SINGLES LIST
James Brown is #2 of
all
time with hit records behind Elvis Presley. He is number 1 in R&B
hits with
over 116 charted hits during his career :
James Brown has 96 top 100 hits,
Aretha Franklin 86
James Brown has 116 R&B hits,
Aretha Franklin 90+
Related topic :Hit list
| Top R&B : | Top 50 | Top 20 | Top 5 |
| Please Please Please / Why Do You Do Me? | Federal 12258 | 1956 | 6 |
| I Don't Know / I Feel That Old Feeling Coming On | Federal 12264 | 1956 | |
| No, No, No / Hold My Baby's Hand | Federal 12277 | 1956 | |
| Just Won't Do Right / Let's Make It | Federal 12289 | 1956 | |
| Chonnie On Chon / I Won't Plead No More | Federal 12290 | 1957 | |
| Can't Be The Same / Gonna Try | Federal 12292 | 1957 | |
| Love Or A Game / Messing With The Blues | Federal 12295 | 1957 | |
| You're Mine, You're Mine / I Walked Alone | Federal 12300 | 1957 | |
| That Dood It / Baby Cries Over The Ocean | Federal 12311 | 1957 | |
| Begging Begging / That's When I Lost My Heart | Federal 12316 | 1958 | |
| Try Me / Tell Me What I Did Wrong | Federal 12337 | 1958 | 1 |
| I Want You So Bad / There Must Be A Reason | Federal 12348 | 1959 | 20 |
| I've Got To Change / It Hurts To Tell You | Federal 12352 | 1959 | |
| Good Good Lovin' / Don't Let It Happen To Me | Federal 12361 | 1959 | |
| Got To Cry / It Was You | Federal 12364 | 1959 | |
| I'll Go Crazy / I Know It's True (I Found Someone) | Federal 12369 | 1960 | 15 |
| Think / You've Got The Power | Federal 12370 | 1960 | 7 |
| This Old Heart / Wonder When You're Coming Home | Federal 12378 | 1960 | 20 |
| The Bells / And I Do Just What I Want | King 5423 | 1960 | |
| Hold It (Instrumental) / The Scratch (Instrumental) | King 5438 | 1961 | |
| Bewildered / If You Want Me | King 5442 | 1961 | 8 |
| I Don't Mind / Love Don't Love Nobody | King 5466 | 1961 | 4 |
| Suds (Instrumental) / Sticky (Instrumental) | King 5485 | 1961 | |
| Cross Firing (Instrumental) / Night Flying (Instrumental) | King 5519 | 1961 | |
| Baby, You're Right / I'll Never Never Let You Go | King 5524 | 1961 | 2 |
| I Love You, Yes I Do / Just You and Me Darling | King 5547 | 1961 | |
| Lost Someone / Cross Firing | King 5573 | 1961/2 | |
| Night Train / Why Does Everything Happen To Me | King 5614 | 1962 | 5 |
| Shout and Shimmy / Come Over Here | King 5657 | 1962 | 16 |
| Mashed Potatoes USA / You Don't Have To Go | King 5672 | 1962 | 21 |
| Three Hearts In A Tangle / I've Got Money | King 5701 | 1963 | 18 |
| Like A Baby / Every Beat Of My Heart (Instrumental) | King 5710 | 1963 | 24 |
| Prisoner Of Love / Choo Choo (Locomotion) (Instrumental) | King 5739 | 1963 | 6 |
| These Foolish Things / (Can You) Feel It (Part 1) (Instrumental) | King 5767 | 1963 | 25 |
| Signed Sealed and Delivered / Waiting In Vain | King 5803 | 1963 | |
| I've Got To Change / The Bells | King 5829 | 1963 | |
| Oh Baby, Don't You Weep (Part 1) / Oh Baby, Don't You Weep (Part 2) | King 5842 | 1964 | |
