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Funkentelechy

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A-side
  
"Funkentelechy"

Released
  
1978

Genre
  
Funk

B-side
  
"Funkentelechy" Pt. 2

Format
  
Vinyl

Length
  
10:56 (album version)

"Funkentelechy" is a song by the funk band Parliament. It is the fourth track on the group's 1977 album Funkentelechy Vs. the Placebo Syndrome and was released as a two-part single in 1978. Part 1 peaked at number 27 on the U.S. R&B Singles chart. The song's title is a play on the philosophical concept of entelechy.

Trivia

  • The phrase "Urge Overkill" from George Clinton's radio announcer-style patter on the song later became the name of an alternative rock band.
  • One of Clinton's quips during the song, "Like a woodpecker with a headache," resembles the mood indication on a piano piece by the eccentric composer Erik Satie: "Like a nightingale with a toothache."
  • This song was sampled by Ice Cube for his song "Doing Dumb Shit" on his album Death Certificate.
  • The repeated phrase "You deserve a break today - Have it your way" is a reference to McDonald's "You Deserve a Break Today" and Burger King's "Have it Your Way" ad campaigns of the time.

    • References

    Funkentelechy Wikipedia
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