Get on the Good Foot

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“Get on the Good Foot”

Single by James Brown from the album Get on the Good Foot
A-side	"Get on the Good Foot - Pt. 1"
B-side	"Get on the Good Foot - Pt. 2"
Released	July 1972
Format	7" (mono)
Recorded	May 9, 1972, at Soundcraft Studios, North Augusta, SC
Genre	Funk
Length	4:07
Label	Polydor PD14139
Writer(s)	James Brown Fred Wesley Joseph Mims
Producer	James Brown

For the album, see Get On the Good Foot (album).

"Get on the Good Foot" (sometimes known simply as "Good Foot") is a funk song performed by James Brown. It was released in 1972 as a two-part single and became a #1 R&B hit. The song was also included on the double album of the same name released that year.

The song's co-writer Fred Wesley analyzes the individual elements of the song on a bonus track of the DVD release of the PBS American Masters documentary James Brown: Soul Survivor.

[edit] Personnel

James Brown - lead vocal, organ

with The J.B.'s:

Russell Crimes - trumpet
Ike Oakley - trumpet
Fred Wesley - trombone
Jimmy Parker - alto saxophone
St. Clair Pinckney - tenor saxophone
Hearlon "Cheese" Martin - guitar
Bobby Roach - guitar
John "Jabo" Starks - drums

[edit] References

Leeds, Alan M., and Harry Weinger (1991). Star Time: Song by Song. In Star Time (pp. 46-53) [CD liner notes]. London: Polydor Records.
White, Cliff (1991). Discography. In Star Time (pp. 54-59) [CD liner notes]. London: Polydor Records.

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Preceded by "Back Stabbers" by The O'Jays	Billboard's Hot Soul number one single September 16 - October 7, 1972	Succeeded by "I'll Be Around" by The Spinners