"Body Slam" is a song that was recorded by Bootsy's Rubber Band. It was released in 1982 by Warner Bros. Records

Warner Bros. Records

Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies...

. The song was never featured on any of Bootsy Collins

Bootsy Collins

William Earl "Bootsy" Collins is an American funk bassist, singer, and songwriter.Rising to prominence with James Brown in the late 1960s, and with Parliament-Funkadelic in the '70s, Collins's driving bass guitar and humorous vocals established him as one of the leading names in funk...

' albums until the 1994 release of the compilation Back in the Day: The Best of Bootsy

Back in the Day: The Best of Bootsy

Back in the Day: The Best of Bootsy is a 1994 greatest hits compilation by Parliament-Funkadelic bassist Bootsy Collins. The album was released on the Warner Bros. Archives label...

. The song is a reconstruction of the track "Countracula (This One's For You)" from the album The One Giveth, the Count Taketh Away

The One Giveth, the Count Taketh Away

The One Giveth, the Count Taketh Away is a 1982 album by William Bootsy Collins, released by Warner Bros. Records. It would be the last album that Bootsy Collins would record for the label...

. The single reached number 12 in Billboard Magazine's Black Singles charts. The b-side of "Body Slam" was "I'd Rather Be With You".

Musicians

• Bass, Guitars, and Drums: Bootsy Collins
• Strings and Things: Bootsy Collins, Joel Johnson
• Vocals: Bootsy Collins, Joel Johnson,
• Percussion: Bootsy Collins, Joel Johnson, Wes Boatman
• Grand piano: Kae Williams Jr.
• Organ part: Bruce Weeden