Song · James Brown
“Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine” by James Brown
Released 1970
“Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine” by James Brown appears on 8 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 1987 and 2025. It was first released in 1970. Its best result is #11 on the WFPK Top 100 Party Songs. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #6,726 alternative song of all time.
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"Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine" caught James Brown at full boil in 1970, a funk workout issued as a two-part King single, with Bobby Byrd singing backup and playing organ. Brown produced it himself and shares the writing credit with Byrd and engineer Ron Lenhoff. It followed "Brother Rapp" and went to No. 2 on the R&B chart and No. 15 on the Hot 100.
Its reputation has only grown. Rolling Stone ranked it 326th among the 500 greatest songs of all time in 2004 and lifted it to 196 in the 2021 update, the original King recording entered the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2014, and in June 2026 CBS News named it one of 250 essential American songs, one of just two Brown songs on the list.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 85 | Studio Brussel | Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1987) | 100 |
| 2001 | 1725 | WFPK | WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2000 |
| 2005 | 11 | WFPK | WFPK Top 100 Party Songs | 100 |
| 2007 | 183 | WTMD | WTMD Top 897 Songs of All Time | 897 |
| 2014 | 782 | WXPN | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014) | 885 |
| 2018 | 749 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs | 892 |
| 2020 | 70 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
| 2025 | 526 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs | 800 |
Also listed as: Sex Machine; Get Up (I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine); Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine, Pt. 1; Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine.
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