Ain't It Funky is the 27th full-length studio album by American musician James Brown. The album was recorded between 1966 and 1969 and originally released in January 1970. Much of the album is previously James Brown produced material with Kenny Poole's guitar replacing the vocal track.
Use Your Mother, which itself was an instrumental remix of the yet unreleased You Got To Have A Mother For Me, was used as the instrumental for Bobby Byrd's I Need Help. After You Done It samples Marva Whitney's I Made A Mistake Because It's Only You, which was produced by James Brown.
Chart performance Ain't It Funky was the first of 4 albums Brown released in 1970, and it remained the highest-chart one. The album debuted on Billboard magazine's Top LP's chart in the issue dated February 14, 1970, peaking at No. 43 during a twelve-week run on the chart. The album entered Cashbox magazine's Top 100 Albums chart in the issue dated February 21, 1970, peaking at No. 71 during a seven-week run on it. The album did much better on the Best-Selling Soul LPs chart published by Billboard, where it reached No. 5 in March 1970.
Track listing
Personnel James Brown – lead vocals, organ Richard "Kush" Griffith, Joe Davis – trumpet Fred Wesley – trombone Maceo Parker, Eldee Williams – tenor saxophone St. Clair Pinckney – baritone saxophone Jimmy Nolen, Alfonzo Kellum – guitar Sweet Charles Sherrell – bass Clyde Stubblefield, Jabo Starks – drums
Overdubs ("Cold Sweat", "Give It Up or Turnit a Loose", "Use Your Mother", "After You Done It")
Kenny Poole – guitar Charts
+Chart peaks for Ain't It Funky Chart (1970) Peakposition US Billboard Top LPs 43 US Billboard Best-Selling Soul LPs 5 US Cashbox Top 100 Albums 71 References