Written by: George Clinton, Bernie
Worrell, Bootsy Collins
Produced by: Clinton
Released: Dec. '77 on Casablanca
Charts: 16 weeks
Top spot: No. 16
"Flash Light" is the P-Funk Nation's manifesto, spreading the gospel of funk. "We're going to get the message out," Clinton declared in 1978. "We want to put the show on Broadway -- tell the story straightforward so people understand that funk mean funk." Keyboardist Worrell provided the bass line, after figuring out how to stack bass tones on his Moog synthesizer.
Appears on: Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome (Mercury)