Papa Don't Take No Mess

"Papa Don't Take No Mess"
"Papa Don't Take No Mess"
Single by James Brown
from the album Hell
A-side	"Papa Don't Take No Mess Part I"
B-side	"Papa Don't Take No Mess Part II"
Released	August 1974
Recorded	August 23, 1973, International Studios, Augusta, GA
Genre	Funk
Length	4:30 (Part I); 5:00 (Part II);
Label	Polydor; 14255
Songwriter(s)	James Brown; Fred Wesley; John Starks; Charles Bobbit;
Producer(s)	James Brown
James Brown charting singles chronology
Audio video
	"Papa Don't Take No Mess" on YouTube

"Papa Don't Take No Mess" is a funk song performed by James Brown. An edited version of the song released as a two-part single in 1974 was Brown's 17th and final number one R&B hit and peaked at number thirty-one on the Hot 100.^[1]^[2] The full-length version, nearly 14 minutes long, appeared on the double album Hell.

Like "The Payback," "Papa Don't Take No Mess" was originally recorded for a rejected soundtrack to the blaxploitation film Hell Up in Harlem.

Record World said that the song is "carefully fashioned from disco and pure black leather funk."^[3]

^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 85.
^ White, Cliff (1991). "Discography". In Star Time (pp. 54–59) [CD booklet]. New York: PolyGram Records.
^ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. August 24, 1974. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-03-15.

[1] Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 85.

[2] White, Cliff (1991). "Discography". In Star Time (pp. 54–59) [CD booklet]. New York: PolyGram Records.

[rw-3] "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. August 24, 1974. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-03-15.

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