Marry you
| Marry you | |
|---|---|
| Bruno Mars | |
| publication | August 21, 2011 |
| length | 3:50 |
| Genre (s) | pop |
| Author (s) | Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine |
| album | Doo-wops & hooligans |
Marry You is a pop song by the US singer Bruno Mars . The piece was released in August 2011 as the fourth single from the album Doo-Wops & Hooligans .
Background and composition
Marry You was written by Mars, Philip Lawrence and Ari Levine and produced by The Smeezingtons. The song with reggae and R&B elements is a love song about a couple in Las Vegas who spontaneously decide to get married there. The piece is written in the key of F major and has 144 beats per minute . Mars' vocal range goes from C 4 to D 5 .
Commercial win
Even before the publication as a single song in 2010 peaked in the Billboard Hot 100 square 85. In the UK, it occupied position 11 in Australia and New Zealand number 8 and 5. In the Canadian Hot 100 the song reached number 61 and in Ireland place. 6 In 2012 Marry You was awarded a gold record in Germany .
| Charts | Top ranking | Weeks |
|---|---|---|
| Chart placements | ||
 Germany (GfK)
|
15th (20 weeks) | 20th |
 Austria (Ö3)
|
4th (20 weeks) | 20th |
 Switzerland (IFPI)
|
16 (23 weeks) | 23 |
 United Kingdom (OCC)
|
11 (39 weeks) | 39 |
 United States (Billboard)
|
85 (9 weeks) | 9 |
Awards for music sales
| Country / Region | Award | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales) |
||
 Australia (ARIA)
|
 2 × platinum
|
140,000 |
 Belgium (BEA)
|
 gold
|
15,000 |
|
Germany (BVMI)
|
gold
|
150,000 |
 Italy (FIMI)
|
platinum
|
50,000 |
 Japan (RIAJ)
|
gold
|
100,000 |
 Canada (MC)
|
3 × platinum
|
240,000 |
 Mexico (AMPROFON)
|
gold
|
30,000 |
 New Zealand (RMNZ)
|
gold
|
7,500 |
|
Austria (IFPI)
|
gold
|
15,000 |
|
Switzerland (IFPI)
|
gold
|
15,000 |
|
United States (RIAA)
|
3 × platinum
|
2,200,000 |
|
United Kingdom (BPI)
|
platinum
|
600,000 |
| All in all |
7 × gold 10 × platinum |
3,562,500 |
Main article: Bruno Mars / Music Sales Awards
reception
The song was used in the movie Jumping the Broom and was covered in the Ford episode of the television series Glee .
To the music of Marry You , an actor staged a marriage proposal to his girlfriend. The video was viewed more than 30 million times on Youtube . Bruno Mars commented on Twitter with "I couldn't have made a better music video for this song myself."
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b musicnotes.com (Marry You)
- ↑ articles.boston.com (Bruno Mars, 'Doo-Wops & Hooligans') ( Memento of the original from September 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ australian-charts.com (chart placement in Australia)
- ↑ charts.org.nz (chart placement in New Zealand)
- ↑ billboard.com (chart placement in Canada)
- ↑ chart-track.co.uk (chart placement in Ireland)
- ↑ Gold / platinum database on musikindustrie.de
- ↑ a b c d e Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
- ^ Gary Trust: The Biggest Hot 100 Hits to Peak at Nos. 100-76. In: Billboard. January 6, 2015, accessed October 27, 2015 .
- ↑ fox.com (Furt) ( Memento of the original from November 20, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Isaac's Live Lip-Dub Proposal on Youtube
- ↑ Bruno Mars ' Twitter channel , entry from May 25, 2012, 5:14 PM
- ↑ The marriage proposal enchants millions of viewers. stern.de, May 30, 2012
