The Chicken (music)

"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.

Notable versions by Ellis or Pastorius include:

Since then it has become a jazz funk standard, with renditions by great musicians who include: