Bootzilla

"Bootzilla"
UK picture sleeve for the single "Bootzilla"
Single by Bootsy's Rubber Band
from the album Bootsy? Player of the Year
B-side
  • "Vanish In Our Sleep"
  • "Hollywood Squares"
ReleasedJanuary 13, 1978
GenreFunk
Length5:39 (album version) 4:21 (single edit)
LabelWarner Bros.

8512

K 17196 (UK)
Songwriter(s)George Clinton
Bootsy Collins
Producer(s)George Clinton, Bootsy Collins

"Bootzilla" is a song recorded by Bootsy's Rubber Band, released on January 13, 1978. As the lead single from the album Bootsy? Player of the Year, it held the #1 spot on the R&B chart for one week in 1978, directly after fellow P-Funk outfit Parliament's #1 hit "Flash Light". ("Flash Light" was originally penned with Bootsy Collins in mind for the lead vocal; however, Collins turned it down[citation needed].) "Bootzilla" failed to make the Hot 100.[1]

The song's lyrics introduce Bootsy's wind-up toy alter ego, Bootzilla, "the world's only rhinestone rock-star doll." The track features Bootsy Collins on drums and bass guitar.

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 85.


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