Funky Nassau Explained

Funky Nassau
Type:	single
Artist:	The Beginning of the End
Album:	Funky Nassau
B-Side:	Funky Nassau-Part II
Released:	March 1971
Genre:	Funk
Label:	Alston
Producer:	Marlin Productions
Prev Title:	Monkey Tamarind
Prev Year:	1971
Next Title:	Come Down Baby
Next Year:	1972

"Funky Nassau" is a song written by Ray Munnings and Tyrone Fitzgerald and performed by the Beginning of the End.

The song was recorded at Criteria Studios in Miami, engineered by Chuck Kirkpatrick, produced by Marlin Productions and arranged by the Beginning of the End.^[1]

It reached #7 on the US R&B chart, #15 on the Billboard Hot 100 the week of July 17, 1971 and #31 on the UK Singles Chart in 1974.^{[2] [3]} The song was featured on their 1971 album, Funky Nassau.^[4]

The single ranked #75 on Billboard's Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1971.^[5]

Chart performance

Chart (1971)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100	15
	7

Other versions

• Herbie Mann^[6] recorded a version of the song subsequently released as a bonus track on the CD version of his 1971 studio album Push Push.^[7]
• Orgone released a version of the song on their 2007 album The Killion Floor.^[8]

Song sampling

• The song was sampled in the Prodigy's song "No Good (Start the Dance)" on their 1994 album Music for the Jilted Generation.^[9] A mixed version was also included as part of "Section 8" on their 1999 album The Dirtchamber Sessions Volume One.^[10]

In popular culture

• The Blues Brothers performed it in the 1998 film Blues Brothers 2000.
• The Beginning of the End's version was featured in the 2005 film Elizabethtown.
• Swedish artist Säkert! refers to the song in her song which also shares the name "Funky Nassau".

Notes and References

1. http://www.45cat.com/record/a4595 The Beginning of the End, "Funky Nassau" single release
2. http://musicvf.com/song.php?title=Funky+Nassau+%28Part+1%29+by+The+Beginning+of+the+End&id=41558 The Beginning of the End, "Funky Nassau" chart positions
3. https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1971-07-17/ Billboard Hot 100, Week of July 17, 1971  - Billboard.com.
4. https://www.discogs.com/Beginning-Of-The-End-Funky-Nassau/release/3802083 The Beginning of the End, Funky Nassau
5. Web site: Billboard Top 100 - 1971 . August 17, 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160224230503/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1971.php . February 24, 2016 .
6. Web site: Scott Yanow . Herbie Mann | Biography . AllMusic . 2013-08-08.
7. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r143162 Herbie Mann, Push Push
8. http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-killion-floor-mw0000750097 Orgone, The Killion Floor
9. http://www.allmusic.com/album/music-for-the-jilted-generation-mw0000622674 The Prodigy, Music for the Jilted Generation
10. http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-dirtchamber-sessions-vol-1-mw0000237780 The Prodigy, The Dirtchamber Sessions Volume One