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Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)

"Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)"
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)"
ReleasedApril 1976
Recorded1975
GenreFunk[1][2]
Length3:39 (Single version)
5:45 (Album version)
LabelCasablanca
856
Songwriter(s)Jerome Brailey
George Clinton
Bootsy Collins
Producer(s)George Clinton
Parliament singles chronology
"P. Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)"
(1976) 		"Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)"
(1976) 		"Mothership Connection (Star Child)"
(1976)

"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.

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ RIAA Gold & Platinum Searchable Database - Parliament Singles Archived 2012-07-13 at archive.today, Retrieved 2009-07-16

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