The Grunt

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"The Grunt (Part 1)"
Single by The J.B.'s
from the album Food for Thought
B-side	"The Grunt (Part 2)"
Released	June 1970
Recorded	May 19, 1970, King Studios, Cincinnati, OH
Genre	Funk
Length	2:47 (Part 1) 2:10 (Part 2)
Label	King 6317
Songwriter(s)	James Brown Clyde Stubblefield Robert McCollough Darryl Jamison William Collins Phelps Collins Frank Waddy Clayton Gunnels Johnny Griggs
Producer(s)	James Brown
The J.B.'s singles chronology
"The Grunt (Part 1)" (1970) "These Are The J.B.'s (Part 1)" (1970)
Audio video
"The Grunt" on YouTube

"The Grunt" is a funk instrumental recorded in 1970 by James Brown's band The J.B.'s. It was released as a two-part single on King. It was one of only two instrumental singles recorded by the original J.B.'s lineup with Bootsy and Catfish Collins. Large parts of "The Grunt"'s melody and arrangement are borrowed, uncredited, from The Isley Brothers' song "Keep on Doin'", which was released earlier in the same year.

Part 1 of "The Grunt" was included on The J.B.'s' 1972 album Food for Thought.