B-side "If I Ruled the World" Format 7" Length 2:40 | Released April 1968 (1968-04) Genre Funk | |
Recorded January 1968, Vox Studios, Los Angeles, CA | ||
"I Got the Feelin'" is a funk song by James Brown. Released as a single in 1968, it reached #1 on the R&B chart and #6 on the pop chart. It also appeared on a 1968 album of the same name.
The Jackson 5 auditioned for Motown founder Berry Gordy in 1968 with a filmed performance of "I Got the Feelin'", with the ten-year-old Michael Jackson closely mimicking Brown's vocal style and dance moves.
In 1986, the song was prominently featured in the third-season episode of The Cosby Show entitled "Golden Anniversary", with most of the cast performing a lip-synch routine led by a 16-year-old Malcolm-Jamal Warner.
A version of the song is featured in the musical Fela!.
It was also featured in Dead Presidents.
Personnel
with the James Brown Orchestra:
References
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