That's What I Like (Bruno Mars song)

"That's What I Like"
Remix cover art
Single by Bruno Mars
from the album 24K Magic
Released January 30, 2017
Format Digital download
Recorded Glenwood Place Studios (Burbank, California);
MixStar Studios
(Virginia Beach, Virginia);
Sterling Sound
(New York City)
Genre
Length 3:26
Label Atlantic
Songwriter(s)
  • Bruno Mars
  • Philip Lawrence
  • Christopher Brody Brown
  • James Fauntleroy
  • Johnathan Yip
  • Ray Romulus
  • Jeremy Reeves
  • Ray McCullough II
Producer(s)
Bruno Mars singles chronology
"24K Magic"
(2016)
"That's What I Like"
(2017)
"Versace on the Floor"
(2017)

"24K Magic"
(2016)
"That's What I Like"
(2017)
"Versace on the Floor"
(2017)
Music video
"That's What I Like" on YouTube

"That's What I Like" is a song by American singer and songwriter Bruno Mars from his third studio album 24K Magic (2016). The song was released as the album's second single on January 30, 2017.[1] It is the highest charting single in the United States from Mars' studio album 24K Magic, surpassing the single of the same name by reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100. The song has also received remixes, featuring artists including Gucci Mane, PartyNextDoor and Alan Walker. "That's What I Like" won the Song of the Year, the Best R&B Song, and Best R&B Performance at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards.[2] The song was the 4th best-selling single of 2017.[3]

Release and production

All Access first revealed that the recording would be sent to Top 40 radio stations in late January.[4] The single was sent on January 30, 2017, to Hot AC radio stations in the United States by Atlantic Records.[1] A day later, it impacted American contemporary hit radio and rhythmic contemporary stations via the same label.[5][6] It was released to Italian contemporary hit radio on March 3, 2017, through Warner.[7] On April 20, 2017, four different remixes were made available worldwide.

"That's What I Like" was co-written by Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence, Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Johnathan Yip, Ray Romulus, Jeremy Reeves, and Ray McCullough II. Its production was handled by the former three under their alias, Shampoo Press & Curl, along with co-production by latter four as The Stereotypes. Eric "E-Panda" Hernandez played the live drums, while Mars, Fauntleroy, and Lawrence served as the recording's background vocalists. The recording was done and engineered by Charles Moniz with additional engineering assistance by Jacob Dennis at Glenwood Place Studios in Burbank, California. It was mixed at MixStar Studios in Virginia Beach by Serban Ghenea, with John Hanes serving as mixing engineer.[8]

Composition

"That's What I Like" is a hip hop soul, new jack swing, and R&B song composed in the key of B minor.[9][10][11] The song moves at a tempo of 134 beats per minute in common time, while Mars' vocals span from A3 to D5, while also reaching up to F5 in the ending adlibs.[12] Christopher R. Weingarten of Rolling Stone noted that the track "brings the silky vibes of 12 Play–era R. Kelly into the boom of modern trap".[13] In the album review provided by Vulture, Craig Jenkins said that "It's one of the album's best and most modern-sounding cuts by some distance, thanks to a killer vocal and tasteful trap drums (although to be fair, it carries more than a passing resemblance to Beyoncé and the NeptunesB'Day sleeper 'Kitty Kat')".[14][15]

Commercial performance

The song debuted at number 79 on the Billboard Hot 100 on the issue week of December 10, 2016.[16] In its fifteenth week, it climbed to the top spot, becoming Mars' seventh number one on the Hot 100.[17] The song became the fourth best-selling song in the United States, with 1,673,000 copies sold. It was also streamed 835,856,000 times in the year.[18]

