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Fatback Band Songs

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The Fatback Band (later, simply Fatback) is an American funk and disco band. Most popular in the 1970s and 1980s, The Fatback Band is most known for their R&B hits, "(Do The) Spanish Hustle", "I Like Girls", "Gotta Get My Hands on Some (Money)", "Backstrokin'" and "I Found Lovin". Their 1979 single "King Tim III (Personality Jock)" is sometimes considered the first hip hop single.

Below is a list of Fatback Band songs, sorted by the most popular first. Place mouse on to see information about song. Click song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available). Click year to list all songs from that year. Click label to list songs from that record label. Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Song are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)


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1 record label: Polydor 2066656
chart position: RandB #12, UK #10, US dance #5, US #101
written by: Gerry Thomas
album: Raising Hell
comments: [disco jazz funk instrumental]
Fatback Band (Do the) Spanish Hustle
1976 Polydor
2 record label: Important 10
chart position: UK #7
written by: Johnny Flippin and Michael Walker
album: With Love
 		Fatback Band I Found Lovin'
1987 Important
3 record label: Spring 149
chart position: RandB #3, UK #41, US dance #53
written by: Johnny Flippin & Bill Curtis
album: Hot Box
Fatback Band Backstrockin
1980 Spring
4 record label: Polydor 2066 637
chart position: RandB #37, UK #18, US Dance #15
written by: Bill Curtis and Johnny Flippin
album: Raising Hell
 		Fatback Band (Are You Ready) Do the Bus Stop
1975 Polydor
5 record label: Spring 3008
chart position: RandB #6
written by: Bill Curtis and Gerry Thomas
album: Hot Box
 		Fatback Band Gotta Get My Hands on Some (Money)
1980 Spring
6 record label: Spring 181
chart position: RandB #9, US #101
written by: Bill Curtis
 		Fatback Band I Like Girls
1978 Spring
7 record label: Cotillion 99642
chart position: UK #43
written by: Bill Curtis, Gerry Thomas and Maureen Reid
album: So Delicious
 		Fatback Band Lover Undercover
1985 Cotillion
8 record label: Spring 171
chart position: RandB #52, UK #31
written by: Bill Curtis, Johnny Flippin and Kenny Ballard
album: NYCNYUSA
Fatback Band Double Dutch
1977 Spring
9 record label: Master Mix 8401 (UK)
chart position: UK #49
written by: Johnny Flippin and Michael Walker
album: With Love
 		Fatback Band I Found Lovin'
1984 Master Mix
10 record label: Spring 152
chart position: RandB #19
written by: Johnny Flippin and Bill Curtis
album: Tasty Jam
comments: [disco funk]
 		Fatback Band Take It Any Way You Want It
1981 Spring
11 record label: Spring 6
chart position: UK #38, US Dance #28
written by: Gerry Thomas
album: Night Fever
 		Fatback Band Night Fever
1976 Spring
12 record label: Polydor 2066590(UK)
chart position: RandB #80, UK #40
written by: Johnny King
album: Yum Yum
 		Fatback Band Yum Yum (Gimme Some)
1975 Polydor
13 record label: Polydor 2066682
chart position: RandB #84, UK #41
written by: Doug Gibson, Gerry Thomas and Leonard Smith
album: Raising Hell
 		Fatback Band Party Time
1976 Polydor
14 record label: Spring 3030
chart position: RandB #28, UK #77, US Dance #47
written by: Bill Curtis and Gerry Thomas
album: Is This the Future?
comments: [disco funk]
 		Fatback Band The Girl Is Fine (So Fine)
1983 Spring
15 record label: Perception 526
chart position: RandB #26
written by: Johnny King, Johnny Flippin and Bill Curtis
album: Let's Do It Again
 		Fatback Band Street Dance
1973 Perception
16 record label: Spring 199
chart position: RandB #26, US Dance #62
written by: Bill Curtis and Fred Demery
album: XII
 		Fatback Band King Tim III (Personality Jock)
1979 Spring
17 record label: Event 219
chart position: RandB #94, UK #54
