Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars’s “Uptown Funk” Premieres

MARK RONSON Premieres Music Video for “Uptown Funk” feat. Bruno Mars on Yahoo.com

New Album Uptown Special To Be Released January 27, 2015 via RCA Records

Performing on Saturday Night Live November 22nd

“[‘Uptown Funk’ is] a full-on combustible groove workout with elastic bass and indomitable spirit.” – Billboard

“I think we just heard the ‘Get Lucky’ of 2015” – NME

“`Uptown Funk’ [is] the kind of song you’ll be unable to escape on the radio in a matter of days.” – SPIN

“It only takes one listen to know that ‘Uptown Funk’ is heading straight up the chart.” – New York Post

“’Uptown Funk’ is a straight-up ass-kicker” ­- Idolator

“Rise and shine, Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars are bringing the party to you this Monday morning. On Ronson’s hot-stepping new song ‘Uptown Funk,’ he and Bruno Mars amp up the energy over a funky beat.” – Vibe

“Get your dancing shoes on!…Get ready to get funky!” ­– Perez Hilton

Today, GRAMMY® award-winning producer and musician Mark Ronson unveils the music video for his infectious new single “Uptown Funk” featuring Bruno Mars. “Uptown Funk” premiered on November 10th, and in just one week it has skyrocketed to be the #1 most added song on Top 40 Radio at over 100 stations, #2 most searched for song on iTunes, and the YouTube audio stream has garnered more than 1.2 million views. The song was co-written and co-produced by Mars and Ronson, and is the first from Ronson’s highly-anticipated new album Uptown Special, which will be released via RCA Records on January 27th, 2015.

This Saturday, November 22nd, Ronson will make his first performance on famed late night NBC show, Saturday Night Live. He will perform “Uptown Funk” with Mars along with an additional track from Uptown Special featuring another very special guest.

Uptown Special, Ronson’s fourth album, is his most inventive and vibrant work to date. Taken as a whole, the album is inspired by his musical beginnings. As a teenager growing up in New York City in the early 90s, Ronson gravitated towards hip-hop, funk, soul and R&B. Those were the records he lugged around in boxes in the early days of his club DJ career and that scratchy, inspiring vinyl was what he returned to when creating the album. It was written and produced with GRAMMY® -winning producer Jeff Bhasker (Kanye West, Drake, Alicia Keys) over 18 months in studios in London, Memphis, Los Angeles and New York City. The majority of the album’s lyrics – although not the lead single with Mars – were written by Pulitzer-winning American novelist Michael Chabon. Ronson’s favorite living author, Chabon became a part of the songwriting process early on and was fully immersed in the album’s narrative creation, often working with Ronson and the vocalists in the recording studio.