Uptown Special

It was released on January 13 in the US and January 19 in the UK. Producers were Ronson, Jeff Bhasker, Bruno Mars, Emile Haynie, Boys Noize, DJ Zinc, James Ford, Riton and TEED, and it was recorded in studios across Memphis, Brooklyn, London, Toronto, Venice, Chicago, Vancouver and Los Angeles. Guests include Stevie Wonder on harmonica, Kevin Parker on three tracks, Mystikal, Keyone Starr and Andrew Wyatt. It is dedicated to Amy Winehouse. Ronson emailed Michael Chabon asking if he had considered writing lyrics, per the NME, and they worked at Royal Studios in Memphis with Bhasker and Parker, where the first song written became "Crack in the Pearl". The title of the opener nods to Wonder's Fulfillingness' First Finale.

Singles were "Uptown Funk", "Daffodils" and "Feel Right". It reached number one in the UK, his first, and 5 in the US with 76,727 units in its first week. Metacritic gives 73; the Guardian's Alexis Petridis gave 4 of 5, AllMusic's Andy Kellman 3.5 and Pitchfork's Stuart Berman 6 out of 10.