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I Got the Feelin’

James Brown
Track 36 on Star Time 

Producer

James Brown
“I Got the Feelin'” is the first single and titular track from James Brown’s 23rd studio album of the same name. One of his most popular singles in the late 60’s it helped… Read More 
Apr. 19681 viewer8.6K views

I Got the Feelin’ Lyrics

[Intro]
Uh huh huh huh
I got the feelin'!
Baby, baby
I got the feelin'!

[Verse 1]
You don't know what you do to me
Leave my heart heavy, down in misery

[Pre-Chorus]
Hey, yeah, alright
Hey, hey, ow! Good lord

[Chorus]
I got the feelin', now
Alright

[Post-Chorus]
Baby, baby, baby
Baby, baby, baby
Baby, baby, baby
Baby, baby

I got the feelin', baby
[Verse 2]
Baby, sometimes I'm up, sometimes I'm down
My heart, I'm around the town
I'm level with the ground, baby
I said level with the ground

[Pre-Chorus]
Well baby, you treat me
You treat me bad
No, no, I know no
You don't mean it now

[Verse 3]
Sometimes I roam
But, I'll be coming back home
Sometimes, I seem to be fly
I just don't want you to say, "bye bye"

[Pre-Chorus]
Hey baby, baby
Uh uh OH!

[Chorus]
Baby, I got that feelin'
Baby can't help it
Alright
[Post-Chorus]
Baby, baby, baby
Baby, baby, baby
Baby, baby, baby
Baby, baby

Come on now
Come on now
Oh, oh, oh, oh

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“I Got the Feelin'” is the first single and titular track from James Brown’s 23rd studio album of the same name.

One of his most popular singles in the late 60’s it helped to cement his title of “Soul Brother No. 1”.

Around this time Brown adopted a new style of singing that was more rhythmic and less focused on pitch and melody. This would become a major influence on rapping in the decades that followed.

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Star Time (1991)
  1. 1.
    Please, Please, Please
  2. 2.
    Why Do You Do Me
  3. 3.
    Try Me
  4. 4.
    Tell Me What I Did Wrong
  5. 5.
    Bewildered
  6. 6.
    Good Good Lovin’
  7. 7.
    I’ll Go Crazy
  8. 8.
    I Know It’s True
  9. 9.
    (Do the) Mashed Potatoes (Part I)
  10. 10.
    Think
  11. 11.
    Baby, You’re Right
  12. 12.
    Lost Someone
  13. 13.
    Night Train
  14. 14.
    I’ve Got Money
  15. 15.
    I Don’t Mind (Live 1962)
  16. 16.
    Prisoner of Love
  17. 17.
    Devil’s Den
  18. 18.
    Out Of The Blue (Alternate Take)
  19. 19.
    Out Of Sight
  20. 20.
    Grits
  21. 21.
    Maybe the Last Time
  22. 23.
    I Got You
  23. 24.
    Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag - Pts. 1, 2 & 3
  24. 25.
    Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag (Part 1)
  25. 26.
    I Got You (I Feel Good)
  26. 27.
    Ain’t That a Groove
  27. 28.
    It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World
  28. 29.
    Money Won’t Change You
  29. 30.
    Don’t Be a Dropout
  30. 31.
    Bring It Up (Hipsters Avenue)
  31. 32.
    Let Yourself Go
  32. 33.
    Cold Sweat
  33. 34.
    Get It Together
  34. 35.
    I Can’t Stand Myself (When You Touch Me)
  35. 36.
    I Got the Feelin’
  36. 37.
    Licking Stick-Licking Stick
  37. 38.
    Say It Loud: I’m Black and I’m Proud
  38. 39.
    There Was a Time (Live at Memorial Auditorium, Dallas, 1968)
  39. 40.
    Give It Up or Turnit a Loose
  40. 41.
    I Don’t Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open Up the Door, I’ll Get It Myself)
  41. 42.
    Mother Popcorn
  42. 43.
    Funky Drummer
  43. 44.
    Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine (Pts. 1 & 2)
  44. 45.
    Super Bad
  45. 46.
    Talkin’ Loud and Sayin’ Nothing
  46. 47.
    Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved (Pt. 1 & 2)
  47. 48.
    Soul Power
  48. 49.
    Brother Rapp/Ain’t It Funky Now (Live, Olympia Paris, 1971)
  49. 50.
    Hot Pants, Pt. 1
  50. 51.
    I’m a Greedy Man (Part 1)
  51. 52.
    Make It Funky (Part 1)
  52. 53.
    Intro/It’s A New Day (So Let A Man Come In And Do The Popcorn) (Live At The Apollo Theater/1971)
  53. 54.
    I Got Ants In My Pants
  54. 55.
    King Heroin
  55. 56.
    There It Is (Pt. 1)
  56. 57.
    Public Enemy No. 1, Pt. 1
  57. 58.
    Get On the Good Foot
  58. 59.
    I Got a Bag of My Own
  59. 60.
    Doing It to Death
  60. 61.
    The Payback
  61. 62.
    Papa Don’t Take No Mess (Part 1)
  62. 63.
    Stoned to the Bone (Part 1)
  63. 64.
    My Thang
  64. 65.
    Funky President (People It’s Bad)
  65. 66.
    Hot (I Need To Be Loved, Loved, Loved, Loved)
  66. 67.
    Get Up Offa That Thing (Release The Pressure) [Edit]
  67. 68.
    Bodyheat (Part 1)
  68. 69.
    It’s Too Funky In Here
  69. 70.
    Rapp Payback (Where Iz Moses?) (Part 1)
  70. 71.
    Unity (Pt. 1 - The Third Coming)
Credits
Producer
Writer
Drums
Bass
Rhythm Guitar
Baritone Saxophone
Tenor Saxophone
Alto Saxophone
Trombone
Trumpet
Recorded At
Vox Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Released in
April 1968
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