George Clinton ~ Atomic Dog 1982 Electro Funk Purrfection Version

One morning on the way to high school, my sister told me about a song called "Flash Light" she loved as I was dropping her off at her high school. The next thing I know on the radio is this synth heavy funk happening, electrified and electrifying and George Clinton was behind the Parliament smash.

Believe it or not, the group started out as The Parliaments, a successful R&B funk vocal group who earned a #20 Hot100 single with "(I Wanna) Testify" in 1968. They persevered and then in 1970, leader George Clinton secured a recording contract for Parliament who recorded their "Osmium" LP of 1970 for the Invictus label.

They continued to record with "Up For The Down Stroke" making major moves on the R&B chart at #10 and then peaking at #63 on the Hot100 in 1974. "Tear the Roof off the Sucker (Give Up the Funk)" did even better as he went full on funk getting to #5 R&B and a very encouraging #15 on the Hot100. Clinton also juggled the careers P-Funk and Funkadelic alongside Parliament and made them all successful.

His first solo album, "Computer Games" produced a hit in "Atomic Dog" released in 1982 and spent four weeks at #1 R&B in the spring of 1983. "Atomic Dog" knocked Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" off the top, ending his nine week reign. The session to record the song which was written during the Chinese Year Of The Dog, so dog oriented the song would be.

At one point, not realizing he was running the tape backwards while he was recording his vocal, he came up with "This is the story of a famous dog..." and then ad libbed the rest of the record. Pretty amazing eh?
Then Clinton added two more lines to the song, "Do the dog catcher/bow wow wow" and "Why must I chase the cat, nothing but the dog in me".

His last entry "If Anybody Gets Funked Up (It's Gonna Be You)" with the P Funk All Stars peaked at #13 R&B in 1996.

[queenladybug]

I might need a cold beverage 🍸after listening to this. That's some serious funk!

[Sepulchre_Gate]

Congrats ; a very successful remix without losing the original funkitality .

[lisawilliams]

When the beat dropped so did I ... This definitely was a song that had everyone on their feet. Thank you for the treasured memories. 🕺💃

[WilliamSpencer-hskz]

Played this to my cat Sherri, now she runs with big dogs, walks with a gangsta limp, and wears wraparound shades

[lanceparker]

The wrestling legend Junkyard Dog use to come out to this when he wrestled downsouth pre WWF..

[jeffcrothers]

Omg this is fantastic man! Great stuff! Keep it up please!

[monicaivory]

Oh my gosh. I love this song. How many remember the music video? Classic.... Thank you DJDiscoCat

[candlelight]

my friend has a 66 impala low rider and he plays this every time he comes to a car show

[lena-mariag.louis-charles]

Fantastic FUNK from 1982 - fabulously mixed to phenomenal Purrfection!💃
THANK You, DJDiscoCat!💕

[jeromemanoharan]

Very well done, to perfection. Sounds very much like the original. Takes me back to he 80’s, on the dance floor dancing to this track. Great stuff.

[blackprix]

Definitely one of my favorite songs to dance to from the 80s… Everybody dance to this song and it was huge back in the day

[ShinerBockGirlz]

The cover is Randy Macho Man Savage..how cool is

[aaronwiley]

If you can't run with the big dogs... Stay under the porch.

[rockybudgeboa]

It is TAIL WAGGING TUESDAY!!!! WOOF ARFF WOOOOF <3 Thank you DJ Disco Cat.

[charlesharter]

That "bowowow yippe yay " riff ... have wondered for decades where it came from. Never listened to Clinton back in the day, must have heard it at a high school dance. Another winner. Yesss!

[tqladybug]

No you didn’t reached back to some real funk house music OMG dude you’re the best

[RockyBergen]

When I need a 12 minute version of a hit, I know who to come to.

[DawnNY]

Where are my rollerblades?
💃💃💕 Thanks DJ

[TheBeagle]

BOW WOW WOW, YIPPYO, YIPPIEYEA, WOOF!! LOVIN IT! this is masterpiece work right here! (dances around, ears flopping around) :-) Kudos, time to wake the neighbors today with this! ;-)

[phinds]

Wow!! A classic reworked to perfection! Nicely done!