"Get on the Good Foot" (sometimes known simply as "Good Foot") is a funk

Funk

Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...

 song

Song

In music, a song is a composition for voice or voices, performed by singing.A song may be accompanied by musical instruments, or it may be unaccompanied, as in the case of a cappella songs...

 performed by James Brown

James Brown

James Joseph Brown was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and recording artist. He is the originator of Funk and is recognized as a major figure in the 20th century popular music for both his vocals and dancing. He has been referred to as "The Godfather of Soul," "Mr...

. It was released in 1972

1972 in music

-Events:*January 17 – Highway 51 South in Memphis, Tennessee is renamed "Elvis Presley Boulevard"*January 20 – The début of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon at The Dome, Brighton, is halted by technical difficulties,...

 as a two-part single

Single (music)

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 and became a number one R&B hit and also peaked at number eighteen on the Hot 100..The song was also included on the double album

Double album

A double album is an audio album which spans two units of the primary medium in which it is sold, typically records and compact discs....

 of the same name released that year.

The song's co-writer Fred Wesley

Fred Wesley

Fred Wesley is an American jazz and funk trombonist, best known for his work with James Brown in the 1960s and 1970s.-Biography:...

 analyzes the individual elements of the song on a bonus track of the DVD

DVD

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 release of the PBS

Public Broadcasting Service

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 American Masters

American Masters

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documentary

Documentary film

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 James Brown: Soul Survivor.

Personnel

• James Brown - lead vocal, organ

with The J.B.'s

The J.B.'s

The J.B.'s were James Brown's band during the first half of the 1970s. On record the J.B.'s were sometimes billed under various alternate names such as The James Brown Soul Train, Maceo and the Macks, A.A.B.B., The First Family and The Last Word...

:

• Russell Crimes - trumpet
• Ike Oakley - trumpet
• Fred Wesley
  Fred Wesley
  Fred Wesley is an American jazz and funk trombonist, best known for his work with James Brown in the 1960s and 1970s.-Biography:...
  
   - trombone
• Jimmy Parker - alto saxophone
• St. Clair Pinckney
  St. Clair Pinckney
  St. Clair Pinckney was a saxophonist who performed with James Brown as a member of the James Brown Orchestra and The J.B.'s. He played tenor and baritone saxophone.-External links:*...
  
   - tenor saxophone
• Hearlon "Cheese" Martin - guitar
• Bobby Roach - guitar
• John "Jabo" Starks - drums

External links

• [ Song Review] from Allmusic
• Songs which sample "Get on the Good Foot"