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"
Released	1972
Format	7" single
Genre	Funk
Length	3:36 3:22 (7" version)
Label	RCA
Certification	Gold [1]
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 funk song by the Jimmy Castor Bunch. In the USA, it peaked at #4 on the R&B charts and #6 on the Billboard Hot 100. Billboard ranked it as the No. 80 song for 1972. The song, especially the intro "What we're gonna do right here is go back, way back, back into time", has been heavily sampled in hip-hop music and dance music.^[3][4][5][6]

The song is noted for Castor's repeated lines "Gotta find a woman" and "Sock it to me".

A character introduced in the song, Bertha Butt ("one of the Butt Sisters"), was featured in many later Castor Bunch songs, including "The Bertha Butt Boogie" (1975).

The song is noted for its repeated falsetto line: "I'll Sock it to Ya, Daddy!!", heard before in the song's fade of the "Bertha Butt Boogie".

The song sold over half-a-million copies, and has been certified gold by the RIAA.^[1]

Samples

The following songs have sampled some part of "Troglodyte":

• "Convention 72" by The Delegates (1972)
• "Way Way Back" by Kool Moe Dee (1987)^[7]
• "Weekend" by The Todd Terry Project (1988)
• "Top Billin' (Clark Kent Super Mix)" by Audio Two (1988)^[8]
• "Gangsta Gangsta" by N.W.A (1988)^[9]
• "Kisses On The Wind" by Neneh Cherry (1989)
• "Lesson 4" by DJ Shadow (1991)
• "The Dayz of Wayback" by N.W.A (1991)
• Fire & Earth (100% Natural) by X-Clan (1992)^[10]
• "Strange Illusions" by The Dreamteam (1994)
• "When Doves Cry" by Ginuwine (1996)^[11]
• "Don't Leave Me" by Blackstreet (1996)
• "Ready to Brain Bash" by Omar Santana (1997)
• "In the Air Tonight" by Lil' Kim feat. Phil Collins (2001)^[12]
• "Behind the Scenes" by Moodorama (2005)
• "Back in the Day" by Christina Aguilera (2006)^[13]
• "Into The Groove 2008" by Madonna (2008)^[14]
• "Raveopolis" by Mayhem (2011)
• "Jerry's Liquor Store" by Tom Flynn (2012)^[15]
• "Troglodytes" by Julio Bashmore (2012)^[16]
• "Drawing Straws" by Netsky (2012)
• "Love Of My Life" by Angel Haze (2012)^[17]
• "The Way" by Ariana Grande feat. Mac Miller (2013)^[18]

References

2. "Jimmy Castor Bunch". 45rpms.com. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
3. "The Jimmy Castor Bunch Music Sampled by Others". WhoSampled. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
4. "Samples of Troglodyte (Cave Man) by The Jimmy Castor Bunch on WhoSampled". WhoSampled. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
5. "Remembering Jimmy Castor, the funk legend behind 'Troglodyte'". LA Times Blogs - Pop & Hiss. 2012-01-17. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
6. Martin, Douglas (2012-01-17). "Jimmy Castor, Musician Who Mastered Many Genres, Dies at 71". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
7. "Kool Moe Dee's 'Way Way Back' - Discover the Sample Source". WhoSampled. Retrieved 2016-09-27.
8. "Audio Two's 'Top Billin' (Clark Kent Super Mix)' - Discover the Sample Source". WhoSampled. Retrieved 2016-09-27.
9. "N.W.A's 'Gangsta Gangsta' - Discover the Sample Source". WhoSampled. Retrieved 2016-09-27.
10. "X-Clan's 'Fire & Earth (100% Natural)' - Discover the Sample Source". WhoSampled. Retrieved 2016-09-27.
11. "Ginuwine's 'When Doves Cry' - Discover the Sample Source". WhoSampled. Retrieved 2016-09-27.
12. "Lil' Kim feat. Phil Collins's 'In the Air Tonite' - Discover the Sample Source". WhoSampled. Retrieved 2016-09-27.
13. "Christina Aguilera's 'Back in the Day' - Discover the Sample Source". WhoSampled. Retrieved 2016-09-27.
14. "Madonna's 'Into the Groove 2008' - Discover the Sample Source". WhoSampled. Retrieved 2016-09-27.
15. "Tom Flynn's 'Jerry's Liquor Store' - Discover the Sample Source". WhoSampled. Retrieved 2016-09-27.
16. "Julio Bashmore's 'Troglodytes' - Discover the Sample Source". WhoSampled. Retrieved 2016-09-27.
17. "Angel Haze's 'Love of My Life' - Discover the Sample Source". WhoSampled. Retrieved 2016-09-27.
18. "Ariana Grande feat. Mac Miller's 'The Way' - Discover the Sample Source". WhoSampled. Retrieved 2016-09-27.