music.wikisort.org - Composition"Funky Nassau" is a song written by Ray Munnings and Tyrone Fitzgerald and performed by the Beginning of the End. It reached #7 on the US R&B chart, #15 on the Billboard Hot 100, and #31 on the UK Singles Chart in 1974.[1] The song was featured on their 1971 album, Funky Nassau.[2]
1971 single by The Beginning of the End
"Funky Nassau" |
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B-side | "Funky Nassau-Part II" |
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Released | March 1971 |
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Genre | Funk |
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Length | 3:10 |
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Label | Alston |
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Songwriter(s) | Ray Munnings, Tyrone Fitzgerald |
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Producer(s) | Marlin Productions |
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"Monkey Tamarind" (1971) |
"Funky Nassau" (1971) |
"Come Down Baby" (1972) |
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The song was recorded at Criteria Studios in Miami, engineered by Chuck Kirkpatrick, produced by Marlin Productions and arranged by the Beginning of the End.[3]
The single ranked #75 on Billboard's Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1971.[4]
Other versions
- Herbie Mann[5] recorded a version of the song subsequently released as a bonus track on the CD version of his 1971 studio album Push Push.[6]
- Orgone released a version of the song on their 2007 album The Killion Floor.[7]
Song sampling
In popular culture
- The Blues Brothers performed it in the 1998 film Blues Brothers 2000.
- The Beginning of the End's version was featured in the 2005 film Elizabethtown.
- Swedish artist Säkert! refers to the song in her song which also shares the name "Funky Nassau".
References
- The Beginning of the End, "Funky Nassau" chart positions Retrieved August 17, 2016.
- The Beginning of the End, Funky Nassau Retrieved August 17, 2016.
- The Beginning of the End, "Funky Nassau" single release Retrieved August 17, 2016.
- "Billboard Top 100 - 1971". Archived from the original on February 24, 2016. Retrieved August 17, 2016.
- Scott Yanow. "Herbie Mann | Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 2013-08-08.
- Herbie Mann, Push Push Retrieved November 4, 2017.
- Orgone, The Killion Floor Retrieved August 17, 2016.
- The Prodigy, Music for the Jilted Generation Retrieved August 17, 2016.
- The Prodigy, The Dirtchamber Sessions Volume One Retrieved August 17, 2016.
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