Album: Hey Man... Smell My Finger

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Hey Man... Smell My Finger


Hey Man... Smell My Finger (Front Cover)

Single details

Released: 12 October, 1993
Length: 55:27
Label(s): Columbia Records / Paisley Park Records
Studio(s): Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA

Hey Man... Smell My Finger is the second and final Paisley Park Records studio album by George Clinton.

The album contained The Big Pump, co-written and co-produced by Prince and George Clinton. Prince also appears (uncredited) singing background vocals on Get Satisfied.

The album features several musical guests including Anthony Kiedis and Flea (both from the Red Hot Chili Peppers), Dallas Austin, Chuck D, Flavor Flav, Humpty Hump (from Digital Underground), Ice Cube, N'Dea Davenport, Dr. Dre, Yo-Yo, MC Breed, and Herbie Hancock, as well former P-Funk players Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell, Maceo Parker, and Fred Wesley, and Prince's own bandmembers Eric Leeds and Atlanta Bliss, as well as The Steeles.

The album's recording sessions ran from 1990-1992. The Big Pump was recorded in early 1990. Recording dates are not known for Get Satisfied, although Prince began including chants from the song into live performances in early 1993, indicating that it may have been recorded late in the sessions. Prince had also contributed the track My Pony, which was not included on the final album. An earlier configuration of the album also contained a different version of We Can Funk than is featured on Graffiti Bridge.

Dis Beat Disrupts also include repeated samples of Prince's song Housequake. Prince clearly liked much of the material - a video for Paint The House Black was played prior to shows on The Ultimate Live Experience tour in 1995, and Prince has played Martial Law and Get Satisfied live (most often in 1994-5).

Hollywood was also included on the 1994 NPG Records compilation album 1-800 New Funk, and Get Satisfied was also referred to on The Exodus Has Begun (from the New Power Generation' album Exodus), in the line "like George said, get satisfied (let's get satisfied, let's get satisfied)".

The album produced two commercially-released singles, Paint The White House Black and Martial Law, but The Big Pump was available as a promotional release sent to radio in Germany only. The album reached only number 145 on the US Billboard Pop Chart, and number 31 on the Billboard R&B Chart.

Track listing

Details given for Prince-related tracks only:

CD

  1. Martial Law
  2. Paint The White House Black
  3. Way Up
  4. Dis Beat Disrupts
  5. Get Satisfied (3:55) ^
  6. Hollywood
  7. Rhythm And Rhyme
  8. The Big Pump (3:33) *
  9. If True Love
  10. High In My Hello
  11. Maximumisness
  12. Kickback
  13. The Flag Was Still There
  14. Martial Law (Hey Man... Smell My Finger) (Single Version)


^ Written by George Clinton, Clip Payne and Tracey "Treylewd" Lewis
* Written by Prince and George Clinton

LP

Side 1:

  1. Martial Law
  2. Paint The White House Black

Side 2:

  1. Way Up
  2. Dis Beat Disrupts
  3. Get Satisfied (3:55) ^
  4. Hollywood

Side 3:

  1. Rhythm And Rhyme
  2. The Big Pump (3:33) *
  3. If True Love
  4. High In My Hello

Side 4:

  1. Maximumisness
  2. Kickback
  3. The Flag Was Still There
  4. Martial Law (Hey Man... Smell My Finger) (Single Version)


MC

Side 1:

  1. Martial Law
  2. Paint The White House Black
  3. Way Up
  4. Dis Beat Disrupts
  5. Get Satisfied (3:55) ^
  6. Hollywood

Side 2:

  1. Rhythm And Rhyme
  2. The Big Pump (3:33) *
  3. If True Love
  4. High In My Hello
  5. Maximumisness
  6. Kickback
  7. The Flag Was Still There
  8. Martial Law (Hey Man... Smell My Finger) (Single Version)


Personnel

Musicians


Production


Singles released

  • Paint The White House Black
  • Martial Law
  • The Big Pump (promo only)


Charts

Entry Date Chart, Country Peak Position Weeks In Chart
Billboard 200, USA 30 Oct. 1993 145 3
Billboard R&B Chart, USA 30 Oct. 1993 31 11

Releases

Variants, special editions and re-releases

  • The album was reissued in 1994 by NPG Records with the same tracklist (cover image below).


Album promotion

Time-of-release

  • Information needed.

Associated tours

  • None.


Awards, nominations, and certifications

  • None.

Quotations and trivia

  • A 1992 configuration of the album contained the following tracklist:
  1. Let's Get Satisfied
  2. We Can Funk
  3. This Beat Disrupts
  4. Oilspill
  5. I Need Love
  6. Hi In My Hello
  7. Way Up
  8. Stealin' The Funk (a.k.a Steal The P)
  9. The Flag (intro)
  10. The Flag Was Still There
  11. Kickback
  12. This Groove (a.k.a Some O' Disc & Some O' DAT (KYP)
  13. Rhythm And Rhyme
  14. The Big Pump
  15. If True Love
  16. Booty


References

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