Smokey

Artist: Funkadelic

Title of album: Hardcore Jollies

Year of first release: 1976

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Description of music:

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Songwriters: George Clinton, Garry Shider

Memorable Lyrics:

• "A-ha-ha-hey, Smokey, when I speak your name/Ah, Smokey, you do something to my brain/Hey, Smokey, I'm like a dog on your chain/Smokey baby, you got me singing this sweet refrain"

Complete lyrics at the Motherpage (http://www.duke.edu/~tmc/motherpage/lyrics_funkadelic/lyr-jollies#lyr-s-smokey)

The singer addresses the song to "Smokey," which may be a drug reference because of two lines quoted above ("you do something to my brain" and "I'm like a dog on your chain").

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