Song · Charles Mingus
“Better Git it In Your Soul” by Charles Mingus
From the album Mingus Ah Um (1959)
“Better Git it In Your Soul” by Charles Mingus appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2001 and 2024. It was first released in 1959 on the album Mingus Ah Um. Its best result is #674 on The Best Opening Tracks of All Time. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #4,068 indie & aaa song of all time.
Charles Mingus wrote "Better Git It in Your Soul" for Mingus Ah Um, cut in May 1959 and in the shops by October, his first album for Columbia, with Teo Macero producing. Mingus holds down the double bass and fronts a band heavy on horns: Booker Ervin and Shafi Hadi on tenor saxophone, John Handy on alto, Jimmy Knepper on trombone, with Horace Parlan on piano and Dannie Richmond on drums.
The title reads like a sermon, and the album name is a joke of its own, a mock Latin declension that turns the leader into Mingus, Minga, Mingum, the way students drill their adjectives. S. Neil Fujita painted the cover. The album went into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2013, and in 2020 Rolling Stone put it 380th on its list of the 500 greatest albums.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
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All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 676 | WFPK | WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2000 |
| 2024 | 674 | KEXP | The Best Opening Tracks of All Time | 738 |
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