Upon the release of the remix of the song (G-Mix), on November 12, 2013, Mars commented that it featured "two of favorite artist", Pharrell Williams and R. Almost a year later, on November 5, 2013, the demo of the song was also included on the deluxe edition of the album, released in various countries. Ī demo of the song, only featuring the vocals and an acoustic guitar, was exclusively released as a bonus track on the Target edition of the album, on December 11, 2012. When I was a kid, pop could be dangerous but still massive.
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When the interviewer asked if Mars was concerned with the verses "Got a body full of liquor with a cocaine kicker" due to his 2010 drug bust, he replied "To take that line out would dilute my art", since the recording "needs a sense of danger. In another interview, this time for Rolling Stone, he explained that the track is about "good old animalistic sex".
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Right? Isn't that what matters? It's an awesome song! I don't know how to tell you that more". To this question Mars said "It definitely sounds awesome. On the same interview, he was asked if his perfect idea of encounter was the same as described in the track, one in which your partner is screaming to you, "Give it to me, baby, give it to me, motherfucker" and having attracted the attention of the cops due to the violent noises you are making with your partner outside while "trying to get in". Regarding the line "I got a body full of liquor with a cocaine kicker", Mars said that his inspiration came "just because the room was dark" and he felt like Johnny Cash. When asked about what the meaning is for "making love like a gorilla", Mars replied aggressively "What does that sound like to you? Come on.What is this, 1933? We can't talk about this?". In another interview, this time for GQ, Mars revealed the song's conception, saying that "it was just painting a picture-some animalistic sex". This was the reason behind the gorilla on the cover of the album, as Bruno Mars explained in an interview with MTV News. "Gorilla" was the first song written for the album, setting "the tone for the entire project and it kind of became the mascot". The song was included on the set list of his second world tour, The Moonshine Jungle Tour (2013–14) as the final act, usually performed as an encore and was performed in some shows of the 24K Magic World Tour (2017–18). Mars performed "Gorilla" live at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards and at the 2013 MTV Europe Music Awards. It was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), denoting sales and streaming figures of over a million copies in the US. The song reached number 22 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 62 on the UK Singles Chart, being unable to achieve the same success of the previous singles. The single received mixed reviews from critics, who praised its resemblance to early 1980s arena rock, but was criticized for its explicit lyrical content, which addresses the subject of making love like wild animals.
Its style has drawn comparisons to Prince's 1984 single " Purple Rain". "Gorilla" is a midtempo arena-rock, rock and soft rock song with a power pop hook, "epic" guitars and a Phil Collins-esque synth/percussion combination. Kelly, and was released in Canada and US on November 12.
Its official remix (G-Mix) features American singers Pharrell Williams and R. Atlantic Records serviced the track to Contemporary hit radio in the United States on September 10, 2013, as the fourth single from Unorthodox Jukebox. The song was written by Mars, Philip Lawrence, and Ari Levine, who produced the song under the name of the Smeezingtons, with Emile Haynie, Jeff Bhasker and Mark Ronson. " Gorilla" is a song by American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars from his second studio album Unorthodox Jukebox (2012).
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