Released 1971 (1971) Genre Funk, Proto-rap | Format 7" Label People
2500 | |
B-side "Escape-ism (Part 2 & 3)" Length 3:14 (Part 1)
4:00 (Part 2 & 3) | ||
"Escape-ism" is a funk song by James Brown. It was Brown's first release on his own label, People Records. It charted #6 R&B and #25 Pop as a two-part single in 1971. Both parts also appeared on the album Hot Pants in 1971, with the previously unreleased nineteen-minute unedited take of the track appearing on the album's 1992 CD re-release. According to Robert Christgau the song was "supposedly cut to kill time until Bobby Byrd arrived" at the studio.
A live version of "Escape-ism" is included on Revolution of the Mind.
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