Do Ya Wanna Get Funky with Me

"Do Ya Wanna Get Funky with Me"
Single by Peter Brown
from the album A Fantasy Love Affair
B-side	"Burning Love Breakdown"
Released	September 1977
Format	7", 12"
Length	3:43 (single version); 8:30 (12" version)
Label	T.K. Disco 35 (US); T.K. Disco XB 2183 (UK)
Songwriter(s)	Peter Brown, Robert Rans
Producer(s)	Cory Wade, Peter Brown
Peter Brown singles chronology

"Do Ya Wanna Get Funky with Me" is a 1977 single recorded by Peter Brown. The record sold more than one million copies.^[1] It was his first hit song. Backing vocals were provided by Wildflower.

Chicago radio superstation WLS, which gave the song much airplay, ranked "Do Ya Wanna Get Funky with Me" as the 35th most popular hit of 1977.^[2] It reached as high as number three on their survey of October 22, 1977.^[3]

Track listing

1977 release

12" vinyl^[4]

US: TK Disco / 35

Side A
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Do Ya Wanna Get Funky With Me"	8:30

Side B
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Burning Love Breakdown"	5:26

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1977)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[5]	69
UK ^[6]	43
US Billboard Hot 100	18
US Billboard R&B	3
US Cash Box R&B Singles^[7]	2
US Billboard Disco	9

Year-end charts

Chart (1977)	Rank
U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[8]	123

Legacy

"Do Ya Wanna Get Funky with Me" was covered by industrial disco band My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult on their 2005 album Gay, Black and Married.
"Burning Love Breakdown" appeared on the fictional radio K109 The Studio in the Grand Theft Auto IV universe.

References

↑ Peter Brown. Allmusic. Retrieved on 2012-01-29
↑ "The WLS Big 89 of 1977". Wlshistory.com.
↑ "wls102277". Oldiesloon.com. 1977-10-22. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
↑ ""Do Ya Wanna Get Funky With Me" (TK) on Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 2011-08-11.
↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (doc)|format= requires |url= (help). Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 82. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
↑ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, October 1, 1977
↑ "1977 Year End". Bullfrogspond.com. Retrieved 2016-10-12.

External links

Song Lyrics

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[1] Peter Brown. Allmusic. Retrieved on 2012-01-29

[2] "The WLS Big 89 of 1977". Wlshistory.com.

[oldiesloon.com-3] "wls102277". Oldiesloon.com. 1977-10-22. Retrieved 2016-10-12.

[Discogs-4] ""Do Ya Wanna Get Funky With Me" (TK) on Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 2011-08-11.

[Australian_Chart_Book_1970–1992-5] Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (doc)|format= requires |url= (help). Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

[British_Hit_Singles_&_Albums-6] Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 82. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.

[7] Cash Box Top 100 Singles, October 1, 1977

[8] "1977 Year End". Bullfrogspond.com. Retrieved 2016-10-12.