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"My Thang" Single by James Brown from the album Hell A-side "My Thang" B-side "Public Enemy No. 1 (Part 1)" Released July 1974 Format 7" (stereo) Genre Funk Length 4:20 Label Polydor
PD14244Writer(s) James Brown
Fred Wesley
John Starks
Charles BobbitProducer James Brown "My Thang" is a funk hit song written and recorded by James Brown. It was released as a two-part single which spent two weeks at number one on the R&B singles chart and reached No. 29 on the Billboard Hot 100 in July 1974. The song also appeared on Brown's 1974 double album Hell.[1]
See also
- List of number-one R&B singles of 1974 (U.S.)
References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 85.
James Brown albums Studio albums Please Please Please · Try Me · Think! · The Amazing James Brown · James Brown Presents His Band/Night Train · Shout and Shimmy · James Brown and His Famous Flames Tour the USA · Prisoner of Love · Excitement - Mr. Dynamite · Showtime · The Unbeatable James Brown · Grits and Soul · Out of Sight · Papa's Got a Brand New Bag · I Got You (I Feel Good) · James Brown Plays James Brown Today and Yesterday · Mighty Instrumentals · James Brown Plays New Breed (The Boo-Ga-Loo) · It's a Man's Man's Man's World · James Brown Sings Christmas Songs · Handful of Soul · Sings Raw Soul · James Brown Plays the Real Thing · Cold Sweat · I Can't Stand Myself · I Got the Feeling · James Brown Sings Out of Sight · Thinking About Little Willie John and a Few Nice Things · A Soulful Christmas · Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud · Gettin' Down to It · The Popcorn · It's a Mother · Ain't It Funky · Soul on Top · It's a New Day - Let a Man Come In · Hey America · Super Bad · Sho' Is Funky Down Here · Hot Pants · There It Is · Get on the Good Foot · Black Caesar · Slaughter's Big Rip-Off · The Payback · Hell · Reality · Sex Machine Today · Everybody's Doin' the Hustle and Dead on the Double Bump · Hot · Get Up Offa That Thing · Bodyheat · Mutha's Nature · Jam 1980's · Take a Look at Those Cakes · The Original Disco Man · People · Nonstop! · Soul Syndrome · Bring It On · Gravity · I'm Real · Love Overdue · Universal James · I'm Back · The Merry Christmas Album · The Next StepLive albums Live at the Apollo · Pure Dynamite! Live at the Royal · The James Brown Show · Live at the Garden · Live at the Apollo, Volume II · Sex Machine · Revolution of the Mind: Live at the Apollo, Volume III · Hot on the One · James Brown and Friends: Soul Session Live · Love Power Peace · Live at the Apollo 1995 · Say It Live & Loud: Live in Dallas 08.26.68Compilation albums Soul Classics · Soul Classics, Volume 2 · Solid Gold: 30 Golden Hits · The Fabulous James Brown · Can Your Heart Stand It? · The Best of James Brown · The Federal Years, Part 1 · The Federal Years, Part 2 · Roots of a Revolution - The James Brown Story 1956-1965 · Ain't That a Groove - The James Brown Story 1966-1969 · Doing It to Death - The James Brown Story 1970-1973 · Dead on the Heavy Funk 1974-1976 · The CD of JB: Sex Machine and Other Soul Classics · The LP of JB · In the Jungle Groove · The CD of JB II: Cold Sweat and Other Soul Classics · Motherlode · Messin' With the Blues · Star Time · 20 All-Time Greatest Hits! · Roots of a Revolution · JB40: 40th Anniversary Collection · Foundations of Funk - A Brand New Bag: 1964-1969 · Funk Power 1970: A Brand New Thang · Make It Funky - The Big Payback: 1971-1975 · Dead On The Heavy Funk: 1975-1983 · Classic James Brown - The Universal Masters Collection · The Godfather - The Very Best of James Brown · Classic James Brown Vol. 2 - The Universal Masters Collection · 50th Anniversary Collection · The Singles, Volume One: The Federal Years: 1956-1960 · The Singles, Volume Two: 1960–1963 · The Singles, Volume Three: 1964-1965 · A Family Affair · Dynamite X · The Singles, Volume Four: 1966-1967 · The Singles, Volume Five: 1967-1969 · The Singles, Volume Six: 1969-1970 · The Singles, Volume 7: 1970-1972 · The Singles, Volume 8: 1972-1973 · The Singles, Volume 9: 1973-1975 · Icon · The James Brown Complete Christmas · The Singles, Volume 10: 1975-1979 · The Singles, Volume 11: 1979-1981Notable singles "Please, Please, Please" · "Try Me" · "I'll Go Crazy" · "Think" · "Bewildered" · "I Don't Mind" · "Lost Someone" · "Night Train" · "Shout