Troglodyte, originally released as "Troglodite", is a 1972 funk

Funk

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 song by the Jimmy Castor Bunch. It peaked at #4 on the R&B charts and #6 on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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. 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.

A character introduced in the song, Bertha Butt, would be featured in many later Castor Bunch songs, including 1975's "The Bertha Butt Boogie".

The song sold over half-a-million copies, and has been certified gold by the RIAA

Samples

The following songs have sampled some part of Troglodtye:

• "Way Way Back" by Kool Moe Dee
  Kool Moe Dee
  Mohandas Dewese , better known as Kool Moe Dee, is an American Hip Hop MC prominent in the late 1970s through the early 1990s. He was born in Manhattan, New York...
  
   (1987)
• "Weekend", by The Todd Terry Project (1988)
• "Top Billin' (Clark Kent Super Mix)", by Audio Two
  Audio Two
  Audio Two were the Brooklyn, New York hip hop duo of emcee Kirk "Milk Dee" Robinson and DJ Nat "Gizmo" Robinson, most famous for its first hit, the classic "Top Billin'." The members of the duo are also the older brothers of female hip-hop star MC Lyte.-History:The duo’s debut single, "Make it...
  
   (1988)
• "Gangsta Gangsta
  Gangsta Gangsta (N.W.A song)
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  ", by N.W.A (1988)
• "Kisses On The Wind
  Kisses on the Wind
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  ", by Neneh Cherry
  Neneh Cherry
  Neneh Mariann Cherry is a Swedish singer-songwriter, rapper, and occasional DJ and broadcaster...
  
   (1989)
• "Lesson 4", by DJ Shadow
  DJ Shadow
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   (1991)
• "The Dayz of Wayback", by N.W.A (1991)
• "Strange Illusions", by The Dreamteam (1994)
• "When Doves Cry", by Ginuwine
  Ginuwine
  Elgin Baylor Lumpkin , better known by his stage name Ginuwine is an American singer-songwriter and actor. Signed to Epic Records since the mid-1990s, Ginuwine had released a number of multi-platinum and platinum-selling albums and singles, becoming one of R&B's top artists during the late 1990's...
  
   (1996)
• "Ready to Brain Bash", by Omar Santana (1997)
• "In the Air Tonight", by Lil' Kim
  Lil' Kim
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   feat. Phil Collins
  Phil Collins
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   (2001)
• "Back in the Day", by Christina Aguilera
  Christina Aguilera
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  (2006)