It's entirely possible that the lyrics to "Uptown Funk" can be heard as something else when singer Bruno Mars says, "Uptown Funk You Up" (you heard it, right?). The phonics there are similar to an ...

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"Uptown Funk" -- which first hit radio back in 2014, but continues to permeate airwaves well into 2016, such has been its impact -- beat out “Really Love” by D’Angelo and The Vanguard, Ed Sheeran's ...

With “Funk” now just three weeks from potentially tying “One Sweet Day” for the record, and four weeks from possibly claiming it all to itself, can it rewrite Hot 100 history? It’s too early to ...