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Do Ya Wanna Funk

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Released
  
1982

Length
  
3:29 (Radio version)

Genre
  
Hi-NRG

Producer(s)
  
Patrick Cowley

Label
  
Megatone (US) London (UK)

Writer(s)
  
Patrick Cowley, Sylvester James

"Do Ya Wanna Funk" is a dance song recorded by American recording artist Sylvester. The song was released in 1982 and it was produced by Patrick Cowley, who incidentally died the same year. "Do Ya Wanna Funk" was mostly successful in Europe, especially in Switzerland, Netherlands, Norway (where it became a top-10 hit) and even in the United Kingdom where it made the top 40. It also made the Top 30 in Australia.

Contents

Track listing

  • 12" U.S.:'
    1. "Do Ya Wanna Funk" - 6:47
    2. "Do Ya Wanna Funk" (instrumental) - 6:47
    3. "Do Ya Wanna Funk" (radio version) - 3:29
  • 12" UK:
    1. "Do Ya Wanna Funk" - 6:47
    2. "Do Ya Wanna Funk" (instrumental) - 6:47
    3. "Do Ya Wanna Funk" (radio version) - 3:29

    Appearances in film

    The song is heard throughout the entire scene where Billy Ray Valentine hosts a party in Trading Places, a comedy movie starring Eddie Murphy as Billy Ray Valentine and Dan Aykroyd as Louis Winthorp III. The song also appears in the 1989 AIDS drama Longtime Companion.

    References

    Do Ya Wanna Funk Wikipedia
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