--- --- # Watch Naval Officers Nail This Parody of 'Uptown Funk' by [Jessica Goodman / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Jessica Goodman / Entertainment Weekly Nov 3, 2015 3:15 PM UTC by [Jessica Goodman / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Jessica Goodman / Entertainment Weekly Nov 3, 2015 3:15 PM UTC It’s been a year since Bruno Mars released “[Uptown Funk](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/09/18/uptown-funk-mashup-100-dance-scenes),” but some folks are just getting in on the parody game. Midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy posted their version of the song, called “Naptown Funk,” which features students dressed in their Navy uniforms running around Annapolis. The clip was made as a [“spirit video,”](http://www.capitalgazette.com/news/naval%5Facademy/ph-ac-cn-rylan-tuohy-1102-20151102-story.html) a major part of Naval Academy social life leading up to football games, and previews the [Navy-Army game on Dec. 12](http://www.navysports.com/tickets/navy-tickets-m-footbl.html). The track ends with a challenge to Navy officers in San Diego, Norfolk, Virginia, and Chicago to bite back with their own songs. _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/11/03/naval-officers-uptown-funk-parody-annapolis) _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://ew.com)_._ Naval Officers Parody Bruno Mars Song 'Uptown Funk' ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4098040/naval-officers-parody-uptown-funk/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4098040/naval-officers-parody-uptown-funk/"},"headline":"Watch Naval Officers Nail This Parody of 'Uptown Funk'","datePublished":"2015-11-03T15:15:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:26:33.597Z","description":"Officers at the U.S. Naval Academy titled their parody 'Naptown Funk'","url":"https://time.com/4098040/naval-officers-parody-uptown-funk/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","bruno mars","Viral Videos"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jessica Goodman / Entertainment Weekly"}],"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/4098040/naval-officers-parody-uptown-funk/","name":"Watch Naval Officers Nail This Parody of 'Uptown Funk'"}}]}] ```