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James Brown — I Got You (I Feel Good)
Album: I Got You (I Feel Good)
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Released: 1965
Length: 2:44
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Wow, I feel good
I knew that I would, now
I feel good
I knew that I would, now
So good, so good, I got you

Wow, I feel nice
Like sugar and spice
I feel nice
Like sugar and spice
So nice, so nice, I got you

When I hold you in my arms
I know that I can't do no wrong
And when I hold you in my arms
My love won't do you no harm

And I feel nice
Like sugar and spice
I feel nice
Like sugar and spice
So nice, so nice, I got you

When I hold you in my arms
I know that I can't do no wrong
And when I hold you in my arms
My love can't do me no harm

And I feel nice
Like sugar and spice
I feel nice
Like sugar and spice
So nice, so nice, I got you

Wow, I feel good
I knew that I would, now
I feel good
I knew that I would
So good, so good, I got you
So good, so good, I got you
So good, so good, I got you

Hey!
Oh-whoo!
Comments (106)add comment
Glad I got to see him live. Lived up to his rep even in his late 60s.
hung out by the back entrance after the show when I saw a mob. He came out like he was going straight to his limo but spotted a friend. Came over to say hello  and ended up shaking everyone's hand (this is pre-cell phone era). Gave everyone a big smile as he did.
Posted 2 years ago by phlattop    [ Reply ]
Tainted by being used as stock music in endless commercials from the late 1990s to the 2020s, most recently for Applebees.  I'd be happy not ever hearing this song again.  Shame on you, UMG.
Posted 2 years ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
On his youtube channel, Adam Neely recently released a video titled "Solving James Brown's Rhythmic Puzzle" where he analyzed which word gets the accent in "I Got You".  Great content in general by Adam and this one was extra-great. 

Is it:
I feel good
or
i FEEL good
or
i feel GOOD

I'm with one of the commenters; the emphasis is on WAAOOW :-)

Long Live RP and James Brown's high energy funk! 
Posted 2 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
I saw the great man live! Way past his best-incredibly tight band, great night.
Posted 2 years ago by matadorsuns    [ Reply ]
GREAT TUNE!!!! When this came out, I used to listen to it on a 5kw rock & roll station, WMCA 570AM (NYC) with the "Good Guys" DJs! WABC,  "Radio 77" (NYC) 770AM,  the 50kw R&R station, didn't have the guts to play it!
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
If you give this a low rating, you have no feeling for music....
Posted 3 years ago by 3Chords    [ Reply ]
Nolan's chicken scratch'n and Maceo on alto sax...Outstanding
Posted 3 years ago by grhorn    [ Reply ]
The Godfather   
Posted 3 years ago by ExploitingChaos    [ Reply ]
This song came on our Windows XP home pc (20year ago). I think it is the first mp3 i've ever heard. 
Posted 3 years ago by edwinlegters    [ Reply ]
The song they play when you stroll through the pearly gates.  
Posted 3 years ago by melzabutch    [ Reply ]
Nothing for  four years!!!  ?Criminal!  Anyone who rates this as less than 9 wants help!
Posted 6 years ago by Boy_Wonder    [ Reply ]
Excellant!  So solid, tight and funky, performed by a masterful singer, James was an amazing sight to behold
Posted 10 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
A stone cold classic!
Posted 12 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
 My best to you as well (as i dry my eyes) Rooney wrote:


Your post touched my heart.  I, too, hate that disease.  It's people like you that I will always wish the best for.
 

Posted 12 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
My family knows I am onto something when I start walking around the house whistling this one. Love it
Posted 12 years ago by martinc    [ Reply ]
No no no no no! James turns in his grave everytime someone plays this song!
Posted 12 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
brings back memories of putting coins in the jukebox where I worked graveyard shift as a waitress in a truck stop ... 1969 :)
Posted 12 years ago by mcdonna    [ Reply ]
Another genius segue from the Master: ZZ Top - Just Got Paid to this! Bringing that horn section in on the last note of a hard guitar riff: not even remotely stylistically similar, yet the transition is smooth as silk.   {#Meditate}
Posted 13 years ago by haretic    [ Reply ]
There's a reason this song is a classic. It still holds up after all this time - I especially like the saxophone.
 
