Troglodyte (Cave Man)
| "Troglodyte (Cave Man)" | |
|---|---|
Side A of the US single | |
| Single by Jimmy Castor Bunch | |
| from the album It's Just Begun | |
| B-side | "I Promise to Remember" |
| Released | 1972 |
| Genre | Funk |
| Length | 3:36 3:22 (7" version) |
| Label | RCA |
"Troglodyte (Cave Man)", originally released as "Troglodite", 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, and was No. 29 on the RPM/Kowal year-end chart.
"Troglodyte" sold over half-a-million copies, and has been certified gold by the RIAA.