Papa Don't Take No Mess

Infobox Single
Name = Papa Don't Take No Mess


Caption =
Artist = James Brown
from Album = Hell
A-side = "Papa Don't Take No Mess - Pt. 1"
B-side = "Papa Don't Take No Mess - Pt. 2"
Released = August 1974
Format = 7" (stereo)
Recorded = August 23, 1973, at International Studios, Augusta, GA
Genre = Funk
Length = 4:22 (Pt. 1)13:51 (album version)
Label = Polydor
PD14255
Writer = James Brown
Fred Wesley
John Starks
Charles Bobbit
Producer = James Brown
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Misc ="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 a #1 R&B hit. 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".

Personnel

* James Brown - lead vocal

"with Fred Wesley and The J.B.'s:"
* Fred Wesley - trombone
* Ike Oakley - trumpet
* Maceo Parker - alto saxophone
* St. Clair Pinckney - tenor saxophone
* Jimmy Nolen - guitar
* Hearlon "Cheese" Martin - guitar
* Fred Thomas or Charles Sherrell - bass
* John "Jabo" Starks - drums
* John Morgan or Johnny Griggs - percussion

References

* Leeds, Alan M., and Harry Weinger (1991). Star Time: Song by Song. In "Star Time" (pp. 46-53) [CD liner notes] . London: Polydor Records.
* White, Cliff (1991). Discography. In "Star Time" (pp. 54-59) [CD liner notes] . London: Polydor Records.

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