Uptown Funk!

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Mark Ronson

Mark Ronson (arr. Jay Bocook)


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General Info

Year: 2014
Duration: c. 1:53
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts - $55.00   |   Score Only - $5.00


Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Electric Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III

(percussion detail desired)


Errata

None discovered thus far.


Program Notes

On 30 October 2014, Ronson announced, via Twitter, a new single from his upcoming album, to be released on 10 November 2014. The single, Uptown Funk, features Bruno Mars on vocals. On 22 November 2014, Ronson and Mars appeared as the musical guest on Saturday Night Live performing Uptown Funk and Feel Right (featuring Mystikal). Uptown Funk reached number one in the UK and US singles charts, and also became the all-time most streamed track in a single week in the UK, having been streamed a record 2.49 million times in a week. "Uptown Funk" was a worldwide commercial success, reaching the top 10 in nearly every country it charted; it spent fifteen weeks at number one on the Canadian Hot 100, fourteen weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, and seven weeks at number one on the UK Singles Chart. In February 2015 the song won Ronson the Brit Award for British Single of the Year. As of June 5, 2016, the song's music video on YouTube has amassed over 1.7 billion views.

At the 2016 Grammy Awards Ronson won two awards for Uptown Funk, including Record Of The Year. Jason Iley, the head of Sony Music UK and Ronson's UK label Columbia Records, hailed Ronson as “a true gentleman” and "one of the most considerate, kind and humble artists in our industry.” He added "the monumental success of Uptown Funk is so thoroughly deserved, and has established itself as, not only one of the Records Of The Year, but of our lifetime."

- Program Note from Wikipedia


Media


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Performances

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  • Randolph (Mass.) Community Band (Avi Mehta, conductor ) – 10 June 2017
  • Atascadero (Calif.) Community Band (Keith Waibel, conductor) – 23 August 2016
  • Arkansas Winds Community Concert Band (Fayetteville) (Michael Ferguson, conductor) – 6 July 2015


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