The Function

The Function are a fantastic 8-12 piece function band playing an eclectic mix of Pop, Motown, Soul and Rock classics making them fantastically diverse & guaranteed to get any party started!

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Set List / Repertoire

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9 – 5 – Dolly Parton
A night to remember – Shalamar
Ain’t no mountain high enough – Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
Ain’t no stopping us now – McFadden and Whitehead
Ain't nobody - Chaka Khan
Ain’t too proud to Beg – The Temptations
All about that bass – Meghan Trainor
All I want for Christmas – Mariah 
All night long - Lionel Richie
Alright now - Free
Baby you’ve got what it takes - Brook Benton & Dinah Washington
Beat It – Michael Jackson
Because of you – Jackie Wilson
Best of my love – The Emotions
Billy Jean – Michael Jackson
Blame it on the boogie – Michael Jackson
Boogie Nights - Heatwave
Boogie Wonderland – Earth, Wind and Fire
Brown eyed girl – Van Morrison
Brown sugar – Rolling Stones
Build me up buttercup – The Fondatins
Can’t stop the feeling – Justin Timberlake
Can’t take my eyes off of you – Andy Williams
Car Wash - Rose Royce
Chaka Khan medley – (I Feel for you, Ain’t nobody, What cha gonna do for me, I’m every women)
Christina Aguilera Medley (Boogie Woogie,Candyman,Ain’t no other man)
Cosmic girl - Jamiroquai
Crazy in love/crazy - Beyonce
Crazy little thing called love – Queen
Dancing on the ceiling – lionel richie
Dancing in the street – Matha & The Vandellas
Dance with me tonight – Olly Murrs
Don’t stop believing – Journey
Don’t stop me now - Queen
Don't stop till you get enough - Michael Jackson
Do you Love me – The Contours
Dude looks like a lady - Aerosmith
Earth, wind & fire medley (In the stone,Boogie Wonderland,Let’s groove,September)
Easy (Like a Sunday morning) The Commodores
Eight days a week - The Beatles
Everybody needs Somebody – The Blues Brothers
Everywhere – Fleetwood Mac
Faith – George Michael
Feeling Good – Nina Simone
Forget you – CeeLo Green
For once in my life – Stevie Wonder
Get down on it – Kool & The Gang
Get Lucky – Daft Punk
Get Ready - Temptations
Gimme Some Lovin – The Blues Brothers
Give me just a little more time – Chairmen of the Board
Go your own way – Fleetwood Mac
Got to be real - Cheryl Lynn
Got to get you into my life – Earth, Wind & Fire
Happy – Pharrell Williams
Have yourself a merry little Christmas – Frank Sinatra
Hard to handle – The Black Crowes
Heard it through the grapevine – Marvin Gaye
Hey Jude – The Beatles
Hey Soul Sister - Train
Higher & higher/walking on sunshine medley – Jackie Wilson/Katrina & The Waves
Hit the road jack – Ray Charles
Hold on I’m Coming – Tom Jones
How sweet it is – Marvin Gaye
How will I know – Whitney Houston
I can’t help myself – Four Tops
I feel for you – Chaka Chan/Prince
I feel good – James Brown
I Love you always forever – Donna Lewis
I'm so excited - The Pointer Sisters
I'm every woman - Chaka Khan
I saw her standing there – The Beatles
I wanna dance with somebody - Whitney Houston
I Want you back – Jackson 5
I wish – Stevie Wonder
I wish I knew how it would feel to be free - Nina Simone
It’s not unusual – Tom Jones
James Brown Medley = Pappa got a – I feel good
Johnny b goode – Chuck Berry
Kiss Prince / Tom Jones Live
Knock on wood – Eddie Floyd
Lean on Me – Bill Withers
Let’s Groove – Earth, Wind and Fire
Let’s stay together – Al Green
Let’s stick together – Bryan Ferry
Listen to the music – Doobie Brothers
Living on prayer – Bon Jovi
Lola’s Theme – The Shapeshifters
Long Train Running – Doobie Brothers
Lovely day – Bill Withers
Marry you – Bruno Mars
Mercy - Duffy
Midnight hour – The Commitments
Midnight train to Georgia – Glads Knight & The Pips
Move on up – Curtis Mayfield
Mustang sally – The Commitments
My baby just cares for me – Nina Simone
My girl – The Temptations
Pappa’s got a brand new bag – James Brown
Perfect – Ed Sheeran
Pick up the Pieces – Average White Band
Play that funky music – Wild Cherry
Power of love – Huey Lewis & The News
Power of love/celebration/le freak – Medley (Huey Lewis & The News/Kool & The Gang/Chic)
Proud Mary – Tine Turner
Rather be – Clean Bandit
Re-light my fire – Take That
Reet Petite - Jackie Wilson
Rescue me – Fontella Bass
Respect – Aretha Franklin
Rhythm is gonna get you Gloria Estefan
Rock’in all over the world – Status Quo
Rosanna - TotoK
Say a little Prayer – Aretha Franklin m( Burt Bacharach)
September – Earth, Wind and Fire
Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes
Sex bomb – Tom Jones
Shake it off – Taylor Swift
Shake your body (down to the ground) – Justin Timberlake
Signed sealed delivered – Stevie Wonder
Sir Duke – Stevie Wonder
Slow Love – Michael Alvarado
So young and in love – Bruce Springsteen
Somebody else’s guy - Jocelyn Brown
Songbird – Eva Cassidy
Soulman – Sam & Dave
Stay with me – Sam Smith
Stop – Spice Girls
Streetlife – Randy Crawford
Stevie Wonder Medley – (Sir Duke/ Wish)
Stuck in the middle with you – Stealers Wheel
Summer of 69 – Brian Adams.
Super Duper Love – Joss Stone
Superstition - Stevie Wonder
Sweet child of mine – Guns and Roses
Sweet home Alabama- Lynryd Skynyrd
Sweet soul music – Arthur Conley
Sympathy for the devil – Rolling Stones
Thinking out loud – Ed Sheeran
This old heart of mine – Isley Brothers
The way you look tonight – Frank Sinatra/Maroon 5
The way you make me feel – Michael Jackson
Too busy thinking about my baby – Marvin Gaye
Treasure – Bruno Mars
Try a little tenderness – Otis Redding
Uptown funk – Bruno Mars
Uptown Girl – Billy Joel
Valerie – The Zuntons/Amy Winehouse
Walk away renee – The Four Tops
Walking on sunshine – Katrina and The Waves
We are family - Sister Sledge
Workin' Day and Night - Michael Jackson
Who do you think you are – Spice Girls
With a little help from my friends – Joe Cocker
You are the best thing – Ray LaMortagne
You Can’t hurry Love – The Supremes
You make my dream come true – Hall & Oates
Young hearts run free – Candi Staton
You’ve got the love – Florence and The Machine

