I Can Smell That Funky Music
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| "I Can Smell That Funky Music" | ||||
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| Single by Eric Mercury | ||||
| from the album Funky Sounds Nurtured in the Fertile Soil of Memphis That Smell of Rock | ||||
| B-side | "Listen With Your Eyes" | |||
| Released | 1971 | |||
| Genre | soul | |||
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| Label | Enterprise ENA-9041 | |||
| Songwriters | Rice, Floyd, Cropper | |||
| Producer | Steve Cropper | |||
| Eric Mercury singles chronology | ||||
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"I Can Smell That Funky Music" was a hit in 1972 for soul singer Eric Mercury. This was the first time he had a single of his own in the charts. Recorded and produced in the United States, the success of the single was in Canada where Mercury was originally from.
The song was written by Steve Cropper, Mack Rice and Eddie Floyd. [1] The opening song for one of two albums produced by Steve Cropper for Stax Records at his new TMI studio,[2] it was a song that fused elements of roots and soul.[3] It was one of Canada's biggest hits of 1972.[4]
The single was released in Canada on Enterprise ENA 9041 around the time that Allan Katz, the national promotional director of Polydor had taken Mercury on a cross-country tour, visiting stations from Toronto to Vancouver to promote his new album, Funky Sounds Nurtured in the Fertile Soil of Memphis That Smell of Rock.[5][6]