A-side "Think" Format 7" Genre Rhythm and blues | Released May 1960 (1960-05) Recorded 1960 Length 2:40 | |
"You've Got the Power" is a song written by James Brown and Famous Flames member Johnny Terry and recorded by Brown with Bea Ford as a duet in 1960. Released as the B-side of Brown and the Famous Flames' hit recording of "Think", it also charted, reaching #14 R&B and #86 Pop. It was Brown's first recorded duet and his first hit B-side. Brown briefly performs the song in a medley on his 1963 album Live at the Apollo.
An alternate take of "You've Got the Power" is included on the 1998 compilation album James Brown's Original Funky Divas.
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