Date Title Points Charts Links Comment
1. 1956 -1958 Please Please Please 61 MP3
1. 04/1956 Please, Please, Please
18 US R&B 5 MP3
2. 11/1958 Try Me
43 US 48 • US R&B ✫1 MP3
2. 1959 Try Me 7 MP3
1. 04/1959 I Want You So Bad
7 US R&B 20MP3
3. 1960 -1961 Think! 153 MP3
1. 02/1960 I'll Go Crazy
9 US R&B 15MP3
2. 05/1960 Think
41 US 33 • US R&B 7 MP3
3. 05/1960 You've Got the Power
16 US 86 • US R&B 14MP3
4. 08/1960 This Old Heart
15 US 79 • US R&B 20MP3
5. 02/1961 Bewildered
33 US 40 • US R&B 8 MP3
6. 08/1961 Baby, You're Right
39 US 49 • US R&B 2 MP3
4. 1960 -1961 The Amazing James Brown 58 MP3
1. 11/1960 The Bells
11 US 68MP3
2. 09/1961 Just You and Me, Darling
8 US R&B 17MP3
3. 12/1961 Lost Someone
40 US 48 • US R&B 2 MP3
5. 1961 Shout and Shimmy 35 MP3
1. 05/1961 I Don't Mind
35 US 47 • US R&B 4 MP3
6. 1962 Good, Good, Twistin' 21 MP3
1. 07/1962 Shout and Shimmy
21 US 61 • US R&B 16MP3
7. 1962 JB and His Famous Flames Tour the USA 27 MP3
1. 09/1962 Mashed Potatoes U.S.A.
14 US 82 • US R&B 21MP3
2. 12/1962 Three Hearts in a Tangle
13 US 93 • US R&B 18MP3
8. 1963 -1964 James Brown and His Famous Flames Tour the U.S.A. 15 MP3
1. 02/1963 Every Beat of My Heart
6 US 99MP3
2. 03/1963 Like a Baby
6 US R&B 24MP3
3. 04/1964 In the Wee Wee Hours (Of the Nite)
3 US 125MP3
9. 1963 -1964 Prisoner of Love 101 MP3
1. 04/1963 Prisoner of Love
80 US 18 • US R&B 6 MP3
2. 10/1963 Signed, Sealed, and Delivered
10 US 77MP3
3. 04/1964 Again
5 US 107 • US R&B 48MP3
4. 06/1964 How Long Darling
3 US 134MP3
5. 06/1964 So Long
3 US 132MP3
10. 1964 Pure Dynamite! 60 MP3
1. 01/1964 Oh Baby Don't You Weep (Part 1)
60 US 23 • US R&B 4 MP3
11. 1964 -1966 Out of Sight 633 MP3
1. 02/1964 Please, Please, Please
5 US 95MP3
2. 08/1964 Out of Sight
56 US 24 • US R&B 5 MP3
3. 09/1964 Maybe the Last Time
5 US 107 • US R&B 45MP3
4. 07/1965 Papa's Got a Brand New Bag (Part 1)
160 US 8 • US R&B ✫1 • UK 25MP3
5. 11/1965 I Got You (I Feel Good)
207 US 3 • US R&B ✫1 • UK 29MP3
6. 11/1965 Try Me
15 US 63 • US R&B 34MP3
7. 04/1966 It's a Man's Man's Man's World
184 US 8 • US R&B ✫1 • UK 13MP3
12. 1964 Showtime 19 MP3
1. 05/1964 Caldonia
8 US 95 • US R&B 39MP3
2. 06/1964 The Things That I Used to Do
11 US 99 • US R&B 21MP3
13. 1965 Grits & Soul 3 MP3
1. 04/1965 Devil's Hideaway
3 US 114MP3
14. 1966 It's a Man's Man's Man's World 33 MP3
1. 03/1966 Ain't That a Groove Pt. 1
33 US 42 • US R&B 6 MP3
15. 1966 -1967 Raw Soul 142 MP3
1. 07/1966 Money Won't Change You (Part 1)
24 US 53 • US R&B 11MP3
2. 10/1966 Don't Be a Drop-Out
33 US 50 • US R&B 4 MP3
3. 01/1967 Bring It Up
49 US 29 • US R&B 7 MP3
4. 05/1967 Let Yourself Go
36 US 46 • US R&B 5 MP3
16. 1967 Cold Sweat 160 MP3
1. 03/1967 Kansas City
21 US 55 • US R&B 21MP3
2. 07/1967 Cold Sweat (Part 1)
139 US 7 • US R&B ✫1 MP3
17. 1967 -1968 I Can't Stand Myself (When You Touch Me) 132 MP3
1. 10/1967 Get It Together (Part 1)
32 US 40 • US R&B 11MP3
2. 12/1967 I Can't Stand Myself (When You Touch Me)
56 US 28 • US R&B 4 MP3
3. 01/1968 There Was a Time
44 US 36 • US R&B 3 MP3
