I Got Ants in My Pants

{{Infobox song

| name = I Got Ants in My Pants - Part 1

| cover =

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = James Brown

| album =

| B-side = I Got Ants in My Pants - Part 15 & 16

| released = {{Start date|1972|11}} or {{Start date|1973|01}}

| recorded = October 10, 1971, Capricorn or Bobby Smith Studios, Macon, GA

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Funk

| length = {{plainlist}}

• {{Duration|m=3|s=02}} (Part 1)
• {{Duration|m=3|s=58}} (Part 15 & 16)

{{endplainlist}}

| label = Polydor
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| writer = James Brown

| 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

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|1eC9asFxOws|"I Got Ants In My Pants (And I Want To Dance)"}}|header=Audio video}}

}}

"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 1972Leeds, Alan, and Harry Weinger (1991). "Star Time: Song by Song". In Star Time (pp. 46–53) [CD booklet]. New York: PolyGram Records. or January 1973,Weinger, Harry (2003). Motherlode [CD booklet]. New York: Universal Records. 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.