20 All-Time Greatest Hits!

20 All-Time Greatest Hits!
Greatest hits album by James Brown
Released	October 22, 1991
Recorded	February 4, 1956 – April 1976
Genre	Funk, R&B, soul
Length	70:26
Label	Polydor
Producer	Various
James Brown chronology
Star Time (1991) 20 All-Time Greatest Hits! (1991) Roots of a Revolution (1995)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	[2]

20 All-Time Greatest Hits! is a compilation album by James Brown containing 20 of his most famous recordings. Released by Polydor in 1991 as a single-disc alternative to the Star Time four-CD box set, it features songs from the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. Sixteen of the songs from the album had previously topped the US R&B charts. The album itself peaked at number 99 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart after its release. Europe and the UK received an alternate release to promote Star Time, Sex Machine: The Very Best of James Brown .

In 2003, it was ranked #414 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. ^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Got You (I Feel Good)"	James Brown	2:47
2.	"Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine"	James Brown, Bobby Byrd, Ron Lenhoff	5:15
3.	"I Got the Feelin'"	Brown	2:38
4.	"Mother Popcorn, Pt. 1"	Brown, Pee Wee Ellis	3:16
5.	"Give It Up or Turnit a Loose"	Charles Bobbit	3:11
6.	"Make It Funky, Pt. 1"	Brown, Bobbit	3:15
7.	"Papa's Got a Brand New Bag, Pt. 1"	Brown	2:06
8.	"Think"	Lowman Pauling	2:45
9.	"It's a Man's Man's Man's World"	Brown, Betty Jean Newsome	2:47
10.	"Try Me"	Brown	2:30
11.	"Night Train"	Jimmy Forrest, Lewis Simpkins, Oscar Washington	3:31
12.	"Cold Sweat, Pt. 1"	Brown, Ellis, David Lindup	2:51
13.	"Get on the Good Foot"	Brown, Joe Mims, Fred Wesley	3:35
14.	"Papa Don't Take No Mess, Pt. 1"	Brown, Bobbit, Jabo Starks, Wesley	4:23
15.	"The Payback"	Brown, Starks, Wesley	7:38
16.	"Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud, Pt. 1"	Brown, Ellis	2:46
17.	"Super Bad, Pts. 1 & 2"	Brown	5:00
18.	"Hot Pants, Pt. 1"	Brown, Wesley	3:07
19.	"Get Up Offa That Thing"	Brown, Deidre Brown	4:10
20.	"Please, Please, Please"	Brown, Johnny Terry	2:44

Personnel

Credits for 20 All-Time Greatest Hits! adapted from Allmusic. ^[4]

• John Bobbit – composer
• Deanna Brown – composer
• Deidra Brown – composer
• James Brown – composer, vocals
• James Razor Brown – producer
• Yamma Brown – composer
• Alfred Ellis – composer
• Pee Wee Ellis – composer
• D. Jenkins – composer
• David Lindup – composer
• Mims, Joe – composer
• Lowman Pauling – composer
• Fred Wesley – composer
• Isabelle Wong – design

Charts

Chart (1993)	Peak position
US R&B/Hip-Hop Albums ( Billboard ) [5]	99

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [6]	Platinum	1,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Cook, Stephen. 20 All-Time Greatest Hits! at AllMusic
2. "James Brown". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on January 4, 2013.
3. "Greatest Hits – James Brown". Rolling Stone . Archived from the original on December 20, 2010. Retrieved September 3, 2011.
4. "20 All-Time Greatest Hits! - James Brown | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic .
5. 20 All-Time Greatest Hits! – James Brown > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums. Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved September 1, 2011.
6. "American album certifications – James Brown – 20 All-Time Greatest Hits". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved May 12, 2022.