Instant Funk were an American 1970s and 1980s disco band, best known for th… Read Full Bio ↴Instant Funk were an American 1970s and 1980s disco band, best known for their disco classic, "I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get It Girl)".
Instant Funk came out of Trenton, New Jersey consisting of Raymond Earl, Scotty Miller and guitarist Kim Miller. The group was then called The Music Machine and they were very successful as a back-up band for The Manhattans, Bunny Sigler and also the TNJs. Throughout their careers, Instant Funk would be the back-up band for many stars, including Lou Rawls, Loleatta Holloway, The O'Jays, MFSB, Curtis Mayfield and Evelyn Champagne King (they are the backing band on the hit single, "Shame").
The group relocated to Philadelphia in 1976 to release its first album, Get Down With the Philly Jump, as they started to formulate their own sound. The group followed this album up with a release for former MFSB guitarist Norman Harris' new record label Gold Mind, with front man Bunny Sigler entitled "Let Me Party With You".
The Gold Mind label folded, and Instant Funk's new cut "I Got My Mind Made Up" was transferred to the Salsoul label, which pushed the record heavily to all of the disco clubs. The remix of this song by club DJ Larry Levan and engineer Bob Blank quickly became the talk of Manhattan. "I Got My Mind Made Up" hit #1 on both the R&B and disco charts and #20 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the spring of 1979. The group's eponymous first album on Salsoul was also a hit, reaching #1 R&B and being certified gold disc status.
Instant Funk initially stayed together to tour when Salsoul folded. They eventually disbanded, and Bunny Sigler went on to perform as part of The Trammps.
Steven Scott "Scotty" Miller (Trenton NJ, August 22, 1951 - April 11, 2017)
Funk burst on the '70s disco scene with the million-selling single "I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get It Girl)" and the gold album Instant Funk. The Trenton, NJ, band started out with the core lineup of bassist Raymond Earl, drummer Scotty Miller, and guitarist Kim Miller. It later expanded to include keyboardist Dennis Richardson; lead singer James Carmichael; horn players Larry Davis, Eric Huff, and Johnny Onderlinde; and percussionist Charles Williams. The band can be heard on sides by Evelyn "Champagne" King (her gold single "Shame"), Archie Bell & the Drells ("Let's Groove," "The Soul City Walk," and "Strategy"), South Shore Commission ("Free Man," "A Train Called Freedom"), the O'Jays (" Let Me Make Love to You," "I Swear I Love No One but You"), Lou Rawls ("From Now On," "When You Get Home"), Gabor Szabo ("Keep Smilin'"), and Jean Carn, as well as for their mentor, Bunny Sigler, and his cover of "Love Train," "Keep Smilin'," "Let Me Party With You," "Sweeter Than the Berry," and "Only You," a duet with Loleatta Holloway.
In the mid-'60s, bassist Raymond Earl met drummer Scotty Miller in grade school and formed the duo the Music Machine. In 1973, Scotty's younger brother, guitarist Kim Miller, joined the duo. After hours and hours of playing together, the trio found that they clicked; they became so intuitively "tuned" into each other that they could anticipate and accent each other's playing. In 1968, they began backing local vocal group the TNJs, appearing at local dances and venues building up a good reputation. Around 1971, the group's manager Jackie Ellis christened the backup band Instant Funk because they could come up with funky grooves instantaneously.
Philly soul artist/producer/songwriter Bunny Sigler was invited by Ellis to see Instant Funk and the TNJs perform. Sometime during the show, Sigler was called on stage to perform. He was impressed that the band knew "Sunshine," a song he co-wrote with Phil Hurtt that was made popular by the O'Jays. They began backing Sigler, the Manhattans, and various other R&B acts. As a staff songwriter/producer at Gamble & Huff's Philadelphia International Records, Sigler began using Instant Funk on his sessions along with the TNJs. At those sessions and later, Sigler would record the basic track with Earl and the Miller brothers. Sigler, a brimming fount of ideas, would often stop the band midsong to implement one of his flashes of brillance. They backed Sigler on three of his PIR albums: That's How Long I'll Be Loving You, Keep Smilin', and My Music. Some tracks from those LPs are on Sony/Legacy's The Best of Bunny Sigler: Sweeter Than the Berry and the 1998 Sony CD Bunny Sigler. Instant Funk released a single on PIR's TSOP imprint, "Float Like a Butterfly," and an album, Get Down With the Philly Jump, issued in November 1976, whose title track and "It Aint Reggae (But It Sho Is Funky)" were popular in disco clubs.
