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Instant Funk

I Got My Mind Made Up

1978 · via De La Soul

Instant Funk’s 1978 recording of “I Got My Mind Made Up” is the earliest release on file. Raymond Earl, Kim Miller and Scotty Miller are credited as its writers. Also recorded by Prince (released 1987), among 63 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz. De La Soul’s “A Roller Skating Jam Named "Saturdays"” (1991) samples it, per MusicBrainz.

Instant Funk – I Got My Mind Made Up
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Before the roller skates, that groove belonged to Instant Funk on a 1978 record, and Prince cut the song too, so follow it backward and you land in very good company.

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Credited writers: Raymond Earl, Kim Miller and Scotty Miller.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1978.

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De La Soul’s “A Roller Skating Jam Named "Saturdays"” (1991) samples it, per MusicBrainz.

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63 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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De La Soul's "A Roller Skating Jam Named 'Saturdays'" samples "I Got My Mind Made Up." Who first recorded that earlier song?Instant Funk
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