Here is to me the 25 greatest funk songs of all time.

1. George Clinton-Atomic Dog
2. Parliament-Flashlight
3. Zapp-More Bounce To The Ounce
4. Cameo-Word Up
5. Funkadelic-One Nation Under A Groove
6. Rick James-Superfreak
7. The Gap Band-Early In The Morning
8. James Brown-Sex Machine
9. The Isley Brothers-It's Your Thing
10. Prince-Kiss
11. Earth, Wind & Fire-Let's Groove
12. The Commodores-Brick House
13. Kool & The Gang-Jungle Boogie
14. The Isley Brothers-Fight The Power
15. Carl Carlton-She's A Bad Mamma Jamma
16. The Bar Kays-Shake Your Rump To The Funk
17. Parliament-Tear The Roof Off(Give Up The Funk)
18. Wild Cherry-Play That Funky Music
19. Roger-I Heard It Through The Grapevine
20. Sly & The Family Stone-Thank You For Lettin' Be Myself Again
21. The Ohio Players-Love Rollercoaster
22. The Time-Jungle Love
23. The Gap Band-Humpin'
24. Bootsy Collins-Jam Fan(Hot)
25. Rick James-You and I

These are my choices for the 25 best funk songs. There were so many to choose from and some just missing the cut. 5 in particular like:
Prince-Controversy
Parliament-Aqua Boogie
George Duke-Reach For It
The Isley Brothers-Take Me To The Next Phase
GCS-The Jam
I like to hear your picks. Especially my friend Funkenstein. Peace Out!
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My holy 3:

1. Prince- 1999
2. Gap Band- You Dropped a Bomb on Me
3. Stevie Wonder- My Eyes Don't Cry

LoDog said:

Oh, bro, this is just too damn hard
I'm a bit fickle too, there aren't many songs that constantly stay in my top 5, let alone top 10 or top 25

You looove your Atomic Dog, that's for sure



I'll have to think about this for a bit
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Damn, no Knee Deep?

Here are some of my favorites, in no particular order

Slave - Watching You
Ohio Players - Fire
Ohio Players - Love Rollercoaster
The Brothers Johnson - Get The Funk Out Ma Face
The Commodores - Too Hot Ta Trot
Rick James - Bustin' Out
Parliament - Mothership Connection (Star Child)
Lakeside - It's All The Way Live
Kool & The Gang - Who's Gonna Take The Weight, Pts. 1 & 2
Instant Funk - I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get It Girl)
Graham Central Station - The Jam
Sly & The Family Stone - Thank You For Talkin' To Me Africa
The Gap Band - Open Your Mind (Wide)
F.B.I. - F.B.I.
Cameo - Funk Funk
Bootsy's Rubber Band - Roto-Rooter
The Bar-Kays - Shake Your Rump To The Funk
The Bar-Kays - Shut The Funk Up
Quazar - Funk 'N' Roll (Dancin' In The Funkshine)
B.T. Express - Do It 'Til You're Satisfied
Sir Joe Quarterman & Free Soul - (I Got) So Much Trouble On My Mind
Sun - Wanna Make Love (Come Flick My Bic)

Why isn't Fela Kuti's "Zombie" at #1?

Man there are som e hot hot jams on there.

My tope 3 just for the month are

Bernard Wright - Hoboglobotribin

Slave - Weak In The Knees

I Just Want To Be - Cameo

Define "funk/funky"?

Named after a slang word for "stink," funk was indeed the rawest, most primal form of R&B, surpassing even Southern soul in terms of earthiness. It was also the least structured, often stretching out into extended jams, and the most Africanized, built on dynamic, highly syncopated polyrhythms. As such, it originally appealed only to hardcore R&B audiences. The groove was the most important musical element of funk — all the instruments of the ensemble played off of one another to create it, and worked it over and over. Deep electric bass lines often served as main riffs, with an interlocking web of short, scratchy guitar chords and blaring horns over the top. Unlike nearly every form of R&B that had come before it, funk didn't confine itself to the 45-rpm single format and the classic verse/chorus song structure. Funk bands were just as likely to repeat a catchy chant or hook out of the blue, and to give different song sections equal weight, so as not to disrupt the groove by building to a chorus-type climax. In essence, funk allowed for more freedom and improvisation, and in that respect it was similar to what was happening around the same time in blues-rock, psychedelia, and hard rock (in fact, Jimi Hendrix was a major inspiration for funk guitar soloists). The roots of funk lay in James Brown's post-1965 soul hits, particularly "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" (1965) and "Cold Sweat" (1967). Sly & the Family Stone, who started out as a soul band influenced by rock and psychedelia, became a full-fledged (albeit pop-savvy) funk outfit with 1969's Stand!. However, the record that officially ushered in the funk era was James Brown's epochal "Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine." The arrangement was spare, the groove hard-hitting, and Brown's lyrics were either stream-of-consciousness slogans or wordless noises. Brown followed it with more records over the course of 1970 that revolutionized R&B, and paved the way for the third artist of funk's holy trinity, George Clinton. Clinton's Parliament and Funkadelic outfits made funk the ultimate party music, not just with their bizarre conceptual humor, but their sheer excess — huge ensembles of musicians and dancers, all jamming on the same groove as long as they possibly could. Thanks to Sly, Brown, and Clinton, many new and veteran R&B acts adopted funk as a central style during the '70s. Funk gradually became smoother as disco came to prominence in the mid- to late '70s, and lost much of its distinguishing earthiness. However, it had a major impact on jazz (both fusion and soul-jazz), and became the musical foundation of hip-hop. Thanks to the latter, funk enjoyed a renaissance during the '90s, especially among white audiences who rushed to explore its original classics.

(Not Just) Knee Deep - Funkadelic
Atomic Dog - George Clinton
Brick House -The Commodores
Cissy Strut - The Meters
Cold Sweat - James Brown
Dazz - Brick
Express Yourself - Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
Family Affair - Sly & the Family Stone
Flash Light - Parliament
Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine - James Brown

Stretchin' Out - Bootsy Collins
http://www.youtube.com/wa...IHrdLwa_y8

Don't confuse Disco with Funk.
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