-winners-list-justin-bieber-ed-sheeran-taylor-swift-wins-big-european-music-awards-1525626|title=MTV EMA 2015 winners list: Justin Bieber, Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift win big at the European Music Awards|last=Maharana|first=Kabita|work=International Business Times|date=25 October 2015|access-date=30 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151028232559/http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/mtv-ema-2015-winners-list-justin-bieber-ed-sheeran-taylor-swift-wins-big-european-music-awards-1525626|archive-date=28 October 2015|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/entertainment/the-full-list-of-winners-at-the-nme-awards-662833.html|title=The full list of winners at the NME Awards|work=Irish Examiner|date=19 February 2015|access-date=21 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221172241/http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/entertainment/the-full-list-of-winners-at-the-nme-awards-662833.html|archive-date=21 February 2015|url-status=live}}

In 2016, "Uptown Funk" received Grammy awards for Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 58th Grammy Awards.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/15/grammy-awards-2016-the-main-nominees|title=Grammy awards winners: the full list|work=The Guardian|date=16 February 2016|access-date=20 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160221180634/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/15/grammy-awards-2016-the-main-nominees|archive-date=21 February 2016|url-status=live}} It also won International Work of the Year at the APRA Music Awards, Best Collaboration at the iHeartRadio Music Awards, while it was nominated for Song of the Year.{{cite web|url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/awards/apras-2016-sia-courtney-barnett-and-tame-impala-win-big-at-awards/news-story/a4a9978303bc3486760018400e963454|title=APRAs 2016: Sia, Courtney Barnett and Tame Impala win big at awards|last=McCabe|first=Kathy|work=News.com.au|date=6 April 2016|access-date=7 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407094859/http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/awards/apras-2016-sia-courtney-barnett-and-tame-impala-win-big-at-awards/news-story/a4a9978303bc3486760018400e963454|archive-date=7 April 2016|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7318843/iheartradio-music-awards-2016-winners-list|title=iHeartRadio Music Awards 2016: See the Full Winners List|magazine=Billboard|date=3 April 2016|access-date=17 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404070606/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7318843/iheartradio-music-awards-2016-winners-list|archive-date=4 April 2016|url-status=live}} The song was also nominated for Top Radio Song and Top Streaming Song (Video) at the Billboard Music Awards.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/bbma/6568580/billboard-music-awards-2015-winners-list|title=Billboard Music Awards 2015: See the Full Winners List|author= |magazine=Billboard|date=17 May 2015|access-date=13 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161206002624/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/bbma/6568580/billboard-music-awards-2015-winners-list|archive-date=6 December 2016|url-status=live}} "Uptown Funk " was inducted to the 2017 edition of the Guinness World Records for achieving the most weeks at number one on Billboard's Digital Song Sales chart.{{cite book|last=Glenday|first=Craig|title=Guinness World Records 2017|date=2016|publisher=Jim Pattison Group|isbn=978-1-910561-34-8|page=180}} This record was later broken by "Despacito" (2017).{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7890184/despacito-tops-hot-100-13th-week-digital-song-sales-record|title='Despacito' Tops Hot 100 for 13th Week, Sets New No. 1 Record on Digital Song Sales Chart|last=Anderson|first=Trevor|magazine=Billboard|date=7 August 2017|access-date=22 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406094358/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7890184/despacito-tops-hot-100-13th-week-digital-song-sales-record|archive-date=6 April 2019|url-status=live}}In 2017, the track was one of the winners of Most Performed Songs at the ASCAP Pop Music Awards.{{cite web|url=https://www.ascap.com/popawards17|title=2017 ASCAP Pop Music Awards|publisher=American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers|access-date=21 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170722132322/https://www.ascap.com/popawards17|archive-date=22 July 2017|url-status=live}} "Uptown Funk" is the fifth biggest song to have charted on the Billboard Hot 100.{{cite news|last=Trust|first=Gary|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/the-weeknd-blinding-lights-all-time-hot-100-1235001770/|title=The Weeknd's 'Blinding Lights' Is the New No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 Song of All Time|magazine=Billboard|date=November 23, 2021|access-date=March 4, 2022|archive-date=January 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118145845/https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/the-weeknd-blinding-lights-all-time-hot-100-1235001770/|url-status=live}}

{{Further|List of songs subject to plagiarism disputes}}

"Uptown Funk" was the subject of several lawsuits over copyright infringement. In 2015, similarities with "Oops Up Side Your Head" (1979) by the Gap Band led them, along with keyboardist Rudolph Taylor, and producer Lonnie Simmons to be added as co-writers of "Uptown Funk" receiving 17% of the publishing royalties.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6553522/uptown-funk-gains-more-writers-after-gap-bands-legal-claim|title='Uptown Funk!' Gains More Writers After Gap Band's Legal Claim|last=Christman|first=Ed|magazine=Billboard|date=1 May 2015|access-date=1 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150502222345/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6553522/uptown-funk-gains-more-writers-after-gap-bands-legal-claim|archive-date=2 May 2015|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6553861/uptown-funk-royalties-who-gets-paid|title=Inside the New Royalty Split for 'Uptown Funk': Who Gets Paid What|last=Christman|first=Ed|magazine=Billboard|date=1 May 2015|access-date=8 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150506200452/http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6553861/uptown-funk-royalties-who-gets-paid|archive-date=6 May 2015|url-status=live}} In the same year, Serbian artist Viktorija argued that "Uptown Funk" infringed on her track "Ulice mračne nisu za devojke". She decided not to sue Mars and Ronson.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/mark-ronson-and-bruno-mars-accused-of-plagiarising-uptown-funk-again-10451682.html|title=Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars accused of plagiarising Uptown Funk, again|last=Shepherd|first=Jack|work=The Independent|access-date=12 August 2015|date=12 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914083206/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/mark-ronson-and-bruno-mars-accused-of-plagiarising-uptown-funk-again-10451682.html|archive-date=14 September 2017|url-status=live}} In 2016, electro-funk band Collage sued Ronson and Mars for copying their single, "Young Girls" (1983), while the Sequence, a rap group, claimed it infringed their single "Funk You Up" (1979) and sued a year later.{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/69413-mark-ronson-and-bruno-mars-sued-over-uptown-funk/|title=Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars Sued Over 'Uptown Funk'|last=Minsker|first=Evan|work=Pitchfork|date=29 October 2016|access-date=12 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180213080043/https://pitchfork.com/news/69413-mark-ronson-and-bruno-mars-sued-over-uptown-funk/|archive-date=13 February 2018|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mark-ronson-bruno-mars-sued-again-uptown-funk-sequence-funk-you-up-2198882|title=Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars are being sued again over 'Uptown Funk'|last=Bowman|first=Lisa|work=NME|date=30 December 2017|access-date=15 April 2022|archive-date=15 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220415124054/https://www.nme.com/news/music/mark-ronson-bruno-mars-sued-again-uptown-funk-sequence-funk-you-up-2198882|url-status=live}} In 2017, Lastrada Entertainment filed a lawsuit citing similarities with "More Bounce to the Ounce" (1980) by Zapp.{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mark-ronson-sued-over-uptown-funk-zapp-similarities/|title=Mark Ronson Sued Over 'Uptown Funk' Zapp Similarities|first=Evan|last=Minsker|work=Pitchfork|date=14 September 2017|access-date=23 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180423232318/https://pitchfork.com/news/mark-ronson-sued-over-uptown-funk-zapp-similarities/|archive-date=23 April 2018|url-status=live}} In 2018, the Collage and Zapp lawsuits were dropped, with no word if there was a financial settlement.{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/bruno-mars-and-mark-ronson-settle-one-of-three-uptown-funk-lawsuits-report/|title=Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson Settle One of Three 'Uptown Funk' Lawsuits: Report|last=Monroe|first=Jazz|work=Pitchfork|date=13 April 2018|access-date=23 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180423170046/https://pitchfork.com/news/bruno-mars-and-mark-ronson-settle-one-of-three-uptown-funk-lawsuits-report/|archive-date=23 April 2018|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mark-ronson-settles-uptown-funk-zapp-copyright-lawsuit/|title=Mark Ronson Settles 'Uptown Funk' Zapp Copyright Lawsuit|last=Yoo|first=Noah|work=Pitchfork|date=2 July 2018|access-date=27 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427190632/https://pitchfork.com/news/mark-ronson-settles-uptown-funk-zapp-copyright-lawsuit/|archive-date=27 April 2019|url-status=live}} The track drew comparisons with the theme tune of The Really Wild Show,{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jan/15/mark-ronson-uptown-special-review|title=Mark Ronson: Uptown Special review – designed to be a blockbuster, and probably will be|last=Petridis|first=Alexis|work=The Guardian|date=15 January 2015|access-date=21 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150620110656/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jan/15/mark-ronson-uptown-special-review|archive-date=20 June 2015|url-status=live}} a BBC children's nature program that first aired in 1986. When Ronson was asked if he heard similarities between "Uptown Funk" and the theme tune, he said, "Oh, then the horns, I understand what they're saying, yeah, we owe a little bit ... all equally influenced by Quincy Jones".{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NXip7d2yJc| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211108/8NXip7d2yJc| archive-date=2021-11-08 | url-status=live|title=Mark Ronson hears The Really Wild Show theme for the first time|publisher=In:Demand (YouTube)|date=21 January 2015|access-date=21 June 2015}}{{cbignore}} In 2021, Ronnie and Robert Wilson of the Gap Band filed another lawsuit due to the similarities between "Uptown Funk" and "Oops Up Side Your Head" as Ronnie Wilson and Robert Wilson's heirs "have yet to receive any publishing rights income".{{cite web|url=https://tulsaworld.com/news/local/lawsuit-claims-bruno-mars-song-violated-the-gap-bands-copyright/article_11db4c0e-1d80-11ec-8c7f-a3dfcfa5db1e.html|title=Lawsuit claims Bruno Mars' song violated The GAP Band's copyright|last=Killman|first=Curtis|work=Tulsa World|url-access=limited|date=September 25, 2021|access-date=October 8, 2021|archive-date=8 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008094608/https://tulsaworld.com/news/local/lawsuit-claims-bruno-mars-song-violated-the-gap-bands-copyright/article_11db4c0e-1d80-11ec-8c7f-a3dfcfa5db1e.html|url-status=live}}

