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|song name                = Funky
|song name                = Funky
|single image           = [[File:Unreleasedsong.jpg|link=Unreleased Songs]]</small>
|single image             = [[File:Unreleasedsong.jpg|link=Unreleased Songs]]</small>
|performer                = [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]]
|performer                = [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]]
|writer(s)                = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chambers_Brothers The Chambers Brothers]
|writer(s)                = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chambers_Brothers The Chambers Brothers]
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|previous song            = [[GCS2000: Free|Free]]
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|introduction              = '''Funky''' by the [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]] is an unreleased cover version of the track by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chambers_Brothers The Chambers Brothers] (from the 1970 album ''New Generation'') recorded in late 1994 at [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA (during the same set of sessions as [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]] versions of [[Acknowledge Me]], [[Super Hero]], [[Outa-Space]], [[Love... Thy Will Be Done]], [[Proud Mary]] and [[Somebody's Somebody]]).  
|introduction              = '''Funky''' by the [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]] is an unreleased cover version of the track by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chambers_Brothers The Chambers Brothers] (from the 1970 album ''New Generation'') recorded in late 1994 at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions as [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]] versions of [[Acknowledge Me]], [[Super Hero]], [[Outa-Space]], [[Love... Thy Will Be Done]], [[Proud Mary]] and [[Somebody's Somebody]]).  


The track was included as the twelfth track (ninth song) on the [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 2|2 December, 1994]] configuration of [[Album: Exodus|Exodus]], ending with crowd noise and shouting by [[Sonny T.]] that leads directly into [[Proud Mary]], but the track was removed from later configurations, and remains unreleased.  
The track was included as the twelfth track (ninth song) on the [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 2|2 December 1994]] configuration of [[Album: Exodus|Exodus]], ending with crowd noise and shouting by [[Sonny T.]] that leads directly into [[Proud Mary]], but the track was removed from later configurations, and remains unreleased.  


Prince had already used a sample of Funky by The Chambers Brothers on the 1989 song [[Funky]] (see [[Funky]] for details of that track).
[[Prince]] had already used a sample of Funky by The Chambers Brothers on the 1989 song [[Funky]] (see [[Funky]] for details of that track).
|recording info            =
|recording info            =
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{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = Late 1994
|date                      = Late 1994
|studio                  = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA
|studio                  = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA
|additional info          = Initial tracking
|additional info          = Basic tracking
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|recording personnel      =  
|recording personnel      =  
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|3= [http://www.youtube.com/user/nikkasbox Nikka's Box YouTube Channel]
|3= [http://www.youtube.com/user/nikkasbox Nikka's Box YouTube Channel]
|4= Live
|4= Live
|5= Live performance video of [[Thank You For Talkin' To Me Africa]] with lyrics from [[Funky (Chambers Brothers)|Funky]]; [[07 August, 2011|7 August, 2011, 10-øren (Amager Strandpark), Storkøbenhavn (Copenhagen), Denmark]]
|5= Live performance video of [[Thank You For Talkin' To Me Africa]] with lyrics from [[Funky (Chambers Brothers)|Funky]]; [[07 August 2011|7 August 2011, 10-øren (Amager Strandpark), Storkøbenhavn (Copenhagen), Denmark]]
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|first live appearance    = [[24_November 1994|24 November 1994, MTV European Music Awards, Brandenburger Tor, Berlin, Germany]] <small>(instrumental intro by band only as [[Prince]] entered stage)</small>; [[14 January, 1995|14 January, 1995: Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA]] <small>(first full performance)</small><br>
|first live appearance    = [[24_November 1994|24 November 1994, MTV European Music Awards, Brandenburger Tor, Berlin, Germany]] <small>(instrumental intro by band only as [[Prince]] entered stage)</small>; [[14 January 1995|14 January 1995: Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA]] <small>(first full performance)</small><br>
* [[08 August 2011-am|8 August 2011 (a.m.): Amager Bio, Copenhagen, Denmark]] <small>(interpolation in [[We Party Hearty]])</small>
* [[08 August 2011-am|8 August 2011 (a.m.): Amager Bio, Copenhagen, Denmark]] <small>(interpolation in [[We Party Hearty]])</small>
|performed regularly on    = none
|performed regularly on    = none
|performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1995|1995]], [[All Concerts#1996|1996]], [[All Concerts#1998|1998]], [[All Concerts#1999|1999]], [[All Concerts#2011|2011]]
|performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1995|1995]], [[All Concerts#1996|1996]], [[All Concerts#1998|1998]], [[All Concerts#1999|1999]], [[All Concerts#2011|2011]]
|trivia                    = [[Prince]] played [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chambers_Brothers The Chambers Brothers]'s original version of '''Funky''' while hosting [[The New Power Generation Radio Show]] on Minneapolis radio station [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KMOJ KMOJ] (using the host name [[Prince|Me, Myself and I]]) in December, 1989.
|trivia                    = [[Prince]] played [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chambers_Brothers The Chambers Brothers]'s original version of '''Funky''' while hosting [[The New Power Generation Radio Show]] on Minneapolis radio station [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KMOJ KMOJ] (using the host name [[Prince|Me, Myself and I]]) in December 1989.
|see also                  = [[Unreleased Songs]]
|see also                  = [[Unreleased Songs]]
|references                = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]] ''
|references                = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]] ''
|categories                = [[Category:1994]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (New Power Generation)]][[Category:Cover Songs]][[Category:Cover Songs (Studio)]][[Category:Unreleased Songs]][[Category: Cover Songs]][[Category:Recorded 1994]]
|categories                = [[Category:1994]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (New Power Generation)]][[Category:Cover Songs]][[Category:Cover Songs (Studio)]][[Category:Unreleased Songs]][[Category: Cover Songs]][[Category:Recorded 1994]]
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Funky
Song details
Performer: New Power Generation
Writer(s): The Chambers Brothers
Producer(s): Prince (assumed)
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
Performed regularly on tour:
  • none
Performed occasionally in shows:

Funky by the New Power Generation is an unreleased cover version of the track by The Chambers Brothers (from the 1970 album New Generation) recorded in late 1994 at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions as New Power Generation versions of Acknowledge Me, Super Hero, Outa-Space, Love... Thy Will Be Done, Proud Mary and Somebody's Somebody).

The track was included as the twelfth track (ninth song) on the 2 December 1994 configuration of Exodus, ending with crowd noise and shouting by Sonny T. that leads directly into Proud Mary, but the track was removed from later configurations, and remains unreleased.

Prince had already used a sample of Funky by The Chambers Brothers on the 1989 song Funky (see Funky for details of that track).


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
Late 1994 Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA Basic tracking
Recording Personnel

Versions
Unreleased Versions
Title Version Additional Info
Funky Studio Recorded late 1994
Broadcasts/streaming (only)
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Funky T.B.C. Live performance TV broadcast Live 24 November 1994, MTV European Music Awards, Brandenburger Tor, Berlin, Germany; instrumental intro only prior to Peach
Sampled, Referred to, Quoted in...
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Nikka sings with Prince & Larry Graham 2:41 Nikka's Box YouTube Channel Live Live performance video of Thank You For Talkin' To Me Africa with lyrics from Funky; 7 August 2011, 10-øren (Amager Strandpark), Storkøbenhavn (Copenhagen), Denmark
 
Additional Information
See also Trivia
References
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