Funky Worm

Performed by: Ohio Players
Written by: Leroy Bonner; Marshal Jones; Ralph Middlebrook; Walter Morrison; Andrew Noland; Gregory Webster

Credits: Bonner, Leroy (Songwriter); Jones, Marshal (Songwriter); Middlebrook, Ralph (Songwriter); Morrison, Walter (Songwriter); Noland, Andrew (Songwriter); Webster, Gregory (Songwriter); SEGUNDO SUENOS MUSIC (Publisher)

For the band see The Funky Worm.

"Funky Worm"
Song by The Ohio Players from the album Pleasure
Released	1973
Genre	Funk
Length	2:35
Label	Westbound

Funky Worm is a funk song by Ohio Players that went to number one on the R&B charts in 1973 and number fifteen on the Hot 100.^[1]

Influence

The song's synthesizer solos have become a staple part in hip hop sampling history, being sampled in songs like MC Breed's Ain't No Future In Yo' Frontin', Too $hort's "Sample The Funk" on Cocktales, Above The Law's "Black Superman", N.W.A's songs "Gangsta Gangsta" and "Dopeman", DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince's "Boom! Shake the Room",PMD With "I Saw It Coming","Once Upon A Time" by Sicx, and countless other rap/hip hop artists.^[2]

The song is heard on the radio station Bounce FM, in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

Chart positions

Charts	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	15
U.S. Billboard Best Selling Soul Singles	1

References

1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 437. 
2. ^ List of artists that sampled "Funky Worm"

Preceded by "Pillow Talk" by Sylvia

Billboard's Best Selling Soul Singles number one single May 12, 1973

Succeeded by "Leaving Me" by The Independents

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