20 All-Time Greatest Hits! – 1991
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. The album itself peaked at number 99 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart after its release. In 2003, it was ranked number 414 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
Track listing
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. “I Got You (I Feel Good)” James Brown 2:47
2. “Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine” James Brown, Bobby Byrd, Ron Lenhoff 5:15
3. “I Got the Feelin'” Brown 2:38
4. “Mother Popcorn, Pt. 1” Brown, Pee Wee Ellis 3:16
5. “Give It Up or Turnit a Loose” Charles Bobbit 3:11
6. “Make It Funky, Pt. 1” Brown, Bobbit 3:15
7. “Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag, Pt. 1” Brown 2:06
8. “Think” Lowman Pauling 2:45
9. “It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World” Brown, Betty Jean Newsome 2:47
10. “Try Me” Brown 2:30
11. “Night Train” Jimmy Forrest, Lewis Simpkins, Oscar Washington 3:31
12. “Cold Sweat, Pt. 1” Brown, Ellis, David Lindup 2:51
13. “Get on the Good Foot” Brown, Joe Mims, Fred Wesley 3:35
14. “Papa Don’t Take No Mess, Pt. 1” Brown, Bobbit, Jabo Starks, Wesley 4:23
15. “The Payback” Brown, Starks, Wesley 7:38
16. “Say It Loud – I’m Black and I’m Proud, Pt. 1” Brown, Ellis 2:46
17. “Super Bad, Pts. 1 & 2” Brown 5:00
18. “Hot Pants, Pt. 1” Brown, Wesley 3:07
19. “Get Up Offa That Thing” Brown, Deidre Brown 4:10
20. “Please, Please, Please” Brown, Johnny Terry 2:44
Personnel
Credits for 20 All-Time Greatest Hits! adapted from Allmusic.
John Bobbit – composer
Deanna Brown – composer
Deidra Brown – composer
James Brown – composer, vocals
James Razor Brown – producer
Yamma Brown – composer
Alfred Ellis – composer
Pee Wee Ellis – composer
D. Jenkins – composer
David Lindup – composer
Bob Marley – composer
Mims, Joe – composer
Lowman Pauling – composer
Fred Wesley – composer
Isabelle Wong – design