The single debuted at number 65 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on 21 November 2014 due to digital sales, making it Ronson's first entry on the Billboard Hot 100.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6327452/meghan-trainor-mark-ronson-bruno-mars-hot-100|title=Hot 100 Chart Moves: Meghan Trainor Hits Top 40, Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars Debut|last=Trust|first=Gary|magazine=Billboard|date=21 November 2014|access-date=6 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141123183326/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6327452/meghan-trainor-mark-ronson-bruno-mars-hot-100|archive-date=23 November 2014|url-status=live}} Due to the release of the official video and a performance on Saturday Night Live, it subsequently sold 110,000 digital copies. The song became the Billboard Hot 100's top Digital Gainer of the week and peaked at number 18 on 28 November 2014.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6334574/hot-100-chart-moves-band-aid-30-debuts-nicki-minaj-ties-madonnas|title=Hot 100 Chart Moves: Band Aid 30 Debuts, Nicki Minaj Ties Madonna's Hit Total|last=Trust|first=Gary|magazine=Billboard|date=28 November 2014|access-date=6 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161231175926/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6334574/hot-100-chart-moves-band-aid-30-debuts-nicki-minaj-ties-madonnas|archive-date=31 December 2016|url-status=live}} In its third week, the track rose to number eight on the Billboard Hot 100, after the video's first full tracking week. It became Ronson's first top 10 as an artist. It debuted on the component charts of Streaming Songs and Radio Songs.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6334880/hot-100-taylor-swift-no-1-selena-gomez-mark-ronson|title=Taylor Swift No. 1 on Hot 100, Selena Gomez, Mark Ronson Hit Top 10|last=Trust|first=Gary|magazine=Billboard|date=3 December 2014|access-date=6 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205050736/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6334880/hot-100-taylor-swift-no-1-selena-gomez-mark-ronson|archive-date=5 February 2015|url-status=live}} On the week of 10 December 2014, "Uptown Funk" ascended to number five, with sales of 152,000 copies. It marked the eleventh top five on the Billboard Hot 100 for Mars.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6398474/taylor-swift-meghan-trainor-hot-100|title=Taylor Swift Tops Hot 100, Meghan Trainor Scores Second Top 10|first=Gary|last=Trust|magazine=Billboard|date=10 December 2014|access-date=10 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226060446/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6398474/taylor-swift-meghan-trainor-hot-100|archive-date=26 December 2014|url-status=live}} In its fourth week, the single peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100, selling 170,000 copies and achieving a 49 million airplay audience, thus receiving Airplay Gainer honors.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6406647/taylor-swift-leads-hot-100-ed-sheeran-top-10|title=Taylor Swift Leads Billboard Hot 100, Ed Sheeran Soars to Top 10|last=Trust|first=Gary|magazine=Billboard|date=17 December 2014|access-date=16 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512235808/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6406647/taylor-swift-leads-hot-100-ed-sheeran-top-10|archive-date=12 May 2019|url-status=live}} The following week after The Voice performance, the recording stayed at number three for the second consecutive week. It was the biggest gainer in Digital Songs (244,000), Streaming (7.9 million), Airplay Audience (63 million), becoming the fifth song to top all three "categories". Ronson became the second lead male artist to top Digital Songs with a debut single, since Sam Smith's "Stay with Me" (2014).{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6415163/taylor-swift-hot-100-sixth-week-blank-space|title=Taylor Swift Tops Hot 100 for Sixth Week|last=Trust|first=Gary|magazine=Billboard|date=24 December 2014|access-date=1 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141227071539/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6415163/taylor-swift-hot-100-sixth-week-blank-space|archive-date=27 December 2014|url-status=live}} On 31 December 2014, the track rose to number two on the Billboard Hot 100 with 432,000 copies sold, 8.8 million streams and reached the top ten on Radio Songs with a 68 million audience.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6422424/taylor-swift-hot-100-record-streak-women|title=Taylor Swift Helps Tie Record Streak for Women Atop Hot 100|last=Trust|first=Gary|magazine=Billboard|date=31 December 2014|access-date=16 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419044648/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6422424/taylor-swift-hot-100-record-streak-women|archive-date=19 April 2019|url-status=live}} In its seventh week, "Uptown Funk" topped the Billboard Hot 100, with 382,000 downloads sold, 10 million U.S. streams and a 76 million airplay audience. The song is Ronson's only number-one single in the country and Mars's sixth.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6429594/hot-100-uptown-funk-mark-ronson-bruno-mars|title=Mark Ronson, Bruno Mars Top Hot 100 With 'Uptown Funk!'|last=Trust|first=Gary|magazine=Billboard|date=31 December 2014|access-date=16 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418225323/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6429594/hot-100-uptown-funk-mark-ronson-bruno-mars|archive-date=18 April 2019|url-status=live}} It became one of the longest running number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 and the third longest-running number-one single of the 2010s decade topping the chart for 14 consecutive weeks until it was replaced by Wiz Khalifa's "See You Again" featuring Charlie Puth.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6077132/longest-leading-hot-100-no-1s|title=The Longest-Leading Hot 100 No. 1s|first=Gary|last=Trust|magazine=Billboard|date=2 April 2018|access-date=4 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180405073449/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6077132/longest-leading-hot-100-no-1s|archive-date=5 April 2018|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6495240/mark-ronson-bruno-mars-10th-week-hot-100|title="Uptown Funk" spends 10th week at top of Hot 100, while Ed Sheeran spends 8th week at No.2|first=Gary|last=Trust|magazine=Billboard|date=11 March 2015|access-date=11 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605190845/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6495240/mark-ronson-bruno-mars-10th-week-hot-100|archive-date=5 June 2016|url-status=live}} It topped the Billboard Hot 100-year-end chart and the Decade End Billboard Hot 100.

