--- description: Harry the Hawk the Atlanta Hawk mascot dances to Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars title: Watch This Mascot Bring It With an 'Uptown Funk' Dance image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch This Mascot Bring It With an 'Uptown Funk' Dance  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Jan 29, 2015 9:35 PM CUT  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Jan 29, 2015 9:35 PM CUT During a recent [halftime performance](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CBmvXyLC1k "undefined"), the Atlanta Hawks mascot Harry the Hawk and a couple of back-up dancers had the crowd on their feet with a lip-sync performance of “Uptown Funk” by Mark Ronson, featuring Bruno Mars. As sports writers have been pointing out, the upbeat routine jibes perfectly with the NBA team’s 17-game winning streak in the Eastern conference. The team has even changed its name on Twitter to “aWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWks,” adding a “W” [for each win](http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/01/the-atlanta-hawks-winning-streak-is-screwing-up-their-twitter-game "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3688400/atlanta-hawks-mascot-dances-uptown-funk/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3688400/atlanta-hawks-mascot-dances-uptown-funk/"},"headline":"Watch This Mascot Bring It With an 'Uptown Funk' Dance","datePublished":"2015-01-29T21:35:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:16:22.860Z","description":"The Mark Ronson song is rapidly becoming the \"Happy\" of 2015","url":"https://time.com/3688400/atlanta-hawks-mascot-dances-uptown-funk/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Sports topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3688400/atlanta-hawks-mascot-dances-uptown-funk/","name":"Watch This Mascot Bring It With an 'Uptown Funk' Dance"}}]}] ```