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"Think"
Single byThe "5" Royales
B-side	"I'd Better Make a Move"
Released	1957
Recorded	1957
Genre	Rhythm and blues
Length	2:35
Label	King 5053
Songwriter	Lowman Pauling
The "5" Royales singles chronology
"Thirty Second Lover" (1957) "Think" (1957) "Messin' Up" (1957)

"Think"
Single byJames Brown andthe Famous Flames
from the albumThink!
B-side	"You've Got the Power"
Released	May 1960 (1960-05)
Recorded	February 20, 1960, United Studios,Hollywood, CA
Genre	Rhythm and blues
Length	2:46
Label	Federal 12370
Songwriter	Lowman Pauling
Producer	Unknown
James Brown charting singles chronology
"I'll Go Crazy" (1960) "Think" (1960) ""You've Got the Power" (B-side of "Think")" (1960)
Audio video
"Think" onYouTube

"Think" is arhythm and blues song written by Lowman Pauling and originally recorded by his groupthe "5" Royales. Released as asingle onKing Records in 1957, it was a national hit and reached number nine on the U.S.R&B chart.^[1]

In 1960,James Brown andthe Famous Flames recorded acover version of "Think". The song's instrumental backing featured a pronouncedrhythmic attack that anticipated Brown's laterfunk music. CriticPeter Guralnick described Brown's version of the song as a "radical reworking... Sung rapid-fire with the kind of sharp prompting from the Famous Flames that was the aural equivalent of their precision steps, 'Think' embodied an approach different from any in the past, with not only the song but the structure of the song turned inside out and a classic shuffleblues rhythmically and melodically transformed."^[2]Douglas Wolk called it "[Brown's] first greatdance record."^[3]

"Think" was released as a single on theKing Records subsidiary labelFederal Records and charted #7R&B and #33pop in June 1960, staying on the latter chart for eight weeks. ("Think"'sB-side, "You've Got the Power", was also a hit, reaching #14 R&B and #86 pop, the latter song only spending a week on the chart.)^[4] It was Brown and the Famous Flames' first recording to enter the Pop top 40, and their next-to-last single for the Federal label before they switched to King. "Think" was also included on Brown's 1960album of the same name.

• James Brown – lead vocal

and the Famous Flames:

• Bobby Byrd – vocals
• Bobby Bennett – vocals
• Baby Lloyd Stallworth – vocals
• Bill Hollings – vocals
• Johnny Terry – vocals

with the James Brown Band

• Alfred Corley – alto saxophone
• J.C. Davis – tenor saxophone
• Bobby Roach – guitar
• Bernard Odum – bass guitar
• Nat Kendrick – drums^[5]

James Brown & the Famous Flames recorded an extremely fast live rendition of "Think" for their 1963 albumLive at the Apollo. Brown also performs the song onLive at the Apollo, Volume II in aduet withMarva Whitney.

In 1967, Brown recorded "Think" in the studio as a duet withVicki Anderson. The version grazed the bottom of the Pop chart, peaking at #100. Brown returned to "Think" again in 1973, when he released two different solo performances of the song as singles on thePolydor label, both of them backed with his cover ofthe Beatles' "Something". Both versions charted, the former at #15 R&B and #77 Pop, the latter at #37 R&B and #80 Pop.

• Bobby John of theKings of Rhythm covered the song which was released onIke & Tina Turner's 1964 albumRevue Live.^[6]
• Mick Jagger covered "Think" on his 1993solo albumWandering Spirit.
• People! covered the song on their 1969 albumBoth Sides of People^[7] and again onBest of People! Vol. 2 (2006).^[8]
• Booker T. & the M.G.'s recorded an instrumental version of the song for their 1966 albumAnd Now!.
• Linn County covered the James Brown version of the song on the 1968 album,Proud Flesh Soothseer.

• 1957 songs
• 1957 singles
• 1960 singles
• 1967 singles
• 1973 singles
• The "5" Royales songs
• The Famous Flames songs
• James Brown songs
• Songs written by Lowman Pauling
• Male–female vocal duets
• King Records (United States) singles

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