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"Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" is a song written and recorded by
James Brown James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American singer, dancer, musician, record producer and bandleader. The central progenitor of funk music and a major figure of 20th century music, he is often referred to by the honor ...
. Released as a two-part
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in 1965, it was Brown's first song to reach the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 Top Ten, peaking at number eight, and was a number-one R&B hit, topping the charts for eight weeks. It won Brown his first
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, for Best Rhythm & Blues Recording. Consolidating the rhythmic innovations of earlier James Brown recordings such as " I've Got Money" and "
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", "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" is considered seminal in the emergence of
funk Funk is a music genre that originated in African American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music genres that were popular among African Americans in the m ...
music as a distinct style. As Brown sings the praises of an old man brave enough to get out on the dance floor of a
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("brand new bag" meaning new interest, taste, or way of doing something), his band provides a
horn Horn most often refers to: *Horn (acoustic), a conical or bell shaped aperture used to guide sound ** Horn (instrument), collective name for tube-shaped wind musical instruments *Horn (anatomy), a pointed, bony projection on the head of various ...
-heavy backdrop with a prominent rhythm and an
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riff for a hook. Both singer and musicians place overwhelming emphasis on the first beat of each measure ("on the One"). The song is Brown's first recording to feature
Jimmy Nolen Jimmy Nolen (April 3, 1934 – December 18, 1983)
- accessed November 13, 2011 was an American
on guitar. The taped recording of "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" was edited and sped up for its single release, increasing the
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and raising the pitch by a half step. In 1991, the recording was released in unedited form at its original speed on the
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'' Star Time''. The track includes lead-in studio chatter, with Brown throatily (and presciently) shouting "This is a hit!" just before the drum and horn intro.


Legacy

In 2004, "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" was ranked number 72 on ''
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'' magazine's list of
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. (In 2010, the magazine updated its list, and the song was moved up a rank to number 71.) The song is currently ranked as the 121st greatest song of all time, as well as the eighth-best song of
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, by
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.


Other recordings

An
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version of "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" was released as the
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of Brown's 1965 single from Smash called " Try Me". He also recorded a
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jazz arrangement of the song with
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's Orchestra for his 1970 album ''
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''. Live performances of "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" appear on the albums '' Hot on the One'', '' Live in New York'', ''
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'', ''
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'', and the 2009 Expanded Edition of ''
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''. It is also featured in
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on '' Love Power Peace'' and '' Say It Live and Loud''.


Cover versions

* In 1965, The Fabulous Echoes covered the song on their album ''Lovin' Feeling''. * In 1965,
Buddy Guy George "Buddy" Guy (born July 30, 1936) is an American blues guitarist and singer. He is an exponent of Chicago blues who has influenced generations of guitarists including Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Stevie Ray V ...
played the song participating in the European tour
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. The song is not on the record but in the movie that was made of the tour. *In 1965,
The McCoys The McCoys were a rock music, rock group formed in Union City, Indiana, Union City, Indiana, United States, in 1962. They are best known for their 1965 hit single "Hang On Sloopy". Their name was changed from Rick and the Raiders to The McCoys, ...
released a version of the song on their debut album, ''
Hang on Sloopy "Hang On Sloopy" (originally "My Girl Sloopy") is a 1964 song written by Wes Farrell and Bert Berns. Rhythm and blues vocal group the Vibrations were the first to record the tune in 1964. Atlantic Records released it as a single, which reached ...
''. * In 1968,
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released a single by
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, from the posthumously released LP ''
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''. * In 1968, The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band released a version of the song on their album, ''Together''. * In 1971, Fadoul, a Moroccan musician, covered the song in Arabic. *In 1974,
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recorded a German version of the song for their Third Reich N Roll album. * In 1987,
Roger Troutman Roger Troutman (November 29, 1951 – April 25, 1999), also known as Roger, was an American singer, songwriter, record producer, multi-instrumentalist and the founder of the band Zapp who helped spearhead the funk movement and heavily influenc ...
covered the song on his album '' Unlimited!''. * In 1995, Jimmy Smith recorded an instrumental version on his album ''Damn!'' * In 1999,
The Sugarman 3 The Sugarman 3, sometimes titled The Sugarman Three, is a retro- funk band from New York City formed in 1996 by saxophonist Neal Sugarman, Hammond organ player Adam Scone, and drummer Rudy Albin. The band has released four studio albums—''Sugar ...
covered the song on
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. * In 2006,
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covered the song on her album ''Čovek rado izvan sebe živi''. *In 2007, Ubisoft remake this song for the game ''
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'' covered by Franck Chapelat.


Personnel

* James Brown – lead vocals ''with the James Brown Band:'' * Joe Dupars – trumpet * Ron Tooley – trumpet * Levi Rasbury – trombone * Wilmer Milton – trombone * Nat Jones – alto saxophone *
Maceo Parker Maceo Parker (; born February 14, 1943) is an American funk and soul jazz saxophonist, best known for his work with James Brown in the 1960s, Parliament-Funkadelic in the 1970s and Prince in the 2000s. Parker was a prominent soloist on many of B ...
– tenor and baritone saxophones * St. Clair Pinckney – tenor saxophone * Eldee Williams – tenor saxophone * Al "Brisco" Clark – tenor saxophone * Nat Jones – organ *
Jimmy Nolen Jimmy Nolen (April 3, 1934 – December 18, 1983)
- accessed November 13, 2011 was an American
– guitar * Sam Thomas or
Bernard Odum Bernard Odum (June 10, 1932 – August 17, 2004), born Bertrand Odom, was an American bass guitar player best known for performing in James Brown's band in the 1960s. Biography Odum started playing with Brown in 1956 and became a full-time ...
– bass *
Melvin Parker Melvin Parker (June 7, 1944 – December 3, 2021) was an American drummer. He and his brother, saxophonist Maceo Parker, were key members of James Brown's band. Life and career Parker was born in Kinston, North Carolina on June 7, 1944. His drumm ...
– drums


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References and uses in popular culture

"Papa's Got a Brand New Excuse", an episode of ''
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'', was named for the song. The song's title was also played on for ''
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'' episode "
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". The 2013 musical '' Kinky Boots'' contains the line "Papa's got a brand new shoe" in the song "Everybody Say Yeah" (music and lyrics by
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). Towards the end of one of the mixes of
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's 1994 song " Give It Up",
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is heard to say "Papa's got a brand new bag." The same line is also heard in the rap part of
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 In the Eminem song “Just Lose It” one of his lyrics is “Poppa’s got a brand new bag of toys…”


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