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| "Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)" | ||||
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Tearsucker.jpg) UK picture sleeve for the single "Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)" | ||||
| Single by Parliament | ||||
| from the album Mothership Connection | ||||
| B-side | "P. Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)" | |||
| Released | April 1976 | |||
| Recorded | 1975 | |||
| Genre | Funk[1][2] | |||
| Length | 3:39 (Single version) 5:45 (Album version) | |||
| Label | Casablanca 856 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Jerome Brailey George Clinton Bootsy Collins | |||
| Producer(s) | George Clinton | |||
| Parliament singles chronology | ||||
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"Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)" is a funk song by Parliament. It was released as a single under the name "Tear the Roof off the Sucker (Give Up the Funk)". It was the second single to be released from Parliament's 1975 album Mothership Connection (following "P. Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)"). With its anthemic sing-along chorus, it is one of the most famous P-Funk songs. It also became Parliament's first certified million-selling single, going Gold in 1976.[3]
The bass vocal at the beginning of the song is performed by Ray Davis.
- ^ Big Gigantic (September 20, 2016). "The 30 Best Funk Songs Ever". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Archived from the original on April 1, 2019. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
- ^ Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (July 17, 2000). "The Clinton Administration: Funk". Night Moves - Pop Music in the Late 70s. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 131. ISBN 978-0-312-19821-3.
- ^ RIAA Gold & Platinum Searchable Database - Parliament Singles Archived 2012-07-13 at archive.today, Retrieved 2009-07-16