Do Ya Wanna Funk

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"Do Ya Wanna Funk"
Single by Sylvester and Patrick Cowley
from the album All I Need
Released1982
GenreHi-NRG
Length3:29 (Radio version)
LabelMegatone (US)
London (UK)
Songwriter(s)Patrick Cowley, Sylvester James
Producer(s)Patrick Cowley
Sylvester and Patrick Cowley singles chronology
"Magic Number"
(1981) 		"Do Ya Wanna Funk"
(1982) 		"Don't Stop"
(1982)

"Do Ya Wanna Funk" is a 1982 dance song recorded by American recording artists Sylvester and Patrick Cowley. The song was produced by Cowley, who incidentally died the same year. "Do Ya Wanna Funk" was mostly successful in Europe, especially in Switzerland, Netherlands, Norway (where it became a top-10 hit) and in the United Kingdom where it made the top 40.[1][2] It also made the Top 30 in Australia. The song was inspired by "I'm Your Jeanie",[3] a single by Jeanie Tracy, who was a background vocalist for Sylvester.[4]

Track listing[]

  1. "Do Ya Wanna Funk" - 6:47
  2. "Do Ya Wanna Funk" (instrumental) - 6:47
  3. "Do Ya Wanna Funk" (radio version) - 3:29
  1. "Do Ya Wanna Funk" - 6:47
  2. "Do Ya Wanna Funk" (instrumental) - 6:47
  3. "Do Ya Wanna Funk" (radio version) - 3:29
  • 12" Lebanon:[5]
  1. "Do Ya Wanna Funk" - 5:30 remixed By Dj petro 1994

Chart performance[]

Chart (1982/1983) Peak
position[1][2]
Australia (Kent Music Report)[6] 24
Swiss Music Charts 12
Dutch Top 40 17
Norwegian Top 40 8
UK Singles Chart 32
French Singles Chart[7] 40
Chart (1982) Peak
position[8]
US Dance Music/Club Play Singles (Billboard) 4

Appearances in film[]

The song is heard throughout the entire scene where Billy Ray Valentine hosts a party in Trading Places, a comedy movie starring Eddie Murphy as Billy Ray Valentine and Dan Aykroyd as Louis Winthorp III.[9] The song also appears in the 1989 AIDS drama Longtime Companion, as well as the 2001 TV miniseries Further Tales of the City, and in both cases its use is an anachronism, being heard in scenes set a year before the song was even released. The song was also featured in the 1984 Oscar-winning documentary The Times of Harvey Milk. The song is covered by Sandra Bernhard in the 1990 film version of her stage show, Without You I'm Nothing. It is also featured in the 2021 Channel 4 TV series “It’s a Sin” during a club scene whilst Richie explains the various theories around the origins of HIV.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Sylvester at SwissCharts". Swiss Charts. Retrieved 2011-08-21.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Search for "Do You Wanna Funk" on EveryHit.com". EveryHit.com. Archived from the original on 2008-10-12. Retrieved 2011-08-21.
  3. ^ Jeanie Tracy Interview. Disco Disco. Retrieved on April 3, 2019
  4. ^ Jeanie Tracy Biography. Bredband. Retrieved on April 3, 2019
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Do Ya Wanna Funk - (Single)". Discogs. Retrieved 2011-08-21.
  6. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 303. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  7. ^ "InfoDisc : Les Tubes de chaque Artiste commençant par S". Infodisc.fr. Retrieved 2016-10-26.
  8. ^ https://www.billboard.com/music/sylvester/chart-history/DSI
  9. ^ "Trading Places - The Soundtrack)". imdb. Retrieved 2011-08-21.
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