Get Up Offa That Thing (album)

Get Up Offa That Thing
Studio album by James Brown
Released	July 1976
Recorded	1976
Genre	Funk
Length	42:20
Label	Polydor
Producer	James Brown
James Brown chronology
Hot (1976) Get Up Offa That Thing (1976) Bodyheat (1976)
Singles from Get Up Offa That Thing
"Get Up Offa That Thing" Released: May 1976 "I Refuse to Lose" Released: October 1976 [1]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Robert Christgau	B− [3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[4]

Get Up Offa That Thing is the 43rd studio album by American musician James Brown. The album was released in July 1976, by Polydor Records. ^{[2] [5]}

Track listing

All tracks composed by Deanna Brown, Deirdre Brown and Yamma Brown; except where indicated.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Get Up Offa That Thing / Release the Pressure"		9:16
2.	"You Took My Heart"	Deanna Brown, Deirdre Brown, St. Clair Pinckney, Yamma Brown	3:23
3.	"I Refuse to Lose"		7:33
4.	"Can't Take It With You"		9:07
5.	"Home Again"		4:39
6.	"This Feeling"		8:22

Personnel

• James Brown – lead vocals, arrangements
• Jimmy Nolen – guitar
• Robert Lee Coleman – guitar
• Sweet Charles Sherrell – clavinet
• Melvin Parker – drums
• Will Lee – bass
• Russell Crimes – trumpet
• Holly Ferris – trombone
• St. Clair Pinckney – tenor saxophone
• Peyton Johnson – tenor saxophone
• Joe Poff Jr. – alto saxophone
• Patricia Dryden – cover illustration

References

1. "I Refuse To Lose / Home Again - Polydor - USA". 45cat.com. Retrieved March 19, 2025.
2. Alex Henderson. "Get Up Offa That Thing - James Brown". AllMusic. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
3. Christgau, Robert (June 9, 1980). "A Consumer Guide to James Brown". The Village Voice . New York. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
4. Cross, Charles R. (2004). "James Brown". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp.  109. ISBN   0-7432-0169-8.
5. "iTunes - Music - Get Up Offa That Thing by James Brown". iTunes. January 1976. Retrieved June 29, 2015.