Posted 13 years ago by Nerubo    [ Reply ]
Cmon man, enough already! There are plenty of wonderful JB songs to play, just stop it!{#Frustrated}
Posted 13 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
I love this, but I was just thinking the other day that I'd like to hear some of his more underrated songs.  This guy's body of work is tremendous and yet I only ever hear like 3 of his songs.
Posted 13 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
So much soul they even named a bridge after him:
The James Brown Soul Center of the Universe Bridge... Steamboat Spgs, Colorado
https://www.denverpost.com/ci_4900392

Posted 13 years ago by idahoTux    [ Reply ]
 GuiltyFeat wrote:
I'm kinda over this song. There must be more James Brown that I would still find exhilarating and that wouldn't make me think of Good Morning Vietnam.
 
Hell yeah there is more!  His single-CD best of "20 All-Time Greatest Hits" is a great start.  But if you react like me, that will only stoke the fire and you'll pony up for the 4 CD career-spanning box set "Star Time."
Happy hunting! 
Posted 13 years ago by window    [ Reply ]
I had the privelege of seeing James perform when he was in his prime.  I immediately knew how he got his nickname.  Amazing and unforgettable!
Posted 13 years ago by jimbaca    [ Reply ]
 1wolfy wrote:
This song will always make me think of my Sis who passed away in 2002 from breast cancer.  She sang this song to me on one of her 'good' days following chemo. {#Angel} Oh God I hate that disease

 
I also lost my sister to cancer.  At least she got to see my band perform at the local bandshell before she left us.  I keep reading amazing things that some doctors are doing to find a cure.  One is badly needed.  Thanks for your story.

Posted 13 years ago by RedGuitar    [ Reply ]
I'm kinda over this song. There must be more James Brown that I would still find exhilarating and that wouldn't make me think of Good Morning Vietnam.
Posted 13 years ago by GuiltyFeat    [ Reply ]
 1wolfy wrote:
This song will always make me think of my Sis who passed away in 2002 from breast cancer.  She sang this song to me on one of her 'good' days following chemo. {#Angel} Oh God I hate that disease

 

Your post touched my heart.  I, too, hate that disease.  It's people like you that I will always wish the best for.
Posted 13 years ago by Rooney    [ Reply ]
This song will always make me think of my Sis who passed away in 2002 from breast cancer.  She sang this song to me on one of her 'good' days following chemo. {#Angel} Oh God I hate that disease

Posted 13 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
Hey, is that Eric Estrada on the album cover?
What's he doing there? 
Posted 13 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
Because of my job I hear this song almost every day. That is one of the reasons I love my job. 
Posted 13 years ago by david1045    [ Reply ]
I found myself doing the twist while doing the cleaning. (RP in the background) {#Dancingbanana_2}
Posted 14 years ago by Huey    [ Reply ]

Posted 14 years ago by shawshank    [ Reply ]
James be gettin' down so damn funky, he just cain't hep'it  .....  Bootsy too {#High-five}

Posted 14 years ago by mrdak    [ Reply ]
"On the one!"
Posted 14 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
The Famous Flames, the tightest backing band EVAR.
Posted 14 years ago by nagsheadlocal    [ Reply ]

Posted 14 years ago by michaelc    [ Reply ]
OH my god....I have to dance {#Dancingbanana} Good!!! It is Friday night!!!
Posted 14 years ago by Saliby_Br    [ Reply ]

James Brown RIP by ~aaaphotos
James Goulden  ©2006-2010 ~aaaphotos

James Brown shot live on stage in the summer of 2005. The first and last time I'd ever photograph this great performer



Posted 14 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
Those psychotic bananas scare me {#Sorry}
Posted 14 years ago by Razz    [ Reply ]
this is a real clean recording...wonder if it's remastered?
Posted 14 years ago by Pyro    [ Reply ]
A really good song completely ruinated by oversaturation! So sad!{#Cry}
Posted 14 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
 Mina_the_Boo wrote:
oh, all right.
 
Ya what she said s

Posted 14 years ago by michaelc    [ Reply ]
Hail the funkmaster. "I Got You" is a great funky one, but lots of his other, less popular stuff, is definitely worth a listen.
Posted 14 years ago by Razz    [ Reply ]
A great all-time classic. What gripes me these days, though, is that this gets played at an increasing number of football (soccer, to you lot across the Pond) grounds as a 'sting' after a goal's been scored, which is highly irritating. Not yer man Brown's fault, of course.
Posted 14 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]

I'm surprised this isn't rated higher. How someone would rate this lower than a 9 is surprising to me.


Posted 15 years ago by Danimal174    [ Reply ]
This song kinda sucks when you don't "feel good."
Posted 15 years ago by vit    [ Reply ]
 Mina_the_Boo wrote:
oh, all right.


 
so much effort needs to be appreciated...

