"I Can Smell That Funky Music" was a hit in 1972 for soul singer Eric Mercury.
Recorded and produced in the United States, the success of the single was in Canada where Mercury was originally from.
The song was written by Steve Cropper, Mack Rice and Eddie Floyd.
[4] The single was released in Canada on Enterprise ENA 9041 around the time that Allan Katz, the national promotional director of Polydor had taken Mercury on a cross-country tour, visiting stations from Toronto to Vancouver to promote his new album, Funky Sounds Nurtured in the Fertile Soil of Memphis That Smell of Rock.
[7] By December 25, 1971, the song was predicted to reach the top 60 of the Billboard Hot Hundred Chart.