Funky Sensation

"Funky Sensation"
Single by Gwen McCrae
from the album Gwen McCrae
Released	1981
Recorded	Atlantic Studios, New York City, 1981
Genre	Post-disco
Length	4:56 (vocal) 6:32 (vocal)
Label	Atlantic DMD-286 (US)
Songwriter	Kenton Nix
Producers	Kenton Nix Henry Batts
Gwen McCrae singles chronology
"All This Love That I'm Givin'" (1979) "Funky Sensation" (1981) "Poyson" (1981)

"Funky Sensation" is a song released in 1981 by American singer Gwen McCrae.

The song was written by Kenton Nix who also wrote "Heartbeat" for Taana Gardner. It was produced by Nix and Henry Batts.

"Funky Sensation" peaked at number 22 on the Billboard Black Singles chart and number 15 on the Club chart.

This song is also included in her eponymous 1981 album Gwen McCrae and it was sampled by numerous artists.

Track listing

1982 release

12" vinyl

• US: Atlantic / DMD-286

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Funky Sensation" (vocal)	4:56

Side two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Funky Sensation" (vocal)	6:35

Personnel

• Arrangement, producer, songwriter: Kenton Nix
• Co-producer: Henry Batts
• Executive producers: Henry Batts, Kenton Nix, Milton A. Simpson

Chart performance

Chart (1981)	Peak position
US Billboard Black Singles	22
US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	15

Legacy

The track has been sampled many times:

• In 1981, old-school hip hop musician Afrika Bambaataa sampled the song for "Jazzy Sensation".
• In 1994, Sounds of Blackness sampled it in "I Believe".
• In 1995, Aswad sampled it in "One Shot Chiller".
• in 1996, Rahsaan Patterson sampled the song for "Where You Are"
• In 1996, Shyheim sampled the song for "Can You Feel It?"
• In 2000, the single was heavily sampled in the German language single "Get Up," by DJ Thomilla featuring Afrob
• In 2002, Ja Rule sampled the song for "Last Temptations"
• In 2006, Leela James sampled the song for "Good Time"
• In 2018, Disclosure heavily sampled the song for their single "Funky Sensation"