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((Infobox song
| name       = Star Child
| cover      =
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Parliament (band)|Parliament]]
| album      = [[Mothership Connection]]
| A-side     = Star Child
| B-side     = Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication
| released   = August 1976
| recorded   = 1975
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = [[P-Funk]]
| length     = 6:11 (album version)<br>3:08 (7" edit)
| label      = [[Casablanca Records|Casablanca]] 864
| writer     = [[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]]/[[Bootsy Collins]]/[[Bernie Worrell]]
| producer   = George Clinton
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"'''Mothership Connection&nbsp;(Star Child)'''"  is a [[funk]] [[song]] by [[Parliament (band)|Parliament]]. It was the third and last [[Single (music)|single]] released from the group's [[1975 in music|1975]] album ''[[Mothership Connection]]''. The song introduces [[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]]'s messianic alien [[alter ego]] Star Child for the first time (''see [[P-Funk mythology]]'').

The [[lyrics]] "Swing down, sweet chariot, stop and let me ride" quote the traditional [[Spiritual (music)|spiritual]] "[[Swing Down Sweet Chariot|Swing Down, Sweet Chariot]]",<ref>((cite book |last1=Vincent |first1=Rickey |title=Funk: The Music, The People, and The Rhythm of The One|date=1996|publisher=St. Martin's Press |location=New York |isbn=1466884525 |page=254 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Tb-FBAAAQBAJ&q=%22mothership+connection%22+%22swing+down%22&pg=PA254 |accessdate=2018-02-02))</ref> first popularized in the 1940s by [[The Golden Gate Quartet]] and later recorded by [[Elvis Presley]] among others (and not the better-known spiritual "[[Swing Low, Sweet Chariot]]").

The track "[[Let Me Ride]]" on the [[Dr. Dre]] album ''[[The Chronic]]'' is heavily based on [[Sampling (music)|samples]] from this song.

In 1998, Scott Grooves produced a [[remix]] version of this song under the title ''Mothership Reconnection'', followed by yet another [[remix]] by Scott Grooves, [[Slam (DJs)|Slam]] and [[Daft Punk]].

The song was the inspiration for [[Dave Parker]]'s "Boys Boppin'" shirt.<ref>((cite web |last1=Clair |first1=Michale |title=Origin of Dave Parker's 'Boys Boppin' shirt |website=[[MLB.com]] |date=2021|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/origin-of-dave-parker-s-boys-boppin-shirt?fbclid=IwAR1wkcYMGADDREnevFGIhMY94FKzrLTuj2yNRqHZMA4v-sGbE6tdbYxQ-Kc)) </ref>

==Alternate titles==
The song was titled simply "Star Child" on its single release, while the radio [[Promotional single|promo]] version was titled "Star Child (Mothership Connection)." This version uses the same track from ''Mothership Connection'' but fades out at 3:08. It is included as a bonus track on the ''Mothership Connection'' CD.

On the album ''[[Live: P-Funk Earth Tour]]'' the song is split into two tracks, "Mothership Connection (Star Child)" and "Swing Down, Sweet Chariot."

== Cover versions ==

In 1990, bassist [[Stanley Clarke]] and keyboardist [[George Duke]] released an album entitled "3," which contained a cover of this song.<ref>((cite web|url=((Allmusic|class=album|id=r58265|pure_url=yes))|title=3 overview|work=[[Allmusic|Allmusic.com]]))</ref>

== References ==
((Reflist))

((Parliament))

[[Category:1976 singles]]
[[Category:Parliament (band) songs]]
[[Category:Songs written by George Clinton (funk musician)]]
[[Category:Songs written by Bootsy Collins]]
[[Category:Songs written by Bernie Worrell]]
[[Category:Casablanca Records singles]]


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