Grow Some Funk of Your Own

"Grow Some Funk of Your Own" is a song by Elton John. It was released as a single in 1976 and comes from his album Rock of the Westies. It shared its A-side status with "I Feel Like a Bullet (In the Gun of Robert Ford)". The song went to #14 on the Billboard Hot 100, but in Britain broke a five-year run of successful singles by failing to reach the Top 50 despite extensive radio play. Guitarist Davey Johnstone is credited as a co-writer.

"Grow Some Funk of Your Own"
Single by Elton John
from the album Rock of the Westies
A-side"I Feel Like a Bullet (In the Gun of Robert Ford) (double A-side)"
Released12 January 1976
RecordedJune–July 1975
Length4:45
LabelMCA (US)
DJM (UK)
Songwriter(s)Elton John, Bernie Taupin, Davey Johnstone
Producer(s)Gus Dudgeon
Elton John singles chronology
"Island Girl"
(1975)		 "Grow Some Funk of Your Own" / "I Feel Like a Bullet (In the Gun of Robert Ford)"
(1976)		 "Pinball Wizard"
(1976)

Synopsis

The song centers on a man who wakes up after a bad dream entailing an episode set in Mexico, where the protagonist (presumably either John or Taupin) falls for a young lady in a small town but is dismissed by her boyfriend, telling him to return to where he came from (hence the lyric, "Take my advice/take the next flight/and grow your funk/grow your funk at home").

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