Retroverse Year

2014

Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars deliver the year's most impossible-not-to-move single — a time-machine funk pastiche that feels both vintage and brand new. Beyoncé's visual album changed the release conversation while Taylor Swift's '1989' completed her pop transformation. Every party, wedding, and sports arena shares the same groove. Every party, wedding, and sports arena shares the same groove until resistance feels pointless.