I Got You (I Feel Good) Trivia Questions

This is false. Brown wrote the song for his live shows and album. It wasn't used in a car commercial until decades later, long after its release.

James Brown released the single 'I Got You (I Feel Good)' in October 1965.

False—James Brown recorded 'I Got You (I Feel Good)' at Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida, on May 6, 1965, not at Muscle Shoals.

The song was actually recorded in two takes. After extensive rehearsals, the band laid down the track quickly, but the first take had a mistake. The second take became the final version.

False—'I Got You (I Feel Good)' peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1965. James Brown never had a number-one hit on the Hot 100; his highest-charting single was this song.

False—the iconic sax solo was played by Maceo Parker, a longtime member of Brown's band, who knew the arrangement well and crafted it deliberately.

The horn line from James Brown's 1965 hit was adapted from the 1951 jazz standard 'Night Train', which Brown himself had covered in 1961.

False—the 1964 original release on the album 'Out of Sight' was already titled 'I Got You (I Feel Good)'.