Get on the Good Foot

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For the album, see Get On the Good Foot (album).
"Get on the Good Foot"
Single by James Brown
from the album Get on the Good Foot
A-side "Get on the Good Foot - Pt. 1"
B-side "Get on the Good Foot - Pt. 2"
Released July 1972
Format 7" (mono)
Recorded May 9, 1972, at Soundcraft Studios, North Augusta, SC
Genre Funk
Length 4:07
Label Polydor
PD14139
Writer(s) James Brown
Fred Wesley
Joseph Mims
Producer James Brown

"Get on the Good Foot" (sometimes known simply as "Good Foot") is a funk song performed by James Brown. It was released in 1972 as a two-part single and became a number one R&B hit and also peaked at number eighteen on the Hot 100.[1].The song was also included on the double album of the same name released that year.

The song's co-writer Fred Wesley analyzes the individual elements of the song on a bonus track of the DVD release of the PBS American Masters documentary James Brown: Soul Survivor.

[edit] Personnel

  • James Brown - lead vocal, organ

with The J.B.'s:

[edit] References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 85. 
  • Leeds, Alan M., and Harry Weinger (1991). Star Time: Song by Song. In Star Time (pp. 46–53) [CD liner notes]. London: Polydor Records.
  • White, Cliff (1991). Discography. In Star Time (pp. 54–59) [CD liner notes]. London: Polydor Records.

[edit] External links

Preceded by
"Back Stabbers" by The O'Jays		 Billboard Best Selling Soul Singles number-one single
September 16 - October 7, 1972		 Succeeded by
"I'll Be Around" by The Spinners
James Brown albums
Studio albums
  • Please Please Please
  • Try Me
  • Think!
  • The Amazing James Brown
  • James Brown Presents His Band/Night Train
  • Shout and Shimmy
  • James Brown and His Famous Flames Tour the USA
  • Prisoner of Love
  • Excitement - Mr. Dynamite
  • Showtime
  • The Unbeatable James Brown
  • Grits and Soul
  • Out of Sight
  • Papa's Got a Brand New Bag
  • I Got You (I Feel Good)
  • James Brown Plays James Brown Today and Yesterday
  • Mighty Instrumentals
  • James Brown Plays New Breed (The Boo-Ga-Loo)
  • It's a Man's Man's Man's World
  • James Brown Sings Christmas Songs
  • Handful of Soul
  • Sings Raw Soul
  • James Brown Plays the Real Thing
  • Cold Sweat
  • I Can't Stand Myself
  • I Got the Feeling
  • James Brown Sings Out of Sight
  • Thinking About Little Willie John and a Few Nice Things
  • A Soulful Christmas
  • Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud
  • Gettin' Down to It
  • The Popcorn
  • It's a Mother
  • Ain't It Funky
  • Soul on Top
  • It's a New Day - Let a Man Come In
  • Hey America
  • Super Bad
  • Sho' Is Funky Down Here
  • Hot Pants
  • There It Is
  • Get on the Good Foot
  • Black Caesar
  • Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
  • The Payback
  • Hell
  • Reality
  • Sex Machine Today
  • Everybody's Doin' the Hustle and Dead on the Double Bump
  • Hot
  • Get Up Offa That Thing
  • Bodyheat
  • Mutha's Nature
  • Jam 1980's
  • Take a Look at Those Cakes
  • The Original Disco Man
  • People
  • Nonstop!
  • Soul Syndrome
  • Bring It On
  • Gravity
  • I'm Real
  • Love Overdue
  • Universal James
  • I'm Back
  • The Merry Christmas Album
  • The Next Step
Live albums
Compilation albums
Notable singles
Band members
Associated acts
Related articles
James Brown singles
Federal releases
King releases
Smash releases
Polydor releases
  • "Escape-ism"
  • "Hot Pants"
  • "Make It Funky"
  • "I'm A Greedy Man"
  • "Hey America"
  • "Talkin' Loud and Sayin' Nothing"
  • "King Heroin"
  • "There It Is"
  • "Honky Tonk"
  • "Get on the Good Foot"
  • "I Got a Bag of My Own"
  • "I Got Ants In My Pants (And I Want to Dance)"
  • "What My Baby Needs Now Is a Little More Lovin'"
  • "Down And Out In New York City"
  • "Think '73"
  • "Sexy, Sexy, Sexy"
  • "Stoned to the Bone"
  • "The Payback"
  • "My Thang"
  • "Papa Don't Take No Mess"
  • "Funky President"
  • "Coldblooded"
  • "Hustle!!! (Dead on It)"
  • "Reality"
  • "Sex Machine '76"
  • "Superbad, Superslick"
  • "Hot (I Need To Be Loved, Loved, Loved, Loved)"
  • "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons"
  • "Get Up Offa That Thing"
  • "I Refuse to Lose"
  • "Body Heat"
  • "Kiss in '77"
  • "Give Me Some Skin"
  • "If You Don't Give a Doggone About It"
  • "Eyesight"
  • "The Spank"
  • "For Goodness Sakes (Take a Look at Those Cakes)"
  • "It's Too Funky In Here"
  • "Star Generation"
  • "Regrets"
  • "Rapp Payback (Where Iz Moses)"
  • "Stay With Me"
Other releases
  • "Night Time Is the Right Time"
  • "Bring It On...Bring It On"
  • "Unity"
  • "Froggy Mix"
  • "Living in America"
  • "Gravity"
  • "How Do You Stop"
  • "She's The One"
  • "The Payback Mix"
  • "I'm Real"
  • "Static"
  • "Gimme Your Love"
  • "(So Tired of Standing Still We Got to) Move On"
  • "I Got You (I Feel Good) {James Brown v. Dakeyne]"
  • "Can't Get Any Harder"
  • "Funk On a Roll"
  • "Killing Is Out, School Is In"


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