James Brown discography

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This is a discography for the "Godfather of Soul", James Brown

[edit] Charting singles

Given are chart positions for the Billboard R&B Singles Chart, the Billboard Hot 100 chart and the UK singles chart.

  • 1956: "Please, Please, Please" (R&B #5)
  • 1959: "I Want You So Bad" (R&B #20)
  • 1959: "Try Me" (R&B #1, U.S. #48)
  • 1960: "I'll Go Crazy" (R&B #15)
  • 1960: "Think" (R&B #7, U.S. #33)
  • 1960: "This Old Heart" (R&B #20, U.S. #79)
  • 1960: "You've Got the Power" (R&B #14, U.S. #86)
  • 1960: "The Bells" (U.S. #68)
  • 1961: "Baby, You're Right" (R&B #2, U.S. #49)
  • 1961: "Bewildered" (R&B #8, U.S. #40)
  • 1961: "I Don't Mind" (R&B #4, U.S. #47)
  • 1961: "Just You and Me, Darling" (R&B #17)
  • 1962: "Lost Someone" (R&B #2, U.S. #48)
  • 1962: "Mashed Potatoes U.S.A." (R&B #21, U.S. #82)
  • 1962: "Night Train" (R&B #5, U.S. #35)
  • 1962: "Shout and Shimmy" (R&B #16, U.S. #61)
  • 1962: "Three Hearts in a Tangle" (R&B #18, U.S. #93)
  • 1963: "Every Beat of My Heart" (U.S. #99)
  • 1963: "Like a Baby" (R&B #24)
  • 1963: "Prisoner of Love" (R&B #6, U.S. #18)
  • 1963: "Signed, Sealed, and Delivered" (U.S. #77)
  • 1963: "These Foolish Things" (U.S. #55)
  • 1964: "Caldonia" (U.S. #95)
  • 1964: "Oh Baby Don't You Weep" - Part 1 (U.S. #23)
  • 1964: "Out Of Sight" (U.S. #24)
  • 1964: "Please, Please, Please" (reissue, U.S. #95)
  • 1964: "The Things That I Used To Do" (U.S. #99)
  • 1965: "Have Mercy Baby" (U.S. #92)
  • 1965: "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" - Part I (R&B #1, U.S. #8, UK #25)
  • 1965: "I Got You (I Feel Good)" (R&B #1, U.S. #3, UK #29)
  • 1965: "Try Me" (reissue, R&B #34, U.S. #63)
  • 1966: "Ain't That a Groove" Pts. 1 & 2 (R&B #6, U.S. #42)
  • 1966: "Don't Be A Drop-Out" (R&B #4, U.S. #50)
  • 1966: "I'll Go Crazy" (reissue, R&B #38, U.S. #73)
  • 1966: "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" (R&B #1, U.S. #8, UK #13)
  • 1966: "Lost Someone" (reissue, U.S. #94)
  • 1966: "Money Won't Change You" - Part 1(U.S. #53
  • 1966: "Sweet Little Baby Boy" - Part 1 (U.S. #8)
  • 1967: "Bring It Up" (U.S. #29)
  • 1967: "Cold Sweat" - Part 1 (R&B #1, U.S. #7)
  • 1967: "Get It Together" - Part 1 (U.S. #40)
  • 1967: "Kansas City" (R&B #21, U.S. #55)
  • 1967: "Let Yourself Go" (R&B #5, U.S. #46)
  • 1967: "Think" (reissue, U.S. #100)
  • 1968: "America Is My Home, Pt. 1" (R&B #13, U.S. #52)
  • 1968: "Goodbye My Love" (U.S. #31)
  • 1968: "I Can't Stand Myself (When You Touch Me)" (R&B #4, U.S. #28)
  • 1968: "I Got The Feelin'" (R&B #1, U.S. #6)
  • 1968: "I Guess I'll Have To Cry, Cry, Cry" (R&B #15, U.S. #55)
  • 1968: "Licking Stick - Licking Stick" - Part 1 (R&B #2, U.S. #14)
  • 1968: "Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud" - Part 1 (R&B #1, U.S. #10)
  • 1968: "There Was A Time" (R&B #3, U.S. #36)
  • 1968: "Tit For Tat" (Ain't No Taking Back)" (U.S. #86)
  • 1968: "You've Got To Change Your Mind" (R&B #47)
  • 1969: "Ain't It Funky Now" (R&B #3, U.S. #24)
  • 1969: "Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose" (R&B #1, U.S. #15)
  • 1969: "I Don't Want Nobody To Give Me Nothing (Open Up The Door, I'll Get It Myself)" (R&B #3, U.S. #20)
  • 1969: "Let A Man Come In And Do The Popcorn" - Part One (R&B #2, U.S. #21)
  • 1969: "Lowdown Popcorn" (R&B #16, U.S. #41)
