Play That Funky Music

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"Play That Funky Music" (also known as "Play That Funky Music, White Boy") is an iconic funk song written by Robert Parissi and recorded by Wild Cherry. The song hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on September 18, 1976. It was also a top-five U.S. hit for Vanilla Ice in 1990.

A tribute version of the song was arranged and recorded by Gordon Goodwin and his Big Phat Band on their 2006 record The Phat Pack. A spoken word version of the song, deliberately done in an unflattering manner, was used in the early 1990's in a Pioneer Electronics commercial for their automobile audio products.

Preceded by:
"(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty" by KC and the Sunshine Band		 Billboard Hot 100 number one single
September 18, 1976		 Succeeded by:
"A Fifth of Beethoven" by Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band
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