and Shimmy" · "Prisoner of Love" · "These Foolish Things" · "Have Mercy Baby" · "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" · "I Got You (I Feel Good)" · "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" · "Cold Sweat" · "I Got the Feelin'" · "Licking Stick - Licking Stick" · "Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud" · "Funky Drummer" · "Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine" · "Super Bad" · "Caldonia" · "Out of Sight" · "Hot Pants" · "Make It Funky" · "Talkin' Loud and Sayin' Nothing" · "Get on the Good Foot" · "The Payback" · "My Thang" · "Papa Don't Take No Mess" · "Funky President" · "Get Up Offa That Thing" · "Night Time Is the Right Time" · "Unity" · "Living in America"Band members Associated acts Related articles James Brown singles Federal releases "Please, Please, Please" · "Try Me" · "I Want You So Bad" · "I'll Go Crazy" · "Think" · "You've Got the Power" · "This Old Heart"King releases "The Bells" · "Bewildered" · "I Don't Mind" · "Baby You're Right" · "I Love You Yes I Do" · "Lost Someone" · "Night Train" · "Shout and Shimmy" · "Mashed Potatoes U.S.A." · "Three Hearts in a Tangle" · "I've Got Money" · "Like a Baby" · "Every Beat of My Heart" · "Prisoner of Love" · "These Foolish Things" · "Signed, Sealed and Delivered" · "Oh Baby Don't You Weep" · "Have Mercy Baby" · "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" · "I Got You (I Feel Good)" · "Lost Someone" · "I'll Go Crazy" · "Ain't That a Groove" · "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" · "Money Won't Change You" · "Don't Be a Drop-Out" · "Sweet Little Baby Boy" · "Bring It Up (Hipster's Avenue)" · "Kansas City" · "Think" · "Let Yourself Go" · "Cold Sweat" · "Get It Together" · "I Can't Stand Myself (When You Touch Me)" · "There Was a Time" · "You've Got to Change Your Mind" · "I Got the Feelin'" · "Licking Stick - Licking Stick" · "America Is My Home" · "I Guess I'll Have to Cry, Cry, Cry" · "Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud" · "Goodbye My Love" · "Tit For That (Ain't No Taking Back)" · "Give It Up or Turnit a Loose" · "Soul Pride" · "I Don't Want Nobody To Give Me Nothing (Open Up The Door, I'll Get It Myself)" · "The Popcorn" · "Mother Popcorn" · "Lowdown Popcorn" · "World" · "Let A Man Come In and Do the Popcorn" · "Ain't It Funky Now" · "It's a New Day" · "Funky Drummer" · "Brother Rapp" · "Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine" · "Super Bad" · "Santa Claus Is Definitely Here to Stay" · "Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved" · "Spinning Wheel" · "I Cried" · "Soul Power"Smash releases Polydor releases "Escape-ism" · "Hot Pants" · "Make It Funky" · "I'm A Greedy Man" · "Hey America" · "Talkin' Loud and Sayin' Nothing" · "King Heroin" · "There It Is" · "Honky Tonk" · "Get on the Good Foot" · "I Got a Bag of My Own" · "I Got Ants In My Pants (And I Want to Dance)" · "What My Baby Needs Now Is a Little More Lovin'" · "Down And Out In New York City" · "Think '73" · "Sexy, Sexy, Sexy" · "Stoned to the Bone" · "The Payback" · "My Thang" · "Papa Don't Take No Mess" · "Funky President" · "Coldblooded" · "Hustle!!! (Dead on It)" · "Reality" · "Sex Machine '76" · "Superbad, Superslick" · "Hot (I Need To Be Loved, Loved, Loved, Loved)" · "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons" · "Get Up Offa That Thing" · "I Refuse to Lose" · "Body Heat" · "Kiss in '77" · "Give Me Some Skin" · "If You Don't Give a Doggone About It" · "Eyesight" · "The Spank" · "For Goodness Sakes (Take a Look at Those Cakes)" · "It's Too Funky In Here" · "Star Generation" · "Regrets" · "Rapp Payback (Where Iz Moses)" · "Stay With Me"Other releases "Night Time Is the Right Time" · "Bring It On...Bring It On" · "Unity" · "Froggy Mix" · "Living in America" · "Gravity" · "How Do You Stop" · "She's The One" · "The Payback Mix" · "I'm Real" · "Static" · "Gimme Your Love" · "(So Tired of Standing Still We Got to) Move On" · "I Got You (I Feel Good) {James Brown v. Dakeyne]" · "Can't Get Any Harder" · "Funk On a Roll" · "Killing Is Out, School Is In"Categories:- 1974 singles
- James Brown songs
- Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number-one singles
- Songs written by James Brown
- 1970s R&B song stubs
- 1970s single stubs
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