Bruno Mars, Mark Ronson Face New Lawsuit For Hit Single 'Uptown Funk'

Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson are in hot water over copyright issues for their song "Uptown Funk" again.

Mars and Ronson's "Uptown Funk" was a hit. In fact, the single earned a number of Grammy Awards in 2016, including record of the year, best pop duo/group performance and best remixed recording, non classical. In 2015, it also earned several awards including the Brit Award for British Single, MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video, Soul Train Music Award for Song of the Year and UK Festival Award for Anthem Of The Summer.

Just recently, a female rap trio named The Sequence claimed that the song was too similar to their single "Funk You Up" that was released in 1979, TMZ reported. It was the third rap song to reach Billboard's Top 50 singles.

In the court documents obtained by the publication, the group claims that Mars and Ronson's "Uptown Funk" has "significant and substantially similar compositional elements" of "Funk You Up." The Sequence is asking for a jury trial and still unspecified amount of money from Mars and Ronson, who penned the track.

This is not the first lawsuit that Ronson faced for "Uptown Funk." In September, Lastrada Entertainment who owns the rights to Roger and Zapp's 1980 classic "More Bounce to the Ounce" claimed that Mars and Ronson's song is similar to it particularly for the first 48 seconds.

In the documents, Lastrada Entertainment pointed out Ronson citing Roger and Zapp as among the influences. They also included note-for-note comparisons of the two songs.

For the lawsuit, Lastrada Entertainment was suing Ronson, Sony, Spotify, Apple and several other producers. They want to shut down the future plays and sales of "Uptown Funk." They also demand an unspecified amount of damages. Mars is not included in the defendant.

That is not all because, in the past two years, a number of groups have also claimed "Uptown Funk's" resemblance to their works. In October 2016, Ronson and Mars were accused of infringing Collage's 1983 single "Young Girls." Meanwhile, in 2015, Gap Band was awarded songwriting credits after citing similarities between "Uptown Funk" and their 1979 hit "Oops Upside Your Head," Pitchfork reported.

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