Bootzilla (original) (raw)
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1978 single by Bootsy's Rubber Band
| "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 |
| Genre | Funk |
| Length | 5:39 (album version) 4:21 (single edit) |
| Label | Warner Bros. 8512 K 17196 (UK) |
| Songwriter(s) | George ClintonBootsy Collins |
| Producer(s) | 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 after fellow P-Funk outfit Parliament's #1 hit "Flash Light". ("Flash Light" was 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 and bass guitar.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 85.