Sylvester - Do You Wanna Funk (HQ) with Lyrics!

[frankyboynyc]

THE BEST

[UptownGirl27]

When I would hear this song in Trading Places I always thought it was one of those powerful voiced women singing. What a surprise for me when I see it's a man! He's awesome!

[UptownGirl27]

I never knew who sang this! Thanks for posting I've been trying to find the name and singer for a long time.

[TheTORRELODONES]

I really understand your feelings........

[mouse12345ify]

HAPPY 2012 this song is still relevant:) isn' t it amazing how music takes us back in time?:) People live in our hearts

[AssMaster0069]

Totally looks like a man, not many want to funk with her!

[whitewitchoz]

Maya was great on SNL.

[Droc4206]

12 people did not want to funk with him.

[blueseatrading]

Seems a lot of people know the song from the awesome Trading Places party scene. But there was once a parody of that scene using SpongeBob video - funny stuff until the monsters that run nickelodeon removed all traces of it. Does anyone have a copy of this??

[miriam460912]

de los mejores videos y musica disco mis mejores años .

[mrteemumilto]

(underground) pop culture has evolved in style and expression since 1970 - 1990. They have found more accurate expressions in disco house.

[kmjwakey]

COME ON YOOFS U CANT TOUCH THIS

[deep71483]

He had the blonde faze cut way before sisqo!

[matthewblairW100]

God I love this! Studio 54 when I was 16! The memories of when I was young and thin! LOL

[numberonedreams]

great song 80s

[steadyrocksyou]

i want!!! the funk (H)

[blackstallionful]

GET......THE FUCK.......OUT!! LOL!!

[kissmylipsification]

LET'sFunk!!!!!

[lMuffinlEater]

i thought this was a girl singing haha

[moviemaster000]

rips the record off...GET THE FUCK OUT...

[thesurgerypending]

Best dance song ever...period! The club we partied in when I was 19-20 would ramp up the the music...the songs would just keep getting better and better and then Do You Wanna Funk would play....you couldn't just throw that song out there....it was too much! As for being the guy being gay...who cares...he made great music! Nobody I knew back then was gay and everybody loved the dance music of that era...nothing else comes close!

[80z90zhouzemuzicgrl]

i told my daughter look there is a song i want u to dance too when we get home lol ..when we got home she started doing aerobics lmao she was like mommy why he was dressed like a woman ..i didnt know what to say i mean i said he was a drag queen ..mommy whats that ? lol nevermind girl show mommy ur moves from gym class!! i told her to recommend it to her gym teacher !!

[bratattack5]

YER BABY!!!!!! This is what it's all about. Love this song. I just can't stop clapping to it which makes driving to it a tad dangerous :)

[frederick1924]

@bratattack5 youre right this music does make driving a tad iffy

[astiltner1]

Lov this song

[DebbieAnneB]

what happened to good music like this?

[SPFXsynthesisers]

This guy was awesome-awesome vocals and he had an energy.

Whoever invented AIDS should be in prison-this world is f##ing insane.

[catlady5009]

Love his Music Voice & Charisma!!!!! <3

[DIGITALSCREAMS]

Im so grateful for living in the internet, google, youtube age.

I remember watching Trading Places as a kid and liking the party song. I never knew who did the music back then...I didn't know where to look. After doing some research I have finally been reunited with the song. I've now looked into the artist and discovered other tracks I like. I have just bought the sealed LP.

So thanks to the uploader of this video I am now very happy!

Cheers

[Mandi7882]

@DIGITALSCREAMS - Me too! I had no idea it was Sylvester...ah to be the age I am now, and if this music was tops...

[GrlJezebel34]

This song always makes me laugh because I always think of the movie: Trading Places with Eddie Murphy and Dan Akroyd......LOL so funny! Who remembers?

[hornybodhisattva]

hot hot hot yeahhhhhhhh!

[qbuster98]

Dedseason: no stupid hey is NOT gay. Why would you EVER think that..........

[samstens]

who's been putting out their kools on my floor?

[kennethgeejohnson]

if you gonna vomit man the bathroom is downstairs yo its downstairs man lol.

[dedseason]

holy shit this guy is gay? i'm only here cuz of trading places lol

[EmpireofBritain96]

everybody get the fuck out! :)

[dedseason]

@EmpireofBritain96 it was a stone groove my man you are the most righteous.....

[TheBrainFromArous]

@dedseason

Yeah, yeah get the fuck out...

;)

[SPFXsynthesisers]

@dedseason You was in the tank last night....bragging on your limosuine. YEAH!

