Do You Wanna Get Funky with Me
| "Do You Wanna Get Funky with Me" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Single by Peter Brown | ||||
| from the album A Fantasy Love Affair | ||||
| B-side | "Burning Love Breakdown" | |||
| Released | 1977 | |||
| Format | 7", 12" | |||
| Recorded | 1977 | |||
| Genre | Post-disco, Disco, Garage | |||
| Length |
3:43 (single version) 8:30 (12" version) | |||
| Label |
T.K. Disco 35 (US) T.K. Disco XB 2183 (UK) | |||
| Writer(s) | Peter Brown, Robert Rans | |||
| Producer(s) | Cory Wade, Peter Brown | |||
| Peter Brown singles chronology | ||||
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"Do You Wanna Get Funky with Me" is the title of a 1977 single recorded by Peter Brown. The record sold more than one million copies.[1] It was his first hit song. Backing vocals were provided by Wildflower.
Chicago radio superstation WLS, which gave the song much airplay, ranked "Do You Wanna Get Funky with Me" as the 35th most popular hit of 1977.[2] It reached as high as number three on their survey of October 22, 1977.[3]
Track listing
1977 release
- 12" vinyl[4]
- US: TK Disco / 35
| Side A | ||||||||||
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| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 1. | "Do Ya Wanna Get Funky With Me" | 8:30 | ||||||||
| Side B | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 1. | "Burning Love Breakdown" | 5:26 | ||||||||
Chart performance
Weekly singles charts
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Year-end charts
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Legacy
- "Do You Wanna Get Funky with Me" was covered by industrial disco band My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult on their 2005 album Gay, Black and Married.
- "Burning Love Breakdown" appeared on the fictional radio K109 The Studio in the Grand Theft Auto IV universe.
References
- ↑ Peter Brown. Allmusic. Retrieved on 2012-01-29
- ↑ "The WLS Big 89 of 1977". Wlshistory.com.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 http://www.oldiesloon.com/il/wls102277.htm
- ↑ ""Do Ya Wanna Get Funky With Me" (TK) on Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 2011-08-11.
- ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 82. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ↑ http://www.bullfrogspond.com/whitburn/1977wye.htm
- ↑ http://www.oldiesloon.com/il/wls89of77.htm