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The Real Meaning Behind Uptown Funk! By Bruno Mars

Upon looking at the lyrics to "Uptown Funk!", you would probably be confused about what Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars are singing about. "This hit, that ice cold / Michelle Pfeiffer, that white gold" Mars sings in the first verse (via Genius). "This one, for them hood girls / Them good girls, straight masterpieces."

It's obvious from the opening verse that there is a sense of cockiness, from saying that the song is cool to referencing Michelle Pfeiffer's "white girl" past of doing drugs in movies (even though she admitted to being embarrassed by the reference), Ronson and Mars wanted to hype themselves and listeners up.

There's a sense of raucousness throughout the song, too, and it's in part due to short lyrics and metaphors that reflect Ronson and Mars' playful personality; they do not take themselves or the song too seriously. Slate noted that lyrics like "I'm too hot (hot damn) / Make a dragon wanna retire man" poke fun at "a tradition of masculine bravado." As it turns out, the raucous energy was apparent from the beginning and stayed throughout the recording process.

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Almeda Bohannan

Update: 2024-05-06