Instant Funk were an American 1970s and 1980s

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, best known for their disco classic, "

I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get It Girl) "I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get It Girl)" is a single by the disco band Instant Funk, recorded and released in 1978, which was later included in their self-titled sophomore album. Song Background The original production of this song was done ...

History

Instant Funk came out of

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ist Kim Miller. The group was then called The Music Machine and they were very successful as a back-up band for

The Manhattans The Manhattans are an American popular R&B vocal group. Their work "Kiss and Say Goodbye", recorded in 1976, and 1980's " Shining Star", both sold millions of copies. The Manhattans have recorded 45 hits on the ''Billboard'' R&B Chart, includi ...

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and also the TNJs. Throughout their careers, Instant Funk would be the back-up band for many stars, including

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Loleatta Holloway Loleatta Holloway (, ; November 5, 1946 – March 21, 2011) was an American singer known for disco songs such as "Hit and Run" and "Love Sensation". In December 2016, ''Billboard'' named her the 95th most successful dance artist of all time. Acco ...

The O'Jays The O'Jays are an American R&B group from Canton, Ohio, formed in 1958 and originally consisting of Eddie Levert, Walter Lee Williams, William Powell, Bobby Massey, and Bill Isles. The O'Jays made their first chart appearance with the minor hi ...

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and

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(they are the backing band on the

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, "Shame"). The group relocated to

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in 1976 to release its first

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, ''Get Down With the Philly Jump'', as they started to formulate their own sound. The group followed this album up with a release for former MFSB guitarist Norman Harris' new

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, with front man Bunny Sigler entitled "Let Me Party With You". The Gold Mind label folded, and Instant Funk's new cut "I Got My Mind Made Up" was transferred to the

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label, which pushed the record heavily to all of the disco

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. The

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of this

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by club DJ

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and engineer Bob Blank quickly became the talk of

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. " I Got My Mind Made Up" hit #1 on both the R&B and disco

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and #20 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in the spring of 1979. The group's eponymous first

on Salsoul was also a hit, reaching #1 R&B and being certified

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status. Scotty Miller (born Steven Scott Miller on August 22, 1951 in

) *''The Best of Instant Funk'' (1997, Charly UK) *''The Anthology'' (2006, Salsoul) *''I Got My Mind Made Up: The Best of Instant Funk'' (2006,

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) *''Greatest Hits'' (2008,

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)

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* {{Authority control American disco groups American boogie musicians American dance music groups Musical groups from Philadelphia American electro musicians Philadelphia International Records artists Salsoul Records artists American funk musical groups

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