Bruno Mars Belted Out A Spine-Tingling Grammys Tribute To The Icon Prince

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February 13, 2017

The hugely influential and innovative Prince shimmered off this mortal coil on April 21st of last year, leaving behind him a cavernous legacy in music, art, film, and fashion spanning decades.

At the first Grammy Awards since his untimely passing, it was expected that the industry would pay a fitting tribute to the rock n roll hall of famer. And lord, did they ever deliver.

Firstly, the show trotted out longtime Prince collaborators and legendary outfit in their own right Morris Day & The Time to fire out their two biggest hits in ‘Jungle Love‘ and ‘The Bird.’

@TheMorrisDay #Prince Tribute!!! My happy place ? #Grammys #TheBest #MorrisDay pic.twitter.com/DRAmJESOzc

— Blythe Russo (@BlytheRusso) February 13, 2017

The Time are… timeless at the #GRAMMYs Prince tribute pic.twitter.com/1EAAq5JvKH

— Mashable (@mashable) February 13, 2017

Following that, with members of the Revolution in tow, Bruno Mars dropped a fiery rendition of Prince’s iconic track ‘Let’s Go Crazy,’ while proving his own guitar skills on the Purple One’s trademark white symbol axe.

My Mans Bruno Mars
DID THAT ????????
pic.twitter.com/dDknSHEqoL

— Alexandria (@CherryBl00s0m) February 13, 2017

Holy hell. A performance like that? Prince would’ve approved.

#Prince looking down on @BrunoMars performance like… #Grammys pic.twitter.com/IDqV22jEyM

— PNW Paradise (@11plus1TrueHawk) February 13, 2017

Prince’s back catalogue, incidentally, is back up on streaming services like Spotify as of today. So you can all rush home and get funky on a Monday night.

Highly recommended, to be quite honest.

Source: Twitter.
Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty.