Essential James Brown Playlist

Essential James Brown — James Brown is an American singer and bandleader from South Carolina, known for rhythm-focused soul and R&B whose syncopated grooves, horns and guitar helped establish funk.

🔒 The top 10 are this genre's must-play anthems — the biggest hits no DJ leaves out — so they stay pinned. Tap 🔀 and everything from #11 down refreshes into a fresh mix (from a pool of 80).

1. I Got You — James Brown
2. Get Up I Feel Like Being Like A Sex Machine, Pts. 1 & 2 — James Brown
3. Living in America — James Brown
4. It's A Man's, Man's, Man's World — James Brown
5. The Payback — James Brown
6. That's Life — James Brown
7. I Feel Good (I Got You) — James Brown
8. People Get Up And Drive Your Funky Soul — James Brown
9. The Boss — James Brown
10. How Do You Stop — James Brown
11. I Got Ants In My Pants (And I Want To Dance) — James Brown
12. Hot Pants (She Got To Use What She Got To Get What She Wants) — James Brown
13. King Heroin — James Brown
14. Cold Sweat — James Brown
15. Night Train — James Brown
16. I Need Your Love So Bad — James Brown
17. Public Enemy #1 — James Brown
18. I Want You So Bad — James Brown
19. Forever Suffering — James Brown
20. Think — James Brown
21. Sunny — James Brown
22. Papa Don't Take No Mess — James Brown
23. Stoned To The Bone — James Brown
24. Out Of Sight — James Brown
25. Funky President (People It's Bad) — James Brown
26. Rock Me Again & Again & Again & Again & Again & Again (6 Times) — James Brown
27. Sex Machine — James Brown
28. Get Up Offa That Thing — James Brown
29. Papas Got a Brand New Bag — James Brown
30. Mind Power — James Brown
31. Papa's Got A Brand New Bag — James Brown
32. Funky Drummer — James Brown
33. I Got You (I Feel Good) — James Brown
34. Get On The Good Foot — James Brown
35. Soul Power — James Brown
36. Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine — James Brown
37. Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose — James Brown
38. Blind Man Can See It — James Brown
39. Super Bad — James Brown
40. Get On The Good Foot, Pt. 1 — James Brown
41. Woman — James Brown
42. It's A New Day — James Brown
43. Try Me — James Brown
44. Down And Out In New York City — James Brown
45. Doing The Best I Can — James Brown
46. Medley: Get Up Offa That Thing/Release The Pressure — James Brown
47. My Thang — James Brown
48. I'll Go Crazy — James Brown
49. We Got To Change — James Brown
50. Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine — James Brown
51. Why Am I Treat So Bad — James Brown
52. Say It Loud - I'm Black And I'm Proud — James Brown
53. Make It Funky — James Brown
54. Hell — James Brown
55. Good Good Lovin' — James Brown
56. Like It Is, Like It Was — James Brown
57. It's Magic — James Brown
58. I Don't Mind — James Brown
59. After You Done It — James Brown
60. All The Way — James Brown
61. Blues & Pants — James Brown
62. (Call Me) Super Bad — James Brown
63. Unchained (The Payback / Untouchable) — James Brown
64. I Got The Feelin' — James Brown
65. This Is a Man's World — James Brown
66. It's a Man's World — James Brown
67. I'm Real — James Brown
68. Rapp Payback — James Brown
69. The Chicken — James Brown
70. Ain't It Funky Now (Parts 1 and 2) — James Brown
71. Only You — James Brown
72. If You Don't Give A Dogone About It — James Brown
73. Please, Please, Please — James Brown
74. Slaughter Theme — James Brown
75. That's My Desire — James Brown
76. Stone Cold Drag — James Brown
77. Don't Tell It — James Brown
78. Stay with Me — James Brown
79. It's a Man's, Man's World — James Brown
80. Get Up Off Of Me — James Brown

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