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"(Not Just) Knee Deep" is a song by the American funk band Funkadelic written by George Clinton. The song was released as a single for their album Uncle Jam Wants You (1979). The song is widely regarded as a funk classic, peaking at No. 77 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topping the US R&B charts in 1979. [ 1 ]
Uncle Jam Wants You is a concept album by American funk rock band Funkadelic. [1] [2] It was released by Warner Bros. Records on September 21, 1979, [3] and was later reissued on CD by Priority Records. [4]
The album contains the fifteen-minute "(Not Just) Knee Deep" featuring former Spinners lead singer Philippé Wynne, an edited version of which topped the R&B charts. The final official Funkadelic album, The Electric Spanking of War Babies, was released in 1981. The release was originally a double-album project, but it was reduced to a single ...
The movie reunited Worrell with director Jonathan Demme, who had directed Stop Making Sense. Worrell was a judge for the 12th, 13th, and 14th annual Independent Music Awards. During May 2016, the New England Conservatory of Music gave Worrell, who studied at the school until 1967, an honorary Doctor of Music degree.
He deemed the album "a revealing and unique record that's certainly not short on significance, clearly marking the crossroads between '60s soul and '70s funk". [ 4 ] "I'll Bet You" was later covered by The Jackson 5 on their album ABC , and sampled by the Beastie Boys for their song "Car Thief".
"(Not Just) Knee Deep" 77 1 43 — Uncle Jam Wants You "Uncle Jam" — 53 — — "Connections and Disconnections" 1981 — 68 — — Connections & Disconnections "The Electric Spanking of War Babies" — 60 — — The Electric Spanking of War Babies "Shockwaves" — — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Maggot Brain is the third studio album by the American funk rock band Funkadelic, released by Westbound Records in July 1971. It was produced by bandleader George Clinton and recorded at United Sound Systems in Detroit during late 1970 and early 1971. [1]
One Nation Under a Groove is the tenth studio album by American funk rock band Funkadelic, released on September 22, 1978, on Warner Bros. Records.Recording sessions took place at United Sound Studio in Detroit, with one song recorded live on April 15, 1978, at the Monroe Civic Center in Monroe, Louisiana. [10]