"The Chicken" or simply "Chicken" is an instrumental funk tune composed by Pee Wee Ellis that was the B-side to James Brown's 1969 single "The Popcorn". The tune gained greater exposure with versions by jazz bassist Jaco Pastorius.[1]

Notable versions by Ellis or Pastorius include:

Since then it has become a jazz funk standard, with renditions by musicians including:

References

  1. {{Cite web |title=The Chicken | Secondhand Songs |url=https://secondhandsongs.com/work/20831/all |access-date=2023-08-19|
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