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Highlights
* 8-12 piece party band with four part vocal harmonies and an exciting brass section!
* Repertoire includes music from Stevie Wonder, Dolly Parton, Jackson 5, Aretha Franklin and Otis Reading to more modern hits from the likes of The Lumineers, Cee Lo Green and even Beyonce!
* Previous clients include SKY and the NHS!

Please note: Due to availability or illness, deputy musicians of a high professional standard may sometimes be used.

The Function are a fantastic 8-12 piece function band playing an eclectic mix of motown, soul, rock and pop classics making them fantastically diverse and ideal for events such as weddings, parties and functions. They are a fusion of some of the best musicians around London, from vocal coach Natalie Marie to guitar tutor Jon Quinney. This is a group of young and extremely talented professional musicians who can wow the crowds with their four part vocal harmonies and their exciting brass section. The Function can guarantee to get any party started!

The Function perform a range of fantastic songs from classic motown legends such as Stevie Wonder, Dolly Parton, Jackson 5, Aretha Franklin and Otis Reading to more modern hits from the likes of The Lumineers, Cee Lo Green and even Beyonce.

The Function offer you a brilliant music service that will include something for everyone. They are based in London however they have played everywhere from the south coast to Edinburgh. The Function have built up some what of a speciality in performing and working with clients for weddings all over the country but have also performed for more corporate functions for clients such as the NHS and Sky.

The Function Line-up
The Function are fronted by truly amazing female and male lead singers with an awesome 8 piece band behind them. Including female and male backing vocals, drums, bass guitar, lead guitar, acoustic/rhythm guitar, keys/synth, trumpet and sax. Smaller backing bands can be organized upon request.

