"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.
"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.
"It's a Man's Man's Man's World" is a song written by James Brown and Betty Jean Newsome. Brown recorded it on February 16,1966,in a New York City studio and released it as a single later that year. It reached No. 1 on the Billboard R&B chart and No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100. Its title is a word play on the 1963 comedy film It's a Mad,Mad,Mad,Mad World.
"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.
"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".
"Hot Pants (She Got to Use What She Got to Get What She Wants)" is a 1971 song by American singer James Brown,released as a single on his People Records label (then distributed by King Records) in July of that year with "Pt. 1" on the A-side and "Pt. 2 and 3" on the B-side. It was a number-one hit on the Billboard R&B chart,and reached number fifteen on the Hot 100 and number ten on the Cashbox magazine charts. "Hot Pants" was Brown's final release under King's purview before he and the People label moved to Polydor Records.
"Get on the Good Foot" is a funk song performed by James Brown. It was released in 1972 as a two-part single that charted #1 R&B and #18 Pop. 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. Billboard ranked it as the No. 99 song for 1972.
"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).
"Make It Funky" is a jam session recorded by James Brown with The J.B.'s. It was released as a two-part single in 1971,which reached No. 1 on the U.S. R&B chart and No. 22 on the U.S. Pop chart.
"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.
"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.
"My Thang" is a funk song written and recorded by James Brown. Unlike most of his songs,this song was released not as a two-part single,but instead issued with three different B-sides. It spent two weeks at number one on the R&B singles chart - Brown's second #1 in a row,following "The Payback" - and reached No. 29 on the Billboard Hot 100 in July 1974. The song also appeared on Brown's 1974 double album Hell.
Lance Taylor,also known as Afrika Bambaataa,is an American DJ,rapper,and producer from the South Bronx,New York. He is notable for releasing a series of genre-defining electro tracks in the 1980s that influenced the development of Hip Hop culture. Afrika Bambaataa is one of the originators of breakbeat DJing.
"Get Up,Get into It,Get Involved" is a funk song recorded by James Brown. It was released as a two-part single in 1970 and charted #4 R&B and #34 Pop. It features backing vocals by Bobby Byrd,who shared writing credit for the song with Brown and Ron Lenhoff. This was one of several songs by Brown with an upfront social message.
"I Don't Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing" is a funk song written and recorded by James Brown. It was released as a two-part single,which charted #3 R&B and #20 Pop. The single version of the song did not receive an album release until Foundations of Funk:A Brand New Bag,but a live recording was included on Brown's 1970 album Sex Machine.
"I Got a Bag of My Own" is a funk song by James Brown. It features an arrangement by Dave Matthews. Released as a single in 1972,it charted #3 R&B and #44 Pop. It also appeared on the album Get on the Good Foot.
"Don't Be a Dropout" is a song written by Burt Jones and recorded by James Brown. It was Brown's first attempt at a socially conscious song,encouraging teenagers to stay in school. Released as a single in 1966,it charted #4 R&B and #50 Pop. It also appeared on the album Sings Raw Soul. Bobby Byrd,Vicki Anderson,and The Jewels contribute backing vocals. The song led to Brown meeting with Vice President Hubert Humphrey,who had been working on a stay-in-school program of his own.
