Get Up (I Feel Like Being Like a) Sex Machine
James Brown’s 1970 recording of “Get Up (I Feel Like Being Like a) Sex Machine” is the earliest release on file. James Brown shares the writing credit with Bobby Byrd and Ron Lenhoff. Also recorded by Prince (released 1988), Helge Schneider (released 1995) and The Flying Lizards (released 1984), among 339 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz. A Tribe Called Quest’s “Money Maker” (1998) carries this song’s writers on its credit.
Money Maker leans on a song James Brown put on record first, with Bobby Byrd sharing the writing credit. Start there, and Prince is waiting a little further down the same road.
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▶Get Up I Feel Like Being Like A Sex Machine, Pts. 1 & 2Credited writers: James Brown, Bobby Byrd and Ron Lenhoff.
Earliest release on file: this one, 1970.
A Tribe Called Quest’s “Money Maker” (1998) carries this song’s writers on its credit, the mark of a cleared sample or an interpolation.
- Orchester Werner Müller1972
- Janie Jones & The Lash1983
- The Clash1983
- The Flying Lizards1984
- Axel Bauer1987
- Prince1988
- Led Zeppelin1992
- Gegé Telesforo1993
- Helge Schneider1995
- Iggy Pop1996
- Q-Burns Abstract Message1998
339 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.
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