| "Troglodyte (Cave Man)" | |
|---|---|
&sq=Electronic dance music&lang=en&file=File:Troglodyte(JCB).jpg) Single cover artwork | |
| Single by Jimmy Castor Bunch | |
| from the album It's Just Begun | |
| B-side | "I Promise to Remember" |
| Released | 1972 |
| Genre | Funk[1] |
| Length | 3:36 3:22 (7" version) |
| Label | RCA |
| Alternative cover | |
&sq=Electronic dance music&lang=en&file=File:Troglodyte(alternate).jpg) Alternate single artwork, as released in Germany. Derivative of It's Just Begun's artwork. | |
"Troglodyte (Cave Man)", originally released as "Troglodite",[2] is a 1972 novelty funk song by the Jimmy Castor Bunch. In the US, it peaked at No. 4 on the R&B chart and No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100. Billboard ranked it as the No. 80 song for 1972.
In Canada, the song reached No. 1 for two weeks in July 1972,[3] and was No. 29 on the RPM/Kowal year-end chart.[4]
"Troglodyte" sold over half-a-million copies, and has been certified gold by the RIAA.[5]
- ^ Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (October 15, 1996). "Jiffy Pop: Novelty Records". Precious and Few - Pop Music in the Early '70s. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 116. ISBN 031214704X.
- ^ "Jimmy Castor Bunch". 45rpms.com. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
- ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles - July 15, 1972" (PDF).
- ^ "Barry's Hits of All Decades Pop rock n roll Music Chart Hits".
- ^ RIAA - TROGLODYTE June 30, 1972 Retrieved 12 April 2020.
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