"Grow Some Funk of Your Own" is the name of a song by Elton John

Elton John

Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE, Hon DMus is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor...

. It was released as a single in 1976

1976 in music

-January–February:*January 5 – Former Beatles road manager Mal Evans is shot dead by Los Angeles police after refusing to drop what police only later determine is an air rifle....

 and comes from his album Rock of the Westies

Rock of the Westies

Rock of the Westies is the tenth studio album by British singer/songwriter Elton John, released in 1975 .Like Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy, Rock of the Westies also debuted on the United States Billboard charts at # 1, the only two albums at that time to have done so...

. It shared its A-Side status with "I Feel Like a Bullet (In the Gun of Robert Ford)

I Feel Like a Bullet (In the Gun of Robert Ford)

"I Feel Like a Bullet " is a song on British pop singer Elton John's 1975 album Rock of the Westies.The song's lyrics compare the shooting of Jesse James by James' outlaw-partner Robert Ford to a failed romance....

". The song is considered to be one of John's heavier rock songs. The song went to #14 on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

. Although the singles chart listed only "Funk" and not "Bullet", the latter song was given equal billing in later Billboard singles chart books.

Music

This is one of Elton's hard rock

Hard rock

Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...

 songs in the tradition of "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting

Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting

"Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" is a rock song performed by musician Elton John and covered by W.A.S.P., Flotsam and Jetsam, Nickelback , Queen and The Who...

", "All the Girls Love Alice", "The Bitch Is Back

The Bitch Is Back

"The Bitch Is Back" is a rock song by Elton John, written with Bernie Taupin. It was the second single released from his 1974 album Caribou, and reached number 1 in Canada , number 4 in the United States and number 15 in the United Kingdom. The song has been identified as is one of Elton John's...

" and "Pinball Wizard

Pinball Wizard

"Pinball Wizard" is a song written by Pete Townshend and performed by the English rock band The Who, and featured on their 1969 rock opera album Tommy. The original recording was released as a single in 1969 and reached No. 4 in the UK charts and No. 19 on the U.S...

". It also appeared on Greatest Hits Volume II in 1977. Like the fore-mentioned songs, it's "riff driven" and features a prevalent guitar lick throughout, in the same manner as Love Lies Bleeding

Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding

"Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding" is the opening song on the double album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John. The first part, "Funeral for a Friend", is an instrumental created by John while thinking of what kind of music he would like at his funeral...

. Tellingly, guitarist Davey Johnstone

Davey Johnstone

Davey Johnstone , is a Scottish rock guitarist and vocalist, best known for his work with Elton John.-Career:...

is credited as a co-writer.

Synopsis

The song is about a guy who wakes up after a bad dream entailing an episode set in Mexico, where the protagonist (presumably either John or Taupin) falls for a young lady in a small town but is dismissed by her boyfriend, telling him to return to where he came from (hence the lyric, "Take my advice/take the next flight/and grow your funk/grow your funk at home").