18. 1968 I Got the Feelin' 144 MP3
1. 03/1968 I Got the Feelin'
144 US 6 • US R&B ✫1 MP3
19. 1968 -1985 134 MP3
1. 05/1968 America Is My Home, Pt. 1
24 US 52 • US R&B 13MP3
2. 06/1972 Honky Tonk (Part 1)
35 US 44 • US R&B 7 MP3
3. 05/1973 Think
34 US 77 • US R&B 15 • UK 51MP3
4. 06/1973 Think
27 US 80 • US R&B 37 • UK 51MP3
5. 06/1985 Sex Machine
14 UK 47MP3
20. 1968 Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud 263 MP3
1. 05/1968 Licking Stick - Licking Stick (Part 1)
89 US 14 • US R&B 2 MP3
2. 07/1968 I Guess I'll Have to Cry, Cry, Cry
22 US 55 • US R&B 15MP3
3. 09/1968 Say It Loud I'm Black and I'm Proud (Part 1)
111 US 10 • US R&B ✫1 MP3
4. 11/1968 Goodbye My Love
40 US 31 • US R&B 9 MP3
21. 1968 A Soulful Christmas 7 MP3
1. 12/1968 Tit for Tat (Ain't No Taking Back)
7 US 86MP3
22. 1969 Ain't It Funky 154 MP3
1. 01/1969 Give It Up or Turn It a Loose
92 US 15 • US R&B ✫1 MP3
2. 11/1969 Ain't It Funky Now (Part 1)
62 US 24 • US R&B 3 MP3
23. 1969 The Popcorn 48 MP3
1. 04/1969 Soul Pride (Part I)
7 US 117 • US R&B 33MP3
2. 05/1969 The Popcorn
41 US 30 • US R&B 11MP3
24. 1969 It's a Mother 105 MP3
1. 06/1969 Mother Popcorn (You Got to Have a Mother for Me) (Part 1)
105 US 11 • US R&B ✫1 MP3
25. 1969 -1971 Sex Machine 198 MP3
1. 08/1969 Lowdown Popcorn
27 US 41 • US R&B 16MP3
2. 05/1970 Brother Rapp (Parts 1 & 2)
51 US 32 • US R&B 2 MP3
3. 07/1970 Get Up (I Feel Like Being Like a) Sex Machine
113 US 15 • US R&B 2 • UK 32MP3
4. 03/1971 Spinning Wheel Pt. 1
6 US 90MP3
26. 1969 -1970 It's a New Day – Let a Man Come In 191 MP3
1. 09/1969 World (Part 1)
36 US 37 • US R&B 8 MP3
2. 10/1969 Let a Man Come in and Do the Popcorn (Part 1)
71 US 21 • US R&B 2 MP3
3. 12/1969 Let a Man Come in and Do the Popcorn (Part 2)
36 US 40 • US R&B 6 MP3
4. 02/1970 It's a New Day (Parts 1 & 2)
48 US 32 • US R&B 3 MP3
27. 1970 Super Bad 97 MP3
1. 10/1970 Super Bad (Parts 1 & 2)
97 US 13 • US R&B ✫1 MP3
28. 1970 Hey America 19 MP3
1. 12/1970 Hey America
19 US 105 • UK 47MP3
29. 1971 Revolution of the Mind - Live at the Apollo, Volume III 179 MP3
1. 01/1971 Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved (Part 1)
47 US 34 • US R&B 4 MP3
2. 02/1971 Soul Power (Part 1)
55 US 29 • US R&B 3 MP3
3. 08/1971 Make It Funky (Part 1)
77 US 22 • US R&B ✫1 MP3
30. 1971 Hot Pants 154 MP3
1. 06/1971 Escape-ism (Part 1)
42 US 35 • US R&B 6 MP3
2. 07/1971 Hot Pants (Pt. 1) (She Got to Use What She Got to Get What She Wants)
111 US 15 • US R&B ✫1 • UK 51MP3
31. 1971 -1972 Get on the Good Foot 143 MP3
1. 10/1971 My Part/Make It Funky, Part 3
11 US 68MP3
2. 08/1972 Get on the Good Foot (Part 1)
91 US 18 • US R&B ✫1 MP3
3. 11/1972 I Got a Bag of My Own
42 US 44 • US R&B 3 MP3
32. 1971 -1972 There It Is 190 MP3
1. 11/1971 I'm a Greedy Man (Part 1)
41 US 35 • US R&B 7 MP3
2. 02/1972 Talking Loud and Saying Nothing (Part 1)
70 US 27 • US R&B ✫1 MP3
3. 03/1972 King Heroin
39 US 40 • US R&B 6 MP3
4. 05/1972 There It Is (Part 1)
41 US 43 • US R&B 4 MP3
33. 1973 Black Caesar 26 MP3
1. 03/1973 Down and Out in New York City
