"Jungle Boogie" is a funk song recorded by

Kool & the Gang Kool & the Gang is an American R&B/soul/ funk band formed in Jersey City, New Jersey, in 1964 by brothers Robert "Kool" Bell and Ronald Bell, with Dennis "Dee Tee" Thomas, Robert "Spike" Mickens, Charles Smith, George Brown, and Ricky West ...

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.

Background

The song's spoken main vocal was performed by the band's roadie Don Boyce. An instrumental version of the tune with an

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bed flute part and additional percussion instruments, titled "Jungle Jazz", appeared on the album ''

Spirit of the Boogie ''Spirit of the Boogie'' is the sixth studio album by Kool & the Gang, released in 1975. It can be seen as a follow-up to '' Wild and Peaceful'' (1973); the instrumental "Jungle Jazz" uses the same basic rhythm track heard in "Jungle Boogie", but ...

''. The song is noted for the

Tarzan yell The Tarzan yell or Tarzan's jungle call is the distinctive, ululating yell of the character Tarzan as portrayed by actor Johnny Weissmuller in the films based on the character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs starting with '' Tarzan the Ape Man'' ...

heard at the song's end and the grunting, panting and scatting heard throughout.

Track listing

De-Lite Records - DE-559:

Certifications

Chart performance

References

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