In its thirteenth week at number one, "Uptown Funk" became the first song to top the Billboard Hot 100 and its three main component charts for nine non-consecutive weeks.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6517180/uptown-funk-longest-leading-hot-100-no-1-2010s|title='Uptown Funk' Is Longest-Leading Hot 100 No. 1 of the 2010s|last=Trust|first=Gary|magazine=Billboard|date=1 April 2015|access-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403061026/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6517180/uptown-funk-longest-leading-hot-100-no-1-2010s|archive-date=3 April 2015|url-status=live}} The recording spent 31 weeks in the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 and 21 weeks on the top three of the aforementioned chart, a record previously held by Santana featuring Rob Thomas's "Smooth" (1999), with 19 weeks.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8511123/lil-nas-x-old-town-road-sixth-week-hot-100-number-one|title=Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road" Rules Billboard Hot 100 for Sixth Week; Shawn Mendes, Logic & Eminem Debut in Top Five|last=Trust|first=Gary|magazine=Billboard|date=13 May 2019|access-date=14 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190520004535/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8511123/lil-nas-x-old-town-road-sixth-week-hot-100-number-one|archive-date=20 May 2019|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6554093/wiz-khalifa-tops-hot-100-t-wayne|title=Wiz Khalifa Tops Hot 100, T-Wayne Whips into Top 10|last=Trust|first=Gary|magazine=Billboard|date=8 May 2015|access-date=8 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508184108/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6554093/wiz-khalifa-tops-hot-100-t-wayne|archive-date=8 May 2015|url-status=live}} After spending 25 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100's top five, it matched the record set by LeAnn Rimes' "How Do I Live" (1997). This record was broken by The Chainsmokers "Closer" (2016) featuring Halsey which spent 26 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100's top five.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7694382/chainsmokers-closer-breaks-record-most-weeks-top-five|title=The Chainsmokers' "Closer" Breaks Record for Most Weeks in Hot 100's Top Five|last=Trust|first=Gary|magazine=Billboard|date=21 February 2017|access-date=23 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190608223341/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7694382/chainsmokers-closer-breaks-record-most-weeks-top-five|archive-date=8 June 2019|url-status=live}} "Uptown Funk" sold at least 300,000 copies for eight consecutive weeks. Only "Blurred Lines" (2013) by Robin Thicke featuring Pharrell Williams and T.I. surpassed it by selling the same number ten weeks in a row.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/6473187/bruno-mars-longest-hot-100-reign-taylor-swift-top-10|title=Bruno Mars Scores Longest Hot 100 Reign, Taylor Swift Hits Top 10|last=Trust|first=Gary|magazine=Billboard|date=18 February 2015|access-date=16 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190522213229/https://www.billboard.com/articles/6473187/bruno-mars-longest-hot-100-reign-taylor-swift-top-10|archive-date=22 May 2019|url-status=live}} "Uptown Funk" tied the record for most weeks spent at the top of the Digital Song Sales chart (13 weeks) with Flo Rida's "Low" (2007) featuring T-Pain. This record was broken two years after by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee's "Despacito" featuring Justin Bieber, with 17 weeks.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7890184/despacito-tops-hot-100-13th-week-digital-song-sales-record|title='Despacito' Tops Hot 100 for 13th Week, Sets New No. 1 Record on Digital Song Sales Chart|first=Gary|last=Trust|magazine=Billboard|date=8 July 2017|access-date=19 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406094358/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7890184/despacito-tops-hot-100-13th-week-digital-song-sales-record|archive-date=6 April 2019|url-status=live}} The recording reached its highest peak on Streaming Songs with 24.5 million streams and 5.7 million on subscription-services in one week.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6458469/mark-ronson-bruno-mars-hot-100-rihanna-kanye-west-paul-mccartney|title=Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars Top Hot 100; Rihanna, Kanye West & Paul McCartney Near Top 10|last=Trust|first=Gary|magazine=Billboard|date=4 February 2015|access-date=16 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425112156/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6458469/mark-ronson-bruno-mars-hot-100-rihanna-kanye-west-paul-mccartney|archive-date=25 April 2019|url-status=live}} "Uptown Funk" spent 12 weeks on the top position of Streaming Songs, it was the second best run at the time, only surpassed by the thirteen weeks of Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX's "Fancy" (2014).{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6524470/uptown-funk-second-longest-hot-100-number-one|title="Uptown Funk" Ties for Second-Longest-Leading Hot 100 No. 1 of All Time|last=Trust|first=Gary|magazine=Billboard|date=8 April 2015|access-date=20 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428153548/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6524470/uptown-funk-second-longest-hot-100-number-one|archive-date=28 April 2019|url-status=live}} It spent 12 weeks at number one on the Radio Songs chart, reaching a peak of 181 million in all-format audience.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6538982/wiz-khalifa-see-you-again-tops-hot-100-second-week|title=Wiz Khalifa's 'See You Again' Tops Hot 100 for Second Week|last=Trust|first=Gary|magazine=Billboard|date=22 April 2015|access-date=22 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150425175710/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6538982/wiz-khalifa-see-you-again-tops-hot-100-second-week|archive-date=25 April 2015|url-status=live}} It was Ronson's first single to reach number one in the radio songs charts and the sixth for Mars.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6451149/mark-ronson-bruno-mars-rule-hot-100-fall-out-boy-top-10|title=Mark Ronson, Bruno Mars Rule Hot 100, Fall Out Boy Hits Top 10|first=Gary|last=Trust|magazine=Billboard|date=28 January 2015|access-date=28 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150129060459/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6451149/mark-ronson-bruno-mars-rule-hot-100-fall-out-boy-top-10|archive-date=29 January 2015|url-status=live}} "Uptown Funk" topped several component charts in the United States, such as Adult Pop Songs, Dance Club Songs, Dance/Mix Show Airplay, Pop Songs and Rhythmic Songs.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6458263/chart-highlights-new-no-1s-for-maroon-5-hozier-beyonce-mark|title=Chart Highlights: New No. 1s for Maroon 5, Hozier, Beyonce, Mark Ronson, Bruno Mars, the Decemberists & More|last=Trust|first=Gary|magazine=Billboard|date=2 February 2015|access-date=20 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190614084042/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6458263/chart-highlights-new-no-1s-for-maroon-5-hozier-beyonce-mark|archive-date=14 June 2019|url-status=live}} It topped the year-end chart Mainstream Top 40. In the United States, the single sold 7.8 million downloads as of 28 September 2017.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.defjampromo.com/files/2009/10/BB-Digital-Songs-Chart-Wk.-Ending-9-28-17.pdf|title=Digital Songs Chart|magazine=Billboard|date=28 September 2017|access-date=6 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171002211120/http://www.defjampromo.com/files/2009/10/BB-Digital-Songs-Chart-Wk.-Ending-9-28-17.pdf|archive-date=2 October 2017|url-status=live}} It was certified eleven times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on 18 October 2016, for track-equivalent sales of 11 million units.

On 29 November 2014, "Uptown Funk" debuted at number 63 on the Canadian Hot 100.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2014-11-29|title=Canadian Hot 100: 6 December 2014|magazine=Billboard|date=6 December 2014|access-date=8 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629142035/http://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2014-11-29|archive-date=29 June 2015|url-status=live}} The following week it reached the top ten, in the third week entered the top five{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2014-12-06|title=Canadian Hot 100: 6 December 2014|magazine=Billboard|date=6 December 2014|access-date=24 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505095620/https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2014-12-06|archive-date=5 May 2019|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2014-12-13|title=Canadian Hot 100: 13 December 2014|magazine=Billboard|date=13 December 2014|access-date=24 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317122731/https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2014-12-13|archive-date=17 March 2018|url-status=live}} peaking at number two in the fourth week.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2014-12-20|title=Canadian Hot 100: 20 December 2014|magazine=Billboard|date=20 December 2014|access-date=24 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317122734/https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2014-12-20|archive-date=17 March 2018|url-status=live}} On the issue date of 10 January 2015, the song reached number one, a position it held for fifteen consecutive weeks. It became the second longest-running number-one single on the Canadian Hot 100, behind The Black Eyed Peas' "I Gotta Feeling" (2009), which spent sixteen weeks at number one.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-black-eyed-peas/chart-history/can/|title=Canadian Hot 100: The Black Eyed Peas|magazine=Billboard|date=4 July 2009|access-date=24 May 2019}} On the issue date of 25 April 2015, the song was replaced by Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth's "See You Again" (2015).{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2015-04-25|title=Canadian Hot 100: 25 April 2015|magazine=Billboard|date=25 April 2015|access-date=24 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161109114631/http://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2015-04-25|archive-date=9 November 2016|url-status=live}} It was certified diamond by Music Canada (MC) for track-equivalent sales of 800,000 units. It was the top song on the year-end chart in Canada. In the United Kingdom, "Uptown Funk" was covered by Fleur East on The X Factor before its official release date, the cover reached number one on iTunes. This led the original version being released five weeks earlier than originally planned.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/30396760/fleur-east-apologises-to-mark-ronson-over-uptown-funk|title=Fleur East apologises to Mark Ronson over Uptown Funk|last=Kelsey|first=Rick|work=Newsbeat|date=9 December 2014|access-date=29 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151128072907/http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/30396760/fleur-east-apologises-to-mark-ronson-over-uptown-funk|archive-date=28 November 2015|url-status=live}} Nevertheless it debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart on 14 December 2014, giving Ronson his first UK number one as a producer and artist and also giving Mars his fifth UK number one.{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/uptown-funk-gives-mark-ronson-his-first-number-1-single-3353/|title=Uptown Funk gives Mark Ronson his first Number 1 single|first=Rob|last=Copsey|publisher=Official Charts Company|date=14 December 2014|access-date=14 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141214215953/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/uptown-funk-gives-mark-ronson-his-first-number-1-single-3353/|archive-date=14 December 2014}} The following week, the song was replaced in the top spot by the X Factor winner Ben Haenow's single, "Something I Need" (2014), making it the Christmas number one.{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/x-factors-ben-haenow-crowned-2014-official-christmas-number-1-3373/|title=X Factor's Ben Haenow crowned 2014 Official Christmas Number 1|last=Moss|first=Liv|publisher=Official Charts Company|date=21 December 2014|access-date=21 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222015601/http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/x-factors-ben-haenow-crowned-2014-official-christmas-number-1-3373/|archive-date=22 December 2014|url-status=live}} It then returned to number one for a further six consecutive weeks spending seven non-consecutive weeks at number one, before being replaced from the top by Ellie Goulding's "Love Me Like You Do" (2015).{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/ellie-goulding-scores-third-week-at-number-1-breaks-streaming-record__8162/|title=Ellie Goulding scores third week at Number 1, breaks streaming record|last=Moss|first=Liv|publisher=Official Charts Company|date=22 February 2015|access-date=15 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021072609/http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/ellie-goulding-scores-third-week-at-number-1-breaks-streaming-record__8162/|archive-date=21 October 2017|url-status=live}}