  • 1969: "Mother Popcorn (You Got To Have A Mother For Me)" Part 1(R&B #1, U.S. #11)
  • 1969: "The Popcorn" (R&B #11, U.S. #30)
  • 1970: "Ain't It Funky Now" (U.S. #24)
  • 1970: "Brother Rapp" - Part 1 &" (Part 2)" (U.S. #32)
  • 1970: "Funky Drummer" - Part 1 (U.S. #51)
  • 1970: "Get Up (I Feel Like Being Like A) Sex Machine" (Part 1)" (R&B #2, U.S. #15, UK #32)
  • 1970: "It's A New Day" - Part 1 & Part 2 (U.S. #32)
  • 1970: "Santa Claus Is Definitely Here To Stay" (U.S. #7)
  • 1970: "Super Bad" - Part 1 & Part 2 (R&B #1, U.S. #13)
  • 1971: "Escape-ism" - Part 1 (R&B #6, U.S. #35)
  • 1971: "Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved" - Pt. 1 (R&B #4, U.S. #34)
  • 1971: "Hot Pants (She Got To Use What She Got To Get What She Wants)" – Part 1 (R&B #1, U.S. #15)
  • 1971: "I Cried" (R&B #15, U.S. #50)
  • 1971: "I'm A Greedy Man" - Part I (R&B #7, U.S. #35)
  • 1971: "Make It Funky" - Part 1 (R&B #1, U.S. #22)
  • 1971: "Soul Power" - Pt. 1 (R&B #3, U.S. #29, UK #78)
  • 1971: "Spinning Wheel" - Pt. 1 (U.S. #90)
  • 1971: "Hey America" (UK #47)
  • 1972: "Get On The Good Foot" - Part 1 (R&B #1, U.S. #18)
  • 1972: "I Got A Bag Of My Own" (U.S. #44)
  • 1972: "King Heroin" (R&B #6, U.S. #40)
  • 1972: "Talking Loud And Saying Nothing" - Part I (R&B #1, U.S. #27)
  • 1973: "Down And Out In New York City" (R&B #13, U.S. #50)
  • 1973: "I Got A Bag Of My Own" (R&B #3)
  • 1973: "I Got Ants In My Pants (and I Want to Dance)" - Part 1 (U.S. #27)
  • 1973: "Sexy, Sexy, Sexy" (R&B #6, U.S. #50)
  • 1973: "Think" (R&B #15, U.S. #77)
  • 1974: "Coldblooded" (U.S. #44)
  • 1974: "Funky President" (People It's Bad)" (R&B #4, U.S. #44)
  • 1974: "My Thang" (R&B #1, U.S. #29)
  • 1974: "Papa Don't Take No Mess" - Part I (R&B #1, U.S. #31)
  • 1974: "Stoned To The Bone" - Part 1 (R&B #4, U.S. #58)
  • 1974: "The Payback" - Part I (R&B #1, U.S. #26)
  • 1975: "Hustle!!!" (Dead On It)" (R&B #11)
  • 1975: "Reality" (R&B #19, U.S. #80)
  • 1975: "Sex Machine" (U.S. #61, UK #47)
  • 1975: "Superbad, Superslick" - Part I (R&B #28)
  • 1976: "Get Up Offa That Thing" (R&B #4, U.S. #45, UK #22)
  • 1976: "Hot" (I Need To Be Loved, Loved, Loved, Loved)" (R&B #31)
  • 1976: "I Refuse To Lose" (R&B #47)
  • 1977: "Body Heat" (UK #36)
  • 1977: "Give Me Some Skin" (R&B #20)
  • 1978: "Eyesight" (R&B #38)
  • 1978: "The Spank" (R&B #26)
  • 1979: "For Goodness Sakes, Look At Those Cakes" - Part I (R&B #52)
  • 1979: "It's Too Funky In Here" (R&B #15)
  • 1979: "Star Generation" (R&B #63)
  • 1980: "Rapp Payback" (Where iz Moses)" (R&B #46, UK #39)
  • 1980: "Regrets" (R&B #63)
  • 1981: "Stay With Me" (R&B #80)
  • 1983: "The Night Time Is The Right Time" (To Be With The One That You Love)" (R&B #73)
  • 1983: "Bring It On... Bring It On" (UK #45)
  • 1984: "Unity" (with Afrika Bambaataa) (UK #49)
  • 1985: "Froggy Mix" (UK #50)
  • 1985: "Living in America" (R&B #10, U.S. #4, UK #5)
  • 1986: "Gravity" (R&B #26, U.S. #93, UK #65)
  • 1987: "How Do You Stop" (R&B #10, UK #90)
  • 1988: "She's The One" (UK #45)
  • 1988: "The Payback Mix Pt 1" (UK #12)
  • 1988: "I'm Real" (R&B #2, UK #32)
  • 1988: "Static, Pts. 1 & 2" (R&B #5, UK #83)
  • 1989: "Gimme Your Love" (with Aretha Franklin) (UK #79)
  • 1991: "(So Tired of Standing Still We Got to) Move On" (R&B #48)
  • 1992: "I Got You (I Feel Good)" (vs Dakeyne) (UK #72)
  • 1993: "Can't Get Any Harder" (R&B #76, UK #59)
  • 1999: "Funk On Ah Roll" (UK #40)

