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Get It Together (James Brown song)

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Released
  
October 1967 (1967-10)

Format
  
7"

B-side
  
"Get It Together (Part 2)"

Recorded
  
September 5, 1967, Master Sound Studios, Atlanta, GA

Genre
  
Rhythm and blues, soul, funk

Length
  
3:50 (Part 1)3:50 (Part 2)

"Get It Together" is a song performed by James Brown. Released in 1967 as a two-part single, it charted #11 R&B and #40 Pop. Both parts also appeared on the album I Can't Stand Myself (When You Touch Me). Donald A. Guarisco of Allmusic described the song as "a taut, minimalist tune that combines soulful but frantically paced verse melodies with a bubbling, two-note staccato chorus."

Brown performs "Get It Together" in the concert films James Brown: Man to Man and Live at the Boston Garden: April 5, 1968.

Personnel

  • James Brown - lead vocal

    • with the James Brown Orchestra:

  • Waymond Reed - trumpet
  • Joe Dupars - trumpet
  • Levi Rasbury - trombone
  • Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis - alto saxophone
  • Maceo Parker - tenor saxophone
  • Eldee Williams - tenor saxophone
  • St. Clair Pinckney - baritone saxophone
  • Jimmy Nolen - guitar
  • Alphonso "Country" Kellum - guitar
  • Bernard Odum - bass
  • John "Jabo" Starks - drums

    • References

    Get It Together (James Brown song) Wikipedia
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