Papa Don't Take No Mess
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Augusta, GA | ||||
| Genre | Funk | |||
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| Label | Polydor 14255 | |||
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| Producer(s) | James Brown | |||
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| "Papa Don't Take No Mess" on YouTube | ||||
"Papa Don't Take No Mess" is a
.Like "The Payback," "Papa Don't Take No Mess" was originally recorded for a rejected soundtrack to the blaxploitation film Hell Up in Harlem.
Record World said that the song is "carefully fashioned from disco and pure black leather funk."[3]
Personnel
- James Brown - lead vocal
with Fred Wesley and The J.B.'s:
- Fred Wesley - trombone
- Ike Oakley - trumpet
- Maceo Parker - alto saxophone
- St. Clair Pinckney - tenor saxophone
- Jimmy Nolen - guitar
- Hearlon "Cheese" Martin - guitar
- Fred Thomas - bass
- John "Jabo" Starks- drums
- John Morgan or Johnny Griggs - percussion[4]
A piano solo, performed by Brown, is included in the longer edit that appears on the Hell album.
Covers and samples
Steely Dan covered this song in the band introduction segment of their "Rarities night" concerts in September 2011.
The song, like much of Brown's catalogue, was sampled into many other compositions, most notably in Janet Jackson's 1993 hit song "That's the Way Love Goes".
References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 85.
- ^ White, Cliff (1991). "Discography". In Star Time (pp. 54–59) [CD booklet]. New York: PolyGram Records.
- ^ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. August 24, 1974. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
- ^ Leeds, Alan, and Harry Weinger (1991). "Star Time: Song by Song". In Star Time (pp. 46–53) [CD booklet]. New York: PolyGram Records.
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