SpaceX Launch You Up

Parody of ‘Uptown Funk’ by Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars

Launch and land and relaunch! Back in April of 2015, SpaceX was attempting to land their Falcon 9 rocket for the first time. Naturally, we jumped at the chance to help celebrate this historical day. If you’re a fan of SpaceX—or Elon Musk and his ventures in general—pay close attention to the lyrics… there’s some deep references in there.

Years later, SpaceX has dozens of landings under their belt, but we have it on good authority that “SpaceX Launch You Up” is still the control room anthem on launch days…

ACCOLADES
Winner of 2015 Telly Award (Online Video | Humor)
Nominee of 2015 Geekie Award (Best Music Video)

CREDITS
Director: Gabe Conroy
Creative Director: Steven Hudson
Director of Photography: David Zimmermann
Writers: Robert Bojorquez, Gabe Conroy, David Hudson, Steven Hudson, David Zimmernann
Production Manager: Robert Bojorquez
Audio Mixing: Art Johnson
Editor: David Zimmermann
Visual Effects: Gabe Conroy, David Hudson, Steven Hudson
Additional VFX: Robert Bojorquez, David Zimmermann
Costume Designer: Brigid Lohman

CAST
Vocals: Art Johnson
Bruno Mars: Buddy Waddington
Dancers: Selena Annis, Brad Walker, Sarah Hudson, Mikey Dela Cruz
Gwynne Shotwell: Makenzie Greenblatt
Tom Mueller: Drew Barth
Elon Musk: David Hudson