Impeach the President

"Impeach the President"
Single by The Honey Drippers
B-side"Roy C's Theme Song"
ReleasedJune 1, 1973[1][2]
GenreFunk
Length3:17
LabelAlaga Records, Tuff City Records
Songwriter(s)Roy Charles Hammond
Producer(s)Roy C

"Impeach the President" is a song by funk band the Honey Drippers, written and produced by Roy Charles Hammond, known as Roy C. It was first released as a single on Alaga Records in 1973, and was re-released to iTunes by Tuff City Records in 2017, after being sampled hundreds of times since the mid-1980s.[3] It is a protest song advocating the impeachment of then–U.S. President Richard Nixon.[4] In the chorus, the band chants the song's title while Roy persuades them to stop. The B-side is "Roy C's Theme".[5]

  1. ^ "Impeach the President - Single by the Honey Drippers". June 1973. Archived from the original on 2021-08-04. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
  2. ^ "Impeach the President". Amazon.
  3. ^ Metcalf, Josephine (2015). African American Culture and Society After Rodney King: Provocations and Protests, Progression and Post-racialism. Ashgate Publishing. p. 182. ISBN 9781472455390.
  4. ^ Mlynar, Phillip. "Hive Five: Great Moments in Hip-Hop Inspired by Presidents". MTV. Archived from the original on November 7, 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Impeach the President / Roy C's Theme, by The Honey Drippers". Tuff City Records. Retrieved 1 November 2017.