"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]

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

• The song was sampled in the Prodigy's song "No Good (Start the Dance)" on their 1994 album Music for the Jilted Generation.[8] A mixed version was also included as part of "Section 8" on their 1999 album The Dirtchamber Sessions Volume One.[9]

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".

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