In a mixed review for '' The Scotsman '' , Fiona Shepherd wrote that " Treasure " is " likeable pop funk " . Nick Messitte writing for '' Forbes '' criticized the single for being similar to Breakbot 's " Baby I 'm Yours " and to the " aesthetics " of Michael Jackson 's '' Off the Wall '' ( 1979 ) and '' Thriller '' ( 1982 ) . The song made the cut of HitFix 's songs of the summer of 2013 , with Katie Hasty saying that " it looks like it was culled straight out of '' Soul Train '' " . On the " '' Billboard '' 20 Best Songs of 2013 : Critics ' Picks " list , the single was placed at number 20 , writing that " Bruno Mars ' throwback single ... made more than a few fans smile this year . " " Treasure " received a 2014 NAACP Image Awards nomination for Outstanding Song . In the same year , the song was one of the winners of Most Performed Song at the 2014 ASCAP Pop Music Awards . The song was nominated for Choice Music : Love Song and Choice Music : Summer Song at the 2013 Teen Choice Awards and for the 2013 NRJ Music Awards in the International Song of the Year category . According to , Rdio 's , an online music service , the song was the sixth most streamed track worldwide ; it was also eighth in the US
2014 NAACP Image Awards
45th NAACP Image Awards
Treasure (Bruno Mars song)