The routine is performed by four different dancers - two males and two females. All of them have a solid black and white outline.
C1[]
C1 is a teenage boy with grey and blue baseball cap. He wears a red button up shirt with white highlights and white pocket on the left side, black skinny jeans, and pair of teal sneakers with red and black shapes, teal shoelaces, and black sole. He also wears a black chain, and red wristband. He wears a red glove, specifically Viking.
C2[]
C2 is a teenage girl with black hair peeking out from a purple beanie. She wears purple crop top and purple high waist cheeky shorts, both of which are layered in with teal baggy jacket with grey sleeves and black details, and teal boots with black shoelace over a black high knee socks. She also wears a black aviator glasses. Her glove is Orange.
C3[]
C3 is a man. He wears an outfit comprising of a Tuxedo with the left side being purple and the right being orange with the pocket slit and a brown handkerchief, orange pants, and black dress shoes. He also wears a black teashades, and light gown khaki fedora with orange and black bandanna on his head. His glove is Shocking Pink.
C4[]
C4 is a woman with long black hair in a yellow sunhat. She wears a gold bra top under a maroon furry vest, blue high-waisted flared jeans, and black stiletto heels. Her glove is pink, specifically Razzle Dazzle Rose.
Background[]
The background takes place in a large city which contains colorful reproductions of the Manhattan bridge, various buildings and signs with the lyrics on them, which, according to Alkis Argyriadis and Véronique Halbrey, gives the feeling of a city that is always transforming itself. Numerous dancers, some of which are from previous games, appear along with the main dancers. The background dancers make their first appearances in the following order.
Notable Background Dancers[]
Some Dancers show up a second time. These dancers are:
Uptown Funk has a Mashup with the theme Behind the Scenes which can be unlocked for 1,000 Mojo Coins on 8th-gen consoles (or 20 Mojo Coins for all 7th-gen consoles). It features dancers from the background of the Classic routine, with the addition of Mr. Saxobeat.
Uptown Funk has a Party Master Mode on Just Dance 2016 for the Wii U. Here are the captions in order of appearance:
(Captions in bold indicate a Song Switch.)
Gold Move 1: Throw both of your arms out and open your legs. Gold Move 2: Grab your shoulders then throw your arms up.
Gold Move 1
Gold Move 1 in-game
Gold Move 2
Gold Move 2 in-game
Mashup[]
There are 5 Gold Moves in the Mashup:
Gold Moves 1, 2, and 4: Point to the screen with both arms. (You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)) Gold Move 3: Put your right hand over your right eye. (Just Dance) Gold Move 5: Put both arms in the air, like a flexing pose. (Built For This)
Gold Moves 1, 2, and 4
Gold Moves 1, 2, and 4 in-game
Gold Move 3
Gold Move 3 in-game
Gold Move 5
Gold Move 5 in-game
Community Remix[]
Uptown Funk has a Community Remix which is playable from the start:
(no repeats)
With a running time of 3 minutes and 57 seconds, Uptown Funk is the longest song on Just Dance 2016, and is also the shortest of the longest songs in the series, being the only one under 4 minutes.
Chronologically, Uptown Funk was the first song to be revealed for Just Dance 2016.
"B**ch" is censored, and "freaky" (from the line "If you freaky then own it") is replaced with "dance".
Additionally, the line "Hot damn" does not appear in the lyrics.
"B**ch" was replaced with "trick" in the gameplay teasers.
In the E3 gameplays, "freaky" was heard as "dance" but appeared fully censored in the lyrics.
This happens in the Showtime Mode.
The radio edit is used in-game, where parts of the intro, bridge, and outro are cut.
At the end of the Classic routine, Built For This can be seen using her Beta appearance in the background (as her shoes are lime green and her belt is a shade of dark orange). This carries on to her appearance in the Mashup.
In early E3 gameplays, the lyrics were purple instead of pink.[1]
Classic[]
Uptown Funk is the fifth routine to feature coaches that change between genders.
According to this compilation, Mark Ronson’s name was misspelled as "Marc Ronson" in an early report.[2]
Uptown Funk was used in a special Bilibili event hosted by Just Dance on August 16, 2022, where fans had to guess the songs by part of their blackened pictograms. The three people who guessed all of them right before anyone else would have received a prize.