Uncle Jam Wants You

Uncle Jam Wants You
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 21, 1979
StudioUnited Sound Systems, Detroit, Michigan
Genre
Length41:43
LabelWarner Bros.
ProducerGeorge Clinton
Funkadelic chronology
One Nation Under a Groove
(1978)
Uncle Jam Wants You
(1979)
Connections & Disconnections
(1980)
Singles from Uncle Jam Wants You
  1. "(Not Just) Knee Deep"
    Released: August 21, 1979
  2. "Uncle Jam"
    Released: 1979

Uncle Jam Wants You is a concept album by American funk rock band Funkadelic.[1][2] It was released by Warner Bros. Records on September 21, 1979,[3] and was later reissued on CD by Priority Records.[4] It was produced by George Clinton under the alias Dr. Funkenstein. It is the first Funkadelic album since America Eats Its Young in 1972 not to sport a cover illustrated by Funkadelic artist Pedro Bell, though Bell did provide artwork for the album’s back cover and interior. Uncle Jam Wants You was the second Funkadelic album to be certified gold. The album peaked at No. 18 on the Billboard 200 and No. 2 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.[5]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference NY was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Price, Emmett George (2010). Encyclopedia of African American Music. ABC-CLIO. p. 345.
  3. ^ "Happy 45th Anniversary to Funkadelic's eleventh studio album Uncle Jam Wants You, originally released September 21, 1979". Instagram. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
  4. ^ Green, Tony (27 Nov 1993). "Funk Watch". St. Petersburg Times. p. 7B.
  5. ^ "Funkadelic". Billboard. Retrieved 30 January 2024.