"Funky Sensation" is a song released in 1981 by American singer

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. The song was written by Kenton Nix who also wrote "

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. It was produced by Nix and Henry Batts. "Funky Sensation" peaked at number 22 on the ''

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chart and number 15 on the Club chart. This song is also included in her eponymous 1981 album ''Gwen McCrae'' and it was sampled by numerous artists.

Track listing

1982 release

;12" vinyl * US: Atlantic / DMD-286

Personnel

*Arrangement, producer, songwriter: Kenton Nix *Co-producer: Henry Batts *Executive producers: Henry Batts, Kenton Nix, Milton A. Simpson

Chart performance

Legacy

*In 1981,

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sampled the song for " Jazzy Sensation". *In 1994, ounds of Blacknesssong entitled "I Believe" *In 1995, swadsong entitled "One Shot Chiller" *in 1996,

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sampled the song for " Where You Are" *In 1996,

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sampled the song for "Can You Feel It?" *In 2000, the single was heavily sampled in the

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sampled the song for "Last Temptations" *In 2006,

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sampled the song for "Good Time" *In 2018,

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heavily sampled the song for their single "Funky Sensation"

References

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