Bruno Mars and production partner Philip Lawrence of the Smeezingtons are the pair behind Cee Lo's potty-mouthed breakout hit, "F**k You." The track is equal parts brutal and comical and, according to Mars, the duo's collaboration with Cee Lo was ideal.

"Talk about the perfect marriage, we been fans of Cee-Lo for real," Bruno Mars told MTV News. "And we became labelmates and I was just feeding that to them," he said of urging the record label to smooth the way for a collabo." 'We got to get in. I know he's working on something, we got to do something.' So he comes in the session, and it was one of the most organic sessions.

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