The track was certified six times platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), for track-equivalent sales of 3,600,000 units. "Uptown Funk" was the best-selling song of 2015 in the UK, with combined sales of 1.76 million during the year (total 2.25 million).{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-top-40-biggest-songs-of-2015-on-the-official-chart__13270/|title=The Top 40 biggest songs of 2015 on the Official Chart|last=Copsey|first=Rob|website=OfficialCharts.com|date=4 January 2016|access-date=15 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323030419/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-top-40-biggest-songs-of-2015-on-the-official-chart__13270/|archive-date=23 March 2019|url-status=live}} As of September 2017, the song had 2,723,470 combining units, making the list of best-selling singles of the 21st century in the United Kingdom as the fourth best-selling single based on paid-for sales and the second best-selling song based on combined sales.{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-uks-official-chart-millionaires-revealed__20459|title=The UK's Official Chart 'millionaires' revealed|last=Copsey|first=Rob|publisher=Official Charts Company|date=19 September 2017|access-date=15 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328164939/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-uks-official-chart-millionaires-revealed__20459/|archive-date=28 March 2019|url-status=live}} It made the year-end charts in 2014 and 2015, topping the latter. "Uptown Funk" debuted at number two on 12 December 2014, and the following week peaked at the top of the Irish Singles Chart, taking the Christmas number one spot.{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2014/1219/667942-x-factor-winner-ben-haenow-denied-irish-no-1-spot/|title=X Factor winner Ben Haenow denied Irish No 1 spot|publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann|date=19 December 2014|access-date=28 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220132620/http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2014/1219/667942-x-factor-winner-ben-haenow-denied-irish-no-1-spot/|archive-date=20 December 2014|url-status=live}} It became the first song not released by The X Factor winner to reach this position in nine years.{{cite web|url=https://entertainment.ie/music/people-of-ireland-we-havent-had-a-christmas-number-one-since-2004-386316/|title=People of Ireland, we haven't had a "Christmas" number one since 2004|last=Cannon|first=Eoghan|date=10 December 2018|publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann|access-date=25 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524230621/https://entertainment.ie/music/people-of-ireland-we-havent-had-a-christmas-number-one-since-2004-386316/|archive-date=24 May 2019|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/every-christmas-number-1-on-the-official-irish-singles-chart__24948/|title=Every Christmas Number 1 on the Official Irish Singles Char|last=White|first=Jack|publisher=Official Charts Company|date=6 December 2018|access-date=25 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524230619/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/every-christmas-number-1-on-the-official-irish-singles-chart__24948/|archive-date=24 May 2019|url-status=live}} It spent seven weeks at number one on the Irish Charts, before being knocked off the top by Ellie Goulding's "Love Me Like You Do" (2015).{{cite web|url=http://www.irma.ie/index.cfm?.page=viewNews&id=13&cYear=2015&cMonth=2|title=Goulding Strikes Gold|publisher=IRMA|date=6 February 2015|access-date=24 May 2019|archive-date=30 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030015837/http://www.irma.ie/index.cfm?.page=viewNews&id=13&cYear=2015&cMonth=2|url-status=live}}

It reached the top spot in France in its sixth week, spending 11 weeks in the number one position. It charted for a total of 117 weeks, never leaving it from 2014 to 2017. It was certified diamond by the Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP) for sales of 250,000 copies. "Uptown Funk" reached number one on both Belgium charts, Ultratop 50 Wallonia and Flanders, spending six and three weeks on the top of the respective charts. The song was certified three times platinum by the Belgian Entertainment Association (BEA), for sales of 90,000 copies. In Italy, the song was certified five times platinum, for track-equivalent sales of 250,000 units, despite only peaking at number three on the FIMI Singles Chart. The single debuted at number 11 in Australia on 30 November 2014, jumping to number two the following week. In its third week, it topped the charts, where it stayed for a total of six weeks. It is the best-selling single in Australia of all time and has been certified 22 times platinum for track-equivalent sales of 1,540,000. The single made the Australian year-end charts in 2014, 2015 and 2016, peaking at number one in 2015. In New Zealand, the song debuted in the top ten, at number seven. In its fourth week on the chart, it peaked at number one, staying there for nine consecutive weeks. The track not only topped the year-end chart, but it was certified eight times platinum by Recorded Music NZ (RMNZ) for 240,000 equivalent units. "Uptown Funk" set a record, achieved by four other songs, as it topped the Billboard Hot 100 and the Official UK Singles chart for at least seven weeks each.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6487794/pitbull-ne-yo-hot-100-top-10|title=Pitbull & Ne-Yo Enter Hot 100 Top 10; Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars No. 1 Again|last=Trust|first=Gary|magazine=Billboard|date=4 March 2015|access-date=19 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503031344/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6487794/pitbull-ne-yo-hot-100-top-10|archive-date=3 May 2019|url-status=live}} The song is reported to earn $100,000 for the label and composers per week streaming on Spotify alone.{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2015/02/12/uptown-funk-is-reportedly-earning-100000-per-week-on-spotify/|title="Uptown Funk!" Is Reportedly Earning $100,000 Per Week On Spotify|last=McIntyre|first=Hugh|work=Forbes|date=12 February 2015|access-date=12 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150213030451/http://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2015/02/12/uptown-funk-is-reportedly-earning-100000-per-week-on-spotify/|archive-date=13 February 2015|url-status=live}} It had sold over twenty million equivalent units as of 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.org/downloads/GMR2016.pdf|title=Global Music Report 2016: State of the Industry|publisher=International Federation of the Phonographic Industry|year=2016|access-date=16 April 2016|archive-url=https://archive.today/20160730180434/http://www.ifpi.org/downloads/GMR2016.pdf|archive-date=30 July 2016|url-status=live}}

The success of "Uptown Funk" made it a worldwide phenomenon with a major impact on pop culture.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/13/arts/mark-ronson-late-night-feelings.html|title=Mark Ronson, a Party Boy No More, Tries on Melancholy After a Parade of Hits|last=Coscarelli|first=Joe|work=The New York Times|date=13 June 2019|access-date=15 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190613225852/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/13/arts/mark-ronson-late-night-feelings.html|archive-date=13 June 2019|url-status=live|url-access=limited}} At one point, the song broke its own streaming record three times in the United Kingdom, with 2.34, 2.49 and 2.56 million streams.{{cite web|url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/18604/reviews/4148644|title=Album Review: Mark Ronson – Uptown Special|last=Parker|first=John|work=Drowned in Sound|date=26 January 2015|access-date=8 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508175858/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/18604/reviews/4148644|archive-date=8 May 2019|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/mark-ronson-reclaims-singles-top-spot-and-breaks-own-streaming-record-3382/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229001208/http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/mark-ronson-reclaims-singles-top-spot-and-breaks-own-streaming-record-3382/|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 December 2014|title=Mark Ronson reclaims singles top spot and breaks own streaming record|last=Copsey|first=Rob|publisher=Official Charts Company|date=28 December 2014|access-date=15 June 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/uptown-funk-scores-third-week-at-number-1-and-sets-new-streaming-record__7584/|title=Uptown Funk scores third week at Number 1 and sets new streaming record|last=Moss|first=Liv|publisher=Official Charts Company|date=22 February 2015|access-date=15 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310064738/http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/uptown-funk-scores-third-week-at-number-1-and-sets-new-streaming-record__7584/|archive-date=10 March 2016|url-status=live}} It also broke the record for most streamed track in the United States and worldwide in one week, with 4.8 and 15 million streams, respectively.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6502145/trinidad-james-uptown-funk|title=Exclusive Premiere: Trinidad James Jumps on Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars' "Uptown Funk"|last1=Hampp|first1=Adrew|last2=Buerger|first2=Megan|magazine=Billboard|date=13 March 2015|access-date=8 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607130004/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6502145/trinidad-james-uptown-funk|archive-date=7 June 2019|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jan/04/mark-ronson-uptown-special-interview|title=Mark Ronson on Amy Winehouse, angst and the success of Uptown Funk|last=Petridis|first=Alexis|work=The Guardian|date=4 January 2015|access-date=12 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411051801/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jan/04/mark-ronson-uptown-special-interview|archive-date=11 April 2019|url-status=live}} Tom Breihan writing for Stereogum felt the recording had "transcend[ed] hit status" and become "omnipresent". It is "some sort of cultural event", that will be heard at weddings in the next couple of years. Danielle Janota of Consequence of Sound believed the single had a cultural impact. It is "more than infectious: It's instinctual", as everyone "stampedes furiously to the closest dance floor the second it comes on". Matt James of PopMatters said the recording "incite[s] mass euphoric dancing wherever it is unleashed". It also demonstrates its "global domination", seeming to be "the only song on planet earth right now".