[dedseason]

@SPFXsynthesisers MOTHERFUCKA? MUA? lol

[raulv04]

This is one of the first songs by Patrick Cowley, actually. He produced it along with Sylvester. Patrick Cowley was a genius in the analog synthesizer and programmed it note by note! As Vassag022 said, the best disco in the universe, hands down.

[MaxMikeLatino]

This looks like this was recored at the Tracadero in San Francisco.

[Vassag022]

Best disco in the universe, hands down.

[blitzman11]

the pink moo moo. classic

[NeoKaiserFleet]

I've been waiting for you Billy Ray

[dedseason]

@NeoKaiserFleet get yo clothes on and get outta here. lol

[MLSJ781]

This is the shit!!!

[adautomaimone1]

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[Joebaggindoughnut]

this song is one long orgasm, the climax from 2:18 - 2:48. Was thinking today is there one best disco song of all-time?  There are many good ones but this has to be # 1 !! Its a combo of Patrick Cowley's phenominal techno sound and Sylvestor's singing and performance know how, he really gets into the thing like no one else. One could literally dance their ass off to this song !! I remember doing it often myself back in the day ...

[MsFerris21]

Someone needs to remix so the youth of today can appreciate a freakin awesome song..... omg....it kills all the shite we have to listen to today!!!

[bidhendy]

What ever happened to music like this. Incredible!

[MrSasaro60]

INDIMENTICABILE VOCE !!!! SI BALLAVA DA MATTI !!

(sylvester james)

[angelicinspiration1]

GET RID OF YOUR GAY PHOBIA REDICULOUS IDEAS PEOPLE (YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE)...WE ARE ALL THE SAME, ANY WAY YOU LOOK AT IT; WE ARE ALL EQUAL,. I GET SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO FRUSTRATED TRYING TO EXPLAIN THIS!!!

[dedseason]

@angelicinspiration1 you know not for nothing but that we are equal shit is the dumbest thing i ever fucking heard. NO ONE IS EQUAL!

[angelicinspiration1]

THIS WILL FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE BE ONE OF MY MOST FAVOURITE SONGS....THIS IS THE REAL THING....REAL VOICE AND %100 TALENT. THOSE WERE THE GOOD OLD DAYS...WHAT A TREASURE!!!

[subwaymallorca]

After all those years this song still rocks da joint!!!

[lipstattoo]

Who's been putting their coals out on my floor?

[QuanPete]

@LCellini TY dear one for bringing a smile to my face w this video. Remembering my friend Redi {he ws a Professional ballet dancer} - who was Sylvester's Lover for many years

until Sylvester's death from Aids, Redi died five Yrs later. ; ((

Why I'm still alive, when EveryOne I knew or loved, died- I'll Never Know!?!

I Live for all of them, Never forgetting anyone. DEMAND AN AIDS CURE PROJECT

xQP

[80z90zhouzemuzicgrl]

@QuanPete i thnk that is awesome !! what u lived threw and the happiness and happy days and those days i bet they were some crazy days which i would have given my left arm to have lived that!!i was just a baby lol

[AssMaster0069]

@shieldsff  Did you know Jesus was actually gay?

[MrBlackFabio]

"This is a Persian rug!! It's from Persia!!"

[didyoucallgirls]

I've been waiting for you Billy Ray

[boltonox]

DON'T FUNK WITH ME M.T.Fer!

[taig87268528]

qqqqqqqqq pohha é isso?

[smithraymond09029]

I'm sure he held much larger "microphones" than that one :-) this guy was awesome.

[ukchippy11]

yes trading places brought me here!!a good film in so many ways-merry new year!

[ticosweat]

YES i wanna funk with you.

[elfivanoverloop]

I love u ...

[GabiMuse6]

I am a singer. This man was ahead of his time. I love his bravery and timbre. Hopefully I can do this man justice.

[PearlwhiteS4]

Love this song! One of the great classic disco songs of the 80's.

[trankillodad]

Wow this is still jamming 

[nachjagger33]

GAY POWER

[racumira]

I was 17 when I fucket him by the ass, I got syphilis

[geobruf123]

im waitin for you billy ray!

[cometa59]

ES UN GRAN LEGO EN MUESTRAS VIDAS DISFUTAR ESTE GRAN GENERO DE MUSICA K S EL HIGH ENERGY.... PADRE-MADRE DE LOS DEMAS GENEROS K HASTA HOY SE ESCUCHAN......

[gwinnettful]

I don't understand why people say he was gay?

[TheLusjanii]

@gwinnettful

:):):):):) that's funny

[ramdatocayo]

hey SYLVESTER wherever you are, MAY GOD BLESS YOU!!!!

THANK YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!

