Song · James Brown
“I Feel Good” by James Brown
Released 1988
“I Feel Good” by James Brown appears on 6 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2005 and 2023. It was first released in 1988. Its best result is #43 on the WFPK Top 100 Party Songs. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,476 indie & aaa song of all time.
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James Brown first cut "I Got You (I Feel Good)" for the 1964 album Out of Sight, but the version that stuck was an alternate take issued as a single in 1965. He wrote and produced it, building it out of an earlier song of his, "I Found You", with nearly the same tune and words.
On paper it's a plain twelve-bar blues, but Brown slams it with brass in the mold of "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" and hangs the groove on the one, the first beat of the bar, anchor of the funk he was working out. He crows about feeling fine with his loved one at his side, cutting it with screams and shouts, and Maceo Parker steps up for an alto sax solo. It became his highest-charting Hot 100 single, and in 2013 the 1965 recording entered the Grammy Hall of Fame.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 43 | WFPK | WFPK Top 100 Party Songs | 100 |
| 2009 | 830 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009) | 885 |
| 2012 | 265 | WYEP | WYEP Top 500 Songs Countdown | 500 |
| 2020 | 431 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
| 2022 | 1374 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022 | 603 |
| 2023 | 359 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 | 1229 |
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