Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine (live)

~ Recording by James Brown

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1Get Up I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine, Parts 1 & 25:22James Brown & J.B.'s, TheSex MachineJames BrownEP
Boiling PointPOSPX 751
1.1Sex Machine (Part 1 and 2)5:19James BrownSex MachineJames BrownSingle
Polydor (worldwide imprint, see annotation)883 923-2
3.3Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine5:16James BrownStar TimeJames BrownAlbum + Compilation
  • US1991-05-07
Polydor (worldwide imprint, see annotation)849 108-2
1.2Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine, Part 15:16James Brown20 All Time Greatest Hits!James BrownAlbum + Compilation
  • US1991-10-22
Polydor (worldwide imprint, see annotation)314 511 326-2
1.2Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine, Part 15:16James Brown20 All‐Time Greatest Hits! (club edition)James BrownAlbum + Compilation
  • CA1991-10-22
Polydor (worldwide imprint, see annotation)314 511 326-2, P2 11326
1.10Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine5:17James BrownSex Machine: The Very Best of James BrownJames BrownAlbum + Compilation
Polydor (worldwide imprint, see annotation)845 828-2
1.2Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine, Pt. 15:16James Brown20 All‐Time Greatest Hits! (club edition)James BrownAlbum + Compilation
Polydor (worldwide imprint, see annotation), BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions)314 511 326-2, D 101342
1.16Sex Machine5:20James BrownLa Fabuleuse Histoire du RockVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
PolyGram515 058-2
1.10Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine5:17James BrownSex Machine: The Very Best of James BrownJames BrownAlbum + Compilation
Polydor (worldwide imprint, see annotation), PolyGram Australia845 828-2
3.3Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine5:16James BrownStar Time (CA release)James BrownAlbum + Compilation
Polydor (worldwide imprint, see annotation)849 108-2
3.3Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine5:16James BrownStar Time (Special pre-release copy)James BrownAlbum + Compilation
Polydor (worldwide imprint, see annotation), PolyGramSACD 331
1.15Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine5:18James BrownRhythm & Blues: 1970Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Warner Special Products, Time–Life MusicOPCD-2676, RHD-18
1.14Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine5:16James BrownGodfather of SoulJames BrownAlbum + Compilation
Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label)550 040-2
1.7Sex Machine5:18James BrownVeronica Drive-In Show: The Dance HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Magnum (Dutch joint venture from 1990–1997)9548-32223-2
1.12Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine5:17James BrownCold Sweat - Best (Remastered)James BrownAlbum + Compilation
Vereinigte Motor‐Verlage GmbH & Co. KG (do not use this as an imprint!), Phono Music Zounds (German Label releasing digitally remastered "Best Of CDs" within the ZOUNDS Best Of Series.)27200576 B
1.9Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine5:13James BrownL'America del rock 02: Il rhythm 'n' blues e la soul musicVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
La RepubblicaAdR-02
1.15Sex Machine5:18James BrownRadio City Classic Hits: The 70'sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Polydor (worldwide imprint, see annotation)525110-2
1.20Sex Machine?:??James BrownThe Very Best Of - Red Line SelectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Red Line Selection300.099
1.8Get Up (I Feel Like a Sex Machine)5:17James BrownOld School FridayVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • US1995-05-02
Priority Records (US hip hop)P2 57194
1.1Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine5:19James Brown70's Funk ClassicsJames BrownAlbum + Compilation
PolyGram Special Markets314 520 304-2
3.12Sex Machine, Part 15:16James BrownDance Fever: The Best of DiscoVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
GSC Music15126
1.1Sex Machine5:17James BrownMr. DynamiteJames BrownAlbum + Compilation
Globo Polydor827.295
1.1Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine5:18James BrownFunk Power 1970: A Brand New ThangJames BrownAlbum + Compilation
  • US1996-06-04
Polydor (worldwide imprint, see annotation)31453 1684-2
2.1Get Up I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine5:18James BrownJB40: 40th Anniversary CollectionJames BrownAlbum + Compilation
  • US1996-10-08
PolyGram31453 34009-2
1.1Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine5:18James BrownFunk Power 1970: A Brand New ThangJames BrownAlbum + Compilation
Polydor (worldwide imprint, see annotation)531 684-2
