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"Harlem Shuffle" is an R&B song originally recorded by the duo Bob & Earl in 1963 and covered by the Rolling Stones in 1986.

The original single, co-arranged by Barry White and Gene Page, peaked at #44 on the Billboard top 40 and #36 on the Cash Box chart. However, the record was much more successful upon its UK release in 1969, making the top 10 there. In 2003, the Bob & Earl version of the song was ranked #23 by the music critics of The Daily Telegraph on their list of the .

The Stones' cover version, with soul legend Bobby Womack on backing vocals, appeared on the album Dirty Work, and went to #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and #13 in the UK. The Stones produced an accompanying three minute music video, directed by Ralph Bakshi with animation by John Kricfalusi and Lynne Naylor.

The Stones' version of the song is significant as part of a larger effort by white musicians in the 1980s and 1990s to more fully attribute the bases of their musical inspiration to African-American artists, where appropriate. The Stones, in particular, had benefited from the work of prominent African-American artists in the 1950s and 1960s, especially in the jazz, R&B, and soul genres.

House Of Pain later sampled the song's opening horn line in their breakthrough single "Jump Around".

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