It's Too Funky in Here

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| name = It's Too Funky in Here"

| cover =

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = James Brown

| album = The Original Disco Man

| B-side = Are We Really Dancing?

| released = {{Start date|1979|05}}

| recorded = {{plainlist}}

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| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Disco, funk

| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=58}}

| label = Polydor
14557

| writer = {{plainlist}}

  • George Jackson
  • Walter Shaw
  • Brad Shapiro
  • Robert Miller

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| producer = Brad Shapiro

| prev_title = For Goodness Sakes, Look at Those Cakes (Part 1)

| prev_year = 1978

| next_title = Star Generation

| next_year = 1979

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|k6V9w51Npd0|"It's Too Funky In Here"}}|header=Audio video}}

}}

"It's Too Funky in Here" is a song recorded by James Brown. Released as a single in May 1979,Leeds, Alan, and Harry Weinger (1991). "Star Time: Song by Song". In Star Time (pp. 46–53) [CD booklet]. New York: PolyGram Records. it charted #15 R&B.White, Cliff (1991). "Discography". In Star Time (pp. 54–59) [CD booklet]. New York: PolyGram Records. It also appeared on the album The Original Disco Man. Critic Robert Christgau praised the song as the "disco disc of the year".{{cite web|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=James+Brown |title=CG: James Brown |publisher=Robert Christgau |access-date=2016-10-15}}

Live performances of the song appear on the albums Hot On the One, Live in New York, and Live at Chastain Park.

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