Troglodyte (Cave Man)

"Troglodyte (Cave Man)"
Single cover artwork
Single by Jimmy Castor Bunch
from the album It's Just Begun
B-side"I Promise to Remember"
Released1972
GenreFunk[1]
Length3:36
3:22 (7" version)
LabelRCA
Alternative cover
Alternate single artwork, as released in Germany. Derivative of It's Just Begun's artwork.

"Troglodyte (Cave Man)", originally released as "Troglodite",[2] is a 1972 novelty funk song by the Jimmy Castor Bunch. In the US, it peaked at No. 4 on the R&B chart and No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100. Billboard ranked it as the No. 80 song for 1972.

In Canada, the song reached No. 1 for two weeks in July 1972,[3] and was No. 29 on the RPM/Kowal year-end chart.[4]

"Troglodyte" sold over half-a-million copies, and has been certified gold by the RIAA.[5]

  1. ^ Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (October 15, 1996). "Jiffy Pop: Novelty Records". Precious and Few - Pop Music in the Early '70s. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 116. ISBN 031214704X.
  2. ^ "Jimmy Castor Bunch". 45rpms.com. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
  3. ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles - July 15, 1972" (PDF).
  4. ^ "Barry's Hits of All Decades Pop rock n roll Music Chart Hits".
  5. ^ RIAA - TROGLODYTE June 30, 1972 Retrieved 12 April 2020.