

This version appeared on the Smash Records album Out of Sight and in the 1965 film Ski Party, in which Brown lip synchs his performance on June 30. In 1964, Brown recorded an early version of "I Got You (I Feel Good)" with a different arrangement, including a stuttering rhythm and prominent baritone sax line, under the title "I Got You". "I Found You" had been recorded by Brown's back-up singer Yvonne Fair and released as a single ( King 5594) in 1962, with little success. "I Got You (I Feel Good)" developed from an earlier Brown-penned song, "I Found You", with a nearly identical melody and lyrics. The song includes an alto sax solo by Maceo Parker. The lyrics have Brown exulting in how good he feels ("nice, like sugar and spice") now that he has the one he loves, his vocals punctuated by screams and shouts. the first beat of the measure) that characterizes Brown's developing funk style. It also features the same emphasis "on the one" (i.e. "I Got You (I Feel Good)" is a twelve-bar blues with a brass-heavy instrumental arrangement similar to Brown's previous hit, " Papa's Got a Brand New Bag". First recorded for the album Out of Sight and then released in an alternate take as a single in 1965, it was his highest-charting song and is arguably his best-known recording. " I Got You (I Feel Good)" is a song by American singer James Brown.

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