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"Too Funky"
Single by George Michael
from the album Red Hot + Dance
B-side	"Crazyman Dance"
Released	July 12, 1992
Format	CD single
Recorded	1990
Genre	Dance pop, Funk
Length	3:45
Label	Columbia
Writer(s)	George Michael
Producer	George Michael
Certification	Gold (RIAA)
George Michael singles chronology
Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael track listing
Twenty Five track listing

"Too Funky" is a song written and performed by George Michael and released by Epic Records in 1992.

[edit] History

"Too Funky" was Michael's final single for his recording contract with Sony Music before he started legal action to extricate himself from his contract. "Too Funky" had been initially earmarked for a follow-up to the album Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 2 but George shelved the idea, instead donating it, along with three other songs, to the project Red Hot + Dance, which raised money for AIDS awareness. Michael subsequently donated the royalties to the same cause. The song didn't appear on any of Michael's studio album, although later it was included on his solo collection Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael.

[edit] Song meaning

The song was lyrically a basic, animalistic plea from Michael for sexual activity with an individual and musically it was the most upbeat record he had released since Faith almost five years previously.

It featured a clip from The Graduate. Anne Bancroft's line of "Would you like me to seduce you? Is that what you're trying to tell me?" was repeated during the final crescendo. The song then ended with a sample from the BBC Sketch Show The Russ Abbot Show, with the line "Will you stop playing with that radio of yours? I'm trying to get to sleep!".

[edit] Music video

The video featured Michael (sporadically) as a director filming a number of supermodels, similarly to the video for his 1990 single "Freedom! '90". The supermodels featured in this video include Julie Newmar, Linda Evangelista, Tyra Banks, Beverly Peele, Nadja Auermann, Emma Sjöberg, Rossy de Palma, and Estelle Hallyday. The costumes that the models wore for the catwalk performance were designed by French fashion designer Thierry Mugler. There were two versions of the videoclip.

[edit] Chart performance

"Too Funky" reached #4 in the UK Singles Chart in 1992 and became that year's most played record in Europe.

In the U.S. the single debuted at #84 on Billboard Hot 100, reaching #8, its peak position, by its fourth week, and had sold over 500,000, being certified Gold by the RIAA.

At that time, it was the biggest gainer song ever in the top fifty of the Australian ARIA Singles Chart, when it jumped from #50 to #8 (42 places) and reached its peak position at #3. American pop singer Britney Spears broke its record in 2009, when her song "3" rose up from #50 to #7 (43 places).

In Canada, "Too Funky" peaked at #6 on the RPM singles chart.^[1]

"Too Funky" also reached #3 on Dutch Top 40.^[2]

[edit] Track listings

CD single

"Too Funky" (extended) – 5:01
"Crazyman Dance" (extended) – 6:00
"Too Funky" – 3:45

7" single

"Too Funky" – 4:45
"Crazyman Dance" – 3:34

12" single

"Too Funky" (extended) – 5:01
"Crazyman Dance" (extended) – 6:00

[edit] References

[0] ttp://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.1953&volume=56&issue=5&issue_dt=August%2001%201992&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=e9nqqcbu1ghhsbselh6h42gvd5

[1] "De Nederlandse Top 40, week 46, 1987". http://www.radio538.nl/web/show/id=44685/chartid=5889. Retrieved 2008-03-16.

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