In an interview with Time, Mark Ronson said the recording was being played in Morocco, Puerto Rico and Nigeria, countries his music had never reached before. He also confessed the track led to people starting to recognise him.{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/3713183/mark-ronson-uptown-funk-bruno-mars/|title=Mark Ronson on 'Uptown Funk': Pop Songs Don't Need to Have Dumb Lyrics|last=Feeney|first=Nolan|magazine=Time|date=18 February 2015|access-date=8 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180501074407/http://time.com/3713183/mark-ronson-uptown-funk-bruno-mars/|archive-date=1 May 2018|url-status=live}} Newsweek{{'s}} Jed Gottlieb explained the reason "Uptown Funk" is an immortal track is because "the song is an increasingly rare phenomenon", since dancing allows us to connect "divergent demographics". "[T]he song creates an ephemeral flash where disparate groups get along because they've been spiked with the same euphoria". He believed "for the next quarter-century, it will persist as a choice wedding spin."{{cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/2015/06/12/why-uptown-funk-immortal-337988.html|title=Why 'Uptown Funk' Is Immortal|last=Gottlieb|first=Jed|work=Newsweek|date=1 June 2015|access-date=8 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507165137/https://www.newsweek.com/2015/06/12/why-uptown-funk-immortal-337988.html|archive-date=7 May 2019|url-status=live}} NME{{'s}} Barry Nicolson dubbed the single "an insta-phenomenon".{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/reviews-mark-ronson-15885|title=Mark Ronson – Uptown Special NME|last=Nicolson|first=Barry|work=NME|date=19 January 2015|access-date=11 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190511122104/https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/reviews-mark-ronson-15885|archive-date=11 May 2019|url-status=live}} Jeremy Allen of BBC said that "the biggest hits of the past few years", such as Ronson's "Uptown Funk" and Daft Punk's "Get Lucky" (2013) drew inspiration from the 80s funk/soul works by Prince, Michael Jackson, Nile Rodgers and others, leading the "80s to dominates modern culture".{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2NzGHl4vmC4fH7Zf6cWjxwn/from-uptown-funk-to-stranger-things-how-the-80s-still-dominates-modern-culture|title=From Uptown Funk to Stranger Things: How the 80s still dominates modern culture|last=Allen|first=Jeremy|publisher=BBC|date=2 August 2018|access-date=8 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605084026/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2NzGHl4vmC4fH7Zf6cWjxwn/from-uptown-funk-to-stranger-things-how-the-80s-still-dominates-modern-culture|archive-date=5 June 2019|url-status=live}} Nevertheless, when Angus Harrison of Vice asked musicologist Dr. John Burgoyne if it would be remembered in twenty years he explained that despite "the melody being sung, the hook is not" and he is unsure if it will be remembered as "the hook is that trumpet drop, whereas the words "Uptown Funk" just sort of disappear."{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/da/article/we-spoke-to-the-scientist-who-knows-which-songs-stick-in-your-head/|title=Will Anyone Care About 'Uptown Funk' and "Take Me To Church" in 20 Years Time?|last=Harrison|first=Angus|work=Vice|date=22 April 2015|access-date=8 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508170412/https://www.vice.com/da/article/rnwnkx/we-spoke-to-the-scientist-who-knows-which-songs-stick-in-your-head|archive-date=8 May 2019|url-status=live}}

In November 2019, Consequence of Sound compiled a list of the "Top 100 Songs of the 2010s" with "Uptown Funk" at number 77. Ali Szubiak wrote, the song became "so embedded in our cultural core that it proved inescapable". Szubiak added, "not since "Uptown Funk" has the world felt so united."{{cite web|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2019/11/top-100-songs-of-the-2010s/4/|title=Top 100 Songs of the 2010s|author=|work=Consequence of Sound|date=11 November 2019|access-date=17 November 2019|archive-date=12 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112115519/https://consequenceofsound.net/2019/11/top-100-songs-of-the-2010s/4/|url-status=live}} A month later, Rolling Stone also compiled a list of the "Top 100 Songs of the 2010s" with "Uptown Funk" at number 66. Jon Dolan affirmed the song "kick-starting a 2010s funk revival that Mars himself and Lizzo would blow wide open".{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/the-100-best-songs-of-the-2010s-917532/mark-ronson-bruno-mars-uptown-funk-917610/|title=The 100 Best Songs of the 2010s|author=|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=4 December 2019|access-date=7 April 2022}} The staff from NME dubbed "Uptown Funk" as one of The 100 Best Songs of the 2010s, ranking at number 56, Rhian Daly classified it as "a gigantic, joy-giving earworm".{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/features/nmes-greatest-songs-of-the-decade-the-2010s-2583527|title=The Best Songs Of The Decade: The 2010s|author= |work=NME|date=4 December 2019|access-date=7 April 2022|archive-date=4 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204183146/https://www.nme.com/features/nmes-greatest-songs-of-the-decade-the-2010s-2583527|url-status=live}} On the same month, Jay Cridlin writing for Tampa Bay Times compiled a list of the 50 "The best pop songs of the 2010s", placing "Uptown Funk" at the top of it. Cridlin felt the track "it is timeless, and somehow, it still sounds fresh."{{cite web|url=https://www.tampabay.com/arts-entertainment/music/2019/12/26/the-best-pop-songs-of-the-2010s-taylor-swift-bruno-mars-lorde-more/|title=The best pop songs of the 2010s: Taylor Swift, Bruno Mars, Lorde, more|last=Cridlin|first=Jay|work=Tampa Bay Times|date=26 December 2019|access-date=28 December 2019|archive-date=29 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191229123625/https://www.tampabay.com/arts-entertainment/music/2019/12/26/the-best-pop-songs-of-the-2010s-taylor-swift-bruno-mars-lorde-more/|url-status=live}} Nerisha Penrose from Elle dubbed the track as one of the 52 Best Songs That Defined the 2010s, ranking at number 25, saying it "had the whole world smiling and dancing for weeks."{{cite web|url=https://www.elle.com/culture/music/g30151906/best-2010s-songs/?slide=25|title=The 52 Best Songs That Defined the 2010s|last=Penrose|first=Nerisha|work=Elle|date=13 December 2019|access-date=27 January 2020|archive-date=31 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131150928/https://www.elle.com/culture/music/g30151906/best-2010s-songs/?slide=25|url-status=live}} Stereogum compiled a list of The 200 Best Songs Of The 2010s, ranking "Uptown Funk" at number 19, Margaret Farrell affirmed the record "was a monstrously successful, inescapable single, the soundtrack for 2014 and well into 2015."{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2062403/best-songs-of-the-2010s-list/lists/ultimate-playlist/|title=The 200 Best Songs of the 2010s|work=Stereogum|date=November 5, 2019|access-date=Jun 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106132915/https://www.stereogum.com/featured/best-songs-of-the-2010s-list/|archive-date=November 6, 2019|url-status=live}} According to Billboard, the single was one of the "Songs That Defined the Decade". Taylor Weatherby described it as "Four and a half minutes of pure fun, with hooks galore and memorable lines".{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/mark-ronson-uptown-funk-songs-that-defined-the-decade-8544133/|title=Songs That Defined the Decade: Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars' 'Uptown Funk'|last=Weatherby|first=Taylor|magazine=Billboard|date=November 21, 2019|access-date=July 4, 2022}} In 2021, Rolling Stone placed "Uptown Funk" at number 417 on their "Top 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-songs-of-all-time-1224767/bruno-mars-mark-ronson-uptown-funk-1224921/|title=The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=September 15, 2021|access-date=July 4, 2022}} In 2022, Billboard{{'s}} staff ranked the "500 Best Pop Songs", placing the single at number 76. Danielle Pascual wrote "fusing a rhythmic vocal base line ("doh doh doh"), a blaring horn section, a Trinidad James lift and Bruno Mars' soulful tone to create a brilliant and unpredictable modern disco-pop song".{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/best-pop-songs-all-time-hits/76-mark-ronson-feat-bruno-mars-uptown-funk-2/|title=The 500 Best Pop Songs: Staff List|author=Various|magazine=Billboard|date=October 19, 2023|access-date=October 21, 2023}}

In September 2024, Billboard{{'s}} Kyle Denis affirmed that "Uptown Funk" "is the kind of genuine cultural phenomenon and musical juggernaut that feels damn near impossible in this age of hyper-fragmented social media silos. From Mars' annoyingly charming vocal performance to an irresistible brass breakdown, 'Uptown Funk' was simply inescapable. Mars' presence on the track was also so outsized that many forget it's not even his song."{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/bruno-mars-greatest-pop-stars-21st-century-1235768954/|title=Billboard's Greatest Pop Stars of the 21st Century: No. 20 — Bruno Mars|last=Denis|first=Kyle|magazine=Billboard|date=September 6, 2024|accessdate=September 17, 2024}}

