Get on the Good Foot

"Get on the Good Foot - Part 1"
"Get on the Good Foot - Part 1"
Single by James Brown
from the album Get on the Good Foot
B-side	"Get on the Good Foot - Part 2"
Released	July 1972
Recorded	May 9, 1972, Soundcraft Studios, North Augusta, SC
Genre	Funk
Length	3:36 (Part 1); 2:39 (Part 2);
Label	Polydor; 14139
Songwriter(s)	James Brown; Fred Wesley; Joseph Mims;
Producer(s)	James Brown
James Brown charting singles chronology
Audio video
	"Get On The Good Foot (Pt.1 & 2)" on YouTube

"Get on the Good Foot" is a funk song performed by James Brown. It was released in 1972 as a two-part single that charted #1 R&B and #18 Pop.^[1]^[2] It also appeared on an album of the same name released that year. Partly due to the unwillingness of Brown's record labels to certify sales of his previous hits, "Get on the Good Foot" was his first gold record.^[3] Billboard ranked it as the No. 99 song for 1972.^[4]

Performances of "Get on the Good Foot" appear on the albums Hot on the One, Live in New York, Live at Chastain Park and Live at the Apollo 1995

Personnel

James Brown - lead vocal, organ

with The J.B.'s:

Russell Crimes - trumpet
Ike Oakley - trumpet
Fred Wesley - trombone
Jimmy Parker - alto saxophone
St. Clair Pinckney - tenor saxophone
Hearlon "Cheese" Martin - guitar
Bobby Roach - guitar
Fred Thomas - bass
John "Jabo" Starks - drums^[5]

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)^[6]	Gold	1,000,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ White, Cliff (1991). "Discography". In Star Time (pp. 54–59) [CD booklet]. New York: PolyGram Records.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 85.
^ Wolk, Douglas. (2004). Live at the Apollo, 26. New York: Continuum.
^ Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1972
^ Leeds, Alan, and Harry Weinger (1991). "Star Time: Song by Song". In Star Time (pp. 46–53) [CD booklet]. New York: PolyGram Records.
^ "American single certifications – James Brown – Get on the Good Foot". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved May 12, 2022.