dance music
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole piece or part of a larger musical arrangement. In terms of performance, the major categories are live dance music and recorded dance musi ...
group
C+C Music Factory
C+C Music Factory was an American musical group formed in 1989 by David Cole and Robert Clivillés. The group is best known for their five hit singles: " Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)", " Here We Go (Let's Rock & Roll)", " Things ...
featuring vocals from
Martha Wash
Martha Elaine Wash (born December 28, 1953) is an American singer and songwriter. Known for her distinctive and powerful voice, Wash first achieved fame as half of the The Weather Girls, Two Tons O' Fun, along with Izora Armstead, as they sang b ...
,
Zelma Davis
Zelma Davis is a Liberian-born American singer-songwriter. She is primarily known for her number-one dance hits "Things That Make You Go Hmmm..." and "Here We Go (Let's Rock & Roll)" with C+C Music Factory, as well as for her presence as the o ...
, and
Trilogy
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. It was both written and produced by David Cole and
Robert Clivillés
Robert Manuel Clivillés (; born July 30, 1964 from
as the lead single from the group's second album, '' Anything Goes!'' (1994). The single reached number 40 on the US ''
Billboard
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''
Hot 100
The ''Billboard'' Hot 100, also known as simply the Hot 100, is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine. Chart rankings are based on sales (physical and digital), o ...
and topped both the ''Billboard''
Hot Dance Club Play
The Dance Club Songs (also known as National Disco Action, Hot Dance/Disco Club Play, and Hot Dance Club Play) was a chart published weekly between 1976 and 2020 by ''Billboard'' magazine. It used club disc jockeys set lists to determine the mos ...
chart and the Canadian ''
RPM
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One revolution per minute is equivalent to hertz.
Standards
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'' Dance/Urban chart. In Europe and Oceania, it was a hit in several countries, peaking at number two in New Zealand, number five in Finland, number 11 in Australia, and number 18 in the Netherlands. Keir McFarlane directed the song's accompanying music video, featuring the artists performing in a
nightclub
A nightclub or dance club is a club that is open at night, usually for drinking, dancing and other entertainment. Nightclubs often have a Bar (establishment), bar and discotheque (usually simply known as disco) with a dance floor, laser lighti ...
. "Do You Wanna Get Funky" was awarded one of
ASCAP
The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) () is an American not-for-profit performance-rights organization (PRO) that collectively licenses the public performance rights of its members' musical works to venues, broadc ...
's Rhythm & Soul Awards in 1995.
Composition
Sampling
Nice & Smooth
Nice & Smooth is an East Coast hip hop duo from New York City that consists of Gregory O. "Greg Nice" Mays (born May 30, 1967) and Darryl O. "Smooth B" Barnes (born August 3, 1965). The duo released four albums between 1989 and 1997.
Their firs ...
's "
Hip Hop Junkies
"Hip Hop Junkies" is a song by American hip hop duo Nice & Smooth and the second single from their second studio album ''Ain't a Damn Thing Changed'' (1991). It contains samples of "I Think I Love You" by The Partridge Family and "My Prerogative" ...
", "Do You Wanna Get Funky" is a
Snoop Doggy Dogg
Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. ( ; born October 20, 1971), better known by his stage name Snoop Dogg (previously Snoop Doggy Dogg), is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. Rooted in West Coast hip-hop, he is widely regarded as one of t ...
-esque
ragga
Raggamuffin music (or simply ragga) is a subgenre of dancehall and reggae music. The instrumentals primarily consist of electronic music with heavy use of sampling.
Wayne Smith's " Under Mi Sleng Teng", produced by King Jammy in 1985 on a ...
,
hip hop
Hip-hop or hip hop (originally disco rap) is a popular music genre that emerged in the early 1970s from the African-American community of New York City. The style is characterized by its synthesis of a wide range of musical techniques. Hip- ...