Instant Funk can also be heard on sides by the O'Jays ("Let Me Make Love to You," "You've Got Your Hooks in Me," "Once Is Not Enough," and "I Swear I Love No One but You" from Message in Our Music; "Strokety Stroke" from So Full of Love), Archie Bell & the Drells ("Let's Groove," "Strategy," "The Soul City Walk," and "I Could Dance All Night" on Tightening It Up:The Best of Archie Bell & the Drells), the Three Degrees ("Take Good Care of Yourself"), Jean Carn ("I'm in Love Once Again" and "You Are All I Need" from Jean Carn), Dexter Wansel ("Life on Mars," the best recording that gives an idea of how the band sounded live, and "You Can Be What You Wanna Be" from The Very Best of Dexter Wansel), and M.F.S.B. ("Let's Go Disco" from Universal Love). The band can be heard on studio bandmate T. Life's That's Life album and LPs by his protégée, Evelyn "Champagne" King (Smooth Talk and Music Box).
In 1977, M.F.S.B. guitarist Norman Harris started his own label, Gold Mind Records, distributed by New York-based Salsoul Records. Sigler signed on as a recording artist. He and the band were constantly in the studio recording ideas and songs. One track, "Let Me Party With You," Sigler would listen to while driving around and excited passengers suggested that he release it. The single, co-written by the Miller brothers, Earl, and Sigler, went to number eight R&B in January 1978. The track was reminiscent of Marvin Gaye's "Got to Give It Up." The album, Let Me Party With You, was a huge disco hit, and included the follow-up single, the funky Sam Peake's sax-drenched ballad "I Got What You Need," "Don't Even Try," and the club hit "Your Love Is So Good."
While brainstorming in the studio, Sigler and Instant Funk came up with "I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get It Girl)." Sigler did overdubs on the track at Philadelphia-area studios, Alpha International and Sigma Sound Studios, before taking it to Bob Blank's Blank Tapes in New York. When the track was done, Sigler shopped it around to the record labels, who rebuffed him with comments like "the hook's not strong enough" and it sounds incomplete." Instant Funk signed with Gold Mind, but by the time their single "I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get It Girl)" was released, Gold Mind had folded and all of its acts were transferred to Salsoul.
The million-selling "I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get It Girl)" (remixed by Larry Levan) parked at number one R&B for three weeks, peaking at number 20 pop on Billboard's charts in March 1979. Their second album, Instant Funk, issued January 1979, went gold hitting number one R&B in spring 1979. Other Instant Funk albums on Salsoul were: Witch Doctor (November 1979), The Funk Is On (October 1980), Looks So Fine (March 1982), Instant Funk, Vol. 5 (January 1983), and Kinky (September 1983). The band backed Sigler on his Salsoul LPs: I've Always Wanted to Sing...Not Just Write Songs (March 1979) and Let It Snow (June 1980). Other Salsoul LPs that feature Instant Funk are Loleatta Holloway's Queen of the Night, Loleatta, and Greatest Hits; Double Exposure's Locker Room; and the Salsoul Orchestra's How High. For eil Bogart's Casablanca Records, the band can be heard on two albums Sigler produced for the label: Party Girl by Patti Brooks and Callin' by the Pips. On Curtis Mayfield's Curtom Records, Sigler and the band are on Barbara Mason & Bunny Sigler's Locked in This Position, the self-titled debut of Mystique featuring Ralph Johnson, and Mayfield's own Heartbeat. With the John Brothers, who were featured on Witch Doctor, they recorded a Sigler-produced RCA single, "Try to Walk a Mile" b/w "I Just Want to Be Free," both songs written by Bunny's brother Jimmy Sigler. They are also on Gabor Szabo's Mercury LP Nightflight and Carl Carlton's I Wanna Be With You.
