| "Money Won't Change You Part 1" | ||||
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| Single byJames Brown | ||||
| from the album Sings Raw Soul | ||||
| B-side | "Money Won't Change You Part 2" | |||
| Released | July 1966 (1966-07) | |||
| Recorded | June 9, 1966 | |||
| Studio | Talent Masters Studios, New York City | |||
| Genre | Soul,funk | |||
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| Label | King | |||
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| Producer(s) | James Brown | |||
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"Money Won't Change You" is a song recorded byJames Brown in 1966. It was released in edited form as a two-partsingle which charted No. 11R&B and No. 53Pop.[1] Both parts of the single were included on Brown's 1967 albumSings Raw Soul.
An unedited version of the song appeared for the first time in the 1991box setStar Time.[2][3]
It was his thirdmessage song, after "Don't Be a Drop-Out," and "Get it Together", songs recorded in the wake of theCivil Rights Movement.[4]
Billboard described the single as a "soulful wailer in the groove of the past Brown hits."[5]Cash Box said that it is a "pulsating, bluesy, danceable affair about a guy who appears to have serious problems with his gal."[6]
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.
Brown wrote the first of his message songs, "Don't Be a Dropout," and followed it with "Get it Together," and "Money Won't Change You" within months. The rugged grooves and piercing screams of Brown became a trademark of the urgency and prideful presentation of the black man in full awakening.
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