The music video was filmed at the 20th Century Fox Studios' "New York Street" backlot in Los Angeles.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/20thCFoxStudios/posts/564247680344105|title=We were so thrilled to host Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson on our lot|author=20th Century Fox Studios|publisher=Facebook|date=20 November 2014|access-date=27 March 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150404222918/https://www.facebook.com/20thCFoxStudios/posts/564247680344105|archive-date=4 April 2015|url-status=live}} Mars and Cameron Duddy directed the video released on 17 November 2014.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/mark-ronson-bruno-mars-strut-through-retro-uptown-funk-video-20141117|title=Mark Ronson, Bruno Mars Strut Through Retro 'Uptown Funk' Video|last=Reed|first=Ryan|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=17 November 2014|access-date=23 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141119190847/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/mark-ronson-bruno-mars-strut-through-retro-uptown-funk-video-20141117|archive-date=19 November 2014|url-status=live|url-access=limited}} In it, Ronson and Mars are wearing clothing from the late 1970s and 1980s.{{cite web|url=https://www.rap-up.com/2014/11/17/video-mark-ronson-f-bruno-mars-uptown-funk/|title=Video: Mark Ronson f/ Bruno Mars – "Uptown Funk"|work=Rap-Up|date=17 November 2014|access-date=7 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507131245/https://www.rap-up.com/2014/11/17/video-mark-ronson-f-bruno-mars-uptown-funk/|archive-date=7 May 2019|url-status=live}} Mars wears a "salmon-colored blazer" and both put on sun glasses.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6319862/bruno-mars-mark-ronson-uptown-funk-video|title=Bruno Mars & Mark Ronson Are Impossibly Cool in "Uptown Funk" Video|last=Lynch|first=Joe|magazine=Billboard|date=17 November 2014|access-date=7 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421110611/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6319862/bruno-mars-mark-ronson-uptown-funk-video|archive-date=21 April 2019|url-status=live}} Throughout most of the video, Ronson, Mars and The Hooligans are singing, walking and dancing in the middle of the streets. Ronson is seen mostly lingering in the background, while Mars takes the spotlight. At one point, during the video, Ronson and Mars get their hair put in perm curlers at a hair salon and their shoes shined. As Mars sings "Fill my cup, put some liquor in it", one of his bandmates does so. The singer also yells at his chauffeur to get the limousine as he, Ronson and the band "jive" next to it.{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/1720632/the-5-best-videos-of-the-week-155/franchises/straight-to-video/|title=The 5 Best Videos of the Week|last=Breihan|first=Tom|work=Stereogum|date=21 November 2014|access-date=7 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507131248/https://www.stereogum.com/1720632/the-5-best-videos-of-the-week-155/franchises/straight-to-video/|archive-date=7 May 2019|url-status=live}} Towards the end of the video, Ronson, Mars, The Hooligans and Jeff Bhasker perform the song in a closed set to several people.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPf0YbXqDm0|title=Mark Ronson – Uptown Funk ft. Bruno Mars|via=YouTube|date=19 November 2014|access-date=15 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170711013718/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPf0YbXqDm0|archive-date=11 July 2017|url-status=live}}

Joe Lynch of Billboard praised the video, finding it to be as "ebullient" as the song, calling Ronson and Mars "impossibly cool". Rap-Up praised the dance moves performed by Mars and The Hooligans. Tom Breihan of Stereogum said, "I had no idea [Mars] had "ersatz Morris Day" in his arsenal." Ryan Reed from Rolling Stone called the video "goofy". The clip made the cut on several lists of best music videos of the year. Lyndsey Parker, also writing in Rolling Stone felt Ronson and Mars complement Morris Day and The Time's "funky-fresh-to-death tradition well", ranking it number six on the list of 20 videos.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-20-most-awesome-music-videos-of-2014-231622/|title=The 20 Most Awesome Music Videos of 2014|last=Parker|first=Lyndsey|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=22 December 2014|access-date=7 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507164427/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-20-most-awesome-music-videos-of-2014-231622/|archive-date=7 May 2019|url-status=live|url-access=limited}} On its list of the 20 Best Music Videos of 2014 compiled by Paste, Dacey Orr ranked the video at number 11 saying it "has all of the fun and embellishment and color and choreography to be a real classic".{{cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2014/12/the-20-best-music-videos-of-2014.html|title=The 20 Best Music Videos of 2014|last=Orr|first=Dacey|work=Paste|date=31 December 2014|access-date=7 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507164427/https://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2014/12/the-20-best-music-videos-of-2014.html|archive-date=7 May 2019|url-status=live}} On the Stereogum 40 Best Music Videos of 2014, Breihan placed it at number 25. He wrote, "imagine a world in which circa-1986 Jonathan Demme had directed a movie about Morris Day & The Time".{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/1724770/the-40-best-music-videos-of-2014/franchises/2014-in-review/|title=The 40 Best Music Videos Of 2014|last=Breihan|first=Tom|work=Stereogum|date=19 December 2014|access-date=7 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507131242/https://www.stereogum.com/1724770/the-40-best-music-videos-of-2014/franchises/2014-in-review/|archive-date=7 May 2019|url-status=live}} Harriet Gibsone writing for The Guardian found the video has "super-slick, Jackson-like group choreography, glossy production and retro styling". On the Stereogum 20 Best Music Videos of 2010s, Breihan placed the music video at number four.{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2063870/the-20-best-music-videos-of-the-2010s/franchises/list/|title=The 20 Best Music Videos Of The 2010s|last=Breihan|first=Tom|work=Stereogum|date=6 November 2019|access-date=13 October 2020|archive-date=23 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200823203308/https://www.stereogum.com/2063870/the-20-best-music-videos-of-the-2010s/franchises/list/|url-status=live}}

The video received multiple awards and nominations. In 2015, it was nominated for British Video of the Year at the BRIT Awards.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/brit-awards-2015-nominations-list-sam-smith-and-ed-sheeran-favourites-to-win-big-10067640.html|title=Brit Awards 2015 nominations list in full: Sam Smith and Ed Sheeran favorites to win big|last=Denham|first=Jess|work=The Independent|date=24 February 2015|access-date=19 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926042324/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/brit-awards-2015-nominations-list-sam-smith-and-ed-sheeran-favourites-to-win-big-10067640.html|archive-date=26 September 2015|url-status=live}} At the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards, it received nominations for Video of the Year, Best Pop Video, Best Collaboration and Best Direction and an award for Best Male Video.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/events/vma/6678711/vmas-2015-winners-list-full|title=MTV Video Music Awards 2015: The Winners Are…|last=Lipshutz|first=Jason|date=30 August 2015|magazine=Billboard|access-date=19 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913034243/http://www.billboard.com/articles/events/vma/6678711/vmas-2015-winners-list-full|archive-date=13 September 2015|url-status=live}} In the same year, the UK Music Video Awards awarded it Best Pop Video-UK and it was nominated for Best Male Video at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards Japan.{{cite web|url=http://www.ukmva.com/content/past-winners/2015|title=Past Winners – 2015|publisher=UK Music Video Awards|access-date=5 September 2021|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160620151440/http://www.ukmva.com/content/past-winners/2015|archive-date=20 June 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mtvjapan.com/vmaj2015/nominees/best-male-video/|title=MTV Video Music Awards Japan 2015|publisher=MTV Japan|language=ja|access-date=30 July 2020|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205120959/http://www.mtvjapan.com/vmaj2015/nominees/best-male-video/|archive-date=5 February 2016}} It received an award for Video of the Year and a nomination for Best Dance Performance at the 2015 Soul Train Music Awards. The video has over 5.4 billion views on YouTube as of February 2025, making it the ninth most viewed YouTube video of all time.

File:Bruno Mars Super Bowl.jpg| Bruno Mars and The Hooligans performing "Uptown Funk" at the Super Bowl 50 halftime show]]