When the Cayre brothers, owners of Salsoul Records, decided to fold the label in 1984, in an effort to concentrate on the then-emerging home video market, Instant Funk was without a record deal. The band toured for a few years then disbanded. Some of the members were still in the music business in one form or another as the 21st century began. Raymond Earl was operating his own studio and production company, Ray Ray Productions. Kim Miller, Dennis Richardson, and James Carmichael went into gospel music. Bunny Sigler was touring the world as a member of the Trammps.
"I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get It Girl)" can be found on the CD reissue of their 1979 gold album Instant Funk, Greatest Hits from EMI/Capitol/The Right Stuff, in the movie and on the soundtrack for the Disney/Miramax movie 54, Larry Levan's Paradise Garage, and various Salsoul and Salsoul-licensed compilations.
Instant Funk came out of Trenton, New Jersey consisting of Raymond Earl, Scotty Miller and guitarist Kim Miller. The group was then called The Music Machine and they were very successful as a back-up band for The Manhattans, Bunny Sigler and also the TNJs. Throughout their careers, Instant Funk would be the back-up band for many stars, including Lou Rawls, Loleatta Holloway, The O'Jays, MFSB, Curtis Mayfield and Evelyn Champagne King (they are the backing band on the hit single, "Shame").
The group relocated to Philadelphia in 1976 to release its first album, Get Down With the Philly Jump, as they started to formulate their own sound. The group followed this album up with a release for former MFSB guitarist Norman Harris' new record label Gold Mind, with front man Bunny Sigler entitled "Let Me Party With You".
The Gold Mind label folded, and Instant Funk's new cut "I Got My Mind Made Up" was transferred to the Salsoul label, which pushed the record heavily to all of the disco clubs. The remix of this song by club DJ Larry Levan and engineer Bob Blank quickly became the talk of Manhattan. "I Got My Mind Made Up" hit #1 on both the R&B and disco charts and #20 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the spring of 1979. The group's eponymous first album on Salsoul was also a hit, reaching #1 R&B and being certified gold disc status.
Instant Funk initially stayed together to tour when Salsoul folded. They eventually disbanded, and Bunny Sigler went on to perform as part of The Trammps.
Steven Scott "Scotty" Miller (Trenton NJ, August 22, 1951 - April 11, 2017)
Funk burst on the '70s disco scene with the million-selling single "I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get It Girl)" and the gold album Instant Funk. The Trenton, NJ, band started out with the core lineup of bassist Raymond Earl, drummer Scotty Miller, and guitarist Kim Miller. It later expanded to include keyboardist Dennis Richardson; lead singer James Carmichael; horn players Larry Davis, Eric Huff, and Johnny Onderlinde; and percussionist Charles Williams. The band can be heard on sides by Evelyn "Champagne" King (her gold single "Shame"), Archie Bell & the Drells ("Let's Groove," "The Soul City Walk," and "Strategy"), South Shore Commission ("Free Man," "A Train Called Freedom"), the O'Jays (" Let Me Make Love to You," "I Swear I Love No One but You"), Lou Rawls ("From Now On," "When You Get Home"), Gabor Szabo ("Keep Smilin'"), and Jean Carn, as well as for their mentor, Bunny Sigler, and his cover of "Love Train," "Keep Smilin'," "Let Me Party With You," "Sweeter Than the Berry," and "Only You," a duet with Loleatta Holloway.
In the mid-'60s, bassist Raymond Earl met drummer Scotty Miller in grade school and formed the duo the Music Machine. In 1973, Scotty's younger brother, guitarist Kim Miller, joined the duo. After hours and hours of playing together, the trio found that they clicked; they became so intuitively "tuned" into each other that they could anticipate and accent each other's playing. In 1968, they began backing local vocal group the TNJs, appearing at local dances and venues building up a good reputation. Around 1971, the group's manager Jackie Ellis christened the backup band Instant Funk because they could come up with funky grooves instantaneously.
