Bruno Mars

"Gorilla" is a song by American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars. The song was written by Mars, Philip Lawrence and Ari Levine, and produced by The Smeezingtons, Emile Haynie, Jeff Bhasker and Mark Ronson who also co-produced two other songs on the album. Gorilla is a rock, soft rock and quiet storm song about making love like wild animals.

Mars said that it was "the first song we wrote for this album and it really set the tone for the entire project and it kind of became the mascot", stating that it was the reason why there's a gorilla on the cover of the album. Many have compared the song to the unabashedly sex-inspired works by Prince.

Musically, the song received rave reviews from music critics who found that it shows that rock is far from dead in popular music, with early 80's arena rock tendencies fused with power pop hooks.

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