Sex Machine: The Very Best of James Brown

Sex Machine: The Very Best of James Brown
Greatest hits album by James Brown
Released	November 9 1991
Recorded	1956 – 1988
Genre	Funk, R&B, soul
Label	Polydor
Producer	Various
James Brown chronology
Star Time (1991) Sex Machine: The Very Best of James Brown (1991) Roots of a Revolution (1995)

Sex Machine: The Very Best of James Brown is a compilation album by James Brown, released in 1991 by Polydor in the UK and Europe as a single-disc alternative to the Star Time four-CD box set; 20 All-Time Greatest Hits! was released in North America instead.

It includes several songs not featured on the box set, some due to licensing differences.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Please, Please, Please"	Brown, Johnny Terry	2:45
2.	"Think"	Lowman Pauling	2:47
3.	"Night Train"	Jimmy Forrest, Lewis Simpkins, Oscar Washington	3:31
4.	"Out of Sight"		2:24
5.	"Papa's Got a Brand New Bag, Pt. 1"	Brown	2:06
6.	"I Got You (I Feel Good)"	James Brown	2:47
7.	"It's a Man's Man's Man's World"	Brown, Betty Jean Newsome	2:47
8.	"Cold Sweat, Pt. 1"	Brown, Ellis, David Lindup	2:51
9.	"Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud, Pt. 1"	Brown, Ellis	2:46
10.	"Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine"	James Brown, Bobby Byrd, Ron Lenhoff	5:15
11.	"Hey America"		3:38
12.	"Make It Funky, Pt. 1"	Brown, Bobbit	3:15
13.	"I'm a Greedy Man"		3:38
14.	"Get on the Good Foot"	Brown, Joe Mims, Fred Wesley	3:35
15.	"Get Up Offa That Thing"	Brown, Deidre Brown	4:10
16.	"It's Too Funky In Here"		3:59
17.	"Living In America"		4:43
18.	"I'm Real"
19.	"Hot Pants, Pt. 1"	Brown, Wesley	3:07
20.	"Soul Power (Live)"		4:21

Charts

Chart (1993)	Peak position
UK Official Albums Chart (BPI) [1]	19

References

1. SEX MACHINE - THE VERY BEST OF JAMES BROWN – Chart history. Official Charts. Retrieved October 15, 2025.