James Brown discography

This is a discography for the "Godfather of Soul", James Brown.
==Charting singles==
===Federal releases===
Listed below are the charting singles James Brown released on the Federal record label between 1956 and 1960.
Year	Song title 	U.S. Pop Singles	U.S. R&B Singles	U.K. Singles
1956	"Please, Please, Please" 	105 	5 	-
1958	"Try Me" 	48 	1 	-
1959	"I Want You So Bad" 	- 	20 	-
1960	"I'll Go Crazy" 	- 	15 	-
1960	"Think" 	33 	7 	-
1960	"You've Got the Power" (b-side of "Think")	86 	14 	-
1960	"This Old Heart" 	79 	20 	-
===King releases===
Listed below are the charting singles James Brown released on the King record label between 1960 and 1971.
Year	Song title 	U.S. Pop Singles	U.S. R&B Singles	U.K. Singles
1960	"The Bells" 	68 	- 	-
1961	"Bewildered" 	40 	7 	-
1961	"I Don't Mind" 	47 	4 	-
1961	"Baby You're Right" 	49 	2 	-
1961	"I Love You Yes I Do" 	- 	17 	-
1961	"Lost Someone" 	48 	2 	-
1962	"Night Train" 	35 	5 	-
1962	"Shout and Shimmy" 	61 	16 	-
1962	"Mashed Potatoes U.S.A." 	82 	21 	-
1962	"Three Hearts in a Tangle" 	- 	18 	-
1962	"I've Got Money" 	93 	- 	-
1963	"Like a Baby" 	- 	24 	-
1963	"Every Beat of My Heart" 	99 	- 	-
1963	"Prisoner of Love" 	18 	6 	-
1963	"These Foolish Things" 	55 	25 	-
1963	"Signed, Sealed and Delivered" 	77 	- 	-
1963	"Oh Baby Don't You Weep - Pt. 1" 	23 	- 	-
1964	"Please, Please, Please" (overdubbed) 	95 	- 	-
1964	"Have Mercy Baby" 	92 	- 	-
1965	"Papa's Got a Brand New Bag - Pt. 1" 	8 	1 	25
1965	"I Got You (I Feel Good)" 	3 	1 	29
1965	"Lost Someone" (live) 	94 	- 	-
1965	"I'll Go Crazy" (live) 	73 	28 	-
1966	"Ain't That a Groove - Pts. 1 & 2" 	42 	6 	-
1966	"It's a Man's Man's Man's World" 	8 	1 	13
1966	"Money Won't Change You - Pt. 1" 	53 	- 	-
1966	"Don't Be a Drop-Out" 	50 	4 	-
1966	"Sweet Little Baby Boy - Pt. 1" 	8 	- 	-
1966	"Bring It Up (Hipster's Avenue)" 	29 	7 	-
1967	"Kansas City" 	55 	21 	-
1967	"Think" (duet with Vicki Anderson) 	100 	- 	-
1967	"Let Yourself Go" 	46 	5 	-
1967	"Cold Sweat - Pt. 1" 	7 	1 	-
1967	"Get It Together - Pt. 1" 	40 	11 	-
1967	"I Can't Stand Myself (When You Touch Me)" 	28 	4 	-
1967	"There Was a Time" 	36 	3 	-
1968	"You've Got to Change Your Mind" (duet with Bobby Byrd) 	- 	47 	-
1968	"I Got The Feelin'" 	6 	1 	-
1968	"Licking Stick - Licking Stick, Pt. 1" 	14 	2 	-
1968	"America is My Home" 	52 	13 	-
1968	"I Guess I'll Have to Cry, Cry, Cry" 	55 	15 	-
1968	"Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud, Pt. 1" 	10 	1 	-
1968	"Goodbye My Love" 	31 	9 	-
1968	"Tit For That (Ain't No Taking Back)" 	86 	- 	-
1968	"Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose" 	15 	1 	-
1969	"Soul Pride" 	- 	33 	-
1969	"I Don't Want Nobody To Give Me Nothing(Open Up The Door, I'll Get It Myself)"	20 	3 	-
1969	"The Popcorn" 	30 	11 	-
1969	"Mother Popcorn (You Got To Have A Mother For Me), Pt. 1" 	11 	1 	-
1969	"Lowdown Popcorn" 	41 	16 	-
1969	"World, Pt. 1" 	37 	8 	-
1969	"Let A Man Come In and Do the Popcorn, Pt. 1" 	21 	2 	-
1969	"Ain't It Funky Now" 	24 	3 	-
1969	"Let A Man Come In and Do the Popcorn, Pt. 2" 	40 	6 	-
1970	"It's a New Day" 	32 	3 	-
1970	"Funky Drummer - Pt. 1" 	51 	20 	-
1970	"Brother Rapp - Pt. 1 & 2" 	32 	2 	-
1970	"Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine, Pt. 1" 	15 	2 	32
1970	"Super Bad - Pt. 1" 	13 	1 	-
1970	"Santa Claus Is Definitely Here to Stay" 	7 	- 	-
1970	"Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved, Pt. 1" 	34 	4 	-
1971	"Spinning Wheel" 	90 	- 	78
1971	"I Cried" 	50 	15 	-
1971	"Soul Power Pt. 1" 	29 	3 	78
*Billboard issued no Billboard R&B Singles charts between November 1963 and January 1965.
