“We wrote 24K Magic when Uptown Funk was No 1. So if you hear the same spirit in that song, that's why”: A decade on, we look back at the musical theory and retro gear that shaped Bruno Mars’ 2016 classic

Bruno Mars.

As modern classics go, 2016's 24K Magic, the title track of Bruno Mars' third studio album, is a solid entry in the canon, made all the more surprising by its heavy cribbing from funk and classic 80s musical stylings.

The song is a sum of parts, the result of the efforts of songwriters and producers Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine and production quartet The Stereotypes, as well as Mr. Mars himself, of course.