Funkentelechy
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| name = Funkentelechy
| cover = Funkentelechy.jpg
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| type = single
| artist = Parliament
| album = Funkentelechy Vs. the Placebo Syndrome
| A-side = Funkentelechy
| B-side = "Funkentelechy" Pt. 2
| released = 1978
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| genre = Funk
| length = 10:56 (album version)
| label = Casablanca 921
| writer = George Clinton/Bootsy Collins
| producer = George Clinton
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"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.
- The repeated references to "The Pleasure Principle" are a nod to Sigmund Freud's Pleasure Principle theory in psychology.
Charts
=Weekly charts=
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| Chart (1978)
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| {{Single chart|Billboardrandbhiphop|27|artist=Parliament|refname=|access-date=December 7, 2021|rowheader=true}} |
References
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Category:Parliament (band) songs
Category:Songs written by George Clinton (funk musician)
Category:Casablanca Records singles
Category:Songs written by Bootsy Collins
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