===Smash releases===
Listed below are the charting James Brown singles issued on the Smash label between 1964 and 1967.
Year	Song title 	U.S. Pop Singles	U.S. R&B Singles	U.K. Singles
1964	"Caldonia" 	95 	- 	-
1964	"The Things That I Used to Do"	99 	- 	-
1964	"Out of Sight" 	24 	- 	-
1965	"Try Me" (instrumental) 	63 	34 	-
===Polydor releases===
Listed below are the charting James Brown singles issued on the Polydor label between 1971 and 1981.
Year	Song title 	U.S. Pop Singles	U.S. R&B Singles	U.K. Singles
1971	"Escape-ism Pt. 1" 	35 	6 	-
1971	"Hot Pants - Pt. 1" 	15 	1 	-
1971	"Make It Funky, Pt. 1" 	22 	1 	-
1971	"Make It Funky, Pt. 3" 	68 	- 	-
1971	"I'm A Greedy Man, Pt. 1" 	35 	7 	-
1971	"Hey America" 	- 	- 	47
1972	"Talking Loud and Saying Nothing - Pt. 1" 	27 	1 	-
1972	"King Heroin" 	40 	6 	-
1972	"There It Is - Pt. 1" 	43 	4 	-
1972	"Honky Tonk - Pt. 1" 	44 	7 	-
1972	"Get On The Good Foot - Pt. 1" 	18 	1 	-
1972	"I Got a Bag of My Own" 	44 	3 	-
1972	"I Got Ants In My Pants (And I Want to Dance) - Pt. 1" 	27 	4 	-
1972	"What My Baby Needs Now Is a Little More Lovin'(duet with Lynn Collins)"	56 	17 	-
1973	"Down And Out In New York City" 	50 	13 	-
1973	"Think '73" 	77 	15 	-
1973	"Think (alternate version)" 	80 	37 	-
1973	"Sexy, Sexy, Sexy" 	50 	6 	-
1973	"Stoned to the Bone - Pt. 1" 	58 	4 	-
1974	"The Payback, Pt. 1" 	26 	1 	-
1974	"My Thang - Pt. 1" 	29 	1 	-
1974	"Papa Don't Take No Mess - Pt. 1" 	31 	1 	-
1974	"Funky President (People It's Bad)" 	44 	4 	-
1974	"Coldblooded" 	99 	- 	-
1975	"Hustle!!! (Dead on It)" 	- 	11 	-
1975	"Reality" 	80 	19 	-
1975	"Sex Machine '76" 	61 	16 	-
1975	"Superbad, Superslick, Pt. 1" 	- 	28 	-
1975	"Hot (I Need to Be Loved, Loved, Loved, Loved)" 	- 	31 	-
1976	"(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons" 	- 	70 	-
1976	"Get Up Offa That Thing" 	45 	4 	22
1976	"I Refuse to Lose" 	- 	47 	-
1976	"Body Heat" 	88 	13 	36
1977	"Kiss in '77" 	- 	35 	-
1977	"Give Me Some Skin" 	- 	20 	-
1977	"If You Don't Give a Doggone About It (with the JB's)" 	- 	45 	-
1978	"Eyesight" 	- 	38 	-
1978	"The Spank" 	- 	26 	-
1979	"For Goodness Sakes (Take a Look at Those Cakes) - Pt. 1" 	- 	52 	-
1979	"It's Too Funky In Here" 	- 	15 	-
1979	"Star Generation" 	- 	63 	-
1979	"Regrets" 	- 	63 	-
1980	"Rapp Payback (Where Iz Moses)" 	- 	46 	39
1981	"Stay With Me" 	- 	80 	-
===Other releases===
The list of charting singles below are the ones James Brown released on various labels including the Scotti Bros. Records label among others.
