Get On Up (soundtrack)

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Get On Up: The James Brown Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Soundtrack album by
ReleasedJuly 29, 2014
Genre
Length71:32
Label Universal Music
Producer The Underdogs

Get On Up: The James Brown Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack to the 2014 film of the same name directed by Tate Taylor, based on the life of singer James Brown, and is played by Chadwick Boseman in the film. The album featured 20 songs which also include live renditions of tracks performed by Brown in concert tours but remained unreleased to the public, and five of the tunes which are newly produced and arranged by the record production duo Underdogs. [1] [2] The music was positively received by critics and nominated for Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media. [3] [4]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written and performed by James Brown.

No.TitleLength
1."Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine"5:18
2."The Payback Pt. 1"3:33
3."Out Of Sight"2:23
4."I Got You (I Feel Good)"2:47
5."Caldonia"2:10
6."Please, Please, Please (Live)"3:55
7."Night Train (Live)"3:01
8."Papa's Got A Brand New Bag Pt. 1"2:07
9."It's A Man's Man's Man's World (Live)"5:12
10."Cold Sweat Pt. 1"3:03
11."Mother Popcorn Pt. 1"3:18
12."I Got the Feelin' (Live)"2:41
13."I Can't Stand Myself (When You Touch Me) (Live)"3:10
14."Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud Pt. 1"2:50
15."Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine (Live)"6:37
16."Super Bad (Live)"5:04
17."Soul Power (Live)"6:13
18."Try Me (Live)"3:01
19."Please, Please, Please"2:47
20."Get Up Offa That Thing"4:10
Total length:73:20

Chart performance

Weekly chart performance for Get On Up
Chart (2014–2015)Peak
position
French Albums (SNEP) [5] 153
US Billboard 200 [6] 61
US Soundtrack Albums (Billboard) [7] 4

Awards

AwardDateCategoryRecipientsResultRef.
Grammy Awards February 8, 2015 Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media Get On Up: The James Brown Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)Nominated [8]
Guild of Music Supervisors Awards January 21, 2015 Best Music Supervision for Films Budgeted Over $25 Million Budd Carr
Margaret Yen
Nominated [9]
Golden Reel Award February 15, 2015 Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Musical for Feature Film Curt Sobel
Jordan Corngold
Bill Bernstein
Stephanie Lowry
Richard Henderson
Won [10]
[11]
New York Film Critics Online December 7, 2014 Best Use of Music in FilmGet On UpWon [12]
[13]
St. Louis Film Critics Association December 15, 2014Best SoundtrackGet On Up: The James Brown Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)Nominated [14]

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