"We Need Some Money"
Single by Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers
Released1984
Recorded1984
GenreR&B
Length8:24 (extended version)
4:28 (single version)
LabelT.T.E.D.
Songwriter(s)
  • Chuck Brown
  • Curtis Johnson
Producer(s)Maxx Kidd, Reo Edwards

"We Need Some Money" is a single by the Washington, D.C.-based go-go band Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers, which was released as a single in 1984.[1] The song has been sampled by many hip-hop artists, including songs by Kid 'n Play and Wreckx-n-Effect,[2] and is currently used in many promotional advertisements for the D.C. Lottery.[3] Maryland rock band Clutch has long used a bootleg version of the song as their live-show introduction, and released a cover version on the deluxe version of their 2015 album Psychic Warfare.

Track listing

Side 1
  1. "We Need Some Money" (radio version 1) – 4:28
  2. "We Need Some Money" (radio version 2) – 4:53
Side 2
  1. "We Need Some Money" (extended version) – 8:24

References

  1. ^ Thompson, Dave (2001). "Part Four: The New School". Funk: Third Ear - The Essential Listening Companion (1st ed.). San Francisco: BackBeat Books. pp. 297–299. ISBN 0-87930-629-7.
  2. ^ "Songs that Sampled "We Need Some Money"". WhoSampled.com. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Chuck Brown Scratcher Cash" (PDF). D.C. Lottery. Retrieved 9 August 2016.

External links

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