I Got Ants in My Pants
"I Got Ants in My Pants - Part 1" | ||||
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Single by James Brown | ||||
B-side | "I Got Ants in My Pants - Part 15 & 16" | |||
Released | November 1972 (1972-11) or January 1973 (1973-01) | |||
Recorded | October 10, 1971, Capricorn or Bobby Smith Studios, Macon, GA | |||
Genre | Funk | |||
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Label | Polydor 14162 | |||
Songwriter(s) | James Brown | |||
Producer(s) | James Brown | |||
James Brown charting singles chronology | ||||
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Audio video | ||||
"I Got Ants In My Pants (And I Want To Dance)" on YouTube | ||||
"I Got Ants in My Pants (and I Want to Dance)" is a funk song by James Brown. Recorded in 1971 and released as a two-part single in November 1972[1] or January 1973,[2] it charted #4 R&B and #27 Pop. It did not receive an album release. A remixed version was included on the 1988 compilation album Motherlode, Part 1 to Star Time and the whole cut again in Make It Funky: The Big Payback.
Later uses
The song was sampled in the 1973 break-in record, "Super Fly Meets Shaft" (US #31).
A guitar riff from this song was sampled by Public Enemy on their track "Don't Believe the Hype" from the album It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back.
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charting
singles
- "Hey America" (1970)
- "Bring It On...Bring It On" (1983)
- "Froggy Mix" (1985)
- "She's the One" (1988)
- "The Payback Mix" (1988)
- "I Got You (I Feel Good) [James Brown v. Dakeyne]" (1992)
- "Funk on Ah Roll" (1999)
productions
- "The Grunt" (1970)
- "Gimme Some More" (1971)
- "I Know You Got Soul" (1971)
- "Pass the Peas" (1972)
- "Think (About It)" (1972)
- "Doing It to Death" (1973)
- "Soul Power 74" (1973)
songs
- "(Do the) Mashed Potatoes" (1960)
- "Maybe the Last Time" (1964)
- "Old Landmark" (1980)
- "Killing Is Out, School Is In" (2001)
- "Gut Bucket" (2006)
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