"Like the BarKays, Instant Funk attained renown in the music industry both for their excellence as a backing band and as hitmakers in their own right. They are best known for their disco hit, "I Got My Mind Made Up," but as the rhythm section for Philadelphia International Records and Salsoul Records, they can be heard on recordings by Evelyn Champagne King, Lou Rawls and Curtis Mayfield, among others. They wrote their own hits and also collaborated on notable songs such as Dexter Wansel's Life on Mars."

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