We Got the Funk

Positive Force recorded the single in 1979 for Sugar Hill Records with Nate Edmonds as writer and co-producer alongside Sylvia Robinson and Billy Jones. The track featured the group’s core vocal presence from Brenda Reynolds and Vickie Drayton, and Edmonds had discovered the act in Pennsylvania before bringing them to the label. The song was released as the group’s debut single and became a UK club hit, reaching No. 18 on the Official Singles Chart while failing to break through in the United States. Contemporary coverage and later retrospective accounts frame it as an upbeat late-disco party record with an early hip-hop feel. It has endured as a cult dance-floor favorite and a representative Sugar Hill deep cut, kept alive by reissues, compilations, and club play. The track has also been covered by Streetlife and remains one of Positive Force’s best-known recordings.