Back in the Day: The Best of Bootsy is a 1994 greatest hits compilation by Parliament-Funkadelic

Parliament-Funkadelic

Parliament-Funkadelic is a funk, soul and rock music collective headed by George Clinton. Their style has been dubbed P-Funk. Collectively the group has existed under various names since the 1960s and has been known for top-notch musicianship, politically charged lyrics, outlandish concept albums...

 bassist Bootsy Collins

Bootsy Collins

William Earl "Bootsy" Collins is an American funk bassist, singer, and songwriter.Rising to prominence with James Brown in the late 1960s, and with Parliament-Funkadelic in the '70s, Collins's driving bass guitar and humorous vocals established him as one of the leading names in funk...

. The album was released on the Warner Bros.

Warner Bros.

Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. , is an American producer of film and television entertainment.One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank,...

 Archives label. The album compiles all of the hit singles produced and performed by Bootsy Collins during the years 1976 to 1982, with the exception of the singles released from the album "The One Giveth, the Count Taketh Away

The One Giveth, the Count Taketh Away

The One Giveth, the Count Taketh Away is a 1982 album by William Bootsy Collins, released by Warner Bros. Records. It would be the last album that Bootsy Collins would record for the label...

". The compilation is notable in that it features the pre-Rubber Band track "What's So Never The Dance", credited to the House Guests, as well as the live version of "Psychoticbumpschool" performed by Bootsy's Rubber Band at the Hofeinz Pavilion (commonly known as the Summit) in Houston, Texas

Texas

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 on October 31, 1976. It also features the track "Scenery", which was never featured on any of Bootsy Collins' albums.

Tracks

• Ahh... The Name Is Bootsy, Baby!
  Ahh... The Name Is Bootsy, Baby!
  Bootsy's second album is widely considered his best: the Motherpage gives it five-star ratings. Similar to most of Bootsy's other work, it is divided between dance tracks and slow jams...
  
  
• "Stretchin' Out (In a Rubber Band)"
• "The Pinocchio Theory
  The Pinocchio Theory
  The Pinocchio Theory is a 1977 single by the American Funk band Bootsy's Rubber Band. It was released by Warner Bros. Records on February 9, 1977. The single first charted in Billboard magazine's Hot Soul Singles chart in March 1977 where it peaked at number six...
  
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• "Hollywood Squares"
• "I'd Rather Be With You"
• "Bootzilla
  Bootzilla
  "Bootzilla" is a song recorded by Bootsy's Rubber Band, released on January 13, 1978. As the lead single from the album Bootsy? Player of the Year it held the #1 spot on the R&B chart for one week in 1978...
  
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• "What's So Never The Dance"
• "Can't Stay Away"
• "Jam Fan (Hot)"
• "Mug Push"
• "Body Slam
  Body Slam (song)
  "Body Slam" is a song that was recorded by Bootsy's Rubber Band. It was released in 1982 by Warner Bros. Records. The song was never featured on any of Bootsy Collins' albums until the 1994 release of the compilation Back in the Day: The Best of Bootsy. The song is a reconstruction of the track...
  
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• "Scenery"
• "Vanish in Our Sleep"
• "Psychoticbumpschool (Live)"