Too Funky
"Too Funky" | ||||
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Single by George Michael | ||||
from the album Red Hot + Dance | ||||
B-side | "Crazyman Dance" | |||
Released | 1 June 1992[1] | |||
Genre | Dance-pop | |||
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Songwriter(s) | George Michael | |||
Producer(s) | George Michael | |||
George Michael singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Too Funky" on YouTube |
"Too Funky" is a song written and performed by English singer and songwriter George Michael and released by Columbia Records in the United States and Epic Records elsewhere in 1992. The song was Michael's final single for his recording contract with Sony Music before he started legal action to extricate himself from it.
"Too Funky" had been initially earmarked for a follow-up to the album
Composition
Lyrically, the song is a basic, animalistic plea for sexual activity.[citation needed] An Anne Bancroft line from the 1967 film The Graduate ("I am not trying to seduce you... Would you like me to seduce you? Is that what you're trying to tell me?") appears in the intro of the song and is repeated during the final crescendo. The song then ends with a sample from an episode of the Tony Hancock sitcom Hancock called "The Radio Ham", spoken by actress Annie Leake ("Would you stop playing with that radio of yours? I'm trying to get to sleep"). The song's synth hook quotes the hook from Jocelyn Brown's 1984 hit "Somebody Else's Guy".[2]
Critical reception
Scottish
Dennis Hunt from
Commercial performance
"Too Funky" reached number four on the
Music video
Fashion designer
The video's concept was written by Jeff Beasley after attending a benefit fashion show held by Mugler several months before in Los Angeles. Beasley worked at
Impact and legacy
In 2012, Porcys listed the song at number 62 in their ranking of "100 Singles 1990–1999".[24] In 2017, BuzzFeed ranked "Too Funky" number 60 in their list of "The 101 Greatest Dance Songs of the '90s".[25] In 2020, Slant Magazine placed it at number 55 in their list of "The 100 Best Dance Songs of All Time".[26]
Track listings
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Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications and sales
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[74] | Platinum | 70,000‡ |
United Kingdom | — | 168,000[17] |
United States (RIAA)[19] | Gold | 500,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
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