Philly soul artist/producer/songwriter Bunny Sigler was invited by Ellis to see Instant Funk and the TNJs perform. Sometime during the show, Sigler was called on stage to perform. He was impressed that the band knew "Sunshine," a song he co-wrote with Phil Hurtt that was made popular by the O'Jays. They began backing Sigler, the Manhattans, and various other R&B acts. As a staff songwriter/producer at Gamble & Huff's Philadelphia International Records, Sigler began using Instant Funk on his sessions along with the TNJs. At those sessions and later, Sigler would record the basic track with Earl and the Miller brothers. Sigler, a brimming fount of ideas, would often stop the band midsong to implement one of his flashes of brillance. They backed Sigler on three of his PIR albums: That's How Long I'll Be Loving You, Keep Smilin', and My Music. Some tracks from those LPs are on Sony/Legacy's The Best of Bunny Sigler: Sweeter Than the Berry and the 1998 Sony CD Bunny Sigler. Instant Funk released a single on PIR's TSOP imprint, "Float Like a Butterfly," and an album, Get Down With the Philly Jump, issued in November 1976, whose title track and "It Aint Reggae (But It Sho Is Funky)" were popular in disco clubs.
Instant Funk can also be heard on sides by the O'Jays ("Let Me Make Love to You," "You've Got Your Hooks in Me," "Once Is Not Enough," and "I Swear I Love No One but You" from Message in Our Music; "Strokety Stroke" from So Full of Love), Archie Bell & the Drells ("Let's Groove," "Strategy," "The Soul City Walk," and "I Could Dance All Night" on Tightening It Up:The Best of Archie Bell & the Drells), the Three Degrees ("Take Good Care of Yourself"), Jean Carn ("I'm in Love Once Again" and "You Are All I Need" from Jean Carn), Dexter Wansel ("Life on Mars," the best recording that gives an idea of how the band sounded live, and "You Can Be What You Wanna Be" from The Very Best of Dexter Wansel), and M.F.S.B. ("Let's Go Disco" from Universal Love). The band can be heard on studio bandmate T. Life's That's Life album and LPs by his protégée, Evelyn "Champagne" King (Smooth Talk and Music Box).
In 1977, M.F.S.B. guitarist Norman Harris started his own label, Gold Mind Records, distributed by New York-based Salsoul Records. Sigler signed on as a recording artist. He and the band were constantly in the studio recording ideas and songs. One track, "Let Me Party With You," Sigler would listen to while driving around and excited passengers suggested that he release it. The single, co-written by the Miller brothers, Earl, and Sigler, went to number eight R&B in January 1978. The track was reminiscent of Marvin Gaye's "Got to Give It Up." The album, Let Me Party With You, was a huge disco hit, and included the follow-up single, the funky Sam Peake's sax-drenched ballad "I Got What You Need," "Don't Even Try," and the club hit "Your Love Is So Good."
While brainstorming in the studio, Sigler and Instant Funk came up with "I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get It Girl)." Sigler did overdubs on the track at Philadelphia-area studios, Alpha International and Sigma Sound Studios, before taking it to Bob Blank's Blank Tapes in New York. When the track was done, Sigler shopped it around to the record labels, who rebuffed him with comments like "the hook's not strong enough" and it sounds incomplete." Instant Funk signed with Gold Mind, but by the time their single "I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get It Girl)" was released, Gold Mind had folded and all of its acts were transferred to Salsoul.
