The Top 200 Greatest Funk Songs
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The top 200 greatest funk songs 1. Get Up (I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine) Part I - James Brown 2. Papa's Got a Brand New Bag - James Brown & The Famous Flames 3. Thank You (Falletinme Be Mice Elf Agin) - Sly & The Family Stone 4. Tear the Roof Off the Sucker/Give Up the Funk - Parliament 5. Theme from "Shaft" - Isaac Hayes 6. Superfly - Curtis Mayfield 7. Superstition - Stevie Wonder 8. Cissy Strut - The Meters 9. One Nation Under a Groove - Funkadelic 10. Think (About It) - Lyn Collins (The Female Preacher) 11. Papa Was a Rollin' Stone - The Temptations 12. War - Edwin Starr 13. I'll Take You There - The Staple Singers 14. More Bounce to the Ounce Part I - Zapp & Roger 15. It's Your Thing - The Isley Brothers 16. Chameleon - Herbie Hancock 17. Mr. Big Stuff - Jean Knight 18. When Doves Cry - Prince 19. Tell Me Something Good - Rufus (with vocals by Chaka Khan) 20. Family Affair - Sly & The Family Stone 21. Cold Sweat - James Brown & The Famous Flames 22. Out of Sight - James Brown & The Famous Flames 23. Backstabbers - The O'Jays 24. Fire - The Ohio Players 25. Rock Creek Park - The Blackbyrds 26. Give It to Me Baby - Rick James 27. Brick House - The Commodores 28. Jungle Boogie - Kool & The Gang 29. Shining Star - Earth, Wind, & Fire 30. Got To Give It Up Part I - Marvin Gaye 31. Keep on Truckin' Part I - Eddie Kendricks 32. Dazz - Brick 33. Pick Up the Pieces - Average White Band 34. Hollywood Singing - Kool & The Gang 35. Do It ('Til You're Satisfied) - B.T. Express 36. Super Freak Part I - Rick James 37. You Sexy Thing - Hot Chocolate 38. Say It Loud-I'm Black and I'm Proud, Part I - James Brown 39. For the Love of Money - The O'Jays 40. Express Yourself - Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band 41. Bootzilla - Bootsy's Rubber Band 42. Flash Light - Parliament 43. Car Wash - Rose Royce 44. Play That Funky Music (White Boy) - Wild Cherry 45. Living for the City - Stevie Wonder 46. Higher Ground - Stevie Wonder 47. Funky Broadway - Dyke & The Blazers/Wilson Pickett 48. God Made Me Funky - The Headhunters (a.k.a. Herbie Hancock et al.) 49. Expensive Shit - Fela Anikulapo Kuti 50. Right Off - Miles Davis 51. Running Away - Roy Ayers 52. Pass the Peas - The JBs 53. Bustin' Loose - Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers 54. Burn Rubber on Me (Why You Wanna Hurt Me?) - The Gap Band 55. Trouble Man - Marvin Gaye 56. Ain't Nobody - Chaka Khan with Rufus 57. Groove Me - King Floyd 58. Do It, Fluid - The Blackbyrds 59. What is Hip? - Tower of Power 60. Soul Power '74 - Maceo Parker & The Macks 61. I Know You Got Soul - Bobby Byrd 62. The Payback - James Brown 63. In the Bottle - Gil Scott-Heron 64. Little Red Corvette - Prince 65. Expansions - Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes 66. Doing it to Death - Fred Wesley & The JBs 67. (Who's) That Lady Part I? - The Isley Brothers 68. Cloud Nine - The Temptations 69. Freddie's Dead (Theme from "Superfly") - Curtis Mayfield 70. (Not Just) Knee Deep Part I - Funkadelic 71. N.T. Parts I and II - Kool & The Gang 72. Fight the Power, Parts I and II - The Isley Brothers 73. Serpentine Fire - Earth, Wind, & Fire 74. Rock Steady - Aretha Franklin 75. Heartbeat - Taana Gardner 76. Clean Up Woman - Betty Wright 77. I Can't Stand the Rain - Ann Peebles 78. The Message - Cymande 79. Kung Fu Fighting - Carl Douglas 80. Sign O' the Times - Prince 81. You Dropped a Bomb on Me - The Gap Band 82. Low Rider - War 83. Love Rollercoaster - The Ohio Players 84. Slide - Slave 85. Ffun - Con Funk Shun 86. Word Up - Cameo 87. Too Hot to Stop - The Bar-Kays 88. Movin' - Brass Construction 89. I Found Lovin' - The Fatback Band 90. Cutie Pie - One Way 91. Funky Sensation - Gwen McCrae 92. Fencewalk - Mandrill 93. Be Thankful for What You've Got - William DeVaughn 94. Bring Down the Birds - Herbie Hancock 95. Fantastic Voyage - Lakeside 96. I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get It Girl) - Instant Funk 97. (Every Time I Turn Around) Back in Love Again - LTD 98. Get the Funk Out Ma Face - The Brothers Johnson 99. Sophisticated Lady (She's a Different