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Funk on Ah Roll

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"Funk on Ah Roll"
Single by James Brown
from the album I'm Back
Released1998 (1998)
GenreFunk, house, UK garage
LabelGeorgia-Lina
825
Eagle
073
Inferno
13
Songwriter(s)
  • James Brown
  • Derrick Monk
Producer(s)Derrick "New Funk" Monk
James Brown charting singles chronology
"Can't Get Any Harder"
(1993)
"Funk on Ah Roll"
(1998)
"Killing Is Out, School Is In"
(2001)
Audio video
"Funk on Ah Roll (S-Class Mix)" on YouTube

"Funk on Ah Roll" is a song written by James Brown and Derrick Monk and recorded by James Brown. It appears in three different versions on his 1998 album I'm Back, two of which are remixes. A number of additional remixes of the song, including a popular UK garage mix by Grant Nelson as Bump & Flex, were issued on 12" and CD in the United Kingdom in 1999, resulting in the song reaching No. 40 on the UK Singles Chart[1] and No. 1 on the UK Dance Singles Chart.[2] It did not chart in the United States.

The track reuses the guitar part and horn section of Brown's 1971 release "Hot Pants".[3]

Critical reception

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Rolling Stone reviewed the song favorably, commenting that it "reclaim[s] Jimmy Nolen chicken scratch for the engine of life it is".[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Funk on Ah Roll | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com.
  2. ^ "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40 (11 April 1999 - 17 April 1999) | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com.
  3. ^ "James Brown". warr.org.
  4. ^ Christgau, Robert (4 January 1999). "I'm Back". Rolling Stone.