Posted 15 years ago by liser    [ Reply ]
Not a big James Brown fan , but I like this one .



 peyotecoyote wrote:
A friend of mine, Prakash John, worked for his band as a bass player when in Toronto many years ago. ....
 
Used to love The Lincolns {#Good-vibes}

Posted 15 years ago by btt    [ Reply ]
If only we could have tapped into that energy....we wouldn't need fossil fuels.

Posted 15 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
 RobK wrote:
This guy and his music never interested me.  But, it does remind me of a somewhat funny bit I saw a standup comic do years ago...

"James Brown, if he'd gone to college:

I feel well

I knew that I shall"
 
Better to have chosen a higher-quality college, if those verb tenses are any indication. . . .

As for the song: pfft.  Whatever.  Blah.

Posted 15 years ago by Xeric    [ Reply ]
...and he could dance with the best of 'em until he was well past 60!
Posted 15 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
The media lately having been going on and on about the late Michael Jackson non stop. When it comes to excitement, James Brown was the real deal with real music. Enough said!

Posted 15 years ago by capandjudy    [ Reply ]
What about Sharon Jones (and the Dap-Kings) when we're lookin' for soul?

Posted 15 years ago by cochlear    [ Reply ]
OH YEA!! way cool of RP.

Been listening for years and this is the first time I have heard it here!
Posted 15 years ago by MayBaby    [ Reply ]
Maaaaaaaaaaaaaceo Paaaaaarkeeeeer  {#Jump}
Posted 15 years ago by von_Hayek    [ Reply ]
SO GOOD!{#Bananasplit}=> 10!

Posted 15 years ago by Leonidas    [ Reply ]
"the hardest working man in show business"
{#Cowboy}
Posted 16 years ago by k_trout    [ Reply ]
This guy and his music never interested me.  But, it does remind me of a somewhat funny bit I saw a standup comic do years ago...

"James Brown, if he'd gone to college:

I feel well

I knew that I shall"


Posted 16 years ago by RobK    [ Reply ]
Saw him do this on the Tonight Show in '68...first time I'd ever heard of him. I was stunned!