1.4Sex Machine5:15James BrownGet FunkeyVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Control (German electronic)0041852 CON
1.5Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine5:15James BrownGroove Originals 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Festival Records (Australian)38581-31840
2.1Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine5:18James BrownJB40 James Brown 40th Anniversary CollectionJames BrownAlbum + Compilation
PolyGram Records, Inc. (not for release label use! US division of PolyGram)535 888-2
1.15Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine5:18James BrownSolid Gold Soul 1970Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Warner Special Products, Time–Life MusicOPCD-2676A, R838-05
1.1Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine5:18James BrownDouble 70Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • FR1997-03-17
PolyGram553 443-2
1.2Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine5:17James BrownThe Very Best of James BrownJames BrownAlbum + Compilation
Polydor (worldwide imprint, see annotation)555 189-2
1.16Sex Machine5:15James BrownVilla Wahnsinn, Volume 4Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
BLM 330168-2
1.1Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine5:16James BrownWe Got the FunkVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Crimson Productions (UK budget reissue label; imprint of Crimson Productions Ltd.)CRIMIDCD28
1.12Sex Machine5:16James BrownDisco Nights, Volume 11: Disco’s Leading MenVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1998-03-30
Rebound Records (1990s budget reissue imprint)314 520 432-2
1.11Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine5:18James BrownSexy NightsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE1998-04-29
2.11Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine5:18James BrownBlaxploitation, Volume 4: Harlem HustleVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1998-05-04
Global TelevisionRADCD92
1.14Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine5:16James BrownGodfather of SoulJames BrownAlbum + Compilation
Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label)550 040-2
1.1Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine5:19James BrownJames Brown (Master Series, black, collage)James BrownAlbum + Compilation
Polydor (worldwide imprint, see annotation)MMTCD 2053
1.5Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine5:16James BrownOh! What a NightVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Sony Music TV31 489591-10, SONYTV38CD
2.8(Get Up I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine5:18James BrownSoul for Your Soul: The Very Best of Black MusicVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Motown, Polymedia Special Marketing555 298-2, Art. Nr.: 66295
1.1Sex Machine5:15James BrownUltimate FunkVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • FR1999-07-23
EMI Music France (1994–2013)7243 5 21955 2 7
2.1Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine5:16James BrownUltimate FunkVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1999-11-01
Beechwood Musicultimcd2
1.6Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine (Part 1)5:18James BrownRoots of Rhythm: Turn on Your Love LightVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Universal Music Special Markets3145457492
1.10Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine5:18James BrownSex MachineJames BrownAlbum + Compilation
Universe (Compilations – Attention, some releases may be bootlegs)3357
1.4Get Up (Sex Machine)5:17James BrownWonderful SpotVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • IT2000-04-05
PolyGram
1.1Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine5:18James BrownThe Funk BoxVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2000-11-21
Hip‐O Records314 541 789-2
1.2Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine5:18James BrownFunk Blast!Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Experience Music ProjectEMPCD 002
1.1Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine5:17James BrownGold: Greatest HitsJames BrownAlbum + Compilation
Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures)0731452485427
1.2Get Up I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine5:17James BrownRespect - The Soundtrack to the Soul GenerationVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures)524 866 2
1.2Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine5:16James BrownRespect: The Soundtrack to The Soul GenerationVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures)524 863 2
1.1Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine5:16James BrownRhythm & Soul N°1Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
PolyGram Collections940 060 3
