Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine
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"Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine" is a 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]
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"Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine (Part 1)" | ||||
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Single by James Brown | ||||
B-side | "Get Up I Feel Like Being Like a Sex Machine (Part 2)" | |||
Released | July 1970 (1970-07) | |||
Recorded | April 25, 1970, Starday-King Studios, Nashville, TN | |||
Genre | Funk[1] | |||
Length | 2:49 (Single part 1) 2:33 (Single part 2) 5:15 (Complete original version) 10:48 (Album version) | |||
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Producer(s) | James Brown | |||
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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]