Rick Astley's cover of Uptown Funk. I swear this is not a Rickroll.

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This should not be 8 years old... How is uptown funk 8 years old? Oh time when did you start going so quickly?

I think it sorta works, mostly because I never really bought the original as being particularly authentic of, well, anything. It's a fun party song just begging to be covered on cruise ships for the next 40 years. Astley is a solid pro who clearly never stopped performing and didn't skimp on the arrangement.

Interesting arrangement and glorious voice. He sounds a littleo out of breath though.

Have you ever sang this song? Lol

The breath pauses are seriously small. I'm thinking there was some editing in the original recording, especially considering Mark Ronson was already a seasoned producer at that point.