26 US 50 • US R&B 13MP3
34. 1973 Slaughter's Big Rip-off 33 MP3
1. 08/1973 Sexy, Sexy, Sexy
33 US 50 • US R&B 6 MP3
35. 1973 -1974 The Payback 112 MP3
1. 11/1973 Stoned to the Bone (Part 1)
49 US 58 • US R&B 4 • UK 52MP3
2. 03/1974 The Payback (Part 1)
63 US 26 • US R&B ✫1 MP3
36. 1974 Hell 111 MP3
1. 06/1974 My Thang
57 US 29 • US R&B ✫1 MP3
2. 08/1974 Papa Don't Take No Mess (Part 1)
53 US 31 • US R&B ✫1 MP3
37. 1974 -1975 Reality 64 MP3
1. 11/1974 Funky President (People It's Bad) / Cold Blooded
48 US 44 • US R&B 4 • UK 52MP3
2. 02/1975 Reality
16 US 80 • US R&B 19MP3
38. 1975 Sex Machine Today 21 MP3
1. 04/1975 Sex Machine (Part 1)
21 US 61 • US R&B 16MP3
39. 1975 Everybody's Doin' the Hustle and Dead on the Double Bump 15 MP3
1. 07/1975 Hustle!!! (Dead on It)
11 US R&B 11MP3
2. 10/1975 Superbad, Superslick (Part I)
5 US R&B 28MP3
40. 1975 -1976 Hot 5 MP3
1. 11/1975 Hot (I Need to Be Loved, Loved, Loved, Loved)
4 US R&B 31MP3
2. 03/1976 (I Love You) For sentimental reasons
1 US R&B 70MP3
41. 1976 Get Up Offa That Thing 86 MP3
1. 06/1976 Get Up Offa That Thing
84 US 45 • US dance 19 • US R&B 4 • UK 22MP3
2. 10/1976 I Refuse to Lose
2 US R&B 47MP3
42. 1976 -1977 Bodyheat 41 MP3
1. 12/1976 Bodyheat (Part 1)
37 US 88 • US R&B 13 • UK 36MP3
2. 04/1977 Kiss in 77
3 US R&B 35MP3
43. 1977 Mutha's Nature 9 MP3
1. 07/1977 Give Me Some Skin
7 US R&B 20MP3
2. 12/1977 If You Don't Give a Dogone About It
2 US R&B 45MP3
44. 1978 Jam 1980's 8 MP3
1. 04/1978 Eyesight
3 US R&B 38MP3
2. 06/1978 The Spank
5 US R&B 26MP3
45. 1978 Take a Look at Those Cakes 2 MP3
1. 12/1978 For Goodness Sakes, Look at Those Cakes (Part I)
2 US R&B 52MP3
46. 1979 The Original Disco Man 11 MP3
1. 05/1979 It's Too Funky in Here
10 US dance 65 • US R&B 15MP3
2. 09/1979 Star Generation
1 US R&B 63MP3
47. 1980 People 2 MP3
1. 01/1980 Regrets
2 US R&B 63MP3
48. 1980 -1981 Soul Syndrome 24 MP3
1. 11/1980 Rapp Payback (Where iz Moses)
23 US dance 65 • US R&B 46 • UK 39MP3
2. 04/1981 Stay with Me
1 US R&B 80MP3
49. 1983 Bring It On! 16 MP3
1. 05/1983 Bring It On... Bring It On
16 US R&B 73 • UK 45MP3
50. 1985 Rocky IV: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 271 MP3
1. 12/1985 Living in America
271 US 4 • US dance 3 • US R&B 10 • UK 5 MP3
51. 1986 Gravity 45 MP3
1. 10/1986 Gravity
29 US 93 • US dance 13 • US R&B 26 • UK 65MP3
2. 12/1986 How Do You Stop
16 US R&B 10 • UK 90MP3
52. 1988 I'm Real 93 MP3
1. 1988 I'm Real (all cuts)
3 US dance 35MP3
2. 05/1988 I'm Real
55 US dance 29 • US R&B 2 • UK 31MP3
3. 07/1988 Static
34 US dance 5 • US R&B 5 MP3
53. 1988 Motherlode 16 MP3
1. 01/1988 She's the One
16 UK 45MP3
54. 1991 Love Over-Due 2 MP3
1. 07/1991 (So Tired of Standing Still We Got to) Move On
2 US R&B 48MP3
55. 1993 Universal James 29 MP3
1. 03/1993 Can't Get Any Harder
29 US dance 7 • US R&B 76 • UK 59MP3
56. 1999 -2000 I'm Back 33 MP3
1. 04/1999 Funk On Ah Roll
19 UK 40MP3
2. 01/2000 Funk On Ah Roll
3 UK 156MP3
3. 04/2000 Funk On Ah Roll
11 UK 63MP3
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