Bootzilla
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| "Bootzilla" | |
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 UK picture sleeve for the single "Bootzilla" |
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| Single by Bootsy's Rubber Band | |
| from the album Bootsy? Player of the Year | |
| B-side | "Vanish In Our Sleep" "Hollywood Squares" |
| Released | January 13, 1978 |
| Format | 7", 12" |
| Genre | Funk |
| Length |
5:39 (album version) 4:21 (single edit) |
| Label |
Warner Bros. |
| Writer(s) | George Clinton Bootsy Collins |
| Producer | George Clinton, Bootsy Collins |
"Bootzilla" is a song recorded by Bootsy's Rubber Band, released on January 13, 1978. As the lead single from the album Bootsy? Player of the Year it held the #1 spot on the R&B chart for one week in 1978 (directly following fellow P-Funk outfit Parliament's #1 hit "Flash Light" a song originally penned with Bootsy Collins in mind for the lead vocal, however Collins turned it down)[citation needed]. "Bootzilla" failed to make the Hot 100.[1].
The song's lyrics introduce Bootsy's wind-up toy alter ego Bootzilla, "the world's only rhinestone rock-star doll." The track features Bootsy Collins on drums as well as bass guitar.
[edit] References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 85.
| Preceded by "Flash Light" by Parliament |
Billboard's Hot Soul Singles number one single March 25, 1978 |
Succeeded by "The Closer I Get to You" by Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway |
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