Do You Wanna Get Funky

"Do You Wanna Get Funky" is a song by American dance music group C+C Music Factory featuring vocals from Martha Wash, Zelma Davis, and Trilogy. Released in July 1994 by Columbia as the lead single from the group's second album, Anything Goes! (1994), it reached number 40 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and topped both the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart and the Canadian RPM Dance chart. In Europe and Oceania, it was a hit in several countries, peaking at number two in New Zealand, number five in Finland, number 11 in Australia, and number 18 in the Netherlands. Keir McFarlane directed the song's music video, featuring the artists performing in a nightclub. "Do You Wanna Get Funky" was awarded one of ASCAP's Rhythm & Soul Awards in 1995.

Composition
Sampling Nice & Smooth's "Hip Hop Junkies", "Do You Wanna Get Funky" is a Snoop Doggy Dogg-esque ragga, hip hop, and P-funk track "with highly charged vocal performances" and "a slick and insinuating groove that is padded with ear-pleasing synth lines".

Critical reception
Larry Flick from Billboard praised "Do You Wanna Get Funky", predicting that its "killer hook and a memorable refrain" will "push the act up the charts once again". Troy J. Augusto from Cash Box highlighted its "heavy-duty dance groove, some tasty toast-vox from Trilogy and a heaping helping of Ms. Wash’s operatic voice", and also suggested the "fiery track" could be a hit on "a large cross-section of contemporary radio". Pan-European magazine Music & Media wrote, "When was the last C&C hit? In other words, high time for a new one." Brad Beatnik from Music Week's RM Dance Update called it the best cut "on a rather patchy new album", positively commenting on the choice of sample and "superb diva vocals from Martha Wash and Zelma Davis".

Track listings

 * 12-inch maxi, US (1994)
 * 1) "Do You Wanna Get Funky" (The C&C Sound Factory house mix) — 8:20
 * 2) "Do You Wanna Get Funky" (The Ministry of Sound mix) — 7:58


 * CD single, UK and Europe (1994)
 * 1) "Do You Wanna Get Funky" (C+C radio mix) — 4:04
 * 2) "Do You Wanna Get Funky" (Ministry of Sound house mix) — 8:00
 * 3) "Do You Wanna Get Funky" (Mark the 45 King remix) — 5:29
 * 4) "Do You Wanna Get Funky" (C.J.'s full length version) — 9:35
 * 5) "Do You Wanna Get Funky" (C.J.'s Funky Organ Vox dub) — 9:03


 * CD maxi, US (1994)
 * 1) "Do You Wanna Get Funky" (vocal club mix) — 4:29
 * 2) "Do You Wanna Get Funky" (Mark the 45 King remix) — 5:28
 * 3) "Do You Wanna Get Funky" (a cappella) — 4:02
 * 4) "Do You Wanna Get Funky" (The C+C Sound Factory house mix) — 8:20
 * 5) "Do You Wanna Get Funky" (The Ministry of Sound house mix) — 7:58