Jason Momoas’ 2018 Saturday Night Live appearance featured a skit centering around making Parliament’s song “Aqua Boogie” from 1978’s “Motor Booty Affair” into the “Aquaman” theme song.Read more
PARLIAMENT’s superfunky song “Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker),” off their hit 1975 album Mothership Connection, was the band’s first million-selling single.Read more
Rapper Dr. Dre sampled PARLIAMENT’s “Mothership Connection (Star Child)” on “Let Me Ride” and “P. Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)” on “The Roach (The Chronic Outro)” from his smash hit 1992 album The Chronic.Read more
Parliament’s superfunky 1969 song “Everything Is On The One” is actually a reference to James Brown’s method of putting a heavy emphasis on the first (ONE) beat — a trick George Clinton learned after hiring Brown’s former bassist Bootsy Collins.Read more
