Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker) is a groundbreaking funk song by Parliament, released as a single from their 1975 Mothership Connection. The track emerged during the golden age of funk music, when Parliament, led by the innovative George Clinton, was revolutionizing the genre with their distinctive blend of R&B, psychedelic rock, and soul. The song became Parliament's first certified million-selling single, achieving Gold status in 1976, marking a significant milestone in the band's commercial success and cultural impact. The song's musical composi… read more
Parliament is an American funk band formed in the late 1960s by George Clinton as part of his Parliament-Funkadelic collective. Less rock-oriented than its sister act Funkadelic, Parliament drew on science-fiction and outlandish performances in their work. The band scored a number of Top 10 hits, including the million-selling 1976 single "Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)", and Top 40 albums such as Mothership Connection (1975). Clinton dissolved the band in the early 1980s. Reformed in January 2018, the first new Parliament release in 38 years was "I… read more
Parliament is an American funk band formed in the late 1960s by George Clinton as part of his Parliament-Funkadelic collective. Less rock-oriented than its sister act Funkadelic, Parliament… read more
Parliament is an American funk band formed in the late 1960s by George Clinton as part of his Parliament-Funkadelic collective. Less rock-oriented than its sister act Funkadelic, Parliament drew on science-fiction and outlandish perfor… read more