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“Give Up The Funk” by Parliament
Released 1994
“Give Up The Funk” by Parliament appears on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2001 and 2020. It was first released in 1994. Its best result is #275 on the WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,533 indie & aaa song of all time.
"Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)" came off Mothership Connection, Parliament's 1975 album, as the second single after "P. Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)", though on the single its title was flipped around to "Tear the Roof off the Sucker (Give Up the Funk)". George Clinton, Bootsy Collins and Jerome Brailey wrote it, and it's P-Funk at its most communal, a chorus made for a whole room to holler back, with Ray Davis's deep bass vocal rumbling in up top. The single version leaves off the album's intro.
It was the album's biggest hit, reaching number five on Billboard's soul singles chart and 15 on the Hot 100, plus 17 in Canada, and in October 1976 it went gold, Parliament's first single certified for a million sold. It's still one of the songs people mean when they say P-Funk.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 275 | WFPK | WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2000 |
| 2007 | 772 | WTMD | WTMD Top 897 Songs of All Time | 897 |
| 2020 | 1930 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
Also listed as: Give Up the Funk.
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