Do Ya Wanna Funk
| "Do Ya Wanna Funk" | ||||
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| Single by Sylvester | ||||
| from the album All I Need | ||||
| Released | 1982 | |||
| Genre | Hi-NRG | |||
| Length | 3:29 (Radio version) | |||
| Label |
Megatone (US) London (UK) |
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| Writer(s) | Patrick Cowley, Sylvester James | |||
| Producer(s) | Patrick Cowley | |||
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"Do Ya Wanna Funk" is a dance song recorded by American recording artist Sylvester. The song was released in 1982 and it was produced by Patrick 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 even in the United Kingdom where it made the top 40. It also made the Top 30 in Australia.
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. The song also appears in the 1989 AIDS drama Longtime Companion.
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