Of course4, I have no idea whwther this song is considered to have changed the face of funk but it's definitely one of the songs-if not *the* song that ushered in the electro/¤4futuristic-funk era. It's the early 80's: post-Star Wars (and pre-TRON, LOL!), robots are cool, computer games and arcades are happening, Kraftwerk are hip, synth-pop is starting to become all the rage in another musical context; the combination of Talkbox *and* synthesized basslines, drumclaps etc.-it's a smoking combination that just reeks early 80's...