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"Jungle Boogie"
Jungle boogie by kool and the gang US single.png
Side A of the US single
Single by Kool & the Gang
from the album Wild and Peaceful
B-side "North, South, East, West"
Released November 24, 1973
Recorded 1973
Genre Funk
Length 3:08
Label Mercury
Songwriter(s) Robert Earl Bell, Ronald Nathan Bell, Donald Boyce, George Melvin Brown, Robert Spike Mickens, Claydes Charles Smith, Clifford Adams and Dennis Thomas

"Jungle Boogie" is a funk song recorded by Kool & the Gang for their 1973 album Wild and Peaceful. It reached number four as a single, and became very popular in nightclubs. Billboard ranked it as the number 12 song for 1974, despite there being as many as 36 No. 1 singles that year.

The song's spoken main vocal was performed by the band's roadie Don Boyce. An instrumental version of the tune with an overdubbed flute part and additional percussion instruments, titled "Jungle Jazz", appeared on the album Spirit of the Boogie. The song is noted for the Tarzan yell heard at the song's end and the grunting, panting and scatting heard throughout.

Track listing

De-Lite Records - DE-559:

No. Title Length
1. "Jungle Boogie" (from the album Wild and Peaceful) 3:08
2. "North, East, South, West" (from the album Good Times) 3:36

Certifications

Region Certification Sales
United States (RIAA) Gold 500,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

  • Full lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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