And that was all your doing - getting the Dap-Kings to perform with her. And I'm choosing that because it's a great recording, and also, the horns stand out so well on it. You produced "You Know I'm No Good," right? So let's talk about the huge hit album that you had with her, "Back To Black." I know you produced most but not all the tracks on that album. GROSS: Well, you mentioned Amy Winehouse. And then eventually, we got the Dap-Kings in to record, and that was that. And she'd play them for me, and then I would kind of drum up my idea of what I thought - make a demo with what I thought the drums should be doing, the guitars - like, quite a crude demo. So when I was working with Amy Winehouse on "Back To Black," you know, she had all these beautiful songs, incredibly well-written and just her on an acoustic, nylon-string guitar. And then you bring in other people that are great for the things that you're not so good at. You just pick up a little bit of whatever the ones you think are appropriate, and you try and, you know, combine them. So you're coming up with, like, these - you hear these songs that are quite bare-bones, and you dream up what's the band doing? What's the rhythm section doing? What's the guitars, strings, pianos - that sort of thing. Then, you know, the other more-traditional role of the producer in, like, the kind of Quincy Jones sense is kind of part arranger. You make the beat, and you give it to them. So sometimes if I'm working with a rapper, like Ghostface Killah or Nas, producing usually means, in hip-hop, that you make the music. RONSON: I think, you know, for me, whatever I need to slot into to make that music the best it can be or help the artists, or whoever I'm working with, achieve whatever vision they have in their head for a song. And what does it mean for you to be a - I mean, like, you're a real hands-on producer, so what does it mean when you're producing something? GROSS: What does it mean to be a producer? I think a lot of people don't really know.
And then yeah, like, along the way, you fine tune it 'cause you're thinking, like, OK, we need to now turn this into a song.Īnd then, also, when you're doing something that doesn't sound like anything else on the radio at the time, you almost need to, like, ironclad it to make sure it gets through, you know? You have to put these hooks in it, you know? You've got to make sure you got all that ear candy in it to get it through the gate. And I think that that spirit, or at least the raucousness of maybe that, is in there. And Jeff Bhasker, who co-produced the record with us, is on synths, and I was playing bass. that where it came from and the initial birth of it - it did come out of a jam at Bruno's studio, you know? He was playing drums. And it's so kind of produced and filled with references to other recordings, so it seems so not like a jam (laughter). GROSS: So you've said that that started as a jam, but it's so heavy with hooks. GROSS: That's Bruno Mars's "Uptown Funk" produced by my guest, Mark Ronson. Saturday night and we in the spot, don't believe me just watch. Stylin', wilin, livin' in up in the city. I spoke with Ronson in April just after "Uptown Funk" ended its 14-week run at the top of the Billboard Hot 100.īRUNO MARS: (Singing) This hit, that ice cold Michelle Pfeiffer, that white gold, this one for them hood girls, them good girls, straight master pieces. He's now a much sought-after producer and has done recordings with Adele, Paul McCartney, Ghostface Killah and Duran Duran. He was born in London, but his family moved to New York when he was 8. His stepfather is Mick Jones, the co-founder of the band Foreigner. Ronson's production work on the Amy Winehouse album "Back To Black" helped to make international hits out of her songs "Rehab" and "You Know I'm No Good." Mark Ronson grew up in the music world. He's put out four albums under his own name and they all feature other artists singing the songs he co-wrote and produced. GROSS: Ronson is a musician, producer and DJ.
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Later, we'll feature my interview with Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang, co-creators of the Netflix comedy series "Master Of None." "Uptown Funk" is featured on Mark Ronson's album "Uptown Special," but the lead vocal is by Bruno Mars, who co-wrote the song. Today, we hear from Ronson as we continue our series of some of our favorite interviews of the year. The song "Uptown Funk" by Mark Ronson was one of the biggest hits of the year.
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