Get on the Good Foot

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"Get on the Good Foot - Part 1"
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Single by James Brown
from the album Get on the Good Foot
B-side "Get on the Good Foot - Part 2"
ReleasedJuly 1972 (1972-07)
RecordedMay 9, 1972, Soundcraft Studios, North Augusta, SC
Genre Funk
Length
  • 3:36(Part 1)
  • 2:39(Part 2)
Label Polydor
14139
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) James Brown
James Brown chartingsingles chronology
"Honky Tonk - Part 1"
(1972)		"Get on the Good Foot - Part 1"
(1972)		"I Got a Bag of My Own"
(1972)
Audio video
"Get On The Good Foot (Pt.1 & 2)" on YouTube

"Get on the Good Foot" is a funk song performed by American musician James Brown. It was released in May 1972 by Polydor Records as a two-part single that peaked at numbers one and 18 on the US Billboard Hot R&B and Hot 100 charts. [1] [2] It also appeared on an album of the same name released that year. Partly due to the unwillingness of Brown's record labels to certify sales of his previous hits, "Get on the Good Foot" was his first gold record. [3] Billboard ranked it as the No. 99 song for 1972. [4] In 2022, Rolling Stone ranked it number 15 in their list of the "200 Greatest Dance Songs of All Time". [5]

Contents

Performances of "Get on the Good Foot" appear on the albums Hot on the One , Live in New York , Live at Chastain Park and Live at the Apollo 1995

Personnel

with The J.B.'s:

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [7] Gold1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ↑ White, Cliff (1991). "Discography". In Star Time (pp. 54–59) [CD booklet]. New York: PolyGram Records.
  2. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 85.
  3. ↑ Wolk, Douglas. (2004). Live at the Apollo, 26. New York: Continuum.
  4. ↑ Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1972
  5. ↑ Dolan, Jon; Lopez, Julyssa; Matos, Michaelangelo; Shaffer, Claire (July 22, 2022). "200 Greatest Dance Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone . Retrieved April 6, 2025.
  6. ↑ Leeds, Alan, and Harry Weinger (1991). "Star Time: Song by Song". In Star Time (pp. 46–53) [CD booklet]. New York: PolyGram Records.
  7. ↑ "American single certifications – James Brown – Get on the Good Foot". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved May 12, 2022.
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