Party People (Parliament song) explained

Party People
Type:single
Artist:Parliament
Album:Gloryhallastoopid
A-Side:Party People
B-Side:Party People (Reprise)
Released:1979
Genre:Disco
Length:10:08
Label:Casablanca
NB 2222
Producer:George Clinton

"Party People" is a song by the band Parliament from their 1979 album Gloryhallastoopid. Over ten minutes long, it was released as both a two-part 7" single and a 12" record. It reached No. 39 on the Billboard R&B chart. Stylistically, "Party People" is in more of a disco vein than the funk songs for which Parliament is best known. According to music writer Rickey Vincent, it was the band's "self-admitted worst record ever."[1]

References

  1. Rickey Vincent, Funk: The Music, The People, and The Rhythm of The One (New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 1996), 213.