Funkdafied (song)

"Funkdafied" is the lead single released in May 1994 from American rapper Da Brat's debut album of the same name (1994).

"Funkdafied"
Single by Da Brat
from the album Funkdafied
ReleasedMay 13, 1994[1]
Recorded1993
GenreG-funk
Length3:05
LabelSo So Def Recordings
Songwriter(s)Jermaine Dupri, The Isley Brothers, Chris Jasper
Producer(s)Jermaine Dupri
Da Brat singles chronology
"Funkdafied"
(1994)		 "Fa All Y'all"
(1995)
Music video
"Funkdafied" on YouTube

Background

The song was both produced and written by Jermaine Dupri and contained a sample of the Isley Brothers 1983 hit "Between the Sheets", for which the brothers and Chris Jasper were given songwriting credits. "Funkdafied" also uses the rap from the intro of "Gimme the Funk," the 1982 release by Charades. Both songs feature the rap parody in their intros, which satirizes the standard oath taken in sworn testimony, “Do you swear to give me the funk, the whole funk, and nothing but the funk...I do” [2] The single was released in the summer of 1994 and quickly became a hit, reaching number six on the Billboard Hot 100 and number two on the R&B charts (held from the top spot by Janet Jackson's "Any Time, Any Place") and number one on Hot Rap Singles. To date, "Funkdafied" remains Da Brat's most successful single and is her only single to have been certified platinum for shipments exceeding one million copies, earning the certification on August 16, 1994.[1] By the end of the year, it had sold 800,000 copies.[3] It reached No. 37 on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1994 as one of the year's most successful singles.

Music video

The music video was directed by David Nelson and premiered in the summer of 1994.

Single track listing
  1. "Funkdafied"
  2. "Funkdafied" (Rated R)
  3. "Funkdafied" (Instrumental)
  4. "Funkdafied" (A Cappella)

Charts

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[17] Platinum 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References
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  2. "Funkdafied (Single Version) by da Brat feat. Jermaine Dupri on WhoSampled". Discogs. Retrieved 2021-08-18.
  3. "Best-Selling Records of 1994". Billboard. Vol. 107, no. 3. BPI Communications. January 21, 1995. p. 57. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
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  9. "The RM Club Chart" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). August 20, 1994. p. 6. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
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  12. "Da Brat Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
  13. "Da Brat Chart History (Hot Rap Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
  14. "Da Brat Chart History (Rhythmic)". Billboard. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
  15. "Billboard Top 100 - 1994". Archived from the original on March 1, 2009. Retrieved November 10, 2010.
  16. "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 1994". Billboard. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
  17. "American single certifications – Da Brat – Funkdafied". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved March 25, 2021.
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