# Looking for a song - funky soul music

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 10, 2013, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-song-funky-soul-music/663090 "2013-07-10T00:01:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-song-funky-soul-music/663090/1 "2013-07-10T00:01:52Z")

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I don’t have too much to go on except the hook. “Na na, nanana na na, Everybody everybody everybody gotta be free.” There’s a funky beat and the singer has a rough voice reminiscent of Edwin Starr or Rufus Thomas. Definitely **not** a white guy. Probably from the late sixties or early seventies.  
Song’s been in my head for 2 months now and I’ve tried googling, and lyric websites and all I come up with are ditty bop white groups. I want me some soul!

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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-song-funky-soul-music/663090/2 "2013-07-10T01:04:12Z")

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Probably not this, but I’ll put it out there as a starting point only because it has the lyrics

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/nQk_Ho0d54g/hqdefault.jpg "Johnny Clarke - Everybody's Got To Be Free") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQk_Ho0d54g)

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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-song-funky-soul-music/663090/3 "2013-07-10T01:09:17Z")

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Here ya go, this is it… Freedom Blues, Little Richard

[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1KmS5_nehQ)

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**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-song-funky-soul-music/663090/4 "2013-07-10T01:10:08Z")

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Ninja’d by a minute.

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**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-song-funky-soul-music/663090/5 "2013-07-10T01:39:57Z")

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Ahhhhhhhh! Relief! Like removing a stone from your shoe after walking a mile. Yes, Little Richard! Damn, I don’t know why he didn’t cross my mind. Thank you, thank you, thank you! Excellent Ska cover by Johnny Clarke too. Yay, a bonus!

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**Author:** ![danielwilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@danielwilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danielwilson)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-song-funky-soul-music/663090/6 "2013-07-10T14:15:47Z")

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Listen to this song. Its just too awesome : Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag - James Brown & The Famous Flames