Greatest Funk Songs
1. Get Up (I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine) Part I – James Brown
2. Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag – James Brown & The Famous Flames 3. Thank You (Falletinme Be Mice Elf Agin) – Sly & The Family Stone 4. Tear the Roof Off the Sucker (Give Up the Funk) – Parliament 5. Theme from “Shaft” – Isaac Hayes 6. Superfly – Curtis Mayfield 7. Superstition – Stevie Wonder 8. Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone – The Temptations 9. When Doves Cry – Prince & The Revolution 10. One Nation Under a Groove – Funkadelic 11. Cold Sweat Part I – James Brown & The Famous Flames 12. Out of Sight – James Brown & The Famous Flames 13. Funky Broadway – Dyke & The Blazers 14. Cissy Strut – Meters 15. Chameleon – Herbie Hancock 16. It’s Your Thing – Isley Brothers 17. Flash Light – Parliament 18. War – Edwin Starr 19. Super Freak Part I – Rick James 20. Little Red Corvette – Prince & The Revolution 21. Don’t Stop (‘Til You Get Enough) – Michael Jackson 22. Family Affair – Sly & The Family Stone 23. Living for the City – Stevie Wonder 24. I’ll Take You There – Staple Singers 25. That Lady Part I – Isley Brothers 26. Mr. Big Stuff – Jean Knight 27. Tell Me Something Good – Rufus 28. Kiss – Prince & The Revolution 29. Higher Ground – Stevie Wonder 30. Play That Funky Music (White Boy) – Wild Cherry 31. Car Wash – Rose Royce 32. Brick House – Commodores 33. Fire – Ohio Players 34. Low Rider – War 35. Pick Up the Pieces – Average White Band 36. Got to Give It Up Part I – Marvin Gaye 37. More Bounce to the Ounce Part I – Zapp & Roger 38. Jungle Boogie – Kool & The Gang 39. Funky Drummer Parts I and II – James Brown 40. Amen, Brother – Winstons 41. Apache – Incredible Bongo Band 42. The Payback – James Brown 43. Think (About It) – Lyn Collins 44. Word Up – Cameo 45. Express Yourself – Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band 46. Atomic Dog – George Clinton 47. You Sexy Thing – Hot Chocolate 48. Funky Stuff – Kool & The Gang 49. Dazz – Brick 50. Shining Star – Earth, Wind & Fire 51. Hollywood Swinging – Kool & The Gang 52. Do It (‘Til You’re Satisfied) – B.T. Express 53. For the Love of Money – O’Jays 54. Give It to Me Baby – Rick James 55. Clean Up Woman – Betty Wright 56. Groove Me – King Floyd 57. Ain’t Nobody – Rufus & Chaka Khan 58. Rock Steady – Aretha Franklin 59. What is Hip? – Tower of Power 60. You Dropped a Bomb on Me – Gap Band 61. I Can’t Stand the Rain – Ann Peebles 62. Genius of Love – Tom Tom Club 63. (Not Just) Knee Deep Part I – Funkadelic 64. Get Down On It – Kool & The Gang 65. Love Rollercoaster – Ohio Players 66. It’s Just Begun – Jimmy Castor Bunch 67. Slide – Slave 68. P-Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up) – Parliament 69. I Don’t Believe You Want To Get Up and Dance (Oops, Up Side Your Head) – Gap Band 70. Keep on Truckin’ Part I – Eddie Kendricks 71. Fight the Power Parts I and II – Isley Brothers 72. Say It Loud – I’m Black and Proud Part I – James Brown 73. Give It Up or Turnit a Loose (In the Jungle Groove remix) – James Brown 74. Kung Fu Fighting – Carl Douglas 75. Bustin’ Loose – Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers 76. Hot Fun in the Summertime – Sly & The Family Stone 77. Sign O’ the Times – Prince 78. Cloud Nine – Temptations 79. Ball of Confusion (That’s What the World is Today) – Temptations 80. Funkin’ for Jamaica – Tom Browne 81. Heartbeat – Taana Gardner 82. Use Me – Bill Withers 83. Shakey Ground – Temptations 84. Future Shock – Curtis Mayfield 85. Just Kissed My Baby – Meters 86. Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me?) – Gap Band 87. Get the Funk Out of Ma Face – Brothers Johnson 88. Freddie’s Dead (Theme from “Superfly”) – Curtis Mayfield 89. Upside Down (Inside Out) – Diana Ross 90. Lovely Day – Bill Withers 91. The Jam – Graham Central Station 92. Stand! – Sly & The Family Stone 93. Right Place, Wrong Time – Dr. John 94. Computer Love – Zapp & Roger 95. Fantastic Voyage – Lakeside 96. Let it Whip – Dazz Band 97. I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get It Girl) – Instant Funk 98. No Parking (On the Dancefloor) – Midnight Star 99. Cutie Pie – One Way 100. Get on the Good Foot – James Brown 101. Doing It To Death Part I – Fred Wesley & The JBs
