"Funky Drummer" is a single released by James Brown in 1970. Its drum break,improvised by Clyde Stubblefield,is one of the most frequently sampled music recordings.
"I Got You (I Feel Good)" is a song by American singer James Brown. First recorded for the album Out of Sight and then released in an alternate take as a single in 1965,it was his highest-charting song and is arguably his best-known recording. In 2013,the 1965 recording was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
"Say It Loud –I'm Black and I'm Proud" is a funk song performed by James Brown,and written with his bandleader Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis in 1968. It was released as a two-part single which held the number-one spot on the R&B singles chart for six weeks,and peaked at number ten on the Billboard Hot 100. Both parts of the single were later included on James Brown's 1968 album A Soulful Christmas and on his 1969 album sharing the title of the song. The song became an unofficial anthem of the Black Power movement.
"Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" is a song written and recorded by James Brown. Released as a two-part single in 1965,it was Brown's first song to reach the Billboard Hot 100 Top Ten,peaking at number eight,and was a number-one R&B hit,topping the charts for eight weeks. It won Brown his first Grammy Award,for Best Rhythm &Blues Recording.
"Soul Power" is a song by James Brown. Brown recorded it with the original J.B.'s and it was released as a three-part single in 1971. Like "Get Up Sex Machine" and other hits from this period it features backing vocals by Bobby Byrd. It charted #3 R&B and #29 Pop.
"Cold Sweat" is a song performed by James Brown and written with his bandleader Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis. Brown recorded it in May 1967. An edited version of "Cold Sweat" released as a two-part single on King Records was a No. 1 R&B hit,and reached number seven on the Pop Singles chart. The complete recording,more than seven minutes long,was included on an album of the same name.
"Get Up Sex Machine" is a funk song recorded by James Brown with Bobby Byrd on backing vocals. Released as a two-part single in 1970,it was a no. 2 R&B hit and reached no. 15 on the Billboard Hot 100.
"Mother Popcorn (You Got to Have a Mother for Me)" is a song recorded by James Brown and released as a two-part single in 1969. A #1 R&B and #11 Pop hit,it was the highest-charting of a series of recordings inspired by the popular dance the Popcorn which Brown made that year,including "The Popcorn","Lowdown Popcorn",and "Let a Man Come In and Do the Popcorn". The "mother" of the song's title was,in the words of biographer RJ Smith,"[Brown's] honorific for a big butt".
"The Grunt" is a funk instrumental recorded in 1970 by James Brown's band The J.B.'s. It was released as a two-part single on King. It was one of only two instrumental singles recorded by the original J.B.'s lineup with Bootsy and Catfish Collins. Large parts of "The Grunt"'s melody and arrangement are borrowed,uncredited,from The Isley Brothers' song "Keep on Doin'",which was released earlier in the same year.
"Get Up Offa That Thing" is a song written and performed by James Brown. It was released in 1976 as a two-part single. It reached #4 on the R&B chart,briefly returning Brown to the Top Ten after a year's absence,and #45 on the Billboard Hot 100. Thanks to its chart success,the song became Brown's biggest hit of the late 1970s. The song's lyrics urge listeners to "Get up offa that thing / and dance 'til you feel better." Due to his troubles with the IRS for failure to pay back taxes,Brown credited authorship of the song to his wife Deidre and their daughters,Deanna and Yamma Brown.
"Give It Up or Turnit a Loose" is a funk song recorded by James Brown. Released as a single in 1969,the song was a #1 R&B hit and also made the top 20 pop singles chart. "Give It Up or Turnit a Loose" appeared as an instrumental on the Ain't It Funky (1970) album,removing Brown's vocals and adding guitar overdubs,while the vocal version was released on It's a New Day –Let a Man Come In (1970).
"Papa Don't Take No Mess" is a funk song performed by James Brown. An edited version of the song released as a two-part single in 1974 was Brown's 17th and final number one R&B hit and peaked at number thirty-one on the Hot 100. The full-length version,nearly 14 minutes long,appeared on the double album Hell.
"I Got the Feelin'" is a funk song by James Brown. Released as a single in 1968,it reached No. 1 on the R&B chart and #6 on the pop chart. It also appeared on a 1968 album of the same name.
"Doing It to Death",also known as "Gonna Have a Funky Good Time",is a funk song recorded by The J.B.'s featuring James Brown. A 10-minute,two-part version of "Doing It to Death" was included on a J.B.'s album of the same name. The complete,unedited and nearly 13-minute-long original recording of the song was first issued on the 1995 J.B.'s compilation Funky Good Time:The Anthology. Performances of the song also appear on the albums Live at Chastain Park and Live at the Apollo 1995.
"Lost Someone" is a song recorded by James Brown in 1961. It was written by Brown and Famous Flames members Bobby Byrd and Baby Lloyd Stallworth. Like "Please,Please,Please" before it,the song's lyrics combine a lament for lost love with a plea for forgiveness. The single was a #2 R&B hit and reached #48 on the pop chart. According to Brown,"Lost Someone" is based on the chord changes of the Conway Twitty song "It's Only Make Believe". Although Brown's vocal group,The Famous Flames did not actually sing on this tune,two of them,Bobby Byrd,and "Baby Lloyd " Stallworth,co-wrote it with Brown,and Byrd plays organ on the record,making it,in effect,a James Brown/Famous Flames recording.
"Out of Sight" is a funk song recorded by James Brown in 1964. A twelve-bar blues written by Brown under the pseudonym "Ted Wright",the stuttering,staccato dance rhythms and blasting horn section riffs of its instrumental arrangement were an important evolutionary step in the development of funk music.
"Licking Stick –Licking Stick" is a song written by James Brown,Bobby Byrd,and Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis and recorded by Brown as a two-part single in 1968. Byrd provides backing vocals on the song. It was the first stereo single release by King Records. The song was included on the album Say It Loud –I'm Black and I'm Proud.
"Talkin' Loud and Sayin' Nothing" is a funk song written by James Brown and Bobby Byrd. Recorded in 1970 by Brown and the original J.B.'s with Byrd on backing vocals and updated with a new melody,it was twice released as a two-part single in 1972. It also appeared on the album There It Is.
"King Heroin" is an anti-drug song by James Brown,David Matthews,Manny Rosen and Charles Bobbit. Brown recorded this poem set to music at a studio in New York with session musicians in January 1972 and released it as a single in March. It was his fifth single for Polydor Records and reached number six on the U.S. Hot Soul Singles chart and number 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the spring. The song was included on Brown's 1972 album There It Is.
"Get It Together" is a song performed by James Brown. Released in October 1967 as a two-part single,it charted #11 R&B and #40 Pop. Both parts also appeared on the album I Can't Stand Myself When You Touch Me. Donald A. Guarisco of Allmusic described the song as "a taut,minimalist tune that combines soulful but frantically paced verse melodies with a bubbling,two-note staccato chorus."