Year	Song title 	U.S. Pop Singles	U.S. R&B Singles	U.K. Singles
1983	"The Night Time Is the Right Time" (To Be With The One That You Love)	- 	73 	-
1983	"Bring It On...Bring It On" 	- 	- 	45
1984	"Unity" (w/Afrika Bambaataa) 	- 	87 	49
1985	"Froggy Mix" 	- 	- 	50
1985	"Living in America" 	4 	10 	5
1986	"Gravity" 	93 	26 	65
1987	"How Do You Stop" 	- 	10 	90
1988	"She's The One" 	- 	- 	45
1988	"The Payback Mix, Pt. 1" 	- 	- 	12
1988	"I'm Real" 	- 	2 	32
1988	"Static - Pts. 1 & 2" 	- 	5 	83
1989	"Gimme Your Love" (w/Aretha Franklin) 	- 	48 	79
1991	"(So Tired of Standing Still We Got to) Move On" 	- 	48 	-
1992	"I Got You (I Feel Good)" (vs. Dakeyne) 	- 	- 	72
1993	"Can't Get Any Harder" 	- 	76 	59
1998	"Funk On A Roll" 	- 	- 	40
2002	"Killing Is Out, School is In" 	- 	- 	-
==Albums==
===King releases===
Title 	ReleaseYear
Please Please Please 	1959
Try Me 	1959
Think! 	1960
The Amazing James Brown 	1961
James Brown Presents His Band/Night Train 	1961
Shout and Shimmy 	1962
James Brown and His Famous Flames Tour the USA 	1962
Prisoner of Love 	1963
Excitement - Mr. Dynamite 	1963
Showtime (contains studio tracks with overdubbed audience) 	1964
The Unbeatable James Brown 	1964
Grits and Soul 	1964
Out of Sight 	1964
Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag 	1965
I Got You (I Feel Good) 	1966
James Brown Plays James Brown Today and Yesterday 	1966
Mighty Instrumentals 	1966
James Brown Plays New Breed (The Boo-Ga-Loo) 	1966
It's a Man's Man's Man's World 	1966
James Brown Sings Christmas Songs 	1966
Handful of Soul 	1966
Sings Raw Soul 	1967
James Brown Plays the Real Thing 	1967
Cold Sweat 	1967
James Brown Presents His Show of Tomorrow 	1968
I Can't Stand Myself 	1968
I Got the Feelin' 	1968
James Brown Sings Out of Sight 	1968
Thinking About Little Willie John and a Few Nice Things 	1968
A Soulful Christmas 	1968
Say It Loud, I’m Black and I’m Proud 	1969
Gettin’ Down to It 	1969
The Popcorn 	1969
It’s a Mother 	1969
Ain’t It Funky 	1970
Soul on Top 	1970
It’s a New Day - Let a Man Come In 	1970
Hey America 	1970
Super Bad (contains studio tracks with overdubbed audience)	1971
Sho’ Is Funky Down Here 	1971
===Polydor releases===
Title 	ReleaseYear
Hot Pants 	1971
There It Is 	1972
Get on the Good Foot 	1972
Black Caesar 	1973
Slaughter’s Big Rip-Off 	1973
The Payback 	1974
Hell 	1974
Reality 	1975
Sex Machine Today 	1975
Everybody's Doin’ the Hustle and Dead on the Double Bump	1976
Hot 	1976
Get Up Offa That Thing 	1976
Bodyheat 	1976
Mutha's Nature 	1977
Jam 1980's 	1978
Take a Look at Those Cakes 	1979
The Original Disco Man 	1979
People 	1980
Nonstop! 	1981
===Other releases===
Title 	ReleaseDate 	Label
Soul Syndrome 	1980 	T.K. Records
Bring It On 	1983 	Augusta Sound
Gravity 	1985 	Scotti Bros.
