"Regrets" is a song by Barbara Wyrick. Originally written for

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, it was instead recorded by James Brown. Released as a single in 1980, it reached #63 on the

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. It also appeared on the album ''

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''. Writing in ''

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'', Thulani Davis described it as "sentimental, nice enough but not at all compelling."Davis, Thulani. "J-a-a-a-ames Brown!". ''The Village Voice'' June 9, 1980. Rpt. in ''The James Brown Reader: Fifty Years of Writing About the Godfather of Soul''. Ed. Nelson George and Alan Leeds. New York: Plume, 2008. 148-154.

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