Money Won't Change You

"Money Won't Change You Part 1"
Single by James Brown
from the album Sings Raw Soul
B-side"Money Won't Change You Part 2"
ReleasedJuly 1966 (1966-07)
RecordedJune 9, 1966, Talent Masters Studios, New York, NY
GenreSoul, funk
Length
  • 2:45 (Part 1)
  • 2:19 (Part 2)
LabelKing
6048
Songwriter(s)
  • James Brown
  • Nat Jones
Producer(s)James Brown
James Brown charting singles chronology
"It's a Man's Man's Man's World"
(1966)
"Money Won't Change You Part 1"
(1966)
"Don't Be a Drop-Out"
(1966)

"Money Won't Change You" is a song recorded by James Brown in 1966. It was released in edited form as a two-part single which charted No. 11 R&B and No. 53 Pop.[1] Both parts of the single were included on Brown's 1967 album Sings Raw Soul.

An unedited version of the song appeared for the first time in the 1991 box set Star Time.[2][3]

  1. ^ White, Cliff (1991). "Discography". In Star Time (pp. 54–59) [CD booklet]. New York: PolyGram Records.
  2. ^ Watrous, Peter (May 5, 1991). "Record Brief". The New York Times. Some tracks — "Money Won't Change You" and "Papa's Got a Brand-New Bag" — have been restored to their original length after being pruned for radio play, and it's wonderful to hear the band stretching out, flexing its muscles in service of the groove, the almighty rhythm.
  3. ^ Leeds, Alan, and Harry Weinger (1991). "Star Time: Song by Song". In Star Time (pp. 46–53) [CD booklet]. New York: PolyGram Records.