Bootzilla
"Bootzilla" | |
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![]() UK picture sleeve for the single "Bootzilla" | |
Single by Bootsy's Rubber Band | |
from the album Bootsy? Player of the Year | |
B-side |
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Released | January 13, 1978 |
Genre | Funk |
Length | 5:39 (album version) 4:21 (single edit) |
Label | Warner Bros. 8512 |
Songwriter(s) | George Clinton Bootsy Collins |
Producer(s) | George Clinton, Bootsy Collins |
"Bootzilla" is a song recorded by Bootsy's Rubber Band, released on January 13, 1978. As the lead single from the album Bootsy? Player of the Year, it held the #1 spot on the R&B chart for one week in 1978 (directly following fellow P-Funk outfit Parliament's #1 hit "Flash Light" a song originally penned with Bootsy Collins in mind for the lead vocal, however Collins turned it down)[citation needed]. "Bootzilla" failed to make the Hot 100.[1]
The song's lyrics introduce Bootsy's wind-up toy alter ego Bootzilla, "the world's only rhinestone rock-star doll." The track features Bootsy Collins on drums as well as bass guitar.
References[]
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 85.
Categories:
- Bootsy Collins songs
- 1978 singles
- Songs written by Bootsy Collins
- Songs written by George Clinton (funk musician)
- 1978 songs
- Warner Records singles
- 1970s rhythm and blues song stubs