Hustle!!! (Dead on It)

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"Hustle!!! (Dead on It)"
Single by James Brown
from the album Everybody's Doin' the Hustle & Dead on the Double Bump
B-side "Dead on It Part II"
Released1975 (1975)
Genre Funk
Length4:58
Label Polydor
14281
Songwriter(s) James Brown
Producer(s) James Brown
James Brown chartingsingles chronology
"Sex Machine Part I"
(1975)
"Hustle!!! (Dead on It)"
(1975)
"Superbad, Superslick Part I"
(1975)

"Hustle!!! (Dead on It)" is a song written and recorded by James Brown. Released as a single in 1975, the song charted #11 R&B. [1] "Hustle" was the lead track on his album Everybody's Doin' the Hustle & Dead on the Double Bump. The song's title refers to the popular dance the Hustle.

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