Funky

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Funky
Alternative name(s)	Dance For Hours a Day, Dance Floor Was His Name, DFHAD
Artist(s)	Royal Treatment Plant
Album	EP
Genre	Alt-Rock, Indie Rock, Soft Rock
Year	2005
Status	Solved; Full version available
Original poster	presveva
Search duration	July 8th, 2007 - February 22nd, 2024
File:Funky.mp3

Funky (formerly known as "Dance For Hours a Day"), is a solved alternative-rock song released in 2005 by the band Royal Treatment Plant.

Background

On July 7th, 2007, Usenet user presveva posted the song to a group dedicated to Italian music, asking for the song's identification and hosting the full song with the filename "5.mp3" on a Google Site.

On July 8th, 2007, presveva posted two snippets of the song on WatZatSong, deleting the first snippet ten minutes after he posted it for unknown reasons, but both posts received little attention.

The song gained notoriety in the lostwave community after it was posted to YouTube by Mike Worst on September 26th, 2022, and r/lostwave by iwaffle727 on October 20th, 2023.

The OP returned to the thread on November 12th, 2023, adding that he may have downloaded the song from a torrent, possibly from Mininova or Demonoid.

Discovery

On January 2nd, 2024, Discord users discovered the full version of the song's introduction in the OP's old WatZatSong post, which was still stored on their servers.

On January 9th, 2024, after another user mentioned the band Royal Treatment Plant, Discord user Sveta began searching through their Discogs page, eventually finding their first demo album from 2005 simply titled "EP" with a song called Funky. The full song was found on the drummer's website, but with a fadeout that cut a minute of the song off.

On February 22nd, 2024, YouTube user Via discovered the complete version of the song by finding the user "artstorm", who was a top listener for the band on last.fm in 2008-2009, contacting him through Discord, and receiving a copy of the full album.

Lyrics

Official Lyrics (Verse 1)

Girl you should be over this

No time for playing games with little wicked boys

Special like a crooked smile

An eyebrow says he’s ready

But I just cannot run a mile

(Chorus)

Pick your feet up you’re so funky

Using words like missy, baby, play me, funky

You’re way up high and boy don’t you know it

You think the dance floor wears your name?

Dance floor wears his name

(Verse 2)

If I took a pill and looked at you

I wouldn’t stand a chance, I’ll stick to drinking

I’m kind of glad you didn’t call

You’re not that bright but boy

Einstein didn’t look like you

(Chorus)

Pick your feet up you’re so funky

Using words like missy, baby, play me, funky

You’re way up high and boy don’t you know it

You think the dance floor wears your name?

Dance floor wears his name

(Bridge 1)

Well, I've forgotten all the names of those other boys

I wrote the sad songs about

Well, I can’t quite remember how hard I fell last time

You’ve anaesthetized my brain

To past and future pain

(Chorus)

Cause you’re so funky

Using words like missy, baby, play me, funky

You’re way up high and boy don’t you know it

You think the dance floor wears your name?

Dance floor wears his name

(Bridge 2)

And so I took that pill

And boy you were a thrill

Da da da-da, dada...

And I didn’t quite believe

You said you wouldn’t mess with me

But I knew better, oh I knew better, oh I knew better

(Chorus)

Cause you’re so funky

Using words like missy, baby, play me, funky

You’re way up high and boy don’t you know it

You think the dance floor wears your name?

Dance floor wears his name

(Bridge 2)

And so I took that pill

And boy you were a thrill

Da da da-da, dada...

And I didn’t quite believe

You said you wouldn’t mess with me

Oh I knew better, oh I knew better

Oh I knew better, better, better, better, better...

Personnel

Paula Steele – lead vocals, rhythm guitar

Sam Taylor – guitar

DJ Walde – bass

Tom Farncombe – keyboards

Katie Stephenson – drums

References

• Old Leads Spreadsheet