Bruno Mars Hates 1 of His Biggest Songs
Bruno Mars has written many hit songs in his career. He wrote songs for a number of other artists before establishing his career and has since picked up multiple Grammy awards. Despite his success, Mars is still critical of his writing. He revealed that he can’t stand one of his popular songs.
Bruno Mars said he wasn’t a fan of one of his songs
In 2010, Mars released “The Lazy Song” on his album Doo-Wops & Hooligans. Though the song is about having a lazy day, it took a lot of effort to write.
“That song just came out of the studio. We were trying to make a song that was better than the Beatles. We were trying to be magical and historic,” he told the New York Daily News. “After five hours, it all turned to rubbish. The frustration got to me and I said, ‘Today I don’t feel like doing anything at all.’ That opened up everyone’s eyes.”
He said the finished product was much better when he relaxed.
“When you’re overshooting, you get the worst work,” he said. “When you’re relaxed, you have your best. I’m a light kind of guy.”
It may have been easier to write the song when he didn’t focus as hard, but Mars was not happy with it.
“I hate that song, by the way,” he told GQ in 2013.
Bruno Mars wanted to write songs that felt like ‘events’
Mars struggled while writing “The Lazy Song” because, as he said, songwriting was an incredibly difficult process.
“You know how hard it is to write a big song?” he said. “That s*** is hard, man. It’s so hard to do. Might be one of the hardest things to ever do. I don’t ever want to come out with something safe and get away with ‘It sounds good!’ It’s got to be more than sounding good.”
He said he wanted to write music that felt like an event, like the songs he loves.
“The music I like are events. F***ing ‘Bohemian Rhapsody ‘is my favorite song — that song’s an event. And that’s what I want to do. I’m sure that shocked the world, that song. ‘Billie Jean’ shocked the world. ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit.’ Those songs are events. That guy put everything he got into that, and he _meant _it.”
He pointed to a song of his he felt was successful
Mars said that writing a song that feels like an event is one of the best feelings in the world.
“It’s that unexplainable high. Why I keep doing it,” he said. “That feeling that you keep on chasing and chasing. Because it’s _nothing, _man. It’s taking the air and turning it into something. That’s the feeling.”
One of his own songs that made him feel that way was “Locked Out of Heaven.”
“That one shocked me. That it turned out the way it did,” he said. “I haven’t done a song like that. And hopefully every album, I’ll get that feeling. And shock the world! Shock the world!”
