- Papa Don't Take No Mess
Infobox Single
Name = Papa Don't Take No Mess
Caption =
Artist =James Brown
from Album = Hell
A-side = "Papa Don't Take No Mess - Pt. 1"
B-side = "Papa Don't Take No Mess - Pt. 2"
Released = August 1974
Format = 7" (stereo)
Recorded = August 23, 1973, at International Studios,Augusta, GA
Genre =Funk
Length = 4:22 (Pt. 1)13:51 (album version)
Label = Polydor
PD14255
Writer = James BrownFred Wesley
John Starks
Charles Bobbit
Producer = James Brown
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Misc ="Papa Don't Take No Mess" is afunk song performed byJames Brown . An edited version of the song released as a two-part single in 1974 was a #1 R&B hit. The full-length version, nearly 14 minutes long, appeared on thedouble album "Hell".Like "The Payback," "Papa Don't Take No Mess" was originally recorded for a rejected
soundtrack to theblaxploitation film "Hell Up in Harlem ".Personnel
* James Brown - lead vocal
"with
Fred Wesley andThe J.B.'s :"
* Fred Wesley - trombone
* Ike Oakley - trumpet
*Maceo Parker - alto saxophone
*St. Clair Pinckney - tenor saxophone
*Jimmy Nolen - guitar
* Hearlon "Cheese" Martin - guitar
* Fred Thomas orCharles Sherrell - bass
*John "Jabo" Starks - drums
* John Morgan or Johnny Griggs - percussionReferences
* 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.External links
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* [http://www.the-breaks.com/search.php?term=Papa+Don%27t+Take+No+Mess&type=4 List of songs that sample "Papa Don't Take No Mess"]
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