102. Tramp – Otis & Carla 103. Get Out of My Life, Woman – Lee Dorsey 104. Mothership Connection (Star Child) – Parliament 105. Up for the Down Stroke – Parliament 106. Soul Finger – Bar-Kays 107. The Horse – Cliff Nobles & Co. 108. Memphis Soul Stew – King Curtis & The Kingpins 109. Let a Woman Be a Woman, Let a Man Be a Man – Dyke & The Blazers 110. I Gotcha – Joe Tex 111. Smiling Faces Sometimes – Undisputed Truth 112. Outa-Space – Billy Preston 113. Be Thankful for What You’ve Got – William DeVaughn 114. Pusherman – Curtis Mayfield 115. I Know You Got Soul – Bobby Byrd 116. Drop the Bomb – Trouble Funk 117. Get Up Offa That Thing – James Brown 118. Bootzilla – Bootsy’s Rubber Band 119. Jungle Love – The Time 120. A Love Bizarre – Sheila E. & Prince 121. (Every Time I Turn Around) Back in Love Again – L.T.D. 122. Scorpio – Dennis Coffey & The Detroit Guitar Band 123. Too Hot to Stop – Bar-Kays 124. Last Night a DJ Saved My Life – Indeep 125. She’s a Bad Mama Jama (She’s Built, She’s Stacked) – Carl Carlton 126. Serpentine Fire – Earth, Wind & Fire 127. Slippin’ Into Darkness – War 128. Brother’s Gonna Work It Out – Willie Hutch 129. Across 110th Street – Bobby Womack & Peace 130. The Bottle – Gil Scott-Heron 131. Jungle Fever – Chakachas 132. The Funky Worm – Ohio Players 133. You Haven’t Done Nothin’ – Stevie Wonder 134. Don’t Stop the Music – Yarbough & Peoples 135. Holy Ghost – Bar-Kays 136. Cosmic Slop – Funkadelic 137. Pass the Peas – Fred Wesley & The JBs 138. Ffun – Con Funk Shun 139. Expansions – Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes 140. (Fallin’ Like) Dominoes – Donald Byrd 141. Juicy Fruit – Mtume 142. All Night Long – Mary Jane Girls 143. Strawberry Letter 23 – The Brothers Johnson 144. Candy – Cameo 145. Take Me To the Mardi Gras – Bob James 146. Fencewalk – Mandrill 147. (Don’t Worry) If There’s a Hell Below, We’re All Going To Go – Curtis Mayfield 148. Street Life – Crusaders 149. Rock Creek Park – Blackbyrds 150. Running Away – Roy Ayers 151. God Made Me Funky – Headhunters 152. The Message – Cymande 153. Hot Pants (She Got to Use What She Got, To Get What She Wants) – James Brown 154. I Can’t Get Next To You – Temptations 155. Escape-ism – James Brown 156. Funky Nassau – Beginning of the End 157. Summer Madness – Kool & The Gang 158. Backstrokin’ – Fatback 159. Funky President (People It’s Bad) – James Brown 160. Why Can’t We Be Friends? – War 161. Birdland – Weather Report 162. Yes We Can Can – Pointer Sisters 163. I Can Understand It – New Birth 164. The World is a Ghetto – War 165. Supernatural Thing Part I – Ben E. King 166. N.T. Parts I and II – Kool & The Gang 167. Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved – James Brown 168. (I Wanna) Testify – Parliaments 169. Everybody is a Star – Sly & The Family Stone 170. The Breakdown Part I – Rufus Thomas 171. Sing a Simple Song – Sly & The Family Stone 172. The Ghetto – Donny Hathaway 173. Mary Jane – Rick James 174. Machine Gun – Commodores 175. Joy and Pain – Maze feat. Frankie Beverly 176. Funky Sensation – Gwen McCrae 177. Movin’ – Brass Construction 178. I Want To Be Your Man – Roger 179. We Got the Funk – Positive Force 180. Impeach the President – Honey Drippers 181. Ashley’s Roachclip – Soul Searchers 182. Dance to the Drummer’s Beat – Herman Kelly 183. Mother Popcorn (You Got to Have a Mother For Me) – James Brown 184. Always There – Ronnie Laws 185. Could Heaven Ever Be Like This? – Idris Muhammad 186. To Prove My Love – Ned Doheny 187. I Thought It Was You – Herbie Hancock 188. Right Off – Miles Davis 189. Love Will Bring Us Back Together – Roy Ayers 190. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised – Gil Scott-Heron 191. Whistle Bump – Deodato 192. Everything I Do Gonh Be Funky (From Now On) – Lee Dorsey 193. Superman Lover – Johnny “Guitar” Watson 194. I Get Lifted – George McCrae 195. Dukey Stick – George Duke 196. If I’m in Luck I Might Get Picked Up – Betty Davis 197. Burning Spear – S.O.U.L. 198. Action Speaks Louder Than Words – Chocolate Milk 199. Soul Power ’74 – Maceo Parker 200. Zombie – Fela Kuti |
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Honerable Mentions
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*Proto-Funk
Limbo Jimbo – James Brown Think – James Brown Testify Part I – Isley Brothers Green Onions – Booker T. & The MGs Land of 1,000 Dances – Wilson Pickett |