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Uptown Funk is a Funk and House act. Their sound grew out of Was (Not Was), One Way, The Sequence, Zapp and Kool & The Gang. Those roots explain a lot about how Uptown Funk arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Brooklyn Funk Essentials, The Poets of Rhythm, Fatback Band, Idris Muhammad and Galliano, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Altogether the chart holds 40 connections around Uptown Funk, reaching back through Was (Not Was). Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
"Uptown Funk" is a song by British-American DJ and record producer Mark Ronson featuring American singer Bruno Mars. It was released on 10 November 2014, as the lead single from Ronson's fourth studio album, Uptown Special (2015). "Uptown Funk" was written by Ronson, Mars, Jeff Bhasker, and Philip Lawrence; it was produced by the aforementioned first three. The song began during a freestyle studio session while they worked on a jam Mars and his band had been playing on tour. Copyright controversies arose after the song's release resulting in multiple lawsuits and amendments to its songwriting credits.
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Uptown Funk connections
Uptown Funk grew out of Was (Not Was), One Way, The Sequence and Zapp, shares an orbit with Brooklyn Funk Essentials, The Poets of Rhythm, Fatback Band and Idris Muhammad. 40 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Uptown Funk
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