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Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk is a disco album by Meco released in 1977. The album uses various musical themes from the Star Wars soundtrack arranged as instrumental disco music. A single from the album, "Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band", reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on October 1, 1977, holding to that position for two weeks. The album and single were both certified Platinum, for sales of one million albums and two million singles, on June 8, 1978.

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Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk
Studio album (Tribute album) by Meco
Released	1977
Genre	Disco, space disco, film score, orchestral pop, funk, jazz
Length	27:57
Label	Millennium Records
Producer	Meco, Harold Wheeler, Tony Bongiovi
Meco chronology
Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk (1977) Encounters of Every Kind (1978)
Singles from Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk
"Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band" Released: July 1977

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	link

The complete contents of the album are also available on the 1997 Mercury compilation "The Best of Meco".

Track listing

1. Star Wars (15:49) LP side 1
   • "Title Theme"
   • "Imperial Attack"
   • "The Desert & the Robot Auction"
   • "The Princess Appears"
   • "The Land of the Sand People"
   • "Princess Leia's Theme"
   • "Cantina Band"
   • "The Last Battle"
   • "The Throne Room & End Title"
2. Other Galactic Funk (12:31) LP side 2
   • "Other" (4:07)
   • "Galactic" (5:02)
   • "Funk" (3:21)
3. "Star Wars Theme – Cantina Band" (7" edit) (3:32) - bonus track on CD only
4. "Star Wars Theme – Cantina Band" (12" disco mix) (7:34) - bonus track on CD only

LP Side 1 / CD Tracks 1, 3 and 4 - Composer: John Williams

LP Side 2 / CD Track 2 - Composers: Solomon Smith and Harold Wheeler[1]

Personnel

• Drasan Thims (Sandra Smith), Harold Wheeler, Pat Rebillot: Keyboards
• Suzanne Ciani: Special Musical and Sound Effects (as created on a Buchla synthesizer)
• Tony Bongiovi: Studio tape effects, guitars
• Cliff Morris, David Spinozza, John Tropea, Lamer Murhab, Lance Quinn, Simm Tenaj: Guitars
• Neil Jason, Bob Walters, Will Lee: Bass
• Allan Schwartzberg, Steve Gadd, Dor McBrene, Jimmy Young: Drums
• Anthony Eversley, Dave Carey, John Purcell, Kendall Turner, Kirk Parson, Nor Thornaring, Meco, Rubens Bassini, Solomon Smith, Thomas Simons, Timothy Thompson, Vincent Lilly: Percussion
• Eddie Bert: Trombone
• Jon Faddis, Alan Rubin, Lew Soloff & Randy Brecker: Trumpets

Charts

Album

Title	Release date	Chart positions
		US Pop	US R&B	AUS[2]
Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk	(1977)	13	8	19

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions
		US R&B	US Dance	US Pop	AUS	UK Pop
1977	"Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band"	8	6	1 (October 1, 1977)	3	7 (October, 1977)

Production

• Recorded at MZH Studio in New York, New York.
• Electronic musical effects were created on a Buchla synthesizer by Suzanne Ciani.

References

External links

• Allmusic link with chart positions.

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