Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars.Photo: Kevin Mazur/WireImage
Stop, wait a minute!
Mark Ronsonisn’t bothered that some newlyweds have recently refused to play his 2014 hit,“Uptown Funk"featuringBruno Mars, at their nuptial celebrations.
“I read the other day that some brides have banned it from their wedding playlist because people are just actually maybe sick of hearing it,” Ronson, 48, says in the new issue of PEOPLE. “I thought that was the coolest thing I’d ever heard.”
Beyoncé, Mark Ronson, Chris Martin and Bruno Mars at the 2016 Super Bowl halftime show.Ezra Shaw/Getty Images
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“‘Uptown Funk’ was a true labor of love. It was something we were very proud of and we worked extremely hard on for seven months,” he says. “We were working on it a time that Bruno was touring hisUnorthodox Jukeboxalbum, and I was chasing him around the country with a five-string bass trying to finish this song. When it started to stay No. 1 for a week, two, three weeks, I remember just calling Bruno because he had had a couple No. 1s before. I was like, ‘Is this what it’s like? This is amazing.’ He was like, ‘Man, just enjoy every moment.’ And then to go from that, to playing it at the Super Bowl withColdplay, I mean — that song, it’s crazy.”
Ronson and Mars went on to collect the record of the year and best pop duo/group performance Grammy Awards for “Uptown Funk” in 2016.
More recently, the British musician has found success for his work on theBarbiesoundtrack, which he executive produced. He’s been sweeping awards season, winning theCritics Choice Awardfor best song and theGrammyfor best compilation soundtrack for visual media. He’s alsonominatedfor Best Original Song for “I’m Just Ken” at the Oscars.
source: people.com
