Funkier Than a Mosquito's Tweeter (song)
1971 single by Ike & Tina Turner / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Funkier Than a Mosquito's Tweeter" is a song written by Alline Bullock, sister of Tina Turner. It was first released by Ike & Tina Turner on their 1970 album Workin' Together with Tina Turner and the Ikettes on vocals.[2] Mosquita's was the original spelling of Mosquito's, but after jazz singer Nina Simone released her version in 1974, most subsequent releases of the song have used the latter spelling including Ike & Tina Turner reissues.
"Funkier Than a Mosquita's Tweeter" | ||||
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Single by Ike & Tina Turner | ||||
from the album Workin' Together | ||||
A-side | "Proud Mary" | |||
Released | January 1971 | |||
Recorded | 1970 | |||
Genre | Funk[1] | |||
Length | 2:40 | |||
Label | Liberty Records | |||
Songwriter(s) | Aillene Bullock | |||
Producer(s) | Ike Turner | |||
Ike & Tina Turner singles chronology | ||||
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"Funkier Than a Mosquita's Tweeter" was produced by Ike Turner and released as a B-side single to "Proud Mary" on Liberty Records in January 1971. This song is a scathing assessment of an unidentified man, opening with "you're nothin' but a dirty, dirty old man."[3]
The song was used as the title for Ike & Tina Turner's 2002 compilation album Funkier Than a Mosquito's Tweeter.