[chile2050]

CON ESTE TEMA, HACE ALGUNOS AÑOS ERA LA REINA DEL DANCE. DESDE CHILE SE LE RECUERDA.

[1975Teri]

what a awesome song! Love it!

[rojo2201]

wonderfull music....

[qnnsjq]

I did love my syvester, remeber this song its so good

[bedroombody1]

This song was so good my mother had me buy her a copy of the 12-inch single!!!!

I miss you, Sylvester!!!! :)

[butifarra61]

gay boys...be gay,,,be wonderful...be unique, authentic...but stay away from that fucking sex....do we really love to fuck and fuck....We are bigger than sex....we are pure imagination! Do not let the body rule you!!! We should embrace our creativity....and forget all that sex...!

[ErickMN]

Happy Birthday sweet Sylvester! I know you're still laying down those disco tracks somewhere in the stars.

[nachjagger33]

Igual cantaba bien este maraco del culo.... RIP... culito roto...

[olguitacab]

♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸❤¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪..lola_.y­es Sylvester.....

[al721963]

SYLVESTER! GOD BLESS YOUR SOUL. AN ICON OF DISCO MUSIC! YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN AS LONG AS I WALK THE EARTH.

[rwzal]

amazing voice !!

[them0sthappy]

I remember eddie Murphy throwing folks the fuck out in trading spaces

[ProfessorLaser]

I have three words for lovers of this clip/track: Cee Lo Green.

Demand a remake today!!!!

[mrstrange]

Sylvester is one of the most under-rated singers. This is legendary.

[Drehnie]

@nequito718 ......LMAO..

[justingreenpea]

GENIUS...X



[metatron1970]

Requiescat in Pace, Sylvester. My favorite of his disco anthems. So infectious even the most rabid anti-disco redneck can't help but be swept up in the energy.

[oddjobhokie]

THIS SONG IS A MASTER PIECE EVEN NOW, IN 2011...THE RITHM I MEAN. HIS VOICE IS ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC!!! WOW!!

[nequito718]

"who's been puttin out they Kools on mah floor?" lol

[samstens]

@nequito718 oh you bastard... you took my comment for this vid! :) Thumbs up!

[nequito718]

@samstens Tha'ts my favorite scene in the movie Trading Places, LOL!

[sicsempertyrannis187]

@nequito718 the sad thing is that on amc the beep out the word kools. how sick is that

[simonsez0800]

@delilah8411 LOL!!!

[delilah8411]

5 people prefer to stay fresh lol

[Puhaboy99]

this song needs 2 be noticed more its so epic xD

[keirra69]

Trading Places....lol

[bawalker022]

thumbs up if you herd this song in trading places.

[softservegirl]

I bow down to greatness.

[viborin80]

eso es todo!!!....

[2lovemarc]

I love this era i wish i knew sylvester i play this in my house and dance all the time.Great music

[LeeAnn20008]

I would love to see the young black guy on The Glee Project do this. His name is Alex and he has a beautiful voice but I'm not sure if he has the same voice as Sylvester.

[Meela234]

I had no idea this was Sylvester's song until I watched Unsung.  I had to laugh when they played it because all I could think about was Eddie Murphy's house party in the movie. Sylvester was a great entertainer.

[rell27]

"Can I have everybodys attention please"...............(Record Scratches) GET THE FUCK OUT!!

Watching Trading Places & Unsung brought me here

[TheBrainFromArous]

@rell27

This is a Persian rug! FROM PERSIA!

[nakkuerkki]

@rell27 cool dude

[davidpuddy72]

@rell27 Priceless reference!

[gman9997]

THAT NIGGA LOOK GAY



[StrictlyBG]

@gman9997 haha 

[ladyvee7110]

@gman9997 Um...maybe because he was gay. *Sigh*

...And so what if he was? This song is awesome.

[TheJediC]

the very first video i ever watched via you tube, song was on my mind for a long time!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TheJediC]

the very first video i ever watched via youtube, song was on my mind for a long time!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[delilah8411]

5 people dont like funk lol

[nitabug36]

I also watched the unusung doc. and I can actually remember listening to his music as a very small child. What raw talent. Its a shame how it all played out. RIP!

[OHIOQUEEN2006]

I almost cried when I watched his "Unsung" Documentary. It's sad

[Icunhere]

Bernie ya blessed to have known him....he appeared to have a free loving spirit, fearless also.  No studio he was a very talented person, I feel he open the door for RuPaul...

[faygo12]

No way he sounded that way live. a perfect voice. must be studioed to perfection

[LeeAnn20008]

@faygo12

Thats that church voice. lol..There are many out there. Go to a black church and you will hear that voice.

