Funknroll appears as the twelfth and final track on Prince and 3rdEyeGirl’s album Plectrumelectrum, and as the eleventh track on Prince’s Art Official Age in remixed form. The track was first mentioned publicly on 31 July 2013, before its live debut four days later. Prince and 3rdEyeGirl performed the song on The Arsenio Hall Show on 4 March 2014, with a studio version premiering two days later on Los Angeles radio station 102.3 KJLH. Two weeks before the album’s release, on

Whitecaps was released on 1 September 2014 as a promotional pre‑order download for Plectrumelectrum, arriving four weeks ahead of the album’s release. The track debuted publicly only hours earlier through Vibe.com, after which it became available both as part of the album pre‑order and as an individual digital purchase. Its release coincided with U Know, which was issued the same day to promote Art Official Age, creating a coordinated preview of both albums. The song features