"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. Released as a single, the song peaked at No. 16 on the US Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart.
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".
Charts Chart (1970)PeakpositionUS Billboard Hot 10087US 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.
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