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C+C Music Factory - Do You Wanna Get Funky

Music Video | 1994
ArtistC+C Music Factory
SongDo You Wanna Get Funky
AlbumAnything Goes
DirectorKeir McFarlane
IntroNo
OutroNo
Additional EngineeringBob Rosa
EngineeringACAR KEY
Guest Appearances (Musician+Label)Zelma Davis
Guest Appearances (Musician+Label)TRILOGY<FUNK MASTER FLEX
Guest Appearances (Musician+Label)Martha WASH
Mastered byHerb _PUMP_ POWERS
Music ProducerRobert Clivilles
Music Producerdavid Cole
Recording Artist/Recorded byTrilogy
Recording Artist/Recorded byMartha Wash
Recording Artist/Recorded byZelma Davis
Set LocationCulver City Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA
Sound MixStereo
Technical Specificationscolour - format unknown

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Synopsis

C+C Music Factory turn the nightclub into a communal dance floor, performing "Do You Wanna Get Funky" alongside dancers and musicians. The video uses a circular stage as its visual centerpiece, with Martha Wash, Zelma Davis, Freedom Williams and Trilogy sharing the spotlight through energetic vocal performances, rap passages and choreographed movement. Rather than following a narrative, it presents the group as a live dance attraction, emphasizing the track's infectious groove, call-and-response structure and celebratory club atmosphere.

Factoids & Trivia

  • Released in 1994 as the lead single from the album "Anything Goes!", the track became C+C Music Factory's sixth number-one hit on the US Dance Club Play chart.
  • Martha Wash appears in a C+C Music Factory music video for the first time here. Her presence was especially notable after the vocal-credit controversy surrounding "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)," whose video had featured Zelma Davis lip-syncing Wash's vocals.
  • Wash later said she and C+C Music Factory had made peace before the death of producer David Cole, and she went on the road with the group during this period.
  • The video was nominated for Best Clip of the Year in the R&B/Urban category at the 1994 Billboard Music Video Awards.
  • The song incorporates a sample from Nice & Smooth's "Hip Hop Junkies," combining house, hip-hop, ragga and P-Funk influences.
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