Think (The "5" Royales song)

In 1960, James Brown and The Famous Flames recorded a cover version of "Think". The song's instrumental backing featured a pronounced rhythmic attack that anticipated Brown's later funk music. Critic Peter Guralnick described Brown's version of the song as a "radical reworking... Sung rapid-fire with the kind of sharp prompting from the Famous Flames that was the aural equivalent of their precision steps, 'Think' embodied an approach different from any in the past, with not only the song but the structure of the song turned inside out and a classic shuffle blues rhythmically and melodically transformed."[2] Douglas Wolk called it "[Brown's] first great dance record."[3]

"Think" was released as a single on the King Records subsidiary label Federal Records and charted #7 R&B and #33 Pop. ("Think"'s B-side, "You've Got the Power", was also a hit, reaching #14 R&B and #86 Pop.)[4] It was Brown and The Famous Flames' first recording to enter the Pop Top 40, and their next-to-last single for the Federal label before they switched to King. "Think" was also included on Brown's 1960 album of the same name.

• Bobby John of the Kings of Rhythm covered the song which was released on Ike & Tina Turner's 1964 album Revue Live.[6]
• Mick Jagger covered "Think" on his 1993 solo album Wandering Spirit.
• People! covered the song on their 1969 album Both Sides of People[7] and again on Best of People! Vol. 2 (2006).[8]
• Booker T. & the M.G.'s recorded an instrumental version of the song for their 1966 album And Now!.
• Linn County covered the James Brown version of the song on the 1968 album, Proud Flesh Soothseer.