| Please Please Please / In The Wee Wee Hours | King 5853 | 1964 | |
| Caldonia / Evil (Instrumental) | Smash 1898 | 1964 | |
| Again / How Long Darling | King 5876 | 1964 | |
| So Long / Dancing Little Thing | King 5899 | 1964 | |
| The Things I Used To Do / Out Of Sight | Smash1908 | 1964 | |
| Out Of Sight / Maybe The Last Time | Smash1919 | 1964 | |
| Tell Me What You're Gonna Do / I Don't Care | King 5922 | 1964 | |
| Think / Try Me | King 5952 | 1964 | |
| Fine Old Foxyself / Medley: Found Someone / Why Do You Do Me / I Want You So Bad (Live) | King 5956 | 1964 | |
| Have Mercy Baby / Just Won't Do Right | King 5968 | 1964/5 | |
| Devil's Hideaway (Instrumental) / Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf (Instrumental) | Smash1975 | 1965 | |
| I Got You / Only You | Smash1989 | 1965 | |
| This Old Heart / It Was You | King 5995 | 1965 | |
| Papa's Got A Brand New Bag (Part 1) / Papa's Got A Brand New Bag (Part 2) | King 5999 | 1965 | 1 |
| Try Me (Instrumental) / Papa's Got A Brand New Bag | Smash 2008 | 1965/6 | 34 |
| I Got You (I Feel Good) / I Can't Help It (I Just Do Do Do) | King 6015 | 1965 | 1 |
| Lost Someone (Live) / I'll Go Crazy (Live) | King 6020 | 1966 | 38 |
| Ain't That A Groove (Part 1) / Ain't That A Groove (Part 2) | King 6025 | 1966 | 6 |
| Prisoner of Love / I've Got To Change | King 6029 | 1966 | |
| New Breed (Part 1) (Instrumental) / New Breed (Part 2) (Instrumental) | Smash 2028 | 1965 | |
| Come Over Here / Tell Me What You're Gonna Do | King 6032 | 1966 | |
| It's A Man's Man's World / Is It Yes Or Is It No | King 6035 | 1966 | 1 |
| Just Won't Do Right / I've Got Money | King 6037 | 1966 | |
| James Brown's BooGaLoo (Instrumental) / Lost In A Mood Of Changes (Instrumental) | Smash 2042 | 1966 | |
| It Was You / I Don't Care | King 6040 | 1966 | |
| This Old Heart / How Long Darling | King 6044 | 1966 | |
| Money Won't Change You (Part 1) / Money Won't Change You (Part 2) | King 6048 | 1966 | 11 |
| Don't Be A Drop Out / Tell Me That You Love Me | King 6056 | 1966 | 4 |
| The Christmas Song (Version 1) / The Christmas Song (Version 2) | King 6064 | 1966 | |
| Sweet Little Baby Boy (Part 1) / Sweet Little Baby Boy (Part 2) | King 6065 | 1966 | |
| Let's Make Christmas Mean Something This Year (Part 1) / Let's Make Christmas Mean Something This Year (Part 2) | King 6072 | 1966 | |
| Bring It Up / Nobody Knows | King 6071 | 1967 | 7 |
| Let's Go Get Stoned (Instrumental) / Our Day Will Come (Instrumental) | Smash 2064 | 1967 | |
| Let Yourself Go / Stone Fox (Instrumental) | King 6080 | 1967 | |
| Kansas City / Stone Fox (Instrumental) | King 6086 | 1967 | 21 |
| Think (with Vicki Anderson) / Nobody Cares (Vicki Anderson) | King 6091 | 1967 | |
| Let Yourself Go / Good Rockin' Tonight | King 6100 | 1967 | 5 |
| Jimmy Mack (Instrumental) / What Do You Like (Instrumental) | Smash 2093 | 1967 | |
| I Love You Porgy / Yours and Mine (Instrumental) | Bethlehem 3089 | 1967 | |
