If You Got Funk, You Got Style
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Title of song: If You Got Funk, You Got Style
Artist: Funkadelic
Title of album: Hardcore Jollies
Year of first release: 1976
Trivia: This is one of Funkadelic's more popular songs, and is also on many Greatest Hits albums.
This song is driven by the sleazy percussion.
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Songwriters: George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell
Memorable Lyrics:
- "When you got funk, you got class/You're out on the floor movin' your ass"
- "I don't claim to be a super freak/She just want to dance to a freaky beat"
- Superfreak is a hit album by Rick James
Complete lyrics at the Motherpage (http://www.duke.edu/~tmc/motherpage/lyrics_funkadelic/lyr-jollies.html#lyr-s-style)
The lyrics can be summed up the title: funkiness, style, sexiness and fashion are synonyms, the singer claims.
Personnel:
- Lead Vocals: George Clinton
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