One Nation Under a Groove (song)

"One Nation Under a Groove"
US picture sleeve
Single by Funkadelic
from the album One Nation Under a Groove
B-side"One Nation Under a Groove" (part two)
ReleasedSeptember 1978 (1978-09)
Recorded1978
GenreFunk
Length
  • 7:33 (album version)
  • 4:12 (single version)
  • 11:26 (12″ version)
LabelWarner Bros.
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)George Clinton
Funkadelic singles chronology
"Smokey"
(1977)
"One Nation Under a Groove"
(1978)
"Cholly (Funk Getting Ready to Roll!)"
(1979)

"One Nation Under a Groove" is a song by American funk rock band Funkadelic and the title track from their tenth studio album of the same name (1978). It was released in September 1978 by Warner Bros. as the first single from the album and was written by George Clinton, Walter Morrison and Garry Shider, while Clinton produced it. The song has endured as a dance funk classic and is one of Funkadelic's most well known songs. "One Nation Under a Groove" was also Funkadelic's first million selling single, as well as the third million selling single for the P-Funk organization overall. In 2022, Rolling Stone ranked it among the "200 Greatest Dance Songs of All Time".