“To be honest, when Bruno first sent me the demo I thought it was kind of cheesy. But he just knew, and he said - in the nicest possible way - ‘It’s this way or the highway’, and he was completely right”: Mark Ronson on the making of Uptown Funk

Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars.

It might have reminded you of a million and one other songs, but when Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars’ delivered Uptown Funk, on 10 November 2014, it still sounded like a breath of fresh air.

Dripping in sass and revealing a trunkful of late ‘70s and early ‘80s influences, the song arrived with a swagger and has never really left. In fact, for a time, it felt inescapable.