Funky President (People It's Bad)

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"Funky President (People It's Bad)"
Single by James Brown
from the album Reality
B-side	"Coldblooded"
Released	October 1974 (1974-10)
Recorded	August or September 1974, Sound Ideas, New York, NY
Genre	Funk
Length	4:05
Label	Polydor 14258
Songwriter(s)	James Brown
Producer(s)	James Brown
James Brown charting singles chronology
"Papa Don't Take No Mess" (1974) "Funky President (People It's Bad)" (1974) "Coldblooded" (1974)
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"Funky President (People It's Bad)" is a funk song by James Brown. Released as a single in 1974, it charted No. 4 R&B.^[1] It also appeared on the album Reality. According to Brown the "funky president" of the song's title was meant to refer to U.S. President Gerald Ford, who had succeeded Richard Nixon in the White House shortly before it was recorded.^[2]