| "Do the Funky Chicken" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Rufus Thomas | ||||
| from the album Do the Funky Chicken | ||||
| B-side | "Turn Your Damper Down" | |||
| Released | November 1969 | |||
| Recorded | 1969 | |||
| Genre | R&B | |||
| Length | 3:15 | |||
| Label | Stax Records STA 0059 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Rufus Thomas | |||
| Producer(s) | Al Bell, Tom Nixon | |||
| Rufus Thomas singles chronology | ||||
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"Do the Funky Chicken" is a song written and recorded by American R&B singer and entertainer Rufus Thomas for Stax Records in 1969. The song was used as the title track of Thomas' 1970 LP, Do The Funky Chicken.
It became one of his biggest hits, reaching number 5 on the R&B chart in early 1970, number 28 on the US pop chart,[1] and number 18 in Britain where it was his only chart hit.[2]