Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music(1976) A

Words & Music by Robert W. Parissi
From The Album "Wild Cherry" 1976
Charts: US No.1 CAN No.2 NLD/NZ No.4
BEL No.6 UK No.7 GER No.42
Kar by Geoff Carter 4th June 2026
For PC MIDI Player sounds best with Timbres of Heaven
Sound fonts loaded via Coolsoft Virtual Midi Synth
Available free from midkar.com

Once I was a boogie singer~...
Playing in a rock and roll band~...
I never had no problems... Yeah~...
Burnin' down the one night stands~...

Then ev'rything around me~...
Got to start to feelin' so low~...
And I decided quickly~~...
To disco down and check out the show~...

Yeah they were dancin'.. and singin'..
And movin' to the groovin'
And just when.. it hit me..
Somebody turned around and shouted:

"Play that funky music, white boy...
Play that funky music right~...
Play that funky music, white boy
Lay down the boogie
And play that funky music 'til you die."...

I tried to understand this~...
I thought that they were out of their minds~...
How could I be so foolish...
To not see I was the one behind...

So still I kept on fighting~...
Losing ev'ry step by the way~...
I said, "I must go back there~...
And check to see if things still the same~"...

Yeah they were dancin'.. and singin'..
And movin' to the groovin'
And just when.. it hit me..
Somebody turned around and shouted:

"Play that funky music, white boy...
Play that funky music right~...
Play that funky music, white boy
Lay down the boogie
And play that funky music 'til you die."...

At first it wasn't easy~...
Changing rock and rolling minds~...
Things started getting shaky...
I thought I'd have to leave it behind~...

But now it's so much better
{it's so much better}
I'm funkin' out in every way~...
But I'll never lose that feelin'~..
{you know, I won't}
Of how I learned my lesson that day~...

Yeah they were dancin'.. and singin'..
And movin' to the groovin'
And just when.. it hit me..
Somebody turned around and shouted:

"Play that funky music, white boy...
Play that funky music right~...
Play that funky music, white boy
Lay down the boogie
And play that funky music 'til you die."...

"Play that funky music, white boy...
Play that funky music right~...
Play that funky music, white boy
Lay down the boogie
And play that funky music 'til you die."...

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Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music(1976) A
Words & Music by Robert W. Parissi
From The Album "Wild Cherry" 1976
Charts: US No.1 CAN No.2 NLD/NZ No.4
BEL No.6 UK No.7 GER No.42
Sequence by Geoff Carter 4th June 2026
For PC MIDI Player sounds best with Timbres of Heaven
Sound fonts loaded via Coolsoft Virtual Midi Synth
Available free from midkar.com
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