The million-selling "I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get It Girl)" (remixed by Larry Levan) parked at number one R&B for three weeks, peaking at number 20 pop on Billboard's charts in March 1979. Their second album, Instant Funk, issued January 1979, went gold hitting number one R&B in spring 1979. Other Instant Funk albums on Salsoul were: Witch Doctor (November 1979), The Funk Is On (October 1980), Looks So Fine (March 1982), Instant Funk, Vol. 5 (January 1983), and Kinky (September 1983). The band backed Sigler on his Salsoul LPs: I've Always Wanted to Sing...Not Just Write Songs (March 1979) and Let It Snow (June 1980). Other Salsoul LPs that feature Instant Funk are Loleatta Holloway's Queen of the Night, Loleatta, and Greatest Hits; Double Exposure's Locker Room; and the Salsoul Orchestra's How High. For eil Bogart's Casablanca Records, the band can be heard on two albums Sigler produced for the label: Party Girl by Patti Brooks and Callin' by the Pips. On Curtis Mayfield's Curtom Records, Sigler and the band are on Barbara Mason & Bunny Sigler's Locked in This Position, the self-titled debut of Mystique featuring Ralph Johnson, and Mayfield's own Heartbeat. With the John Brothers, who were featured on Witch Doctor, they recorded a Sigler-produced RCA single, "Try to Walk a Mile" b/w "I Just Want to Be Free," both songs written by Bunny's brother Jimmy Sigler. They are also on Gabor Szabo's Mercury LP Nightflight and Carl Carlton's I Wanna Be With You.
When the Cayre brothers, owners of Salsoul Records, decided to fold the label in 1984, in an effort to concentrate on the then-emerging home video market, Instant Funk was without a record deal. The band toured for a few years then disbanded. Some of the members were still in the music business in one form or another as the 21st century began. Raymond Earl was operating his own studio and production company, Ray Ray Productions. Kim Miller, Dennis Richardson, and James Carmichael went into gospel music. Bunny Sigler was touring the world as a member of the Trammps.
"I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get It Girl)" can be found on the CD reissue of their 1979 gold album Instant Funk, Greatest Hits from EMI/Capitol/The Right Stuff, in the movie and on the soundtrack for the Disney/Miramax movie 54, Larry Levan's Paradise Garage, and various Salsoul and Salsoul-licensed compilations.
Got My Mind Made Up
Instant Funk Lyrics
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I got my mind made up
Come on you can get it
Get it, girl, any time
Say what? Tonight is fine
I got my mind made up
Come on you can get it
Get it, girl, any time
Say what? Tonight is fine
You gotta push it to me, baby
Push it to me, baby
You gotta slide it to me, honey
Slide it to me, girl
If you want my money
If you want my money
You gotta make it good as honey
I got my mind made up
Come on you can get it
Get it, girl, any time
Say what? Tonight is fine
You've got me groovin'
Just keep on movin'
Keep movin', keep movin'
Feeling's really soothing
Keeps me movin', yeah, yeah, yeah
I got my mind made up
Come on you can get it
Get it, girl, any time
Say what? Tonight is fine
I got my mind made up
Come on, you can get it, get it
Come on you can get it
Get it, girl, any time
Say what? Tonight is fine
I got my mind made up
Come on you can get it
Get it, girl, any time
You gotta push it to me, baby
Push it to me, baby
You gotta slide it to me, honey
Slide it to me, girl
If you want my money
If you want my money
You gotta make it good as honey
I got my mind made up
Come on you can get it
Get it, girl, any time
Say what? Tonight is fine
You've got me groovin'
Just keep on movin'
Keep movin', keep movin'
Feeling's really soothing
Keeps me movin', yeah, yeah, yeah
I got my mind made up
Come on you can get it
Get it, girl, any time
Say what? Tonight is fine
I got my mind made up
Come on, you can get it, get it
The song "I Got My Mind Made Up" by Instant Funk is a classic disco track that is characterized by its infectious groove and high-energy vocals. The lyrics of the song revolve around the idea of the singer having his mind made up about a particular woman and inviting her to come and get him, indicating a desire for physical intimacy.
The opening lines of the song are an invitation to the object of the singer's desire, encouraging her to come forward and make a move. The repeated chorus line "I got my mind made up" further emphasizes the singer's conviction about his intention. The following lines then describe in a somewhat suggestive manner what the singer is interested in, implying that he is looking for physical pleasure.
The second verse of the song is more explicit in its language, with the singer describing what he wants the woman to do to him in order to earn his attention and affection. The repeated refrain of the song, "Come on you can get it," indicates a sense of urgency and a desire for immediate action.
Overall, the song is a playful and flirtatious take on the theme of sexual desire, set to a backdrop of irresistible rhythm and catchy melody.