1.10(Get Up I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine5:15James BrownSpecial LadyVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.5Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine5:18James BrownStudio Brussel: Klas XVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Double T MusicDTM 301122-2
1.3Sex Machine - Pt. 1 & 25:17James BrownFunked!: Volume 1 1970 - 1973Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Débutante
1.11Sex Machine5:15James BrownWickie, Slime und Paiper, Volume 4Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • AT2001-04-17
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)502200 2
1.15Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine5:16James BrownFunkology: One Nation Under a Groove!Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2001-04-30
Warner Strategic Marketing United KingdomWSMCD033
2.18(Get Up I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine5:16James BrownSimply the Best Super StarsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • JP2001-06-20
Warner Strategic Marketing JapanWPCR-10990/1
2.18(Get Up I Feel Being a) Sex Machine5:05James BrownMusic of the Millennium 2001Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • JP2001-11-05
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972), Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries), Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures)TOCP-65905
2.3Sex Machine5:18James BrownBody & SoulVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Falcon Neue MedienDCD 23014
1.2Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine5:17James BrownEl mejor álbum de música de anuncios TV, Volumen 3Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI‐Odeon, S.A. (not for release label use! subsidiary of EMI Music Spain, S.A.)7243 5 33048 2 9
1.3Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine5:17James BrownFunked! Volume 1Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Universal Music Ltda. (Brasil)73145249542
1.14Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine5:18James BrownGreatest HitsJames BrownAlbum + Compilation
Universal Music Projets Spéciaux585 313-2
2.13Get Up I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine5:17James BrownMusic of the Millennium IIVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
2.13Get Up I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine5:17James BrownMusic of the Millennium IIVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries), EMI (EMI Records, since 1972), Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited)7243 811 466 2 0
2.13Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine5:17James BrownMusic of the Millennium IIVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)7243 811 469 2 7
1.1Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine5:18James BrownToo FunkyJames BrownAlbum + Compilation
Delta #123 212
1.1Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine5:17James BrownTubes FunkVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Universal Licensing Music (U.L.M)
1.6Get Up I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine (single version)5:19James BrownLove Funk 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2002-01-15
Hip‐O Records314 541 584-2
1.1Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine, Part 1 & Part 25:19James Brown20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of James Brown, Volume 2: The '70sJames BrownAlbum + Compilation
  • US2002-02-26
Polydor (worldwide imprint, see annotation)B0009650-02
1.10Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine5:18James BrownThe Godfather: The Very Best of James BrownJames BrownAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2002-04-29
Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited)589841-2
1.1Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine (Part 1 & Part 2)5:19James Brown20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of James Brown, Volume 2: The '70sJames BrownAlbum + Compilation
Polydor (worldwide imprint, see annotation)4400170752
1.2Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine5:17James BrownOut of Sight! The Very Best of James BrownJames BrownAlbum + Compilation
Polydor (worldwide imprint, see annotation)589279-2
2.1Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine5:16James BrownSupa FunkyVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited)583 235-2
1.16Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine5:16James BrownThe 70s, Volume 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music Special ProductsSSP 987961 2
2.13Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine5:17James BrownMusic of the Millennium 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • HK2003-01-23
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)
1.1Sex Machine5:19James BrownClassic Funk (The Universal Masters Collection)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2003-03-03
OOO Universal Music (Universal Music Russia; not for release label!)
