Play That Funky Music
Wild Cherry
- Key
- E minor
- Camelot
- 9A
- BPM
- 109.3
Key confidence high · relative G major (9B) · BPM confidence high · half-time 54.6 · measured from the full recording · 2026-09-13
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As of 2026-10-27, "Play That Funky Music" by Wild Cherry has charted in 8 markets across 2 platforms, peaking at #13 (US) on the Rotation chart. Measured from the full recording, it reads E minor (9A) at 109.3 BPM.
- Markets
- 8
- First seen
- 2026-07-20
- Latest chart date
- 2026-10-27
- Peak
- #13 us
Started in 1 market, now in 8.
Momentum
This song has not appeared on a Rotation chart, so it has no score and no receipts. The rank history below is the ledger; a score is only published once the momentum run puts it on a chart.
Why it's here
The song was written in about five minutes after a club patron asked band member Beitle, "Are you going to play some funky music, white boys?", inspiring lyrics about a hard rock band adjusting to the disco era. [1] The single was certified platinum by the RIAA for shipments of over 2 million records and eventually sold 2.5 million copies in the United States. [2]
In culture
Every place this record has lived. A solid chip states a fact and carries the citation that earns it; a dashed one is a connection somebody drew, and carries their name instead.
- Covered Archie Roachsource
- Covered B*Witchedsource
- Covered Jens Lindemann, Jennifer Snowsource
- Covered Prince & 3RDEYEGIRLsource
- Covered Prince & Doug E. Freshsource
- Covered Prince and 3RDEYEGIRLsource
- Covered Prince feat. 3RDEYEGIRLsource
- Covered Princesource
- Written by Robert W. Parissisource
- Covered Roxannesource
- Remixed by Sam Adams & Big Gigantic, Play Itsource
- Remixed by Sam Adams & Big Gigantic, Play Itsource
- Covered Sowelu feat. urbsource
- Covered Ten Masked Mensource
- Covered Thundersource
Across markets · earliest pickup first
Every date here is the date the source chart covers, never the date we fetched it. Sources publish on different lags: the Spotify mirror runs about two days behind, TurnTable publishes weekly.
- MarketFirst seenPeak
- United Statesus · shazam · 11 cities#35#13#35
- Philippinesph · deezer#25#25—
- South Koreakr · deezer#92#36#92
- New Zealandnz · shazam#108#108#108
- United Kingdomgb · shazam · 2 cities#46#24#46
- Latvialv · deezer#83#83—
- El Salvadorsv · deezer#63#48#63
- Algeriadz · deezer#81#28#81
City pickups
City charts record their parent country as the market, so these do not add to the market count above. One line per country: how many of its rooms picked the song up, and the best of them.
- us 11 cities · best #13 orlando
- gb 2 cities · best #24 nottingham
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Editions
No published edition carries this song yet. Every edition it appears in will be listed here and stay listed: an edition is immutable, so a citation to one never rots.
Identity
- ISRC
- USSM19912699
- Slug
- wild-cherry__play-that-funky-music
- Sources
- deezer, shazam
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