Lady) - Natalie Cole 100. If I'm In Luck I Might Get Picked Up - Betty Davis 101. Sing a Simple Song - Sly & The Family Stone 102. Drop the Bomb - Trouble Funk 103. The Jam - Graham Central Station 104. Just Kissed My Baby - The Meters 105. Lovely Day - Bill Withers 106. Computer Love - Zapp & Roger 107. I Can Understand It - New Birth 108. Shine On - George Duke 109. I Gotcha - Joe Tex 110. I Get Lifted - George McCrae 111. Who's Gonna Help Brother Get Further? - Lee Dorsey 112. Slippin' Into Darkness - War 113. She's a Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked) - Carl Carlton 114. Funkin' for Jamaica - Tom Browne 115. Juicy Fruit - Mtume 116. All Night Long - Mary Jane Girls 117. We Got the Funk - Positive Force 118. Behind the Groove - Teena Marie 119. It's Just Begun - Jimmy Castor 120. (Fallin' Like) Dominoes - Donald Byrd 121. Last Night a DJ Saved My Life - Indeep 122. Breakdown Part I - Rufus Thomas 123. Let it Whip - The Dazz Band 124. Genius of Love - Tom Tom Club 125. No Parking (On the Dancefloor) - Midnight Star 126. Jungle Love - The Time 127. Meeting in the Ladies Room - Klymaxx 128. Nasty Girl - Vanity 6 129. The Ghetto - Donny Hathaway 130. It's My Thing - Marva Whitney 131. Apache - Michael Viner's Incredible Bongo Band 132. Stretchin' Out (In a Rubber Band) - Bootsy's Rubber Band 133. Let a Woman Be a Woman/Let a Man Be a Man - Dyke & The Blazers 134. Early in the Morning - The Gap Band 135. Kiss - Prince 136. Up for the Down Stroke - Parliament 137. Aqua Boogie (A Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadoloop) - Funkadelic 138. Get Down on It - Kool & The Gang 139. Upside Down (Inside Out) - Diana Ross 140. Why Can't We Be Friends? - War 141. White Horse - Laid Back 142. Disco to Go - The Brides of Funkenstein 143. Strawberry Letter 23 - Shuggie Otis/The Brothers Johnson 144. Hangin' on a String (Contemplating) - Loose Ends 145. Backstrokin' - The Fatback Band 146. Hit N Run - The Bar-Kays 147. Too Tight - Con Funk Shun 148. Just a Touch of Love - Slave 149. Candy - Cameo 150. Zoom - Fat Larry's Band 151. Rise - Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass Band 152. I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little Bit, Baby - Barry White 153. Tramp - Otis Redding & Carla Thomas 154. The Horse - Cliff Nobles & Co. 155. Memphis Soul Stew - King Curtis & The Kingpins 156. Glamorous Life - Sheila E. 157. Let's Get Serious - Jermaine Jackson 158. Joy and Pain - Maze feat. Frankie Beverly 159. Machine Gun - The Commodores 160. Actions Speak Louder Than Words - Hot Chocolate 161. Pusherman - Curtis Mayfield 162. Nights Over Egypt - The Jones Girls 163. Don't Stop the Music - Yarbrough & Peoples 164. Brother's Gonna Work It Out - Willie Hutch 165. A Night to Remember - Shalamar 166. A Love Bizarre - Sheila E. & Prince 167. Outa-Space - Billy Preston 168. Superman Lover - Johnny "Guitar" Watson 169. Mama Feel Good - Lyn Collins 170. Take Me to the Mardi Gras - Bob James 171. Rockin' Chair - Gwen McCrae 172. Blame it on the Boogie - The Jacksons 173. Can You Help Me? - Jesse Johnson 174. Knock on Wood - Eddie Floyd 175. Is it All Over My Face? - Loose Joint 176. Across 110th Street - Bobby Womack and Peace 177. Woman of the Ghetto - Marlena Shaw 178. Supernatural Thing - Ben E. King 179. I Can't Get Next to You - Al Green 180. Crosstown Traffic - Jimi Hendrix/Phil Upchurch 181. Could Heaven Ever Be Like This? - Idris Muhammad 182. Get Up Off of That Thang - James Brown 183. The Funky Worm - The Ohio Players 184. Chicken - The Weather Report 185. Beatmaker - Doris 186. I Don't Know What It Is, But It Sure Is Funky - Ripple 187. Atomic Dog - George Clinton & The P-Funk Allstars 188. Funky Drummer, Parts I and II - James Brown 189. Weekend - Class Action 190. Burning Spear - S.O.U.L. 191. Sun is Here - Sun 192. Another Man - Barbara Mason 193. Moody - ESG 194. A Lover's Holiday - Change 195. Don't Look Any Further - Dennis Edwards and Siedah Garrett 196. The Message from the Soul Sisters, Parts I and II - Vicki Anderson 197. Who is He and What is He to You? - Creative Source 198. Some Skunk Funk - The Brecker Brothers 199. Get Ready - Rare Earth 200. Just An Illusion - Imagination .