Troglodyte (Cave Man)
"Troglodyte ", originally released as "Troglodite", is a 1972 funk song by The Jimmy Castor Bunch. In the USA, it peaked at No. 4 on the R&B charts and No. 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.
A character introduced in the song, Bertha Butt, was featured in many later Castor Bunch songs, including "The Bertha Butt Boogie".
The song sold over half-a-million copies, and has been certified gold by the RIAA.
It charted even better in Canada, where it got to No. 1 on the singles chart for two weeks.
Samples
The following songs have sampled some part of "Troglodyte":| Song | Artist | Year |
| "Convention 72" | The Delegates | 1972 |
| "Way Way Back" | Kool Moe Dee | 1987 |
| "Weekend" | The Todd Terry Project | 1988 |
| "Top Billin' " | Audio Two | 1988 |
| "Gangsta Gangsta" | N.W.A | 1988 |
| "Kisses On The Wind" | Neneh Cherry | 1989 |
| "Lesson 4" | DJ Shadow | 1991 |
| "The Dayz of Wayback" | N.W.A | 1991 |
| "Fire & Earth " | X-Clan | 1992 |
| "Strange Illusions" | The Dreamteam | 1994 |
| "When Doves Cry" | Ginuwine | 1996 |
| "Don't Leave Me" | Blackstreet | 1996 |
| "Ready to Brain Bash" | Omar Santana | 1997 |
| "In the Air Tonight" | Lil' Kim feat. Phil Collins | 2001 |
| "Behind the Scenes" | Moodorama | 2005 |
| "Back in the Day" | Christina Aguilera | 2006 |
| "Into The Groove 2008" | Madonna | 2008 |
| "Raveopolis" | Mayhem | 2011 |
| "Jerry's Liquor Store" | Tom Flynn | 2012 |
| "Troglodytes" | Julio Bashmore | 2012 |
| "Drawing Straws" | Netsky | 2012 |
| "Love Of My Life" | Angel Haze | 2012 |
| "The Way" | Ariana Grande feat. Mac Miller | 2013 |
| "Bom" | Pogo | 2016 |