These Hit Songs Were Meant For Other Artists And We Can’t Stop Thinking About What Could Have Been

Bruno Mars Gave Away ‘Forget You’ To Cee Lo Green

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Cee Lo Green put his iconic falsetto on the track “Forget You,” but Bruno Mars wrote and gifted Green the song.

No one is sure why he gave it up, but maybe Mars didn’t want to come off too strong. “Forget You” is actually titled “F*** You” and was meant as an ode to the music industry as a whole.