"Jungle Boogie" is a funk

Funk

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 song recorded by Kool & the Gang

Kool & the Gang

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 for their 1973 album Wild and Peaceful. It scored number four as a single and became very popular in nightclubs. The song's spoken main vocal was performed by the band's roadie Don Boyce. An instrumental

Instrumental

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 version of the tune with an overdubbed flute

Flute

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 part and additional percussion instrument

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s titled "Jungle Jazz" appeared on the album Spirit of the Boogie

Spirit of the Boogie

-Reception:Spirit of the Boogie is the highly successful eighth studio album released in 1975 by Kool & the Gang. It can be seen as a follow-up to Wild and Peaceful ; The instrumental "Jungle Jazz" uses the same basic rhythm track heard in "Jungle Boogie", but lets the players improvise on their...

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"Jungle Boogie" and "Jungle Jazz" have been repeatedly sampled

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 in
e.g., EPMD

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's 1988 album Strictly Business, Beastie Boys

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' 1989 release "Hey Ladies

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", Madonna

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's 1992 top ten success "Erotica

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", Janet Jackson

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's 1994 top ten single "You Want This

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" and M/A/R/R/S' "Pump Up the Volume

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" in 1987. 24-7 Spyz

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 covered this song on their first album, Harder Than You

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The song was also featured in Quentin Tarantino

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's 1994 film, Pulp Fiction

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, and the Xbox 360

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 Kinect game, Dance Central

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The French

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 performed this song in Disney's 2004 direct-to-video animated film The Lion King 1½

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. It was also featured on the soundtrack album for the Disney show, That's So Raven

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. The Chipmunks

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 and The Chipettes

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 covered this song in the Limited Edition of the Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked: Music from the Motion Picture

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked: Music from the Motion Picture

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album.