Jungle Fever is a 1972 song performed by Belgian group The Chakachas, written by Bill Ador and issued by Polydor Records. The song reached #8 in the 1972 United States Billboard Hot 100 [1] and peaked at #29 in the United Kingdom. Jungle Fever was banned by the BBC, who took exception to the song's heavy breathing and moaning. [2] The song was a greater success in America, selling over one million copies [3] and being awarded a gold disc by the R.I.A.A. in March 1972.
Jungle Fever was featured in the 1997 film Boogie Nights [4] as well as the 2004 videogame Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, on the fictional radio station Master Sounds 98.3. [5] As a result of featuring in Boogie Nights, the song was included on the film's soundtrack album, Boogie Nights: Music from the Original Motion Picture. Jungle Fever was also included in the 2000 comedy film Next Friday and more recently, the September 2005 release Just Like Heaven.
The song has been described as "heavily sampled by the hip-hop generation". [6] Miami rap group 2 Live Crew sampled the song in their track Put Her in the Buck, which was featured on their 1989 album As Nasty As They Wanna Be.