Title of song: The Song Is Familiar

Artist: Funkadelic

Title of album: Let's Take It to the Stage

Year of first release: 1975

Trivia: This is widely considered one of the weakest songs on what is otherwise a powerful album.

This song is unique on the album in its mellowness and laid-back atmosphere. The rest of the songs are energetic and fast-paced.

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Songwriters: George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell

Memorable Lyrics:

  • "There is a song that I sing whenever I'm sad, feeling bad/There is a place in my head that I go, when I'm feeling low/To my song I can relate and I don't got to syncopate/Every word is in time, on time, at all times/In our love there is harmony, and I want to see this love through with you"

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The singer claims that there is song which he sings whenever he is sad, and it always works and makes him happier again. He compares this song to his love for a woman, which also makes him feel happy when he is sad.

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