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"The Payback" is a funk song by James Brown, the title track from his 1973 album of the same name. The song's lyrics, originally written by trombonist and bandleader Fred Wesley but heavily revised by Brown himself soon before it was recorded, concern the revenge he plans to take against a man who betrayed him.
Make It Funky – The Big Payback: 1971–1975 is the fourth of several James Brown era overviews released by Polydor Records in 1996. Expanding on the 1984 LP compilation Doing It to Death – The James Brown Story 1970–1973 , [ 3 ] it covers the period from 1971 to 1975.
The Payback is the 37th studio album by American musician James Brown.The album was released in December 1973, by Polydor Records.It was originally scheduled to become the soundtrack for the blaxploitation film Hell Up in Harlem, but was rejected by the film's producers, who dismissed it as "the same old James Brown stuff."
It is a disco reworking of his 1974 song "The Payback". Released as a two-part single on TK Records in 1980, it charted #46 R&B. [1] [2] It also appeared on the album Soul Syndrome. Brown performed the song on the December 13, 1980 episode of Saturday Night Live, alongside a medley of his earlier hit songs.
20 All-Time Greatest Hits! is a compilation album by James Brown containing 20 of his most famous recordings. Released by Polydor in 1991 as a single-disc alternative to the Star Time box set, it features songs from the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. 16 of the songs from the album had previously topped the US R&B charts.
As the tour’s name suggests, the July 19 performance will feature Jim Croce’s work and hits such as “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown,” “Time in a Bottle,” “Operator,” and “You Don’t Mess ...
Brown also remade the song for his 1992 album Universal James under the title "Make It Funky 2000". The full version, running 12:50, was released on the compilation Make It Funky – The Big Payback: 1971–1975 in 1996.
James Brown chronology; The Payback (1973) Hell (1974) Reality (1974) Singles from Hell "My Thang" Released: April 1974 "Papa Don't Take No Mess" Released: August 1974