Papa Don't Take No Mess

"Papa Don't Take No Mess" is a funk song performed by James Brown. An edited version of the song released as a two-part single in 1974 was Brown's 17th and final number one R&B hit and peaked at number thirty-one on the Hot 100.[1][2] The full-length version, nearly 14 minutes long, appeared on the double album Hell.

"Papa Don't Take No Mess"
Single by James Brown
from the album Hell
A-side"Papa Don't Take No Mess Part I"
B-side"Papa Don't Take No Mess Part II"
ReleasedAugust 1974 (1974-08)
RecordedAugust 23, 1973, International Studios, Augusta, GA
GenreFunk
Length
  • 4:30 (Part I)
  • 5:00 (Part II)
LabelPolydor
14255
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)James Brown
James Brown charting singles chronology
"My Thang"
(1974)		 "Papa Don't Take No Mess"
(1974)		 "Funky President (People It's Bad)"
(1974)

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

with Fred Wesley and The J.B.'s:

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
  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 85.
  2. White, Cliff (1991). "Discography". In Star Time (pp. 54–59) [CD booklet]. New York: PolyGram Records.
  3. "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. August 24, 1974. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
  4. 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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