Funkier Than a Mosquito's Tweeter (song)

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"Funkier Than a Mosquita's Tweeter"
Single by Ike & Tina Turner
from the album Workin' Together
A-side"Proud Mary"
ReleasedJanuary 1971
Recorded1970
GenreFunk[1]
Length2:40
LabelLiberty Records
Songwriter(s)Aillene Bullock
Producer(s)Ike Turner
Ike & Tina Turner singles chronology
"Workin' Together"
(1970) 		"Funkier Than a Mosquita's Tweeter"
(1971) 		"Ooh Poo Pah Doo"
(1971)

"Funkier Than a Mosquito's Tweeter" is a song written by Alline Bullock, sister of Tina Turner. It was first released by Ike & Tina Turner on their 1970 album Workin' Together with Tina Turner and the Ikettes on vocals.[2] Mosquita's was the original spelling of Mosquito's, but after jazz singer Nina Simone released her version in 1974, most subsequent releases of the song have used the latter spelling including Ike & Tina Turner reissues.

"Funkier Than a Mosquita's Tweeter" was produced by

B-side single to "Proud Mary" on Liberty Records in January 1971. This song is a scathing assessment of an unidentified man, opening with "you're nothin' but a dirty, dirty old man."[3]

The song was used as the title for Ike & Tina Turner's 2002 compilation album Funkier Than a Mosquito's Tweeter.

Nina Simone version

Nina Simone began performing a rendition of "Funkier Than a Mosquito's Tweeter" in 1971.

US of A," observed Julianne Escobedo Shepherd for Pitchfork.[10] Alex Deley at DJ D-Mac & Associates wrote, "Simone manages to transform the song into something even greater than the original, really digging deep and pulling out the righteous, accusatory essence of the song."[6] A remixed version was released on the 2006 compilation album Remixed & Reimagined.[3]

References

  1. Rolling Stone
    . Retrieved 24 May 2023. Turner demolishes the rumbling funk rhythm with her voice, and when she sings "You're nothin' but a dirty, dirty old man"...
  2. YouTube
  3. ^ a b ""Funkier Than a Mosquita's Tweeter": Cover Songs Uncovered". The Pop Culture Experiment. February 20, 2017.
  4. ^ Elwood, Philip (1971-04-26). "Nina Lifts Up Her Audience". The San Francisco Examiner. p. 27. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
  5. ISBN 978-1-86074-552-2
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  6. ^ a b "Song of the Day: Nina Simone "Funkier Than A Mosquito's Tweeter"". DJ D-Mac & Associates. May 13, 2019.
  7. ^ "Sounds". Ebony: 30. December 1974.
  8. ^ Adelekun, Emmanuel (April 21, 2018). "Discover the originals of 7 well-known break tracks spun by DJs worldwide". Red Bull.
  9. ^ "SONG OF THE DAY Nina Simone – Funkier Than a Mosquito's Tweeter (LIVE)". The Listening Post Blog. February 26, 2017.
  10. ^ "Nina Simone: Her Art and Life in 33 Songs - Page 3". Pitchfork.
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