"Funky Man" | ||||
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Single by Kool & the Gang | ||||
from the album Live at the Sex Machine | ||||
B-side | "1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8" | |||
Released | 1970 | |||
Genre | Funk | |||
Length | 3:03 | |||
Label | De-Lite | |||
Songwriter(s) | Gene Redd, Kool & the Gang | |||
Producer(s) | Gene Redd | |||
Kool & the Gang singles chronology | ||||
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"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]
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]
Chart (1970) | Peak position |
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US Billboard Hot 100 | 87 |
US Hot Soul Singles (Billboard) | 16 |
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]