Ever since Bruno Mars premiered his brand-new single "Locked Out of Heaven," critics have been quick to point out its similarities to previous hits by the Police, most notably "Message in a Bottle" or "Roxanne." And despite what you might think, Mars has no problem whatsoever with those comparisons."Hell yeah! You try to write a Police song!" he laughed. "I grew up listening to the Police, I grew up performing in bars, singing Police songs. … I remember performing a song like 'Roxanne,' and you play those first couple of chords, and you hit that first note, and you watch the whole bar ignite. And as an artist, as a songwriter, it's like 'Man, I want to write a song that makes people's eyes explode the first chord!' "
And while he's not denying the similarities (or, really, softening his stance on critics — "Oh, I love them," he deadpanned), Mars said he never set out to write a spiritual sequel to "Roxanne." Rather, "Heaven" came to him out of the blue, one night during the six-month studio sessions that led to his upcoming Unorthodox Jukebox album.
"I don't think it initially tried to sound like anybody else, but I picked up the guitar and just started playing [the song's opening chords]," he explained. "That's how it normally works; I'll pick up a guitar and I'll start humming a melody, and I started singing that, and I was up there in Sting-ville, in that register, so that's what you get … I tend to listen to a lot of guys with higher registers — Sting being one of them, Freddie Mercury, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder — because I've got a high voice."Then again, he's not going to be complaining if folks keep comparing "Locked Out of Heaven" to the Police's classics. Writing a massive hit is the goal, after all.
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