[edit] Albums

  • 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)
  • Live at the Apollo (1963)
  • Prisoner of Love (1963)
  • Excitement - Mr. Dynamite (1963)
  • Pure Dynamite: Live at the Royal (1964)
  • Showtime (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)
  • Soul Brother No. 1: It's A Man's Man's Man's World (1966)
  • James Brown Sings Christmas Songs (1966)
  • Handful of Soul (1966)
  • The James Brown Show (1967)
  • Sings Raw Soul (1967)
  • James Brown Plays The Real Thing (1967)
  • Live At The Garden (1967)
  • Cold Sweat (1967)
  • James Brown Presents His Show of Tomorrow (1968)
  • I Can't Stand Myself (1968)
  • I Got The Feelin' (1968)
  • Live At The Apollo, Volume 2 (1968)
  • Jams 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)
  • Sex Machine (1970)
  • Hey America (1970)
  • Super Bad (1971)
  • Sho' Is Funky Down Here (1971)
  • Hot Pants (1971)
  • Revolution of the Mind/Live At The Apollo, Volume 3 (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 (1975)
  • 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)
  • Hot On The One (1980)
  • Soul Syndrome (1980)
  • Nonstop! (1981)
  • Live In New York (1981)
  • Bring It On (1983)
  • Gravity (1986)
  • James Brown And Friends (1988)
  • I'm Real (1988)
  • Love Over-Due (1991)
  • Universal James (1993)
  • Funky President (1993)
  • Live At The Apollo (1995)
  • I'm Back! (1998)
  • Say It Live & Loud: Live in Dallas, 1968 (1998)
  • The Next Step (2002)

[edit] Compilations

  • Soul Classics (1972)
  • Soul Classics, Volume 2 (1973)
  • Solid Gold (1977)
  • The Fabulous James Brown (1977)
  • Can Your Heart Stand It? (1981)
  • The Best of James Brown (1981)
  • The Federal Years, Part 1 (1984)
  • The Federal Years, Part 2 (1984)
  • Roots of A Revolution (1984)
  • Ain't That A Groove - The James Brown Story 1966-1969 (1984)
  • Doing It To Death - The James Brown Story 1970-1973 (1984)
  • Dead On The Heavy Funk 1974-1976 (1985)
  • The CD of JB: Sex Machine and Other Soul Classics (1985)
  • The LP of JB (1986)
  • In the Jungle Groove (1986)
  • The CD of JB II: Cold Sweat and Other Soul Classics (1987)
  • Motherlode (1988)
  • Messin' With The Blues (1991)
  • Star Time (1991)
  • 20 All-Time Greatest Hits! (1991)
  • Chronicles - Soul Pride (1993)
  • JB40: 40th Anniversary Collection (1996)
  • Funk Power 1970: A Brand New Thang (1996)
  • On Stage (1997)
  • The Godfather - The Very Best of James Brown (2002)
  • 50th Anniversary Collection (2003)