Editing Funky Drummer (section)

==Release==
"Funky Drummer" was originally released by [[King Records (USA)|King Records]] as a two-part [[Revolutions per minute|45 rpm]] [[Single (music)|single]] in March 1970. The difference between the album version and the single version is that the single version contains Brown's vocal percussion ('kooncha'). Despite rising to No. 20 on the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|R&B chart]] and No. 51 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|pop chart]],<ref>White, Cliff (1991). "Discography". In ''Star Time'' (pp.&nbsp;54–59) [CD booklet]. New York: PolyGram Records.</ref> it did not receive an album release until the 1986 [[Compilation album|compilation]] ''[[In the Jungle Groove]]''.

More than one [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|mix]] of "Funky Drummer" was made around the time it was recorded, including one with [[tambourine]] and another with [[vocal percussion]] by Brown and [[trombonist]] [[Fred Wesley]]. The most commonly heard version of the track lacks these elements, which were apparently [[overdubbed]]. In addition to the original version of "Funky Drummer", the album ''In the Jungle Groove'' includes a "bonus beat reprise" of the piece. This track, edited by Danny Krivit, consists of a 3-minute [[music loop|loop]] of the drum break, punctuated only by Brown's sampled vocal interjections and an occasional guitar chord and tambourine hit.