Jungle Boogie
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"Jungle Boogie" is a funk song recorded by Kool & the Gang 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 version of the tune with an overdubbed flute part and additional percussion instruments titled "Jungle Jazz" appeared on the album Spirit of the Boogie.
"Jungle Boogie" and "Jungle Jazz" have been repeatedly sampled in e.g., EPMD's 1988 album Strictly Business, The Beastie Boys' 1989 release "Hey Ladies", Madonna's 1992 top ten success "Erotica", Janet Jackson's 1994 top ten single "You Want This" and M/A/R/R/S' "Pump Up the Volume" in 1987. 24-7 Spyz has covered this song on their first album, Harder Than You.
Appearances in media
- The song was used in Quentin Tarantino's 1994 film Pulp Fiction. It plays during a portion of the opening credits and, after the credits end, becomes a song on the radio in a car carrying John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson.
- Jay Chandrasekhar dances to this song in Beerfest.
- This song was featured in Act 40 of Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon.
- Sacha Baron Cohen's remake of "I Like To Move It" (from the film Madagascar), references the song. At one point, King Julien the Lemur (Baron Cohen's character) stops singing and reminisces about how he used to sing the 'jungle boogie'.
- This song was also used in the movie Lion King 1 1/2, when Simba makes pranks in Timon and Pumbaa's forest, where Pumbaa always saves him instead of saving Timon.
- The theme song for the TV series Kid Notorious was based on this song.
- The song was used in the chase scene with "White She Devil" in Undercover Brother.
- It was used in the Egyptian movie "Al Hassa Al Sab'aa" - "The Seventh Sense"
- This song is playable on Dance Dance Revolution Universe 2.
- The song was used on the MTV series Jackass during the 'Night Monkey 2' sketch. The song was edited out for the DVD release.
- The song was used in "Ready to Rumble".
- In a showtape from the Chuck E. Cheese robot show, the baritone "Mouse" "Chuck E." sang his version of this song with his own lyrics.
- This song is used for Shakeit TV in the Nintendo Wii game Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party.
- The song was sung as part of a medley at halftime of the 2010 Orange Bowl.
- The song was used in the American Dad! episode A Jones for a Smith, in which main character Stan Smith became addicted to crack cocaine. The "get down, get down" verse from the song was played every time Stan saw a potential item to sell for crack.
- The song was remixed and danced to in America's Best Dance Crew (season 5), during the show's fourth week, as part of the "Disco Challenge". Ironically, the name of the dance crew that performed to the song, is also Jungle Boogie.