, and
P-funk
Parliament-Funkadelic (abbreviated as P-Funk) is an American musical collective, music collective of rotating musicians headed by George Clinton (funk musician), George Clinton, primarily consisting of the funk bands Parliament (band), Parliame ...
track "with highly charged vocal performances" and "a slick and insinuating groove that is padded with ear-pleasing synth lines". In April 1994, ''
Billboard
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'' magazine reported that " Clivilles has gleefully dubbed t'a real booty song'."
Critical reception
Larry Flick
Larry Flick is an American journalist, former dance music columnist, single reviewer, and Senior Talent Editor for ''Billboard'' magazine, where he worked for 14 years. Now he produces and hosts Sirius XM radio shows. Flick started in the musi ...
from ''
Billboard
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'' magazine praised "Do You Wanna Get Funky", predicting that its "killer
hook
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and a memorable refrain" will "push the act up the charts once again". Troy J. Augusto from ''
Cash Box
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'' named it Pick of the Week and highlighted its "heavy-duty dance groove, some tasty toast-vox from Trilogy and a heaping helping of Ms. Wash’s operatic voice". He also suggested the "fiery track" could be a hit on "a large cross-section of contemporary radio". Pan-European magazine ''
Music & Media
''Music & Media'' was a pan-European magazine for radio, music and entertainment. It was published for the first time in 1984 as ''Eurotipsheet'', but in 1986 it changed name to ''Music & Media''. It was originally based in Amsterdam, but later m ...
'' wrote, "When was the last C&C hit? In other words, high time for a new one." Brad Beatnik from ''
Music Week
''Music Week'' is a trade publication for the UK record industry distributed via a website and a monthly print magazine. It is published by Future.
History
Founded in 1959 as ''Record Retailer'', it relaunched on 18 March 1972 as ''Music We ...
s ''RM'' Dance Update named it the best cut "on a rather patchy new album", positively commenting on the choice of sample and "superb diva vocals from Martha Wash and Zelma Davis".
Music video
The music video for "Do You Wanna Get Funky" was directed by Keir McFarlane, depicting the artists and musicians performing at a round-shaped dancefloor inside a
nightclub
A nightclub or dance club is a club that is open at night, usually for drinking, dancing and other entertainment. Nightclubs often have a Bar (establishment), bar and discotheque (usually simply known as disco) with a dance floor, laser lighti ...
. It includes
Martha Wash
Martha Elaine Wash (born December 28, 1953) is an American singer and songwriter. Known for her distinctive and powerful voice, Wash first achieved fame as half of the The Weather Girls, Two Tons O' Fun, along with Izora Armstead, as they sang b ...
for the first time in a video by C+C Music Factory. "Do You Wanna Get Funky" was nominated for Best Clip of the Year in the category for R&B/Urban at the 1994 ''
Billboard
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'' Music Video Awards.
Track listings
* 12-inch maxi, US (1994)
# "Do You Wanna Get Funky" (The C&C Sound Factory house mix) — 8:20
# "Do You Wanna Get Funky" (The Ministry of Sound mix) — 7:58
* CD single, UK and Europe (1994)
# "Do You Wanna Get Funky" (C+C radio mix) — 4:04
# "Do You Wanna Get Funky" (Ministry of Sound house mix) — 8:00
# "Do You Wanna Get Funky" (Mark the 45 King remix) — 5:29
# "Do You Wanna Get Funky" (C.J.'s full length version) — 9:35
# "Do You Wanna Get Funky" (C.J.'s Funky Organ Vox dub) — 9:03
* CD maxi, US (1994)
# "Do You Wanna Get Funky" (vocal club mix) — 4:29
# "Do You Wanna Get Funky" (Mark the 45 King remix) — 5:28
# "Do You Wanna Get Funky" (a cappella) — 4:02
# "Do You Wanna Get Funky" (The C+C Sound Factory house mix) — 8:20
# "Do You Wanna Get Funky" (The Ministry of Sound house mix) — 7:58