As the song reached the top spot of the Pop Songs chart, Mars tied with Justin Timberlake for the most number-one songs on the latter chart among male soloists.[19] It has spent nine weeks on the top of the Billboard Radio Songs, a new record for Mars, as a solo artist. It has surpassed its previous seventh-week number one runs for "Just the Way You Are" (2010) and "Locked Out of Heaven" (2013).[20][21] It has spent 20 weeks on the top of Hot R&B Songs, tying the record for most week spent at number one with The Weeknd's "Starboy" and Drake's "One Dance".[22] The single spent 24 weeks on the Hot 100's Top Five, becoming only one of the five singles to spend at least that much time in the top five. It also spent 28 weeks in total in the top ten, becoming one of the longest runs in the top 10 in Billboard history.[23]

Music video

The music video for "That's What I Like" premiered on March 1, 2017.[24] It was directed by Mars and Jonathan Lia, and produced by Good Company.[25] [26] The effects of the video were also available on Facebook for users to try.[27]

As of July 2018, the video has been viewed more than 1.3 billion times.[28]

Awards

Year Organization Award Result
2017 American Music Awards Favorite Soul/R&B Song Won
Video of the Year Won
LOS40 Music Awards Best International Video (Jury) Nominated
MTV Video Music Awards Japan Best Male Video Won
Soul Train Music Awards Song of the Year Won
Teen Choice Awards Choice Song: Male Artist Nominated
Choice Summer Song Nominated
Choice R&B/Hip-Hop Song Nominated
2018 NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Music Video Won
Outstanding Song, Traditional Won
Grammy Awards Song of the Year Won
Best R&B Song Won
Best R&B Performance Won
iHeartRadio Music Awards Song of the Year Nominated
R&B Song of the Year Won
Best Music Video Nominated

Live performances

Mars performed "That's What I Like" during the 59th Grammy Awards.[29] He also performed that song during the 2017 Brit Awards. The song was performed as a medley of "Treasure" at the 2017 iHeartRadio Music Awards and at the Charlie Rose show.[30][31]

Usage in media

The song has been used in the television series Crashing,[32] Being Mary Jane[33], and Undressed.[34]

Track listing

Digital download Alan Walker Remix[35]
No.TitleLength
1."That's What I Like" (Alan Walker Remix)3:14
Digital download Gucci Mane Remix[36]
No.TitleLength
1."That's What I Like" (Remix) (featuring Gucci Mane)3:54
Digital download PartyNextDoor Remix[37]
No.TitleLength
1."That's What I Like" (PartyNextDoor Remix)3:26
Digital download – BLVK JVCK Remix[38]
No.TitleLength
1."That's What I Like" (BLVK JVCK Remix)3:45

Credits and personnel

Recording

  • Recorded at: Glenwood Place Studios in Burbank, California
  • Mixed at MixStar Studios, Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of 24K Magic, Atlantic Records[8]

Charts

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)[104] 4× Platinum 280,000^
Belgium (BEA)[105] Platinum 30,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[106] 4× Platinum 320,000^
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[107] Platinum 90,000^
France (SNEP)[108] Platinum 150,000*
Germany (BVMI)[109] Gold 200,000^
Italy (FIMI)[110] Platinum 50,000double-dagger
New Zealand (RMNZ)[111] 2× Platinum 60,000*
Portugal (AFP)[112] Platinum 20,000^
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[113] Platinum 40,000^
Sweden (GLF)[114] Gold 20,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[115] Platinum 600,000double-dagger
United States (RIAA)[116] 7× Platinum 7,000,000double-dagger

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
double-daggersales+streaming figures based on certification alone

Release history

Region Date Format Versions Label Ref.
United States January 30, 2017 Hot AC radio Original Atlantic [1]
January 31, 2017 Contemporary hit radio [5]
Rhythmic contemporary [6]
United Kingdom February 24, 2017 Contemporary hit radio [117]
Italy March 3, 2017 Warner [7]
Worldwide April 20, 2017 Digital Download Remixes Atlantic [lower-alpha 1]

See also

Notes

  1. On April 20, 2017, four different remixes were released and included Alan Walker, BLVK JVCK, Gucci Mane and PartyNextDoor.[35][38][36][37]

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