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"Atomic Dog" is a song by George Clinton, released by Capitol Records in December 1982, as the second and final single from his studio album, Computer Games (1982). It became the P-Funk collective 's last to reach #1 on the U.S. R&B Chart .
"Atomic Dog" still sounds like the future, but in 1982, Clinton could've never envisioned that the improvised electro song would be a Michael Jackson-dethroning hit.
Computer Games is the debut album by American funk musician George Clinton, released by Capitol Records on November 5, 1982. Though technically Clinton's first "solo" album, the record featured most of the same personnel who had appeared on recent albums by Parliament and Funkadelic, both formally disbanded by Clinton in 1981.
The song, produced by Dr. Dre, features samples and interpolations from George Clinton's "Atomic Dog" in its chorus and throughout, the bass line from Funkadelic's "(Not Just) Knee Deep," and an interpolation from Parliament's "Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)" in its bridge.
"Atomic" By Blondie (1980) "Atomic Dog" By George Clinton and the P-Funk All-Stars (1982) "Atomic Playboys" By Steve Stevens (1989) "Back to Zero" By The Rolling Stones (1986) "Beat Street" By Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five (1984) "Beneath the Remains" By Sepultura (1989) "Between the Wheels" By Rush (1984) "Beyond the Black" By Metal ...
Eminem, N.W.A, George Clinton, Janet Jackson, Bryan Adams, Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins, Nashville hitmaker Ashley Gorley and many more are in the slate of Songwriters Hall of Fame nominees to ...
The song was released in 1986 by Capitol Records and was originally featured on the album R&B Skeletons in the Closet and was used in the 1997 film Good Burger (in which Clinton made a cameo). The song was the second highest-charting single of George Clinton's solo career after "Atomic Dog", peaking at number 13 on the Billboard Hot Black ...
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