"Uptown Funk" was first performed live by Ronson and Mars on Saturday Night Live on 22 November 2014.{{cite web|url=https://www.idolator.com/7571556/mark-ronson-bruno-mars-uptown-funk-snl-saturday-night-live-watch|title=Mark Ronson And Bruno Mars Perform 'Uptown Funk' And Debut "Feel Right" On 'Saturday Night Live': Watch|last=Daw|first=Robbie|website=Idolator|date=22 November 2014|access-date=29 April 2019|archive-date=11 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811192405/http://www.idolator.com/7571556/mark-ronson-bruno-mars-uptown-funk-snl-saturday-night-live-watch|url-status=live}} Mars wore shades and a salmon-colored blazer.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6327527/snl-saturday-night-live-recap-bruno-mars-and-mark-ronson-bring-the-funk-with-mystikal-cameron-diaz-raps|title='SNL' Recap: Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson Bring the Funk With Mystikal, Cameron Diaz Raps & More|last=Peters|first=Mitchell|magazine=Billboard|date=23 November 2016|access-date=29 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171112122210/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6327527/snl-saturday-night-live-recap-bruno-mars-and-mark-ronson-bring-the-funk-with-mystikal-cameron-diaz-raps|archive-date=12 November 2017|url-status=live}} Their performance was well received by critics. Colin Joyce of Spin magazine praised Ronson's "electric guitar performance" describing it as something "that Prince ... could have been proud of". Joyce also commended the effortless singing and rapping skills of Mars.{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2014/11/bruno-mars-mark-ronson-mystikal-uptown-funk-snl-video/|title=Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson Give 'SNL' Some "Uptown Funk"|last=Joyce|first=Colin|work=Spin|date=23 November 2014|access-date=29 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170622011255/http://www.spin.com/2014/11/bruno-mars-mark-ronson-mystikal-uptown-funk-snl-video/|archive-date=22 June 2017|url-status=live}} The Village Voice{{'s}} Hillary Hugues praised the vocals by Mars, dance moves and the "taut line between cheeky confidence and charm" that he was able to walk.{{cite web|url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2014/11/24/bruno-mars-and-mark-ronson-have-a-total-blast-on-snl/|title=Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson Have a Total Blast on SNL|last=Hugues|first=Hillary|work=The Village Voice|date=24 November 2014|access-date=29 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214030233/https://www.villagevoice.com/2014/11/24/bruno-mars-and-mark-ronson-have-a-total-blast-on-snl/|archive-date=14 February 2019|url-status=live}} Iyana Robertson of Vibe complimented the "groove" of the song, as well as, the reenactment of "the retro swag" music video.{{cite web|url=https://www.vibe.com/2014/11/bruno-mars-mark-ronson-mystikal-snl-performance|title=Bruno Mars, Mark Ronson And Mystikal Funk It Up On 'SNL'|last=Robertson|first=Iyana|work=Vibe|date=23 November 2014|access-date=29 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170621084630/http://www.vibe.com/2014/11/bruno-mars-mark-ronson-mystikal-snl-performance/|archive-date=21 June 2017|url-status=live}} The track was also performed live during the North American version of The Voice final on 16 December 2014. During the show, Mars and his band, The Hooligans, performed a rehearsed choreography, while the singer wore gold rollers in his hair.{{cite web|url=https://www.rap-up.com/2014/12/16/bruno-mars-mark-ronson-perform-uptown-funk-on-the-voice-finale/|title=Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson Bring 'Uptown Funk' to "The Voice" Finale|work=Rap-Up|date=16 December 2014|access-date=29 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161117162244/http://www.rap-up.com/2014/12/16/bruno-mars-mark-ronson-perform-uptown-funk-on-the-voice-finale/|archive-date=17 November 2016|url-status=live}} Critics found the use of rollers by Mars in his hair hilarious.{{cite web|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/607297/bruno-mars-rocks-the-hell-out-of-curlers-during-uptown-funk-performance-on-the-voice|title=Bruno Mars Rocks the Hell Out of Curlers During 'Uptown Funk' Performance on The Voice|last=Harrison|first=Lily|publisher=E!|date=17 December 2014|access-date=29 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204134323/http://www.eonline.com/news/607297/bruno-mars-rocks-the-hell-out-of-curlers-during-uptown-funk-performance-on-the-voice|archive-date=4 February 2016|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2014/12/17/bruno-mars-voice-curlers/77619112/|title=So, Bruno Mars just wore hair curlers onstage...|last=Mallenbaum|first=Carly|work=USA Today|date=17 December 2014|access-date=29 April 2019|archive-date=14 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914090529/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2014/12/17/bruno-mars-voice-curlers/77619112/|url-status=live}}

Ronson and Mars performed "Uptown Funk" live on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on 13 January 2015. The performance began with Ronson demonstrating some of his DJ skills by scratching and doing hypeman work. Then Mars, dressed in a red blazer, snap back and black shades, and some of his band-mates, led the "audience through some choreography", before making their way to the stage, where Ellen also showed "her little two-step".{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/1728964/watch-mark-ronson-bruno-mars-funk-up-ellens-studio-audience/video/|title=Watch Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars Funk Up Ellen's Studio Audience|last=DeVille|first=Chris|work=Stereogum|date=13 January 2015|access-date=29 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180825152446/https://www.stereogum.com/1728964/watch-mark-ronson-bruno-mars-funk-up-ellens-studio-audience/video/|archive-date=25 August 2018|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.vibe.com/2015/01/bruno-mars-mark-ronson-perform-on-ellen|title=Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson Bring Their Uptown Funk To Ellen|last=Golding|first=Shenequa|work=Vibe|date=14 January 2015|access-date=29 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170621085938/http://www.vibe.com/2015/01/bruno-mars-mark-ronson-perform-on-ellen/|archive-date=21 June 2017|url-status=live}} Chris DeVille from Stereogum characterised the performance as a "blast", while NME{{'s}} Nadia Khomami dubbed it "energetic". In the same vein, Shenequa Golding from Vibe, called the show "dope".{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mark-ronson-30-1219362|title=Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars involve entire audience in 'Uptown Funk' performance on Ellen|last=Khomami|first=Nadia|work=NME|date=14 January 2015|access-date=29 April 2019|archive-date=28 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028121937/https://www.nme.com/news/music/mark-ronson-30-1219362|url-status=live}} In 2016, this performance earned them a nomination for a Daytime Emmy Award at the 43rd Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards.{{cite web|url=http://cdn.emmyonline.org/day_43rd_nominations.pdf|title=The 43rd Annual Daytime Emmy Award Nominations|publisher=National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences|access-date=24 March 2016|date=24 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417042422/http://cdn.emmyonline.org/day_43rd_nominations.pdf|archive-date=17 April 2016|url-status=live}}

After Coldplay were announced as the lead performers for the Super Bowl 50 halftime show, Chris Martin asked Mars to join them, but he declined. Martin explained he wanted Mars to perform "Uptown Funk" with Beyoncé. Mars still did not think it was a good idea, but Beyoncé was receptive to the idea. On 7 February 2016, the trio took the stage during the halftime show. Ronson appeared handling DJ duties, while Mars and his dancers performed "Uptown Funk", wearing an all-black Versace outfit with gold chains.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bruno-mars-outfit-at-super-862875|title=Bruno Mars Kills It in Versace at Super Bowl 50|last=Chan|first=Stephanie|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=7 February 2017|access-date=30 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430224023/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bruno-mars-outfit-at-super-862875|archive-date=30 April 2019|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/08/sports/football/beyonce-coldplay-super-bowl-halftime-show.html?|title=Review: It's Coldplay, Starring Beyoncé, at Super Bowl Halftime Show|last=Caramanica|first=Jon|work=The New York Times|date=7 February 2016|access-date=30 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426184430/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/08/sports/football/beyonce-coldplay-super-bowl-halftime-show.html|archive-date=26 April 2019|url-status=live|url-access=limited}} During the show, Beyoncé, in a Michael Jackson-inspired outfit appeared with a set of backing dancers dressed as Black Panthers. She performed her single "Formation" (2016) in choreography before being challenged by Mars to a dance-off, while singing the track.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/feb/07/beyonce-coldplay-super-bowl-50-halftime-show-review|title=Super Bowl half-time show – Beyonce easily steals the show from Coldplay|last=Needham|first=Alex|work=The Guardian|date=8 February 2016|access-date=30 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430210842/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/feb/07/beyonce-coldplay-super-bowl-50-halftime-show-review|archive-date=30 April 2019|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/2016/2/7/10934576/beyonce-super-bowl-halftime-2016-coldplay|title=Beyoncé didn't just steal the Super Bowl halftime show. She made it a political act.|last=Framke|first=Caroline|work=Vox|date=7 February 2016|access-date=2 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502162502/https://www.vox.com/2016/2/7/10934576/beyonce-super-bowl-halftime-2016-coldplay|archive-date=2 May 2019|url-status=live}} At that point Martin joined Beyoncé and Mars singing the song. Jon Caramanica of The New York Times explained that Beyoncé and Mars brought "soul and funk" to the show, while The Guardian{{'}}s Alex Needham and Caroline Framke of Vox praised Beyonce, but criticised Mars and Coldplay's performance. During The Late Late Show with James Corden on 13 December 2016, Mars included "Uptown Funk" on the popular segment Carpool Karaoke.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/bruno-mars-does-his-best-elvis-presley-in-carpool-karaoke-with-james-corden-a7473376.html|title=Bruno Mars shows James Corden his best Elvis in latest Carpool Karaoke|last=Stolworthy|first=Jacob|work=The Independent|date=14 December 2016|access-date=13 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507234153/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/bruno-mars-does-his-best-elvis-presley-in-carpool-karaoke-with-james-corden-a7473376.html|archive-date=7 May 2019|url-status=live}} Mars performed the song as the closing act at the Apollo Theater alongside the majority of the 24K Magic (2016) album for his CBS prime time special titled Bruno Mars: 24K Magic Live at the Apollo, which aired on November 29, 2017.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/sections/culture/weirdly-we-might-be-overlooking-bruno-mars|title=Weirdly, We Might Be Overlooking Bruno Mars|last=Petrusich|first=Amanda|magazine=The New Yorker|date=December 1, 2017|access-date=November 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007160022/https://www.newyorker.com/sections/culture/weirdly-we-might-be-overlooking-bruno-mars|archive-date=October 7, 2019|url-status=live|url-access=limited}} On the 24K Magic World Tour (2017–18), Mars performed "Uptown Funk" as the last track of the setlist, sung as an encore.{{cite web|url=https://blitz.sapo.pt/principal/update/2017-04-05-Ele-e-funk-ele-e-rock-ele-e-um-romantico.-Bruno-Mars-fe-la-bonita-em-Lisboa|title=Ele é funk, ele é rock, ele é um romântico. Bruno Mars fê-la bonita em Lisboa|last=Guerra|first=Luís|work=Blitz|language=pt|date=5 April 2017|access-date=18 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170408083206/http://blitz.sapo.pt/principal/update/2017-04-05-Ele-e-funk-ele-e-rock-ele-e-um-romantico.-Bruno-Mars-fe-la-bonita-em-Lisboa|archive-date=8 April 2017|url-status=live}}

