Troglodyte (Cave Man)
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| - | '''Troglodyte''' may refer to: | + | '''Troglodyte (Cave Man)''', originally released as '''"Troglodite"''', is a 1972 [[funk]] song by the [[Jimmy Castor Bunch]]. It peaked at #4 on the R&B charts and #6 on the [[Billboard Hot 100]]. The song, especially the intro "What we're gonna do right here is go back, way back, back into time", has been heavily sampled in [[hip-hop music|Hip Hop]]. |
| - | * ''[[Homo troglodytes]]'', an invalid taxon coined by Carl Linnaeus to refer to a legendary creature | + | |
| - | * [[Caveman]], a stock character based upon widespread concepts of the way in which early prehistoric humans may have looked and behaved | + | |
| - | * [[Troglodytae]] or Troglodyti, an ancient group of people from the African Red Sea coast | + | |
| - | * ''Troglodites'', a fictional tribe described in Montesquieu's ''[[Persian Letters]]'', supposedly descending from the ancient Troglodytae | + | |
| - | * [[Troglodyte (Dungeons & Dragons)]], a race of humanoid monsters in the game ''Dungeons & Dragons'' | + | |
| - | * ''Troglodyte'', 2009 film also known as ''[[Sea Beast]]'' | + | |
| - | * "[[Troglodyte (Cave Man)]]", a funk song by the Jimmy Castor Bunch on their 1972 album ''It's Just Begun'' | + | |
| - | '''Troglodytes''' may refer to: | + | A character introduced in the song, [[Bertha Butt]], ("One of the Butt Sisters".) would be featured in many later Castor Bunch songs, including 1975's "[[The Bertha Butt Boogie]]". |
| - | * [[Troglodytes (wren)]], a genus of small bird | + | |
| - | * The [[common chimpanzee]], ''Pan troglodytes'' | + | |
| - | * [[Troglodytes (book)|''Troglodytes'' (book)]], a 2010 book by [[Ed Lynskey]] | + | |
| - | ==See also== | + | The song is noted for its repeated falsetto line: "I'll Sock it to Ya, Daddy!!", Heard also once before in the song's fade of the "Bertha Butt Boogie". |
| - | * [[Trog (disambiguation)]] | + | |
| - | * [[Troglobite]], a cave animal | + | The song sold over half-a-million copies, and has been certified gold by the [[RIAA]] |
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| + | ==Samples== | ||
| + | The following songs have sampled some part of Troglodtye: | ||
| + | * "Way Way Back" by [[Kool Moe Dee]] (1987) | ||
| + | * "Weekend", by [[The Todd Terry Project]] (1988) | ||
| + | * "Top Billin' (Clark Kent Super Mix)", by [[Audio Two]] (1988) | ||
| + | * "[[Gangsta Gangsta (N.W.A song)|Gangsta Gangsta]]", by [[N.W.A]] (1988) | ||
| + | * "[[Kisses on the Wind|Kisses On The Wind]]", by [[Neneh Cherry]] (1989) | ||
| + | * "Lesson 4", by [[DJ Shadow]] (1991) | ||
| + | * "The Dayz of Wayback", by [[N.W.A]] (1991) | ||
| + | * "Strange Illusions", by [[The Dreamteam]] (1994) | ||
| + | * "When Doves Cry", by [[Ginuwine]] (1996) | ||
| + | * "Ready to Brain Bash", by [[Omar Santana]] (1997) | ||
| + | * "In the Air Tonight", by [[Lil' Kim]] feat. [[Phil Collins]] (2001) | ||
| + | * "Back in the Day", by [[Christina Aguilera]] (2006) | ||
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Troglodyte (Cave Man), originally released as "Troglodite", is a 1972 funk song by the Jimmy Castor Bunch. It peaked at #4 on the R&B charts and #6 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song, especially the intro "What we're gonna do right here is go back, way back, back into time", has been heavily sampled in Hip Hop.
A character introduced in the song, Bertha Butt, ("One of the Butt Sisters".) would be featured in many later Castor Bunch songs, including 1975's "The Bertha Butt Boogie".
The song is noted for its repeated falsetto line: "I'll Sock it to Ya, Daddy!!", Heard also once before in the song's fade of the "Bertha Butt Boogie".
The song sold over half-a-million copies, and has been certified gold by the RIAA
Samples
The following songs have sampled some part of Troglodtye:
- "Way Way Back" by Kool Moe Dee (1987)
- "Weekend", by The Todd Terry Project (1988)
- "Top Billin' (Clark Kent Super Mix)", by Audio Two (1988)
- "Gangsta Gangsta", by N.W.A (1988)
- "Kisses On The Wind", by Neneh Cherry (1989)
- "Lesson 4", by DJ Shadow (1991)
- "The Dayz of Wayback", by N.W.A (1991)
- "Strange Illusions", by The Dreamteam (1994)
- "When Doves Cry", by Ginuwine (1996)
- "Ready to Brain Bash", by Omar Santana (1997)
- "In the Air Tonight", by Lil' Kim feat. Phil Collins (2001)
- "Back in the Day", by Christina Aguilera (2006)
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