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I've Got Money

I've Got Money

1962 single by James Brown


"I've Got Money" is a song written and recorded by James Brown. It was released as the B-side of Brown's 1962 R&B hit "Three Hearts in a Tangle". It charted on its own, reaching #93 on the Billboard Hot 100.[1] Both songs appeared on the album Tour the U.S.A..

Quick Facts Single by James Brown, from the album Tour the U.S.A. ...

Biographer R.J. Smith describes "I've Got Money" as "one of the less-known great records of Brown's career":

It's a song whose time has yet to arrive, and it's barely a song. It's like a blueprint of some uncanny object. It's an assemblage of parts: a scimitar guitar chord coming down on the One, a show band horn chorus quoting Judy Garland's "The Trolley Song," and [Clayton Fillyau's] stampeding drums. The parts are arranged in a line, one beside the next - an incomprehensible rebus.[2]

Both Smith and Allmusic's Richie Unterberger point to the song as a stylistic precursor to Brown's later funk recordings.[3]

The Crazy World of Arthur Brown covered "I Got Money" on their 1968 self-titled debut album.


References

  1. White, Cliff (1991). "Discography". In Star Time (pp. 54–59) [CD booklet]. New York: PolyGram Records.
  2. Smith, R.J. (2012). The One: The Life and Music of James Brown, 119. New York: Gotham Books.
  3. Richie Unterberger. "I've Got Money - James Brown | Song Info". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-09-26.




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