[MultiNabokov]

This is the ultimate disco voice. Some kind of power!

[sispeo55]

arf epoque formidable ...merci

[shellybellysf]

Shellybellysf..This was our church people!! Sylvester gone..never forgotten

[jazzinjj]

When that tune played in the clubs the WHOLE place was dancin!!!! That tune gave me goose bumps when I would dance. That was a SUPER BAD TUNE!!!!!  RIP Sylvester!!!!

[mantra3000]

I always found Sylvester very hot.

[skincarexpro]

The best dance music all time! Playfully naughty but not trashy. What happened to those days??? xoxxoJulie Hollingsworth

[tassofix]

Sylvester: une des icones des années 80.Un gars qui annonçait les décennies à venir .C'est pas bon d'être trop en avance sur son temps. Mort trop tôt le gars.Dommage, il en valait largement d'autres.

[smithraymond09029]

Do yoo wann funk?

[Successintheprocess]

Yes?!?! Slay them!!

[lorenzod07]

Trading Places Eddie Murphy's party excellent scene from a great movie.

[williamjamesdawson]

OMG i loved this song - i had it when i was 16 in 1986 and tried and tried to get a copy but it was deleted so i was told

[fan2hit]

Boy George & RuPaul eat your hearts out

[BHDread]

@fan2hit YEAH...HE (SHE) THE KING OF QUEENS!!!!LMBAO!!



[colavfc70]

who been puttin out their coals on my floor?

[dafdyl]

he was before his time.Great music x

[Upjohn252]

After loving this song even b4 Trading Places came out, I just now found out it was a man singing, learn sumn new every day

[veeseee128]

sylvester was a gay black man i heard, who died of aids in the early 80s. back when aids was a big epidemic. He seems very gay. alot of gays listen to this kind of funk disco.

[els2180]

Yo, Coleman Man...there was alot mo' people here earlier,??? I believe some of them have ajurned upstairs, sir...IN MY BEDROOM???? ....Ive been waitin' for ya Billy Ray!!!....classic

[Smurfologist]

Farley Jackmaster Funk use to cut this song up back in the day!! Chi-Town House Music rules!!! Southsyeed in this mofo, damn it!!!

[ppapas55]

if it wasnt for songs like this u'd still be swimming in your daddys big ol nuts. music like this produced offspring and lots ofit

[delilah8411]

@ppapas55 lmao

[macksun]

@ppapas55 dude wtf are you talkin bout? My dad wasnt fucking to Queer music he wasnt fucking to R & B soul..Al Green..Barry white..Marvin Gaye and etc. Maybe you dad was fucking to Queer music but not mines!

[TheManray05]

@macksun Wanna bet? This song was a huge hit and wasn't considered "Queer music". Jerkoff.

[5994434]

This 2011 and his music is still amazing as it was when I first listened to him all those years ago.I miss him and his music.

[Bujinas]

After watching his Unsung on TV One, I learned more about Sylvester than Vh-1 ever attempted to tell me. His falsetto was amazingly high, especially for a man. Move over Robin Thicke!

[Peace4905]

Great song, great artist!

[cinamontaste]

i would love to funk while listening to this;-D

[cinamontaste]

i would love to funk will listening to this;-D

[1le2a]

nosso kerido sylvester,ke vivi, em espirito,11111111abraço de felicidades,adoro,dancei muitoooooooooooooootaoaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!deviam reeditat seus sucessos,homengem a este homem de sucesso.

[ZIllgauskas]

5 people dont wanna funk

[ekocentric]

It's funny that Sylvester's name wasn't a household name but I'll bet that he was a club icon....someone though this song makes me think of Michael Alig and the club kids.

[hotrdumommy]

This is a Persian rug! From Persia!! Haven't ya'll ever heard of coasters?

[LadyCastus]

Damn I miss Sylvester. RIP.

[nickmadman]

YES me wanna funck

[JermimaSweet]

VAVAZELUS U CAN SY WHAT U WANT

[Vavazelus]

@JermimaSweet Thx bro. Think back to 1986, I was not gay, but dug the music. I would bring girls to Rage in West Hollywood. It took 2 drinks and songs like this to get them wet and then a subsequent blow job in the alley, then a hard pounding at my crib. Just saying. 

[RicorianGuardian]

@Vavazelus you're a closeted homosexual.

[chrisg7721]

Better yet, I want to see him on Mt. Rushmore!

[mjjcng8958]

the its raining men women where his backup singers at one point

[jrmetmoi]

@mjjcng8958 Martha Wash and the other lady who died years ago.

[pink1222]

his voice is amazing....better than some women..

[m1ke420]

i wanna see sylvester on a dollar sign.