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Parliament

Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker)

1975 · via Parliament

Parliament’s 1975 recording of “Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker)” is the earliest release on file. Jerome Brailey, George Clinton and Bootsy Collins of Parliament are credited as its writers. Also recorded by George Clinton (released 1994), Prince (released 2000) and Ween (released 2005), among 32 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz. It is on the album Mothership Connection (1975).

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George Clinton, Bootsy Collins and Jerome Brailey wrote this one, and it traveled from Prince all the way to Ween, who released their take in 2005. Spin the Parliament side first, then hear what Ween made of it.

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Credited writers: Jerome Brailey, George Clinton and Bootsy Collins.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1975.

On the album Mothership Connection (1975).

Other recordings on file · first release year

32 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Prince took a run at Parliament's "Give Up the Funk" in 2000. Which other band later put out their own version of that roof-raiser?Ween
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