I'm Real 	1988, August 	Scotti Bros.
Love Overdue 	1991, May 	Scotti Bros.
Universal James	1993, February 	Scotti Bros.
I’m Back 	1998, November 17	
The Next Step 	2002, August 27 	Fome Records
===Live Albums===
Title 	ReleaseYear	Notes
Live at the Apollo 	1963 	Re-sequenced and re-released with bonus tracks in 2004
Pure Dynamite: Live at the Royal 	1964 	Includes 2 studio tracks with overdubbed audience
The James Brown Show 	1967 	Partly live
Live at the Garden 	1967 	
Live at the Apollo, Volume II 	1968 	Double LP; re-sequenced and re-released with unreleased and extended performances in 2001
Sex Machine 	1970 	Double LP; 1st record contains studio tracks overdubbed with audience;2nd record contains live concert with 1 studio track overdubbed with audience
Revolution of the Mind: Live at the Apollo, Volume III	1971 	Double LP
Hot on the One 	1980 	Double LP
Live In New York 	1981 	Double LP; contains 2 studio instrumentals
Live In Chastain Park 	1985 	Double LP; contains 2 studio instrumentals
James Brown and Friends: Soul Session Live 	1988 	Includes 1 studio duet with Aretha Franklin
Love, Power, Peace: Live at the Olympia, Paris 1971 	1992 	Previously unreleased triple LP
Live at the Apollo 1995 	1995 	Contains 1 studio track
Say It Live & Loud: Live in Dallas 08.26.68 	1998 	Previously unreleased
==Compilations==
*1972: Soul Classics
*1973: Soul Classics, Volume 2
*1977: Solid Gold
*1977: The Fabulous James Brown
*1981: Can Your Heart Stand It? 
*1981: The Best of James Brown 
*1984: The Federal Years, Part 1 
*1984: The Federal Years, Part 2 
*1984: Roots of a Revolution - The James Brown Story 1956-1965 
*1984: Ain’t That a Groove - The James Brown Story 1966-1969 
*1984: Doing It to Death - The James Brown Story 1970-1973 
*1985: Dead on the Heavy Funk 1974-1976
*1985: The CD of JB: Sex Machine and Other Soul Classics 
*1986: The LP of JB 
*1986: In the Jungle Groove (re-released with bonus track in 2003)
*1987: The CD of JB II: Cold Sweat and Other Soul Classics 
*1988: Motherlode (re-released with bonus track in 2003)
*1991: Messin' With the Blues 
*1991: Star Time 
*1991: 20 All-Time Greatest Hits! 
*1996: JB40: 40th Anniversary Collection
*2001: Classic James Brown - The Universal Masters Collection 
*2002: The Godfather - The Very Best of James Brown
*2003: Classic James Brown Vol. 2 - The Universal Masters Collection
*2003: 50th Anniversary Collection
*2006: The Singles: The Federal Years: 1956-1960
*2007: The Singles, Volume Two: 1960-1963
*2007: The Singles, Volume Three: 1964-1965
*2007: A Family Affair (with daughters Yamma and Venisha)
*2007: Dynamite X (Remixes)
===Polydor era compilations===
*1995: Roots of a Revolution (covers 1956-1964)
*1996: Foundations of Funk: A Brand New Bag (covers 1965-1969)
*1996: Funk Power 1970: A Brand New Thang (covers 1970)
*1996: Make It Funky - The Big Payback (covers 1971-1975)
*1998: Dead On The Heavy Funk (covers 1976-1983)
==See also==
* The J.B.'s
==External links==
* James Brown discography at Funky Stuff
* James Brown discography at Allmusic
* James Brown discography at Discogs
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