Testify (Parliament song)
- Testify (Parliament song)
Infobox Single
Name = Testify
Caption =
Artist = Parliament
from Album = Up for the Down Stroke
A-side =
B-side = "I Can Move You"
Released = November 1974
Format = Vinyl
Recorded =
Genre = R&B/Funk
Length = 3:45
Label = Casablanca 811
Writer = George Clinton/Daron Taylor
Producer = George Clinton
Certification =
Chart position =
* #77 R&B
Last single =
This single =
Next single =
Misc =:"For other meanings of the word "testify" see Testify (disambiguation)"Testify" is a song by the band Parliament. It is a funk reworking of the song "(I Wanna) Testify", which was originally recorded in 1967 by The Parliaments and reached #3 on the Billboard R&B chart. This new version was the second single released from the 1974 album "Up for the Down Stroke", and the second track on the album.
Original mix
The version of "Testify" included on early pressings of "Up for the Down Stroke" featured a mix that highlighted the group vocals and deemphasized the instrumental sound. On later pressings this was replaced by a version with different, more rhythm-intensive mix - the version heard on the song's single release. The original mix of the song was included as a bonus track on the 2003 CD reissue of the album.
The version of this song on the original album release also deleted a small portion of the clavinet introduction. Was restored on the 1993 compilation release "Tear the Roof Off 1974-1980".
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