Funny Vibe (song)

"Funny Vibe"
Single by Living Colour
from the album Vivid
Released1988
Recorded1987–1988
Genre
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)Vernon Reid
Living Colour singles chronology
"Open Letter (To a Landlord)"
(1988) 		"Funny Vibe"
(1988) 		"Funny Vibe (remix)"
(1989)

"Funny Vibe" is a single released by Living Colour from their 1988 debut album Vivid.[3][4][5] It features Chuck D and Flavor Flav from Public Enemy.

Rolling Stone magazine wrote about the song in a 1990 Living Colour interview, saying "The words – "No I'm not gonna hurt you/No I'm not gonna harm you/And I try not to hate you/So why you want to give me that/Funny Vibe!" – spelled out with machine-gun eloquence Reid's rage and frustration in communicating his vision to a rigid, unapologetic music industry rife with racial stereotyping and de facto discrimination."[5]

  1. ^ "Hall of Fame Countdown: Living Colour's Vivid". Decibel Magazine. December 1, 2016. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  2. ^ "Living Colour - Vivid (album review ) | Sputnikmusic". www.sputnikmusic.com. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  3. ^ "Living Colour – Funny Vibe". Discogs. 1989.
  4. ^ "Funny Vibe LIVING COLOUR". Metal Music Archives.
  5. ^ a b Fricke, David (November 1, 1990). "Living Colour's Time Is Now". Rolling Stone. No. 590.