1.1Sex Machine5:19James BrownClassic Funk (The Universal Masters Collection)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2003-03-03
Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures)068 959-2
1.1Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine5:19James BrownGodfather of SoulJames BrownAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2003-03-03
Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label)065 479-2
1.1Sex Machine5:19James BrownNo.1 Funk HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2003-03-24
X-MediaXMCD02
1.10Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine5:18James BrownBest CollectionJames BrownAlbum + Compilation
  • JP2003-08-06
Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures)UICZ-1086
1.18(Get Up I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine5:16James BrownFriendsReunited.co.uk '70s PartyVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2003-12-01
Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited)9814906
1.18(Get Up I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine5:16James BrownFriendsReunited.co.uk '70s PartyVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited)9814909
1.10Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine5:16James BrownFunk, Volume 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”)B0000537-02
4.1Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine5:17James BrownLas Cien de la 100, Volume 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Vale Music, Universal Music Spain, S.L. (not for release label use!)VLDC 212-1
1.4Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine, Parts 1 & 2 (single version)5:17James BrownParty Power Pack: 70's KultVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Universal Marketing Group (Division specialised in marketing compilations), Brunswick News068 939-2
2.5Sex Machine (Get Up I Feel Like Being A)5:17James BrownThe Ultimate CollectionJames BrownAlbum + Compilation
1.15Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine5:17James BrownGold: Greatest HitsJames BrownAlbum + Compilation
  • -2004-06-01
Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures)0249820281
1.16Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine5:18James BrownBest of Party HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2004-10-29
Warner Music Group Germany5050467-5591-2-7
1.1Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine5:17James BrownFunk Club: Sensational Funk GroovesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music MediaSMM 515313 2
1.13Sex Machine5:17James BrownParty HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
TCM (Tchibo Certified Merchandise)224555
3.4Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine5:18James BrownPure SoulVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Crimson Productions (UK budget reissue label; imprint of Crimson Productions Ltd.)CRIMBX48
1.1Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine5:16James BrownTop of the Spot, Volume 4Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Universal Music Group (has logo with just “Universal Music Group”)CDOG0039
1.1Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine5:19James BrownFunk GoldVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2005-06-14
Hip‐O RecordsB000464802
Promotion
1.1Get Up I Feel Like Being Like a Sex Machine (Part 1 & Part 2)5:22James BrownGet Up I Feel Like Being Like a Sex MachineJames BrownSingle
King Records (AMERICAN label, 1943-75, Cincinnati)45-6318
1.4Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine5:18James BrownNescafé: The Best Moments in Music: Soul & DanceVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
PolyGramPSPCD 398
1.1Sex Machine5:17James BrownLe Meilleur de la discoVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Universal Music Projets Spéciaux
1.3Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine5:18James BrownVous connaissiez la chansonVarious ArtistsCompilation
1.10Get Up (I Feel Like Being) A Sex Machine5:18James BrownThe 70's CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Universal Music Russia, Stereo & Video (Russian magazine)541 497-2, S&V 024
6.2Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine5:19James Brown50 anni di musica internazionale (6 CD)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sorrisi e Canzoni TV
1.4Sex Machine5:18James BrownThe Greatest Hits Collection…Ever!Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Daily Mirror, peoplesound, Sunday Mirror (British newspaper)PSCD 0144, PSCD 0145

Relationships

producer:James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
bass guitar:Bootsy Collins (US funk musician & songwriter)
drums (drum set):John Starks
guitar:Catfish Collins
organ:Bobby Byrd (founder of the Famous Flames, James Brown's vocal group)
piano:James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
tenor saxophone:Robert McCollough
trumpet:Clayton Gunnells
Darryl Hassan Jamison
lead vocals:James Brown (The Godfather of Soul) (in 1970)
vocals:Bobby Byrd (founder of the Famous Flames, James Brown's vocal group)
performer:The J.B.’s
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Polydor Inc. (in 1970)
sampled by:Interstellar Dreammachine (Enter the Hemisphere) by D-Shake
Sex Machine by Mýa
mash-ups:Sex Machine How Gee (Black Machine vs. James Brown) by DJ Schmolli
part of:The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 196) (order: 197)
Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 326) (order: 325)
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/4908 [info]
recording of:Get Up I Feel Like Being Like a Sex Machine (in 1970)

Get Up I Feel Like Being Like a Sex Machine

writer:James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
Bobby Byrd (founder of the Famous Flames, James Brown's vocal group)
Ron Lenhoff
publisher:Dynatone Publishing Co.
Intersong Music Ltd.
is the basis for:Sex Machine Gun Funk