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"A Funky Space Reincarnation"
"A Funky Space Reincarnation"
Single by Marvin Gaye
from the album Here, My Dear
B-side	"A Funky Space Reincarnation, Pt. 2"
Released	February 11, 1979
Recorded	1977
Studio	Marvin's Room, Los Angeles
Genre	Funk
Length	8:17
Label	Tamla
Songwriter(s)	Marvin Gaye
Producer(s)	Marvin Gaye
Marvin Gaye singles chronology
Here, My Dear track listing
	14 tracks Side one "Here, My Dear"; "I Met a Little Girl"; "When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You"; "Anger"; Side two "Is That Enough"; "Everybody Needs Love"; "Time to Get It Together"; Side three "Sparrow"; "Anna's Song"; "When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You (instrumental)"; Side four "A Funky Space Reincarnation"; "You Can Leave, but It's Going to Cost You"; "Falling in Love Again"; "When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You (reprise)";

"A Funky Space Reincarnation" is a 1978 jazz-funk single recorded and released in 1979 by Marvin Gaye on the Tamla label.

In the song, Gaye describes a parallel universe in the future where he is captain of a "space bed" and meets a woman that reminds him of his first wife, Anna. He then tells the woman that they would probably get "married in June" and tells her to "smoke a joint from out of Venus".

The song seems to have been inspired by the likes of funk musicians such as Parliament-Funkadelic and Earth, Wind & Fire. Its musical arrangement is a reprise of his song "Anger", found earlier on the album.

Record World said that "Gaye's characteristic smooth vocals adapt perfectly to this slick funk style with a driving beat and a message in the lyrics."^[1]

The song became a modest hit on the R&B charts, where it peaked at No. 23. In the music video he wears a glittering red outfit and is surrounded by a band (presumably his own) and a duo of female dancers. His face is given several close-ups during the video.