Atomic Dog

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"Atomic Dog" is a 1982 funk song by George Clinton that became a seminal P-Funk anthem and a heavily sampled classic in hip-hop and R&B.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Atomic Dog canonical 4
Atomic Dog (song) 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album Computer Games ⓘ
artist George Clinton ⓘ
associatedAct Parliament-Funkadelic collective ⓘ
associatedMovement P-Funk ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
describedAs heavily sampled classic in hip-hop and R&B ⓘ
seminal P-Funk anthem ⓘ
era post-disco funk ⓘ
genre P-Funk ⓘ
R&B ⓘ
funk ⓘ
hip hop classic ⓘ
hasChant "bow-wow-wow, yippie-yo, yippie-yay" ⓘ
hasCulturalImpactOn R&B production ⓘ
West Coast hip hop sound ⓘ
hip hop production ⓘ
hasNotableElement call-and-response vocals ⓘ
distinctive synthesized bass line ⓘ
electronic funk production ⓘ
heavily sampled drum pattern ⓘ
repetitive chant of "bow-wow-wow, yippie-yo, yippie-yay" ⓘ
influencedGenre G-funk ⓘ
R&B ⓘ
hip hop ⓘ
isPartOf Computer Games ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricalTheme dog-related metaphors ⓘ
party atmosphere ⓘ
notableFor influence on later funk-derived styles ⓘ
signature P-Funk sound ⓘ
originalMedium vinyl record ⓘ
performer George Clinton ⓘ
producer George Clinton ⓘ
recordLabel Capitol Records ⓘ
releaseDecade 1980s ⓘ
releaseYear 1982 ⓘ
samplingFrequency widely sampled ⓘ
soundCharacter groove-oriented rhythm ⓘ
layered vocal effects ⓘ
synth-heavy production ⓘ
tempo mid-tempo ⓘ
vocalStyle funk vocal performance ⓘ
writer David Spradley ⓘ
Garrett Shider ⓘ
George Clinton ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

George Clinton → notableWork → Atomic Dog ⓘ
Who Am I? (What’s My Name?) → featuresSamplesFrom → Atomic Dog ⓘ
The Atomic Dog → notableWork → Atomic Dog (song) ⓘ
linked to: Atomic Dog