Bootzilla

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| name = Bootzilla

| cover = bootzillafunk.jpg

| alt =

| caption = UK picture sleeve for the single "Bootzilla"

| type = single

| artist = Bootsy's Rubber Band

| album = Bootsy? Player of the Year

| B-side = {{ubl|"Vanish In Our Sleep"|"Hollywood Squares"}}

| released = January 13, 1978

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| genre = Funk

| length = 5:39 (album version)

4:21 (single edit)

| label = Warner Bros.

8512

K 17196 (UK)

| writer = George Clinton
Bootsy Collins

| producer = George Clinton, Bootsy Collins

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"Bootzilla" is a song recorded by Bootsy's Rubber Band, released on January 13, 1978. As the lead single from the album Bootsy? Player of the Year, it held the #1 spot on the R&B chart for one week in 1978, directly after fellow P-Funk outfit Parliament's #1 hit "Flash Light". ("Flash Light" was originally penned with Bootsy Collins in mind for the lead vocal; however, Collins turned it down{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}}.) "Bootzilla" failed to make the Hot 100.{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=85}}

The song's lyrics introduce Bootsy's wind-up toy alter ego, Bootzilla, "the world's only rhinestone rock-star doll." The track features Bootsy Collins on drums and bass guitar.

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