News - 31/10/2016

Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars sued over "Uptown Funk" again, this time by Collage

Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars sued over "Uptown Funk" again, this time by Collage

Pop gurus and collaborators Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars are experiencing more troubles for their smash hit "Uptown Funk". The two artists, indeed, have been sued once again over the song - this time by Collage, a funk band that released music in the early 1980s.

The group claims that “Uptown Funk” and its own 1983 song “Young Girls” are “almost indistinguishable”, also stating that Ronson and Mars have previously mentioned being influenced by early ‘80s Minneapolis electro-funk and soul music.

The complaint, unveiled by "Pitchfork", specifies:

Upon information and belief, many of the main instrumental attributes and themes of ‘Uptown Funk’ are deliberately and clearly copied from ‘Young Girls,’ including, but not limited to, the distinct funky specifically noted and timed consistent guitar riffs present throughout the compositions, virtually if not identical bass notes and sequence, rhythm, structure, crescendo of horns and synthesizers rendering the compositions almost indistinguishable if played over each other and strikingly similar if played in consecutively.

Listen to the two tracks below:

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