| Cold Sweat (Part 1) / Cold Sweat (Part 2) | King 6110 | 1967 | 1 |
| It Won't Be Me / Mona Lisa | King 6111 | 1967 (cancelled) | |
| Get It Together (Part 1) / Get It Together (Part 2) | King 6122 | 1967 | 11 |
| Funky Soul No 1 (Instrumental) / The Soul Of JB (Instrumental) | King 6133 | 1967 | |
| I Can't Stand Myself / There Was A Time | King 6144 | 1967/8 | 3 |
| You've Got To Change Your Mind (with Bobby Byrd) / You've Got To Change Your Mind (Bobby Byrd) | King 6151 | 1968 | 47 |
| You've Got The Power (with Vicki Anderson) / What The World Needs Now Is Love (Vicki Anderson) | King 6152 | 1968 | |
| I Got The Feelin' / If I Ruled The World | King 6155 | 1968 | 1 |
| Maybe Good, Maybe Bad (Part 1) / Maybe Good, Maybe Bad (Part 2) (Instrumental) | King 6159 | 1968 | |
| Shhhhhhhhh (For A Little While) / Here I Go (Instrumental) | King 6164 | 1968 | |
| Licking Stick (Part 1) / Licking Stick (Part 2) | King 6166 | 1968 | 2 |
| America Is My Home (Part 1) / America Is My Home (Part 2) | King 6112 | 1968 | 13 |
| I Guess I'll Have To Cry Cry Cry / Just Plain Funk (Instrumental) | King 6141 | 1968 | 15 |
| Say It Loud I'm Black and I'm Proud (Part 1) / Say It Loud I'm Black and I'm Proud (Part 2) | King 6187 | 1968 | 1 |
| Goodbye My Love / Shades of Brown (Instrumental) | King 6198 | 1968/9 | 9 |
| Santa Claus Goes Straight To The Ghetto / You Know It (Instrumental) | King 6203 | 1969 | |
| Tit For Tat (Ain't No Talking Back) / Believers Shall Enjoy (Instrumental) | King 6204 | 1968 | |
| Lets Unite The Whole World At Christmas / In The Middle (Part 1) (Instrumental) | King 6205 | 1968 | |
| Give It Up Or Turn It Loose / I'll Lose My Mind | King 6213 | 1969 | 1 |
| "Steve Soul" A Talk With The News / Shades of Brown (Instrumental) | King 6216 | 1969 | |
| You've Got To Have A Job (with Marva Whitney) / I'm Tired, I'm Tired, I'm Tired (Marva Whitney) | King 6218 | 1969 | |
| Soul Pride (Part 1) (Instrumental) / Soul Pride (Part 2) | King 6222 | 1969 | 33 |
| You've Got To Have A Mother For Me (Part 1) / You've Got To Have A Mother For Me (Part 2) | King 6223 | (unreleased) | |
| I Don't Want Nobody To Give Me Nothing (Part 1) / I Don't Want Nobody To Give Me Nothing (Part 2) | King 6224 | 1969 | 3 |
| The Little Groove Maker, Me (Part 1) (Live) / The Little Groove Maker, Me (Part 2) (Live) | King 6235 | 1969 (unissued) | |
| The Little Groove Maker, Me (Live) / Any Day Now | King 6235 | 1969 (unissued) | |
| The Little Groove Maker, Me (Live) / I'm Shook | King 6235 | 1969 (withdrawn) | |
| The Popcorn (Instrumental) / The Chicken (Instrumental) | King 6240 | 1969 | 11 |
| Mother Popcorn (Part 1) / Mother Popcorn (Part 2) | King 6245 | 1969 | 1 |
| Lowdown Popcorn (Instrumental) / Top of The Stack (Instrumental) | King 6250 | 1969 | 16 |
| World (Part 1) / World (Part 2) | King 6258 | 1969 | 8 |
| Let A Man Come In and Do The Popcorn (Part 1) / Sometime | King 6255 | 1969 | 2 |
