Funky Man (Kool & the Gang song)

"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.

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.