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List of songs by Bruno Mars

American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars has co-written every song he has released and has also contributed as a writer to songs released by other artists. After an unsuccessful contract with Motown Records and a fruitless conversation with Will.i.am's management, Mars signed with Atlantic Records in 2009. He came to prominence as a songwriter with Philip Lawrence and Ari Levine, who called themselves the Smeezingtons. The trio worked with various artists, notably on CeeLo Green's "Fuck You", B.o.B's "Nothin' on You" and Travie McCoy's "Billionaire" on which Mars sang the last two choruses.

The Smeezingtons composed most of Mars's debut EP, It's Better If You Don't Understand, released in May 2010, and his debut studio album Doo-Wops & Hooligans, released in October 2010. The album includes feature vocals from Damian Marley, B.o.B, and CeeLo Green, as well as the songs included on the debut EP.

In 2011, Mars contributed two original songs -It Will Rain" for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1, and "Young, Wild & Free" by Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa for Mac & Devin Go to High School soundtrack albums.