Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine

"Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine (Part 1)"
King label with variant title wording
Single by James Brown
B-side"Get Up I Feel Like Being Like a Sex Machine (Part 2)"
ReleasedJuly 1970 (1970-07)
RecordedApril 25, 1970
StudioStarday-King Sound (Nashville)
GenreFunk[1]
Length
  • 2:49 (single part 1)
  • 2:33 (single part 2)
  • 5:15 (complete original version)
  • 10:48 (album version)
LabelKing
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)James Brown
James Brown charting singles chronology
"Brother Rapp (Part 1) & (Part 2)"
(1970) 		"Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine (Part 1)"
(1970) 		"Super Bad (Part 1 & Part 2)"
(1970)
Audio sample
Audio video
"Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine" on YouTube

"Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine" is a funk song recorded by James Brown with Bobby Byrd on backing vocals. Released as a two-part single in 1970, it was a no. 2 R&B hit and reached no. 15 on the Billboard Hot 100.[2]

In 2004, "Sex Machine" was ranked number 326 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest songs of all time.[3] In the 2021 update of the list it had risen to 196.[4]

In 2014, the original 1970 recording of "Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine" on the King Records label was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.[5]

  1. ^ "R&B » Soul » Funk". AllMusic. Retrieved July 5, 2014.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference awards was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (1-500)". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on August 20, 2006.
  4. ^ "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. September 15, 2021. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
  5. ^ "GRAMMY Hall Of Fame | Hall of Fame Artists | GRAMMY.com". grammy.com.