Funkentelechy
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| Single by Parliament from the album Funkentelechy Vs. the Placebo Syndrome |
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| A-side | "Funkentelechy" | |
| B-side | "Funkentelechy" Pt. 2 | |
| Released | 1978 | |
| Format | Vinyl | |
| Genre | Funk | |
| Length | 10:56 (album version) | |
| Label | Casablanca 921 | |
| Writer(s) | George Clinton/Bootsy Collins/Bernie Worrell | |
| Producer | George Clinton | |
"Funkentelechy" is a song by the funk band Parliament. It was the fourth track on the group's 1977 album Funkentelechy Vs. the Placebo Syndrome and was released as a two-part single in 1978. The song's title is a play on the philosophical concept of entelechy.
[edit] Trivia
- The phrase "Urge Overkill" from George Clinton's radio announcer-style patter on the song later became the name of an alternative rock band.
- One of Clinton's quips during the song, "Like a woodpecker with a headache," resembles the mood indication on a piano piece by the eccentric composer Erik Satie: "Like a nightingale with a toothache."
- This song was sampled by Ice Cube for his song "Doing Dumb Shit" on his album Death Certificate.
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