| "King Heroin" | ||||
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| Single by James Brown | ||||
| from the album There It Is | ||||
| B-side | "Theme From King Heroin" | |||
| Released | March 1972 | |||
| Recorded | January 17 & 18, 1972, A&R Studios, New York, NY | |||
| Genre | Soul | |||
| Length | 3:56 | |||
| Label | Polydor 14116 | |||
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| Producer(s) | James Brown | |||
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| "King Heroin" on YouTube | ||||
"King Heroin" is an anti-drug song by James Brown, David Matthews, Manny Rosen and Charles Bobbit. Brown recorded this poem set to music at a studio in New York with session musicians in January 1972 and released it as a single in March. It was his fifth single for Polydor Records and reached number six on the U.S. Hot Soul Singles chart and number 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the spring.[1][2] The song was included on Brown's 1972 album There It Is.