Album · Was (Not Was)
Are You Okay? by Was (Not Was)
Are You Okay? is an album by Was (Not Was), released in 1990. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 13 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “I Feel Better Than James Brown”, on 13 lists with a best position of #77.
Are You Okay?, the fourth album from Detroit's Was (Not Was), arrived in 1990 with Don Was in the producer's chair and the art-funk ensemble's grab bag of pop, rock and funk as wide open as ever. It followed What Up, Dog?, the record that had given them "Walk the Dinosaur", their biggest hit, and it keeps the same sly, wisecracking spirit: "I Feel Better Than James Brown" is a title that pretty much tells you the attitude.
It turned out to be a long goodbye. David Was and Don Was, who started the band in 1979, had put it on indefinite hiatus by the mid-'90s, and it would be 18 years before another Was (Not Was) album, Boo!, turned up in 2008. In the UK and Europe, the sleeve swapped the original cover art for a photo of the band.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Are You Okay? on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I Feel Better Than James Brown | 13 | #77 | – | 1991–2009 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.