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Funky Man (Kool & the Gang song)

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"Funky Man"
Single by Kool & the Gang
from the album Live at the Sex Machine
B-side"1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8"
Released1970
GenreFunk
Length3:03
LabelDe-Lite
Songwriter(s)Gene Redd, Kool & the Gang
Producer(s)Gene Redd
Kool & the Gang singles chronology
"Kool It (Here Comes The Fuzz)"
(1970)
"Funky Man"
(1970)
"Who's Gonna Take the Weight (Part One)"
(1971)

"Funky Man" is a R&B/funk song recorded by the band Kool & the Gang from, Live at the Sex Machine, their 1970 live album.[1] Released as a single, the song peaked at No. 16 on the US Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart.[2]

Compendium

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Funky Man was produced by Gene Redd who also wrote the song with Kool & the Gang. The single version's b-side was a tune entitled 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8.[1]

Charts

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Chart (1970) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 87
US Hot Soul Singles (Billboard) 16

Legacy

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Funky Man was sampled by Public Enemy on Night of the Living Baseheads from the group's 1988 album It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back. The song was sampled by EPMD on Underground from their 1990 album Business as Usual.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Kool & the Gang - Funky Man. De-Lite Records. 1970.
  2. ^ "Kool & the Gang: Hot Soul Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
  3. ^ "Underground by EPMD". Second Hand Songs. Retrieved 2023-08-02.
  4. ^ "Night of the Living Baseheads by Public Enemy". Second Hand Songs. Retrieved 2023-08-02.