"Troglodyte (Cave Man)", originally released as "Troglodite", 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. In Canada, the song reached No. 1 for two weeks in July 1972, and was No. 29 on the RPM/Kowal year-end chart. 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. References 1972 singles Fiction set in prehistory 1972 songs RCA Records singles