Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine

"Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine (Part 1)"
King label with variant title wording
Single by James Brown
B-side"Get Up I Feel Like Being Like a Sex Machine (Part 2)"
ReleasedJuly 1970 (1970-07)
RecordedApril 25, 1970, Starday-King Studios, Nashville, TN
GenreFunk[1]
Length2:49 (Single part 1)
2:33 (Single part 2)
5:15 (Complete original version)
10:48 (Album version)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)James Brown
James Brown charting singles chronology
"Brother Rapp (Part 1) & (Part 2)"
(1970)
"Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine (Part 1)"
(1970)
"Super Bad (Part 1 & Part 2)"
(1970)
Audio sample
Audio video
"Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine" on YouTube

"Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine" is a funk song recorded by James Brown with Bobby Byrd on backing vocals. Released as a two-part single in 1970, it was a no. 2 R&B hit and reached no. 15 on the Billboard Hot 100.[2]

In 2004, "Sex Machine" was ranked number 326 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest songs of all time.[3] In the 2021 update of the list it had risen to 196.[4]

In 2014, the 1970 recording of "Get Up - I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine" by James Brown on the King Records label was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.[5]

  1. ^ "R&B » Soul » Funk". AllMusic. Retrieved July 5, 2014.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference awards was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (1-500)". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on August 20, 2006.
  4. ^ "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. September 15, 2021. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
  5. ^ "GRAMMY Hall Of Fame | Hall of Fame Artists | GRAMMY.com". grammy.com.

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