Funky Man (Kool & the Gang song)

"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"
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
"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

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

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

Legacy

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

1. 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.