What The Function Offer
As standard we provide:
- Professional 8-12 piece band, with male and female lead vocals
- Up to 2 hours of live music, split into sets as required
- Fantastic set list of classic Soul, Motown, Rock & Pop hits
- Quality PA and stage lighting
- Background music between sets
- PAT Tested equipment & Public Liability Insurance
- A friendly band who are accommodating & easy to work with

Lineup

Default lineup: 8 members

8 Piece Band: Lead Male Vocals, Lead Female Vocals, Bass Guitar, Drums, Lead Guitar, Keys/Synth, Trumpet and Sax. Plus Sound Engineer.

10 Piece Band: Lead Male Vocals, Lead Female Vocals, Backing Vocals, Bass Guitar, Drums, Lead Guitar, Keys/Synth, Trumpet, Trombone and Sax. Plus Sound Engineer.

12 Piece Band: Lead Male Vocals, Lead Female Vocals, 2 x Backing Vocals, Bass Guitar, Drums, Guitarist, percussionist, Keys/Synth, Trumpet and Sax. Plus Sound Engineer.

Performance Times

2 x 60 minutes sets


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Price from £3,333 + travel from London

Based on 8 members performing 2 x 60 minute sets

  • East of England From £3,333
  • South East From £3,333
  • South West From £3,529
  • East Midlands From £3,921
  • West Midlands From £4,182
  • Wales From £5,228
  • North East From £6,535
  • North West From £6,535
  • Northern Ireland From £6,535
  • Republic of Ireland From £6,535
  • Scotland From £6,535
  • Yorkshire and the Humber From £6,535

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14 Customer Reviews

Performance quality: 5 stars
Sound quality: 5 stars
Behaviour: 5 stars
Communication: 5 stars
Audience engagement: 5 stars
Value for money: 5 stars
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A huge thank you

5 stars - The Function are Highly Recommended
The client booked The Function for their Wedding February 2023

“A huge thank you for the exceptional performance you gave at our wedding last weekend. So many of the guests have raved about how much they enjoyed listening - and dancing - to your music. We really appreciated the quality of your musicianship and your commitment to delivering a great evening. Mike noticed that every single guest, young and old, was dancing to Proud Mary at the end. And thank you for putting up with the space restriction and change to timings due to wedding breakfast taking longer than expected. We can’t recommend you highly enough. Thank you so much for making our evening so special.”


Fantastic!

5 stars - The Function are Highly Recommended
The client booked The Function for their event December 2022

“Good evening, I wanted to say a huge thank you to you and all the Band for your performance on Saturday evening. It was fantastic – I was pretty optimistic that the band would be good, and I wasn’t disappointed. We wanted to dance and certainly, people did. Great to see a full dance floor. Lots of people have commented on the quality of the music – you never know you might get some future bookings!”


They made our night!

5 stars - The Function are Highly Recommended
The client booked The Function for their Wedding December 2022

“Thank you so much for performing at our wedding. The band were incredible! You were so accommodating on the day when our timings over ran by such a long time. We had so many comments about how incredible the band were and both Rachel and I stayed on the dance floor for basically all of the time that you were playing - including Rachel missing all of the food. So worth it!! ”


The wedding of our dreams!

5 stars - The Function are Highly Recommended
The client booked The Function for their Wedding

“I just wanted to say how INCREDIBLE the whole band was last night. Everyone was on the dancefloor all night and it was the best! We had a huge number of compliments on how amazing you all are and will be sharing all your details with all of our friends who have weddings coming up! The whole band made our night and made the wedding so incredibly fun and I can honestly say we wouldn’t have had the wedding of our dreams without you guys. A massive thank you again! ”


Just a quick note to thank you and the band for an amazing night on Saturday. We...

5 stars - The Function are Highly Recommended
The client booked The Function for their Wedding

“Just a quick note to thank you and the band for an amazing night on Saturday. We were a little worried that we hadn’t seen you guys live, but needn’t have. There were many musicians who were wedding guests and all were very impressed by the quality and energy of the performance. We are music people and absolutely delighted that you made the night, So thank you all so much! The Jools Holland ending was fantastic and made a great final song. The DJ set was spot on also so thanks for that.”

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