"Funky Dory" is a song by English singer-songwriter

Rachel Stevens Rachel Lauren Stevens (born 9 April 1978) is an English singer, television personality, actress and businesswoman. She was a member of the pop group S Club 7 between 1999 and 2003. She released her solo debut studio album '' Funky Dory'' in Se ...

, released as the second

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from Stevens's debut solo album of the same name. It was produced by David Eriksen for Murlyn Music. It was written by

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and Gary Clark. Due to the song being built around a sample of the

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song "

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", he is credited as a writer on "Funky Dory". The song received mixed reviews from music critics.

Music video

The music video for "Funky Dory" was

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by Katie Bell, and filmed at an Old Post Office Basement in north London. The video is moody and lowly lit, which gives it a much darker feel compared to her previous video for " Sweet Dreams My LA Ex". The video features Stevens putting her make-up on and dancing around the halls of the old building. These scenes are inter-cut with scenes of Stevens in a dark room with a bright light doing a provocative dance on a chair with two backing dancers. Bell uses tricky lighting and mirrors to show different angles and aspects of Stevens throughout the video.

Chart performance

Expectations were high for "Funky Dory" to reach the same amount of success of Stevens' debut solo single " Sweet Dreams My LA Ex". However, partly due to a limited amount of promotion, continuously strong airplay of "Sweet Dreams My LA Ex" and a release in the pre-Christmas rush, it only sold 8,000 copies in its first week, resulting in its low chart position of number twenty-six on the

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, lasting four weeks on the chart. To date, it has sold 20,000 copies and is Stevens' lowest selling single.

Track list and formats

*CD single #"Funky Dory" (Single Mix) - 3.05 #"I Got the Money" - 4.03 #"Funky Dory" (Vertigo Vocal Mix) - 7.20 #"Funky Dory" (Video) *Remixes #"Funky Dory"
Europa XL
Vocal Mix) - 6:56 #"Funky Dory" (Sharp Boys Funky Mirrorball Vocal Mix) - 6:52 #"Funky Dory" (Vertigo Vocal Mix) - 7:20 #"Funky Dory"
Europa XL
Dub) - 6:59 #"Funky Dory" (Original Single Mix) - 3:05

Charts

External links

Amazon.com about ''Funky Dory''
{{Rachel Stevens 2003 singles Rachel Stevens songs Songs written by David Bowie Songs written by Martin Brammer 2003 songs