Overpowered by Funk

"Overpowered by Funk"
Song by The Clash
from the album Combat Rock
Released14 May 1982
RecordedSeptember 1981, Ear Studios, London and December 1981, Electric Lady Studios, NYC
Genre
Length4:53
LabelCBS
Songwriter(s)The Clash
Producer(s)The Clash

"Overpowered by Funk" is a song by the Clash from their fifth album Combat Rock.

The song features rapping vocals by graffiti artist Futura 2000,[1][2] who had previously designed the sleeve for their "This Is Radio Clash" 7" single. Poly Mandell plays keyboard on this track.

  1. ^ Gray 2009, p. 449.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Robbins was invoked but never defined (see the help page).