written by: Bill Curtis and Johnny Flippin (as John Flippin)
 		Fatback Band Wicki-Wacky
1975 Event
18 record label: Spring 177
chart position: RandB #88, US Dance #27
written by: Bill Curtis
album: Man with the Band
 		Fatback Band Master Booty
1978 Spring
19 record label: Start Records 2
chart position: UK #90
written by: Gerry Thomas, Henry Ellerbee, Robert Damper and Vernon Lloyd
 		Fatback Band All Nite Party
1988 Start Records
20 record label: CFM 4000
chart position: UK #94
written by: Clevin Brailsford, Gerry Thomas and Henry Ellerbee
 		Fatback Band Rhythm of the Night
1987 CFM
21 record label: Spring 12 414
chart position: RandB #88, US Dance #32
written by: Evelyn Thomas and Gerry Thomas
album: Is This the Future?
comments: [funk]
 		Fatback Band Spread Love
1984 Spring
22 record label: Spring 168
chart position: RandB #32
written by: Bill Curtis and M. Irby Jr.
album: Night Fever
 		Fatback Band The Booty
1976 Spring
23 record label: Master Mix 8415 (UK)
chart position: UK #96
written by: Johnny Flippin and Michael Walker
album: Is This The Future?
 		Fatback Band Sunshine Lady
1987 Master Mix
24 record label: Cotillion Fback 1
chart position: RandB #79, UK #69
written by: Bill Curtis, Gerry Thomas and Robert Damper
album: So Delicious
 		Fatback Band Girls on My Mind
1985 Cotillion Fback
25 record label: Spring 191
chart position: RandB #36
written by: Bill Curtis
album: Brite Lites/Big City
 		Fatback Band Freak the Freak the Funk (Rock)
1979 Spring
26 record label: Spring 3025
chart position: RandB #36
written by: Bill Curtis
album: On the Floor with Fatback
comments: [funk]
 		Fatback Band On the Floor
1982 Spring
27 record label: Spring 3032
chart position: RandB #43
written by: Gerry Thomas
album: Is This the Future?
comments: [disco, funk, rap]
 		Fatback Band Is This the Future?
1983 Spring
28 record label: Event 217
written by: Bill Curtis (as William Curtis), Earl Shelton, George Williams, Johnny Flippi, Johnny King and Richard
comments: [instrumental]
 		Fatback Band Keep On Steppin'
1974 Event
29 record label: Spring 170
chart position: RandB #50
written by: Reggie Sinkler and Steve Horton
album: Gigolo
comments: [funk]
 		Fatback Band Rockin' to the Beat
1981 Spring
30 record label: Spring 3015
chart position: RandB #55
written by: Bill Curtis and Fred Demery
 		Fatback Band Let's Do It Again
1980 Spring
31 record label: Perception 540
chart position: RandB #56
written by: Bill Curtis, Earl Shelton, George Williams, Johnny Flippin and Johnny King
album: People Music
comments: [instrumental]
 		Fatback Band Njia (Njia) Walk (Street Walk)
1973 Perception
32 record label: Spring 3005
chart position: RandB #59
written by: Johnny Flippin (as John Flippin)
album: XII
 		Fatback Band Love in Perfect Harmony
1980 Spring
33 record label: Spring 166
chart position: RandB #64
written by: Carole Sylvan, Gerry Thomas and Steven Bush
album: Tasty Jam
comments: [funk]
 		Fatback Band Kool Whip
1981 Spring
34 record label: Spring 3016
chart position: RandB #67
written by: Gerry Thomas
album: 14 Karat
comments: [ballad]
 		Fatback Band Angel
1981 Spring
35 record label: Spring 402
chart position: RandB #67
written by: Bill Curtis and Gerry Thomas
 		Fatback Band You're My Candy Sweet
1979 Spring
36 record label: Perception 520
chart position: RandB #69
written by: Gerry Thomas
album: People Music
comments: [instrumental]
 		Fatback Band Soul March
1974 Perception
37 record label: Cotillion 99749
chart position: RandB #70
written by: Deborah Street, Johnny Flippin and Michael Walker
album: Phoenix
comments: [ballad]
 		Fatback Band Call Out My Name
1984 Cotillion
38 record label: Spring 3026
chart position: RandB #76
written by: Johnny Flippin and Michael Walker
album: On The Floor With Fatback
 		Fatback Band She's My Shining Star
1982 Spring




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