| I'm Not Demanding (Part 1) / I'm Not Demanding (Part 2) | King 6273 | (unissued) | |
| Ain't It Funky Now (Part 1) (Instrumental) / Ain't It Funky Now (Part 2) (Instrumental) | King 6280 | 1969/70 | 3 |
| Let A Man Come In and Do The Popcorn (Part 2) / Gittin' A Little Hipper (Part 2) | King 6275 | 1969 /70 | 6 |
| It's Christmas Time (Part 1) / It's Christmas Time (Part 2) | King 6277 | 1969 | |
| "Steve Soul" Soul President / Popcorn with Feeling (Instrumental) | Federal 12551 | 1970 | |
| Brother Rapp (Part 1) / Brother Rapp (Part 2) | King 6285 | (unissued) | |
| Funky Drummer (Part 1) (Instrumental) / Funky Drummer (Part 2) (Instrumental) | King 6290 | 1970 | 20 |
| It's A New Day (Part 1) / Georgia On My Mind | King 6292 | 1970 | 3 |
| Let It Be Me (with Vicki Anderson) / No More Heartaches No More Pain (Vicki Anderson) | King 6293 | 1970 | |
| Talkin' Loud and Sayin' Nothin' (Part 1) / Talkin' Loud and Sayin' Nothin' (Part 2) | King 6300 | (unissued) | |
| Brother Rapp (Part 1) / Brother Rapp (Part 2) / Bewildered | King 6310 | 1970 | 2 |
| Get Up, I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine (Part 1) / Get Up, I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine (Part 2) | King 6318 | 1970 | 2 |
| A Man Has To Back To The Crossroads / The Drunk (Instrumental) | Bethlehem 3098 | 1970 | |
| I'm Not Demanding (Part 1) / I'm Not Demanding (Part 2) | King 6322 | (unissued) | |
| Super Bad (Part 1) / Super Bad (Part 2) / Super Bad (Part 3) | King 6329 | 1970 | 1 |
| Hey America / Hey America (Instrumental) | King 6339 | 1970 | |
| Santa Claus Is Definitely Here To Stay / Santa Claus Is Definitely Here To Stay (Instrumental) | King 6340 | 1970 | |
| Get Up Get Into It , and Get Involved (Part 1) / Get Up Get Into It , and Get Involved (Part 2) | King 6347 | 1971 | 4 |
| Talkin' Loud and Sayin' Nothin' (Part 1) / Talkin' Loud and Sayin' Nothin' (Part 2) | King 6359 | (unissued) | |
| Spinning Wheel (Part 1) / Spinning Wheel (Part 2) (Instrumental) | King 6366 | 1971 | |
| Soul Power (Part 1) / Soul Power (Part 2) | King 6368 | 1971 | 3 |
| I Cried / World (Part 2) | King 6363 | 1971 | 15 |
| Escape-ism (Part 1) / Escape-ism (Part 2) | People 2500 | 1971 | 6 |
| Hot Pants (Part 1) / Hot Pants (Part 2) / Hot Pants (Part 3) | People 2501 | 1971 | 1 |
| Make It Funky (Part 1) / Make It Funky (Part 2) | Polydor 14088 | 1971 | 1 |
| My Part / Make It Funky (Part 3) / Make It Funky (Part 4) | Polydor 14098 | 1971 | |
| I'm A Greedy Man (Part 1) / I'm A Greedy Man (Part 2) | Polydor 14100 | 1971/2 | 7 |
| Talkin' Loud and Sayin' Nothin' (Part 1) / Talkin' Loud and Sayin' Nothin' (Part 2) | Polydor 14109 | 1972 | 1 |
| King Heroin / Theme FromKing Heroin (Instrumental) | Polydor 14116 | 1972 | 6 |
| There It Is (Part 1) / There It Is (Part 2) | Polydor 14125 | 1971/2 | 4 |
| Honky Tonk (Part 1) / Honky Tonk (Part 2) | Polydor 14129 | 1972 | 7 |
