Released February 11, 1979 Genre Funk | Format 7" single; 12" single Length 8:17 | |
B-side A Funky Space Reincarnation, Pt. 2 Recorded Marvin's Room, Los Angeles, California, United States, 1977 | ||
"A Funky Space Reincarnation" is a 1978 funk single recorded and released in 1979 by Marvin Gaye on the Tamla label.
In this song, he described a parallel universe where in the future, he's a captain of a "space bed" and he meets a woman that reminds him of his first wife, Anna.
He then tells the woman that they'd probably get "married in June" and tells her to "smoke a joint from out of Venus".
The song, like many of the tracks on Here, My Dear, doesn't have a distinctive melody, hook or a chorus and was obviously inspired by the likes of funk musicians such as Parliament-Funkadelic and Earth, Wind & Fire. The song's bridge is a reprise of his song "Anger," found earlier on the album.
The song became a modest hit on the R&B charts, where it peaked at number twenty-three there. Marvin cut his very first music video with this song where surrounded by his band and a duo of sexy female dancers, he danced and lip-synched the song in a flashy red outfit.
The song has been recently used in the advert for the Dior perfume J'adore starring Charlize Theron.
Singer Musiq Soulchild recently sampled the song in his song, "Until", featured on his OnMyRadio album, in 2009.