The song was also featured in commercials for L'Oreal's Garnier line, Skippy peanut butter and the Cadillac XT4.{{cite web|url=http://www.newsongsadmin.com/loreal-chooses-uptown-funk-for-worldwide-ad-campaign|title=L'Oreal Chooses "Uptown Funk" for Worldwide Ad Campaign|publisher=John Fogarty|date=25 January 2018|access-date=7 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507190006/http://www.newsongsadmin.com/loreal-chooses-uptown-funk-for-worldwide-ad-campaign/|archive-date=7 May 2019|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.newsongsadmin.com/cadillac-xt4/|title=Uptown Funk introduces Cadillac's new XT4|publisher=John Fogarty|date=6 March 2018|access-date=7 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507190023/http://www.newsongsadmin.com/cadillac-xt4/|archive-date=7 May 2019|url-status=live}} It is also featured in the films Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022) and Lilo & Stitch (2025), on the episode "Child Star" of the sixth season of Glee, and the video game Sackboy: A Big Adventure.{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a39539270/sonic-the-hedgehog-2-review/|title=Sonic the Hedgehog 2 review: A nostalgic joy for fans|last=Sandwell|first=Ian|work=Digital Spy|date=4 April 2022|access-date=12 April 2022|archive-date=12 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220412111333/https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a39539270/sonic-the-hedgehog-2-review/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Glee: The Music, Child Star|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TQTBGQS|publisher=Amazon|date=20 February 2015|access-date=19 July 2020|archive-date=14 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914090636/https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TQTBGQS|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |last=Houghton |first=Jack |date=2021-05-12 |title=Making platforming pop: How Sumo built Sackboy's music levels |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/making-platforming-pop-how-sumo-built-sackboys-music-levels |access-date=2023-08-08 |website=GamesIndustry.biz |language=en |archive-date=10 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810230843/https://www.gamesindustry.biz/making-platforming-pop-how-sumo-built-sackboys-music-levels |url-status=live }}

The song has been parodied several times. Scot Pankey, a teacher at A. Maceo Smith New Tech High School in Dallas, gave his students a video project using the track. His students came up with an idea and once Pankey heard it, he wanted to join them. After seeing the video, Mars admitted he cried.{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/28/entertainment/feat-uptown-funk-high-school-dance-video/index.html|title=High school's 'Uptown Funk' made Bruno Mars cry|last=Hetter|first=Katia|publisher=CNN|date=28 January 2015|access-date=7 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507231453/https://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/28/entertainment/feat-uptown-funk-high-school-dance-video/index.html|archive-date=7 May 2019|url-status=live}} Mikey Bolts, who is known for his impressions and parodies, recreated the "Uptown Funk" singing in the voices of Family Guy characters. The voices of Peter Griffin and Stewie Griffin are the most prominent on the track.{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/3733942/uptown-funk-family-guy-voices-cover/|title=Listen to a Cover of 'Uptown Funk' Done Entirely in Family Guy Voices|last=Grossman|first=Samantha|magazine=Time|date=5 March 2015|access-date=7 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007080517/http://time.com/3733942/uptown-funk-family-guy-voices-cover/|archive-date=7 October 2016|url-status=live}} In September 2015, YouTube channel What's The Mashup? used 100 dance scenes from various films synchronizing them to the rhythm of "Uptown Funk".{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/100-dance-scenes-all-sync-up-to-uptown-funk-in-this-i-1798284337|title=100 dance scenes all sync up to 'Uptown Funk' in this impressive supercut|last=Dean|first=Rob|work=The A.V. Club|date=15 September 2015|access-date=7 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507231453/https://news.avclub.com/100-dance-scenes-all-sync-up-to-uptown-funk-in-this-i-1798284337|archive-date=7 May 2019|url-status=live}} Later the single was mashed up with dance moves of different actors, such as Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers and Gene Kelly in films from the Golden Age of Hollywood. The speed which the scenes are shown was unchanged.{{cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/uptown-funk-golden-age-of-hollywood-mashup_n_564b947fe4b045bf3df17c08|title=New Mashup Pairs 'Uptown Funk' With Moves From The Golden Age Of Hollywood|last=Ledbetter|first=Carly|work=HuffPost|date=17 November 2015|access-date=7 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507190010/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/uptown-funk-golden-age-of-hollywood-mashup_n_564b947fe4b045bf3df17c08|archive-date=7 May 2019|url-status=live}} The YouTube channel known as Baracksdubs created the illusion of President Barack Obama singing "Uptown Funk", using snippets of his speeches.{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/3685704/barack-obama-sings-uptown-funk-mark-ronson-bruno-mars/|title=Watch Barack Obama Sing 'Uptown Funk' (Sort Of)|last=Grossman|first=Samantha|magazine=Time|date=28 January 2015|access-date=22 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202072503/http://time.com/3685704/barack-obama-sings-uptown-funk-mark-ronson-bruno-mars/|archive-date=2 February 2018|url-status=live}}

Ronson recorded a new version of the song with six unknown musicians for YouTube at the Abbey Road Studios. Initially, the group thought they were covering the track for a documentary about Ronson.{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mark-ronson-3-1193131|title=Mark Ronson records a new version of 'Uptown Funk' – watch|work=NME|date=19 January 2016|access-date=7 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507190002/https://www.nme.com/news/music/mark-ronson-3-1193131|archive-date=7 May 2019|url-status=live}} On 12 February 2015, Ronson premiered the first official remix of "Uptown Funk", a radio-exclusive, during his interview on Hot 97. It includes a new intro verse by rapper Action Bronson; the final version includes a verse by rapper Bodega Bamz.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/6472723/action-bronson-mark-ronson-bruno-mars-uptown-funk-remix-stream|title='Uptown Funk' Remix: Action Bronson Joins Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars|last=Stutz|first=Colin|magazine=Billboard|date=12 February 2015|access-date=14 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321100723/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/6472723/action-bronson-mark-ronson-bruno-mars-uptown-funk-remix-stream|archive-date=21 March 2015|url-status=live}} The song has been used by Ligue 1 club Paris Saint Germain to celebrate home goals.{{cite web|url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/psg-vs-manchester-united-highlights-15933102|title=Ole Gunnar Solskjaer gives Manchester United their greatest Champions League night in 11 years|last=Luckhurst|first=Samuel|work=Manchester Evening News|date=March 6, 2019|access-date=November 16, 2021|archive-date=16 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211116103935/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/psg-vs-manchester-united-highlights-15933102|url-status=live}}

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1. "Uptown Funk" {{small|(featuring Bruno Mars)}} – 4:30
2. "Uptown Funk" {{small|(featuring Bruno Mars)}} (Dave Audé Remix) – 3:57
3. "Uptown Funk" {{small|(featuring Bruno Mars)}} (Wideboys VIP Remix) – 3:16
4. "Uptown Funk" {{small|(featuring Bruno Mars)}} (Will Sparks Remix) – 4:37

• Trinidad James Remix

1. "Uptown Funk" {{small|(featuring Bruno Mars)}} (Trinidad James Remix) – 4:22

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Credits adapted from the liner notes of Uptown Special and Billboard.{{cite AV media notes|title=Uptown Special|year=2015|type=album liner notes|publisher=Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited}}

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• Mark Ronson – songwriting, production, guitars, LinnDrum, programming, engineer
• Carlos Alomar – guitars
• Jeff Bhasker – songwriting, production, keyboards, talkbox
• Bruno Mars – lead vocals, songwriting, production, drums
• Philip Lawrence – songwriting
• Nicholas Williams – songwriting
• Devon Gallaspy – songwriting
• Charlie Wilson – songwriting
• Robert Wilson – songwriting
• Ronnie Wilson – songwriting
• Rudolph Taylor – songwriting
• Lonnie Simmons – songwriting
• Jamareo Artis – bass
• Phredley Brown – additional keyboards
• David Guy – trumpet
• Michael Leonhart – trumpet
• Jimmy King – trumpet
• Neal Sugarman – tenor saxophone
• Dwayne Dagger – tenor saxophone
• Ian Hendrickson-Smith – baritone saxophone
• Ray Mason – trombone
• Kameron Whalum – trombone
• Boo Mitchell – engineer
• Charles Moniz – engineer
• Wayne Gordon – engineer
• Josh Blair – engineer
• Inaam Haq – engineer
• Ken Lewis – additional engineering
• Devin Nakao – additional engineering
• Matthew Stevens – additional engineering
• Riccardo Damian – engineer
• Serban Ghenea – mixing
• John Hanes – mix engineering
• Tom Coyne – mastering

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