Years later our traveling roadshow was holed up at a bar in Hartford where they played JB tracks all night....fond memory.
Posted 16 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
EssexTex wrote:
A true God..apart from his music, any man that does loads of coke shoots his wife's fur coats..then runs from the law is ok with me!.....mad as a brush!
Yas, Yas, Yas .... but now don't forget the great Richard Pryor -- shot his wife's mercedes and them did a whole routine about it and sold a million more records RIP...
Posted 16 years ago by Misterfixit    [ Reply ]
yeah this is a 12 all the way. If you don't like it, your not listening to it loud enough, turn it up to 11.
Posted 16 years ago by tobstar    [ Reply ]
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN...THE HARDEST WORKING MAN IN SHOWBUSINESS...JAMES BROWN...OUWWWW!! A friend of mine, Prakash John, worked for his band as a bass player when in Toronto many years ago. He was shocked when JB announced that he would dock them pay if their attire wasn't perfect or their shoes were shined. Prakash passed...he was very festidious about his appearance anyway.
Posted 16 years ago by peyotecoyote    [ Reply ]
A true God..apart from his music, any man that does loads of coke shoots his wife's fur coats..then runs from the law is ok with me!.....mad as a brush!
Posted 16 years ago by EssexTex    [ Reply ]
I'm checking out the album cover....and trying to imagine James on skis.....wow!
Posted 16 years ago by Alifreckles50    [ Reply ]
Another great segue . . .
Posted 16 years ago by ghcollins86    [ Reply ]
THE definitive R&B vocal from THE definitive soul tune by the God of the Genre. I feel good.
Posted 16 years ago by birdland    [ Reply ]
Old_Pat wrote:
Saw him live in the late 60's and again about 6 years ago. Maybe the moves aren't what they used to be, but the perfomance... and performer... still kick ass!
Was, did, used to.....
Posted 16 years ago by heyjoe3577    [ Reply ]
Taraincognito wrote:
Where are all the dancing bananas? There should be a whole cadre of them on this page.
Much better, thanks.
Posted 16 years ago by Taraincognito    [ Reply ]
''These record labels are on wrong. Get Bud Hobgood down here.''
Posted 16 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
God rest the Godfather. What a band they must have in heaven.
Posted 16 years ago by raggamuffin    [ Reply ]
oh, all right.
Posted 16 years ago by Mina_the_Boo    [ Reply ]
Where are all the dancing bananas? There should be a whole cadre of them on this page.
Posted 16 years ago by Taraincognito    [ Reply ]
Saw him live in the late 60's and again about 6 years ago. Maybe the moves aren't what they used to be, but the perfomance... and performer... still kick ass!
Posted 18 years ago by Old_Pat    [ Reply ]
ObsidianInfinity wrote:
What a horendous album cover!
Art evolves. It's probably almost 40 years old. Just consider it Kitsch.
Posted 18 years ago by Gregorama    [ Reply ]
The big silence for the song preceeding... absolute silence. And then, out of nowhere, WHOOAA. Thanks James, I'm awake now.
Posted 18 years ago by Old_Pool_Skunk    [ Reply ]
I feel good this AM....I feel better than James Brown!!! I'll meet you later at the Bridge!!
Posted 18 years ago by jedzep    [ Reply ]
ObsidianInfinity wrote:
What a horendous album cover!
Better?
Posted 18 years ago by Mari    [ Reply ]
What a horendous album cover!
Posted 18 years ago by ObsidianInfinity    [ Reply ]
mistatebird wrote:
Family tradition dictates that when one says James Brown, it must be IMMEDIATELY followed with a rousing HUUUH!!! Too fun.
GOOD GOD!
Posted 18 years ago by laozilover    [ Reply ]
Posted 18 years ago by meghan89    [ Reply ]
Family tradition dictates that when one says James Brown, it must be IMMEDIATELY followed with a rousing HUUUH!!! Too fun.
Posted 18 years ago by mistatebird    [ Reply ]
Tell 'em, Godfather!
Posted 18 years ago by outerspace    [ Reply ]
James Brown's music went from funky revolutionary to a product that helps you take a crap. That's what happens when you lose control of your own material.
Posted 18 years ago by mojoman    [ Reply ]
WOOOO I feel good, I knew that i would. i feel good, i knew that i would. so good, so good, i got you. when i hold you in my arms i know that i can't do no wrong and when i hold you in my arms my love won't do you no harm and i feel nice like sugar and spice i feel nice like sugar and spice so nice so nice i got you. when i hold you in my arms i know that i can't do no wrong and when i hold you in my arms my love can't do me no harm and i feel nice, like sugar and spice i feel nice like sugar and spice so nice so nice i got you whoa! i feel good i knew that i would. i feel good i knew that i would so good so good i got you so good so good i got you so good so good i got you HEY!
Posted 18 years ago by Whirlpool    [ Reply ]
And again, please. Love this one. it's soooo nice. Like sugar and spice.
Posted 18 years ago by algrif    [ Reply ]
Hey!
Posted 19 years ago by bmo    [ Reply ]
I feel nice like sugar and spice! SO NICE! SO NICE THAT RP PLAYED JAMES BROWN! Wait, that doesn't rhyme. Brown you're a genius!
Posted 19 years ago by String_Chess_Incident    [ Reply ]
Zep wrote:
Stick a fork in it!
WHOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAA!
Posted 19 years ago by rgio    [ Reply ]
Ooooooooow! I feel good!
Posted 19 years ago by Baby_M    [ Reply ]
Ah yeah, dancing time in my cubicle!!! \:D/
Posted 19 years ago by beatlechick    [ Reply ]
Sure we have heard it a lot, but still, its got to be one of the greatest songs of all time. I saw him while bartending back in the day and it was the best show I think we ever had. An outstanding showman.
Posted 19 years ago by technoshaman    [ Reply ]
Stick a fork in it!
Posted 19 years ago by Zep    [ Reply ]
not overrated - overplayed on regular fucking radio. ruin music - isn't that ironic? he must be off deciphering some long forgotten physics phenomenon....after all, he is a self-proclaimed 'genius'...eh? :-s
Posted 19 years ago by jerseygirl    [ Reply ]
BKardon wrote:
Wow, no physicsgenius post saying JB is overrated?
he must be off deciphering some long forgotten physics phenomenon....after all, he is a self-proclaimed 'genius'...eh? :-s
Posted 19 years ago by crowhog2000    [ Reply ]
Wow, no physicsgenius post saying JB is overrated?
Posted 19 years ago by BKardon    [ Reply ]
Posted 19 years ago by Danny_G    [ Reply ]
We could use more of this 'round here, IMO. :nodhead:
Posted 19 years ago by rgj13    [ Reply ]
wow, what a great playlist. mr. jb or the jb horns or any affiliates are always going to get a good rating from me! (pimp)
Posted 19 years ago by MisterVErb    [ Reply ]