Funkentelechy

Infobox Single
Name = Funkentelechy


Caption =
Artist = Parliament
from Album = Funkentelechy Vs. the Placebo Syndrome
A-side = "Funkentelechy"
B-side = "Funkentelechy" Pt. 2
Released = 1978
Format = Vinyl
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Genre = Funk
Length = 10:56 (album version)
Label = Casablanca 921
Writer = George Clinton/Bootsy Collins/Bernie Worrell
Producer = George Clinton
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Chart position =
* #27 R&B
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"Funkentelechy" is a song by the funk band Parliament. It was the fourth track on the group's 1977 album "Funkentelechy Vs. the Placebo Syndrome" and was released as a two-part single in 1978. The song's title is a play on the philosophical concept of entelechy.

Trivia

* The phrase "Urge Overkill" from George Clinton's radio announcer-style patter on the song later became the name of an alternative rock band.

* One of Clinton's quips during the song, "Like a woodpecker with a headache," resembles the mood indication on a piano piece by the eccentric composer Erik Satie: "Like a nightingale with a toothache."

*This song was sampled by Ice Cube for his song "Doing Dumb Shit" on his album "Death Certificate".