With 14 consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, 'Uptown Funk' is the longest-charting No. 1 single of the 2010s and outperforms #5 Call Me Maybe in radioplay endurance by 40%. Mark Ronson's retro-funk production, featuring Bruno Mars' explosive vocal turns, samples elements from 1970s funk but is 20% more energetic than the average 2015 pop hit, according to tempo analysis. The song won Record of the Year at the Grammy Awards and sold over 15 million copies globally, making it one of the best-selling digital singles ever. Its iconic bassline and horn stabs have been used in over 2 million TikTok videos, cementing its status as the defining party anthem of the decade. A 2016 study showed the track increases listener heart rate by an average of 8%, more than any other top-10 pop song that year.

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