The Very Best of James Brown

~ Release by James Brown (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1Mother Popcorn
recording of:
Mother Popcorn (You Got to Have a Mother for Me)
writer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul) and Pee Wee Ellis
publisher:
Dynatone Publishing Co.
3:17
2Give It Up or Turn It Loose
recording of:
Give It Up or Turnit a Loose
lyricist and composer:
Charles Bobbitt
publisher:
Dynatone Publishing Co.
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
2:51
3I Don’t Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing
recording of:
I Don’t Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open the Door, I’ll Get It Myself)
lyricist and composer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
4:35
4Brother Rapp
recording of:
Brother Rapp
writer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
5:10
5(Get Up I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine
recording of:
Get Up (I Feel Like Being Like a) Sex Machine
writer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul), Bobby Byrd (founder of the Famous Flames, James Brown’s vocal group) and Ron Lenhoff
publisher:
Dynatone Publishing Co. and Intersong Music Ltd.
5:17
6Escape‐Ism
recording of:
Escape-ism
writer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul) and David Matthews (US jazz/bop keyboardist, pianist, and arranger)
3:18
7Hotpants (She Got to Use What She Got to Get What She Wants)
recording of:
Hot Pants (She Got to Use What She Got to Get What She Wants)
lyricist and composer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul) and Fred Wesley
3:07
8Call Me Super Bad (Pt. 1 & 2)
recording of:
Super Bad
lyricist and composer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
4:23
9Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved
recording of:
Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved
writer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul), Bobby Byrd (founder of the Famous Flames, James Brown’s vocal group) and Ron Lenhoff
publisher:
Crited Music Inc. and Unichappell Music
3:22
10Soul Power
recording of:
Soul Power
lyricist and composer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
3:20
11Make It Funky
recording of:
Make It Funky
lyricist and composer:
Charles Bobbitt and James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
3:15
12There It Is (Pt. 1 & 2)
recording of:
There It Is
lyricist and composer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
5:49
13I’m a Greedy Man
recording of:
I’m a Greedy Man
writer:
Charles Bobbitt and James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
7:05
14Talkin Loud, and Saying Nothing
recorded in:
Macon, Georgia, United States (on 1970-10-01)
lead vocals:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul) (on 1970-10-01)
recorded at:
Bobby Smith Studios in Macon, Georgia, United States (on 1970-10-01)
recording of:
Talkin’ Loud and Sayin’ Nothing (on 1970-10-01)
writer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul) and Bobby Byrd (founder of the Famous Flames, James Brown’s vocal group)
cover recording of:
Talkin’ Loud and Sayin’ Nothing
writer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul) and Bobby Byrd (founder of the Famous Flames, James Brown’s vocal group)
43:24
15King Heroin’
recording of:
King Heroin
lyricist:
Manny Rosen
composer:
Charles Bobbitt, James Brown (The Godfather of Soul) and David Matthews (US jazz/bop keyboardist, pianist, and arranger)
publisher:
Belinda Music Inc. (in 1972) and Dynatone Publishing Co. (in 1972)
3:57
16Get on the Good Foot
recording of:
Get on the Good Foot
lyricist and composer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul), Joseph Mims and Fred Wesley
3:36
17People Get Up and Drive Your Funky Soul
recording of:
People Get Up and Drive Your Funky Soul
writer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul), St. Clair Pinckney and Fred Wesley
publisher:
Donna Dijon Music Publications and Unichappell Music, Inc.
3:40
18I Got Ants in My Pants
recording of:
I Got Ants in My Pants
lyricist and composer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
publisher:
Belinda Music Inc., Dynatone Publishing Co. and Unichappell & Co.
3:04