| Get On The Good Foot (Part 1) / Get On The Good Foot (Part 2) | Polydor 14139 | 1972 | 1 |
| Interview and There It Is (flipside by Elton John) | What Is All About | 1972 | |
| I Got A Bag of My Own / Public Enemy No 1 (Part 1) | Polydor 14153 | 1972/3 | 3 |
| What My Baby Needs Now Is A Little More Lovin' (with Lynn Collins) / This Guy's In Love With You | Polydor 14157 | 1972/3 | 17 |
| Santa Claus Goes Straight To The Ghetto / Sweet Little Baby Boy | Polydor 14161 | 1972 | |
| I Got Ants In My Pants (Part 1) / I Got Ants In My Pants (Part 2) | Polydor 14162 | 1973 | 4 |
| Down and Out In New York City / Mama's Dead | Polydor 14168 | 1973 | 13 |
| The Boss / Like It Is, Like It Was | Polydor 14169 | 1973 | |
| Think / Something | Polydor 14177 | 1973 | 15 |
| Think (with Vicki Anderson) / Something | Polydor 14185 | 1973 | 37 |
| Woman (Part 1) / Woman (Part 2) | Polydor 14193 | (unissued) | |
| Sexy Sexy Sexy / Slaughter Theme | Polydor 14194 | 1973 | 6 |
| Let It Be Me (with Lynn Collins) / It's All Right | Polydor 14199 | (unissued) | |
| Stone To The Bone (Part 1) / Stone To The Bone (Part 2) | Polydor 14210 | 1973/4 | 4 |
| The Payback (Part 1) / The Payback (Part 2) | Polydor 14223 | 1974 | 1 |
| My Thang / Public Enemy No 1 (Part 1) | Polydor 14244 | 1974 | 1 |
| Papa Don't Take No Mess (Part 1) / Papa Don't Take No Mess (Part 2) | Polydor 14255 | 1974 | 1 |
| Funky President (People It's Bad)/ Cold Blooded | Polydor 14258 | 1974/5 | 4 |
| Reality / I Need Your Love So Bad | Polydor 14268 | 1975 | 19 |
| Sex Machine (Part 1) / Sex Machine (Part 2) | Polydor 14270 | 1975 | 16 |
| Dead On It (Part 1) / Dead On It (Part 2) | Polydor 14279 | (withdrawn) | |
| Hustle! (Dead On It) (Part 1) / Hustle! (Dead On It) (Part 2) | Polydor 14281 | 1975 | 11 |
| Superbad, Superslick (Part 1) / Superbad, Superslick (Part 2) | Polydor 14295 | 1975 | 28 |
| Hot (I Need To Be Loved Loved Loved) / Superbad, Superslick (Part 1) | Polydor 14301 | 1976 | 31 |
| Dooley's Junkyard Dogs / Dooley's Junkyard Dogs (Short Version) | Polydor 14303 | 1976 | |
| (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons / Goodnight My Love | Polydor 14304 | 1976 | 70 |
| Get Up Off That Thing / Release The Pressure | Polydor 14326 | 1976 | 4 |
| I Refuse To Lose / Home Again | Polydor 14354 | 1976 | 47 |
| Bodyheat (Part 1) / Bodyheat (Part 2) | Polydor 14360 | 1976/7 | 13 |
| Kiss In 77 / Woman | Polydor 14388 | 1977 | 35 |
| Give Me Some Skin / People Wake Up and Live (with The JB's) | Polydor 14409 | 1977 | 20 |
| Take Me Higher and Groove Me / Summertime (with Martha High) | Polydor 14433 | 1977 | |
| People Who Criticize / If You Don't Give A Doggone About It | Polydor 14438 | 1977/8 | 45 |
| Love Me Tender / Have A Happy Day | Polydor 14460 | 1978 | |
| Eyesight / I Never Never Never Will Forget | Polydor 14465 | 1978 | 38 |
| The Spank / Love Me Tender | Polydor 14487 | 1978 | 26 |
