"Escape-ism" is a funk song by American musician James Brown. It was Brown's first release on his own label,

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. It charted #6 R&B and #35 Pop as a two-part single in 1971. Both parts also appeared on the album ''

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'' in 1971, with the previously unreleased nineteen-minute unedited take of the track appearing on the album's 1992 CD re-release. According to Robert Christgau the song was "supposedly cut to kill time until

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arrived" at the studio. A live version of "Escape-ism" is included on Brown's live album '' Revolution of the Mind''.

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James Brown songs Songs written by James Brown 1971 singles 1970 songs {{1970s-R&B-song-stub