| I Got Ants in My Pants - Part 1 | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | James Brown |
| B-Side: | I Got Ants in My Pants - Part 15 & 16 |
| Released: | or |
| Recorded: | October 10, 1971, Capricorn or Bobby Smith Studios, Macon, GA |
| Genre: | Funk |
| Length: |
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| Label: | Polydor 14162 |
| Producer: | James Brown |
| Chronology: | James Brown charting |
| Prev Title: | What My Baby Needs Now Is a Little More Lovin' |
| Prev Year: | 1972 |
| Next Title: | Down and Out in New York City |
| Next Year: | 1973 |
"I Got Ants in My Pants (and I Want to Dance)" is a funk song by James Brown. Recorded in 1971 and released as a two-part single in November 1972[1] or January 1973,[2] it charted #4 R&B and #27 Pop. It did not receive an album release. A remixed version was included on the 1988 compilation album Motherlode, Part 1 to Star Time and the whole cut again in Make It Funky: The Big Payback.
The song was sampled in the 1973 break-in record, "Super Fly Meets Shaft" (US #31).
A guitar riff from this song was sampled by Public Enemy on their track "Don't Believe the Hype" from the album It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back.