Line by Line Meaning
I got my mind made up
I have already decided what I want
Come on you can get it
You are welcome to have what I want
Get it, girl, any time
You, girl, are free to have it anytime you want
Say what? Tonight is fine
Expressing surprise that the offer can be used today
You gotta push it to me, baby
You have to work hard to earn my desire
Push it to me, baby
Work hard to impress me
You gotta slide it to me, honey
You have to impress me in a smooth, effortless manner
Slide it to me, girl
Improve the quality of the offer in a smooth and effortless manner
If you want my money
If you want to have what I have to offer
You gotta make it good as honey
You must impress and satisfy me in a sweet and effective way
You've got me groovin'
You make me feel good and dance
Just keep on movin'
Continue to keep impressing me
Keep movin', keep movin'
Continue to keep moving and dancing
Feeling's really soothing
The enjoyable experience is calming and relaxing
Keeps me movin', yeah, yeah, yeah
Continues to provide me with an enjoyable and exciting experience
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Written by: Raymond Earl, Kim Miller, Scott Miller
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@kingsalomon357
You have no idea what this song means to me.
I'm 52 years old ok! When this song hit my mother ,her boyfriend and neighbors would have cookouts at our back yard ok.
This is the song they would start with and end with.
Now my mother is gone as well as your father. May they R.I.P along with a slew of neighbors and family that left us.
I'm a professional Dj and bassist.
We did a cover of your Father's band. It may not be as good as they play it, but we played it at our best and the band learned it for me because I valued your Father's band Instant Funk.
As a dj I would play it all the time.
Please check us out G City Players
We covered I got my mind made up! God bless and stay strong. The ancestors are watching over us! ✌🏾 Peace family
@kingsalomon357
You have no idea what this song means to me.
I'm 52 years old ok! When this song hit my mother ,her boyfriend and neighbors would have cookouts at our back yard ok.
This is the song they would start with and end with.
Now my mother is gone as well as your father. May they R.I.P along with a slew of neighbors and family that left us.
I'm a professional Dj and bassist.
We did a cover of your Father's band. It may not be as good as they play it, but we played it at our best and the band learned it for me because I valued your Father's band Instant Funk.
As a dj I would play it all the time.
Please check us out G City Players
We covered I got my mind made up! God bless and stay strong. The ancestors are watching over us! ✌🏾 Peace family
@stevearmstrong1605
Hello everyone I'm honor that y'all love this band my father is the founder and drummer of this band my father name is Scotty Miller unfortunately my dad die couple of Year's ago my uncle Kim is still with us he also in this band I love and miss my dad so much 😥😥
@jakeblack212
trenton Guy? Like me?
@putnamcountycrimeanalysiswandr
Great times
@analigia8217
Amo essa banda. Fui até pesquisar seu pai. Boa sorte! Brazil 29/08/23
@jamesclark2452
You father contributed to one of the best Jams ever made. May he R.I.P
@kingsalomon357
You have no idea what this song means to me.
I'm 52 years old ok! When this song hit my mother ,her boyfriend and neighbors would have cookouts at our back yard ok.
This is the song they would start with and end with.
Now my mother is gone as well as your father. May they R.I.P along with a slew of neighbors and family that left us.
I'm a professional Dj and bassist.
We did a cover of your Father's band. It may not be as good as they play it, but we played it at our best and the band learned it for me because I valued your Father's band Instant Funk.
As a dj I would play it all the time.
Please check us out G City Players
We covered I got my mind made up! God bless and stay strong. The ancestors are watching over us! ✌🏾 Peace family
@cdawnie
February 21,2023 Nothing changed!!! I got my mind made up🔥
@lightshadow44
This slam funk hit is the bomb!
Played it in my 76 Monte Carlo til the audible noise ordinance kicked in back in the day….
Then rolled up the windows and played it some more….west englewood, Chicago !
@fionawelsh
Some song the best luv it
@Tamar-sz8ox
Sirius XM ‘s “ the Groove “ played this song recently ! I started singing along and remembered most of the words !