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40 Best Funk Songs to Get Your Guests Onto the Dance Floor

Want to make your wedding reception a little bit funkier? Add a few tracks by Curtis Mayfield, Funkadelic and KC & The Sunshine Band to your playlist.

You don’t want all of your guests acting like wallflowers at your wedding reception, so you’re going to need one killer soundtrack to pump them up. One genre that’s bound to get your guests movin’ and groovin’? Funk. Add a few of the best funk songs by artists like The Brothers Johnson, Kool & The Gang and Commodores and your friends and family will be hitting the dance floor in no time.

Here are the best funk songs to get your guests onto the dance floor.

  • One Nation Under A Groove - Funkadelic
  • Ain’t We Funkin’ Now - The Brothers Johnson
  • It’s Your Thing - The Isley Brothers
  • Shining Star - Earth, Wind & Fire
  • Super Freak Pt. 1 - Rick James
  • Uptown Funk - Mark Ronson, Bruno Mars
  • Brick House - Commodores
  • Funky Stuff - Kool & The Gang
  • Get Down On It - Kool & The Gang
  • Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker) - Parliament
  • Superfly - Curtis Mayfield
  • Rock Steady - Aretha Franklin
  • Got To Give It Up Pt. 1 - Marvin Gaye
  • Stomp! - The Brothers Johnson
  • Get Down Tonight - KC & The Sunshine Band
  • Let’s Groove - Earth, Wind & Fire
  • Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry
  • Low Rider - War
  • Funky Town - Lipps Inc.
  • Blame It On The Boogie - The Jacksons
  • Word Up - Cameo
  • Kiss - Prince
  • Dance To The Music - Sly & The Family Stone
  • Just Kissed My Baby - The Meters
  • You And I - Delegation
  • Got To Be Real - Cheryl Lynn
  • Boogie Wonderland - Earth, Wind & Fire
  • That’s The Way (I Like It) - KC & The Sunshine Band
  • Shake Your Groove Thing - Peaches & Herb
  • I’ll Take You There - The Staple Singers.
  • Chameleon - Herbie Hancock
  • Papa’s Gota A Brand New Bag - James Brown
  • She’s A Bad Mama Jama - Carl Carlton
  • Higher Ground - Stevie Wonder
  • Cissy Strut - The Meters
  • Thank You - Sly & The Family Stone
  • Get Up - James Brown
  • Flash Light - Parliament
  • Jungle Boogie - Kool & The Gang
  • Got The Love - Average White Band

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