Released in October 1989
MCA Records
Produced by George Clinton
Shout is the sole album release by Otis Day & the Knights.
Tracklist
- “Something Dumb” (Dewayne Jesse / George Clinton / Lafayette Stone)
- “I Knock The Bottom Outta Mine” (George Clinton / Lige Curry)
- “Ice Melting” (George Clinton / Vivian Lewis)
- “You And Your Folks” (Bernie Worrell / William Nelson / Clarence Haskins / George Clinton)
- “Shout” (O’Kelly Isley / Ronald Isley / Rudolph Isley)
- “Function At The Junction” (Edward Holland Jr. / Fredrick Long)
- “I Wanna Testify” (Deron Taylor / George Clinton)
- “Who’s Making Love” (Bettye Crutcher / Don Davis / Homer Banks / Raymond Jackson)
- “Shamalamma Ding Dong” (Mark Davis)
Song Notes
- “Shout” and “Shamalamma Ding Dong” are new versions of the songs from theĀ Animal House soundtrack.
- “Function At The Junction” is a cover of the 1966 Shorty Long single of the same name.
- “Who’s Making Love” is a cover of the 1968 Johnny Taylor hit of the same name.
- Three tracks are covers of songs from George Clinton’s previous catalog:
- “I Wanna Testify” and “Ice Melting” are covers of the A and B sides of the 1967 Parliaments single “(I Wanna) Testify” b/w “I Can Feel the Ice Melting.”
- “You And Your Folks” is a cover of the song “You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks” from the 1971 Funkadelic albumĀ Maggot Brain.
Personnel
Otis Day & the Knights are:
Amelia Jessie
Dewayne Jessie
Greg Hanley
Chart Position
Shout did not chart in the US.
Singles
“Something Dumb (Extended Version)” b/w “Something Dumb (House Dub)”
Released in 1989
“Shout” b/w “Shammalamma Ding Dong”
Released in 1989