"Going Back to My Roots" is a 1977 song by Lamont Dozier. Cover versions by Odyssey, FPI Project, and Linda Clifford have entered the UK Singles Chart, with the FPI Project's version charting in other European markets as well.

Originally an album track discussing genealogy, the song was written for the African-American market and touches on the matters of self-identity, family, and soul fulfillment. It has appeared on assorted compilation albums.

The song was written and first recorded by Lamont Dozier for his 1977 LP Peddlin' Music on the Side. It was produced by Stewart Levine and features additional production from Hugh Masekela and Rik Pekkonen.

An early cover version was recorded by Richie Havens in 1980. Unusually for folk musician Havens, it incorporated disco influences; this version was later sampled in FPI Project's version of the song and in "Destiny and Tenacity" on The Kleptones' 2010 album Uptime / Downtime.

The New York City disco group Odyssey released a cover version of this song in 1981. It charted at #4 on the UK Singles Chart, spending six weeks in the top ten and another six on the chart. It also graced the Billboard R&B Singles at #68.

This version of the song appears on the Ashes to Ashes: Series 2 Original Soundtrack and in a 2015 advert for Victorian Plumbing. It was also danced to by Patsy Kensit and Anton du Beke on the third series of Strictly Come Dancing.

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