"Troglodyte (Cave Man)", originally released as "Troglodite",[1] is a 1972 novelty funk song by The Jimmy Castor Bunch. In the USA, 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. The song has been sampled in hip-hop and dance music.[2][3] In Canada, the song reached No. 1 for two weeks in July 1972,[4] and was No. 29 on the RPM/Kowal year-end chart.[5]

"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
Genre	Funk
Length	3:36 3:22 (7" version)
Label	RCA
Alternative cover
Alternate single artwork, as released in Germany. Derivative of It's Just Begun's artwork.

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 sold over half-a-million copies, and has been certified gold by the RIAA.[6]

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