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Funky Nassau

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B-side
  
"Funky Nassau-Part II"

Genre
  
Funk

Label
  
Alston

Released
  
March 1971

Length
  
3:10

Writer(s)
  
Ray Munnings, Tyrone Fitzgerald

"Funky Nassau" is a song written by Ray Munnings and Tyrone Fitzgerald and performed by The Beginning of the End. It reached #7 on the US R&B chart, #15 on the Billboard Hot 100, and #31 on the UK Singles Chart in 1971. The song was featured on their 1971 album, Funky Nassau.

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The song was produced by Marlin Productions and arranged by The Beginning of the End.

The single ranked #75 on Billboard's Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1971.

Other versions

  • Orgone released a version of the song on their 2007 album, The Killion Floor.

    • Song sampling

  • The song was sampled in The Prodigy's song "No Good (Start the Dance)" on their 1994 album, Music for the Jilted Generation. A mixed version was also included as part of "Section 8" on their 1999 album, The Dirtchamber Sessions Volume One.
  • The Blues Brothers performed it in the 1998 film, Blues Brothers 2000.
  • The Beginning of the End's version was featured in the 2005 film, Elizabethtown.

    • References

    Funky Nassau Wikipedia
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