Mark Ronson, Bruno Mars Have the Week's Top New Song

"Uptown Funk!" by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars is this week’s top new entry on the Hot 100 at #65. It’s Ronson’s first Hot 100 hit as an artist. Ronson won three Grammys seven years ago for his work with Amy Winehouse. He won Producer of the Year, Record of the Year (for producing her top 10 hit, “Rehab”) and Best Pop Vocal Album (for producing her #2 album, Back To Black).

The song is from Ronson’s upcoming fourth album Uptown Special (due Jan. 27), which will also feature collaborations with artists ranging from alternative rock band Tame Impala to rapper Mystikal.

"Uptown Funk" was co-produced by nearly the same lineup of musicians who co-produced Mars’ #1, Grammy-nominated smash "Locked Out Of Heaven," namely Mars, Ronson, Philip Lawrence, Jeff Bhasker and Emile Haynie. Ronson also co-produced Mars’ hit “Gorilla.” He has also produced or co-produced singles by such artists as Adele, Paul McCartney, Christina Aguilera and Robbie Williams.

"Uptown Funk" is vying to become Mars’ sixth top 20 hit as a featured artist. Mars was featured on B.o.B's “Nothin' On You” (#1 in 2010), Travie McCoy's “Billionaire” (#4 in 2010), Bad Meets Evil's “Lighters” (#4 in 2011), Lil Wayne's “Mirror” (#16 in 2011) and Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa's “Young, Wild & Free” (#7 in 2012). You'll notice that Mars had a lot of featured credits early in his career, but has cut down on them in recent years. That was wise, to guard against overexposure.

This week’s big news on the Hot 100 is Taylor Swift becoming the first female solo artist to replace herself at #1. Her new hit, “Blank Space,” leaps from #13 to #1, displacing “Shake It Off,” which held the top spot for four non-consecutive weeks. That blog will appear Thursday. This blog will deal with key debuts and moves below the top 10.

"Tuesday" by I LOVE MAKONNEN featuring Drake rebounds from #26 to #12 in its eighth week. This is its highest ranking to date. It’s one of the biggest “Tuesday hits” in Hot 100 history. It trails the Rolling Stones's “Ruby Tuesday” (#1 in 1967), but it's already head of the Moody Blues's “Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Afternoon)” (#24 in 1968). (Lynyrd Skynyrd's “Tuesday's Gone,” from their 1973 debut album, didn't chart.)

"I Don’t F**k With You" by Big Sean featuring E-40 inches up from #15 to #14 in its eighth week. This isn’t the first song with the “F word” in its title to become a big hit. P!nk's “F**kin' Perfect” hit #2 in February 2011. Cee Lo Green's “F**k You!” spent four weeks at #2 in March 2011.

Rae Sremmurd's “No Type” jumps from #21 to #17 in its eighth week … Mr. Probz's “Waves” jumps from #22 to #19 in its 13th week. Mr. Probz is the fifth act whose name begins “Mr.” to land one or more top 20 hits. He follows Mr. Mister, which had a pair of #1 hits, “Broken Wings” and “Kyrie,” in 1985-‘86; Mr. Big, which hit #1 in 1992 with “To Be With You”; Mr. Hudson, which hit the top 10 in 2010 with “Young Forever,” a collabo with Jay Z; and Mr. Cheeks, which hit #14 with “Lights, Camera, Action!” in 2002. “Waves” spent two weeks at #1 on the U.K.’s Official Singles Chart in May.

"Only" by Nicki Minaj featuring Drake, Lil Wayne & Chris Brown leaps from #43 to #27 in its third week … Vance Joy's “Riptide” finally cracks the top 40 in its 21st week on the chart. It jumps from #46 to #32 this week … Carrie Underwood's “Something In The Water” drops from #28 to #35 in its seventh week. Despite the drop, it's #1 on Country Songs for the second week.

Pharrell Williams's inexhaustible “Happy” rebounds from #45 to #37 in its 46th week … Meghan Trainor lands her second top 40 hit as “Lips Are Movin” jumps from #50 to #38 in its fourth week … Fergie's “L.A. Love (la la)” jumps from #63 to #41 in its sixth week.

"Beg For It" by Iggy Azalea featuring MO jumps from #60 to #49 in its fourth week …  Lorde's “Yellow Flicker Beat” re-enters the chart at #82. The song has climbed as high as #74. Lorde is set to perform the song on the AMAs on Sunday.

<p><strong>Follow Paul on <a href=”https://plus.google.com/109743833487830120504/about” target=”_blank”>Google+</a>One Direction's “18” and “Where Do Broken Hearts Go” are the week's second- and third-highest new entries at #87 and #88, respectively. They're from the boy band's fourth album, FOUR, which is set to enter The Billboard 200 at #1 next week with sales north of 400K. (“Where Do Broken Hearts Go” is a new song, not a remake of the Whitney Houston smash from 1988.)

"Outside" by Calvin Harris featuring Ellie Goulding jumps from #99 to #89 in its third week … Thomas Rhett's “Make Me Wanna” debuts at #99. It's the fourth Hot 100 song from Rhett's debut album, It Goes Like This. Rhett's father, 1990s country star Rhett Akins, never cracked the Hot 100. His biggest crossover hit, “More Than Everything,” bubbled under the Hot 100 at #121 in 1997.

"She Knows" by Ne-Yo featuring Juicy J debuts at #100. It’s the first Hot 100 hit from his sixth studio album, Non Fiction, which is due Nov. 11.