{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}} {{Infobox song | name = The Funk Phenomena | cover = Armand Van Helden-The Funk Phenomena.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = [[Armand van Helden]] | album = [[Old School Junkies: The Album]] | released = {{Start date|1996}} | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = * [[Hip house]]<ref name= "Billboard Staff 2025">{{cite magazine|title= The 100 Best Dance Songs of All Time: Staff List|magazine= [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date= March 24, 2024|url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/best-dance-songs-all-time/|accessdate= March 27, 2025|quote=...melting together funk, hip-hop and house and altogether dripping with the kind of swaggering east coast cool...}}</ref> * [[funk]]<ref name= "Billboard Staff 2025"/> | length = | label = Henry Street Music | writer = * [[Armand van Helden]] * [[Method Man]] | producer = Armand van Helden | prev_title = Cha Cha | prev_year = 1996 | next_title = Ultrafunkula | next_year = 1997 | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|iRpJNJgNSzw|"The Funk Phenomena"}}}} }}
"'''The Funk Phenomena'''" is a single from American DJ, record producer, remixer and songwriter [[Armand van Helden]]'s debut studio album, ''[[Old School Junkies: The Album]]'' (1996). It was released in 1996 by label Henry Street Music, and uses samples from "[[How High (song)|How High]]" by [[Method Man & Redman]],<ref name="sample1">{{cite web|url= http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/2005/Armand%20Van%20Helden-The%20Funk%20Phenomena_Method%20Man%20and%20Redman-How%20High%20(Remix)/ |title= Armand Van Helden's The Funk Phenomena sample of Method Man and Redman's How High (Remix) |publisher= WhoSampled.com |accessdate= 14 July 2013}}</ref> "Who Is He (And What Is He to You)" by [[Creative Source]] and "Don't Throw My Love Around" by Cooly's Hot Box.<ref name="sample2">{{cite web |url= http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/156742/Armand%20Van%20Helden-The%20Funk%20Phenomena_Cooly's%20Hot%20Box-Don't%20Throw%20My%20Love%20Around/ |title= Armand Van Helden's The Funk Phenomena sample of Cooly's Hot Box's Don't Throw My Love Around|publisher= WhoSampled.com |accessdate= 14 July 2013}}</ref> In 2025, ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine ranked "The Funk Phenomena" number 66 in their list of "The 100 Best Dance Songs of All Time".<ref name="Billboard Staff 2025"/>
==Formats and track listings== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} * '''CD single (1)''' # "The Funk Phenomena" # "The Funk Phenomena" (radio edit 1) # "The Funk Phenomena" (radio edit 2)
* '''CD single (2)''' #"The Funk Phenomena" (original mix) #"The Funk Phenomena" (radio edit) #"The Funk Phenomena" (Johnickennydope Mastermix) #"The Funk Phenomena" (Edge Factor dub) #"The Funk Phenomena" (Ras mix) #"The Funk Phenomena" (Ms. T's Phenomenal mix) #"The Funk Phenomena" (Johnick Manhattan Special mix) #"The Funk Phenomena" (X-Mix remix) {{col-break}}
* '''12" single (1)''' #"The Funk Phenomena" (Johnickennydope Mastermix) #"The Funk Phenomena" (original mix) #"The Funk Phenomena" (Matthias edit 1) #"The Funk Phenomena" (Matthias edit 2) #"The Funk Phenomena" (Ras mix) #"The Funk Phenomena" (Ras mix 2) #"The Funk Phenomena" (Ms. T's Phenomenal mix) #"The Funk Phenomena" (Edge Factor dub)
* '''12" single (2)''' #"The Funk Phenomena" (Johnick Manhattan Special mix) #"The Funk Phenomena" (X-Mix remix) #"The Funk Phenomena" (Ms. T's Phenomenal Mix) #"The Funk Phenomena" (radio edit) #"The Funk Phenomena" (Johnickennydope Mastermix) #"The Funk Phenomena" (original mix) #"The Funk Phenomena" (Ras mix) #"The Funk Phenomena" (Edge Factor dub)
* '''Amazon.com Exclusive''' #"The Funk Phenomena" ([[Da Hool]] Remix) #"The Funk Phenomena" (Mo-Ryn's Electrobreaker Remix) #"The Funk Phenomena" (Santos Pandemonium Remix) #"The Funk Phenomena" (Sound Bluntz Remix) #"The Funk Phenomena" (X-Mix Remix) {{col-end}}
==Personnel== * Armand Van Helden – producer
===Sample credits=== *"[[How High (song)|How High]]" by [[Method Man & Redman]]<ref name="sample1"/> *"Who Is He (And What Is He to You)" by [[Creative Source]]{{fact|date=July 2021}} *"Don't Throw My Love Around" by Cooly's Hot Box.<ref name="sample2"/>
==Charts== {|class="wikitable sortable" !Chart (1996–2003) !Peak<br/>position |- {{singlechart|Wallonia|37|artist=Armand Van Helden|song=The Funk Phenomena}} |- |Canada ([[Canadian Singles Chart|Nielsen SoundScan]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vQkEAAAAMBAJ|title=Hits of the World|date=November 16, 1996|page=56|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=22 January 2019}}</ref> |align="center"|19 |- |Canada Dance/Urban ([[Canadian dance chart|''RPM'']])<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.9918&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=u9874ano8k0c5b6bkp4r8qrbp3 |title= The funk phenomena in Canadian Dance Chart |publisher= [[Library and Archives Canada]] |accessdate= 14 July 2013}}</ref> |align="center"|1 |- {{singlechart|France|39|artist=Armand Van Helden|song=The Funk Phenomena}} |- {{singlechart|Germany|51|artist=Armand Van Helden|song=The Funk Phenomena|songid=22512|accessdate=18 February 2019}} |- {{singlechart|Dutch100|67|artist=Armand Van Helden|song=The Funk Phenomena}} |- |[[UK Singles Chart|UK Singles]] ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19970302/7501/ |title= 1997 Top 40 Official UK Singles Archive - 8th March 1997 |publisher= [[Official Charts Company]] |accessdate= 14 July 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_H.HTM |title= Chart Log UK: 1994–2010 - H & Claire – Hysterix |publisher= Zobbel.de |accessdate= 14 July 2013}}</ref> |align="center"|38 |- |US ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Bubbling Under Hot 100]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Armand van Helden Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100) |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/armand-van-helden/ |website=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=23 June 2024}}</ref> |align="center"|2 |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhUt7dnEmeE Music video] on [[YouTube]]
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