| Nature (Part 1) / Nature (Part 2) | Polydor 14512 | 1978 | |
| For Goodness Sakes Look At Those Cakes (Part 1) / For Goodness Sakes Look At Those Cakes (Part 2) | Polydor 14522 | 1978 | 52 |
| Someone To Talk To (Part 1) / Someone To Talk To (Part 2) | Polydor 14540 | 1979 | |
| It's Too Funky In Here / Are We Really Dancing? | Polydor 14557 | 1979 | 15 |
| Star Generation / Women Are Something Else | Polydor 2005 | 1979 | 63 |
| Let The Boogie Do The Rest / The Original Disco Man | Polydor 2034 | 1979 | |
| Regrets / Stone Cold Drag | Polydor 2054 | 1980 | 63 |
| Let The Funk Flow / Something That's All There Is | Polydor 2078 | 1979 | |
| Rapp Payback (Where Iz Moses) (Part 1) / Rapp Payback (Where Iz Moses) (Part 2) | TK 1039 | 1980 | 46 |
| Rapp Payback (Where Iz Moses) (Part 1) / Rapp Payback (Where Iz Moses) (Part 2) | TK 452 12" | 1980 | |
| Get Up Off That Thing (Live) / It's Too Funky In Here (Live) | Polydor 2129 | 1980 | |
| Give That Bass Player Some (Part 1) / Give That Bass Player Some (Part 2) | Polydor 2167 | 1981 | |
| Stay With Me / Smokin' and Drinkin' | TK 1042 | 1981 | 80 |
| God Has Smiled On Me (Part 1)
(with Rev Al Sharpton and The Gospel Energies) / God Has Smiled On Me (Part 2) (with Rev Al Sharpton and The Gospel Energies) |
RoyalKing 7900 | 1981 | |
| Bring It On Bring It On / The Night Time Is The Right Time | Augusta Sound 94023 | 1983 | |
| The Night Time Is The Right Time / As Long As I Love You (I'm Searchin') / For Your Precious Love | Augusta Sound 4500 12" | 1983 | |
| King of Soul / Theme From Doctor Detroit (by Devo) | Backstreet/MCA 55215 | 1983 | |
| Unity (with Africa Bambaata) (Part 1) / Unity (with Africa Bambaata) (Part 2) | Tommy Boy 847 | 1984 | |
| Unity (with Africa Bambaata) (Part 1-6) | Tommy Boy 847 12" | 1984 | |
| Living In America / Farewell (by Dicola) | Scotti Brothers 05682 | 1985/6 | |
| Living In America / Living In America (Version 1) / Living In America (Version 2) | Scotti Brothers 05310 | 1985 | 4 |
| Gravity / Gravity (Dub) | Scotti Brothers 06275 | 1986 | |
| How Do You Stop / House of Rock | Scotti Brothers 06568 | 1987 | |
| Lets Get Personal / Repeat The Best | Scotti Brothers 07090 | 1987 | |
| I'm Real / Tribute | Scotti Brothers 07783 | 1988 | |
| Static / Godfather Running The Joint | Scotti Brothers 07975 | 1988 | |
| Gimme Your Love (with Aretha Franklin) / Think (with Aretha Franklin) | Arista 9884 | 1989 | |
| Time To Get Busy / Busy JB | Scotti Brothers 08088 | 1988 | |
| It's Your Money / You and Me | Scotti Brothers 68559 | 1989 | |
| Move On / You Are My Everything | Scotti Brothers 5268 | 1991 | |
| It's Time To Love / Put A Little Love | Scotti Brothers 75295 | 1991 | |
| Can't Get Any Harder / (?) | Scotti Brothers 75352 | 1993 | |
| How Long / (?) | Scotti Brothers 75364 | 1993 | |
| Georgia Line / Make It Funky | Scotti Brothers 75376 | 1993 | |
| Hooked On Brown / (?) | Scotti Brothers 78094 | 1996 |
See also the Hit
List