James Brown - Mother Popcorn (Pt. 1 & 2)

"Mother Popcorn (You Got To Have a Mother For Me)" (Pt. 1 & 2) - James Brown (1969)
Album: It's a Mother
The "mother" in the song's title was Brown's honorific for "a big butt".
The song that gave his name to the Belgian Popcorn genre!
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[@chinanolan1529]

"Ladies and gentlemen....there are 7 acknowledged wonders of the world. You are about to witness the eighth....put your hands together for the hardest-working man in show business, the Soul Brother #1, the Godfather of Soul......JAMES BROWN!" after this frickin' 40,000 people went ape shyt screaming! Best concert. Chicago's International Amphitheatre December 1969!

[@williampointer7712]

All around funky beats the best

[@63hankster]

You smell that? That's James Brown making it FUNKY!!!!!

[@deniseduncan6218]

This BAND is out of this world. 🌍

[@ronaldchappell3697]

"They Don't Mak'em Funky Like This No Mo"!!!..

[@user-gs1vz2bp2q]

Ain’t dat da truth

[@dereknelson9403]

The one and only Godfather Of Soul. R.I.P J.B.

[@SteveMichaelSmith]

"Maceo, blow your horn, I don't ant no trash! Give me some Popcorn! " This just sends chills up my spine.

[@dominicshannon4638]

James Brown was The Orchestrator of Funk , bar none , then came Sly and then came The PFunk Mob , but Brown was The First !!!!! Hit It

[@gaddyify]

💯💯💯💯

[@WilliamBrown-ph8rs]

Damn right!

[@jacobbranch9862]

Before there was Michael Jackson, Prince, or a Tupac James Brown ruled with an iron fist, and always will. May the funk always be with you Mr. Brown!!!

[@monicabella7894]

Jackson who?!

[@kevinortiz602]

Prince who?

[@valoriewilson]

😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊1q

[@erictalkington5674]

Best part is, none of them wouldve made the music they did if James hadn't done what he did. I honestly think James had more of an impact on music during his time and since than anyone has or will ever have ever.

[@nelsonsaunders6449]

All those dudes would absolutely give props to JB. JB is the motherfucking progenitor. I honestly think that he is the best musical performer ever to walk the face of the earth.

[@dominicshannon2980]

Hands Down the Father of Funk 👍🏾💯💪🏿🎵🎶🎵🤩👍🏾

[@merlinemcallister1364]

This is why we young folks stayed in shape back then,had to because the music kept us on our feet.

[@robertdaniels3029]

Danced all night into the next day. We could not be without funk.

[@dr.b.7695]

Man...I danced to this song in 1969 - and the dance was "the Popcorn.!"" CLASSIC!!

[@ericwilliams1544]

Remember the Four Corners Dance???

[@therehastobeme]

The late sixties / early seventies were the best James Brown Funk period

[@mleroy51]

therehastobeme I agree totally!

[@rommix0]

True, although another great song "Get Up Offa That Thing" is from the mid 70s

[@erictalkington5674]

therehastobeme I couldn't agree with you more.

[@leonparham2105]

YES WITHOUT QUESTION

[@jaysonbiggs8979]

By 1974 Disco was rapidly rising. It almost killed the Funk.

[@newyorknight]

The only man I know who could make a brass section sound so good🔥🔥🔥 Mr Brown you are missed🌷

[@erwildersr]

I believe that Pee Ellis arranged the horns. Don’t believe Fred Westley had joined them yet.

[@cathymorton2272]

I TRULY REMEMBER DANCING, TO THIS AS A CHILD. FOR MY PARENTS COMPANY.🤣🤣

[@sandijohnson4630]

I was listening to this song and my mind went how as kids we danced for company. 😊

[@neverevernunya]

Oh so you were that kid too😂

[@jamesh2711]

Best band there ever was, or ever will be.

[@Clyde177]

OH you heard of JB?

[@ramsesstafford4640]

Facts ✌🏽

[@adamkelly5478]

This is straight up raw funk with no extra sugar or spice, everything contributes to the groove nothing wasted.

[@3kingkool]

Got that right

[@mannyruiz1954]

Funky Chicken....Maceo.

[@keithtaylor7171]

Right on!

[@marnasquires155]

We’d be screaming give the drummer some!!

[@ronaldchappell3697]

Yessirrr

[@keithtaylor9836]

FUNKY and TIGHT! Like a band should be!

[@alanizy100]

....ya got-ta have a motha fa me”

[@63hankster]

Often imitated, NEVER DUPLICATED!!!

[@rtelkin2194]

Sax made of pure funk.

[@marvinmiller9675]

Of all the songs that JB ever put out, this is the baddest one! Without a doubt this is the one. Mother Popcorn!

[@melvinpruitt3907]

Chadwick did his thing in Get on up.. during this scene.It was spot on.

[@jamesgraham3116]

Foundations of the funk.😎

[@shayelijah9048]

Clyde Stubblefield is the man! 😁

[@adeptus929]

The Genius of James Brown....♥️😇♥️

[@olivernevels7790]

I wore this Out..The Summer of 1969 !!!!!

[@gilliammark5083]

These BROS were ahead of their time. James told all his band members they all play a drum. Genius!

[@jimsims9422]

Gotta have a Mother for me!!😅😅

[@craigfazekas3923]

I once saw a picture of a Vietnam soldier with Mother Popcorn written on his helmet. Cool stuff....😎

[@devmya]

You still rock James Brown!!❤

[@coretmanus4688]

Can’t Sit Still... 🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿

[@marvinmiller9675]

THIS is the tightest song of all the 100's of songs that James Brown Orchestra ever put out! And when James Brown calls on MACEO, that is it! It is locked in history. I can't talk anymore. Here it is 2020 and I'm still grooving on this one right here! Freddie P. Knight AKA Marvin J. Miller 1/17/2020

[@roberthurd6842]

so rite tight

[@marmillsfo]

Yeah . . . POPCORN!!

[@mazarati79]

no one living or dead can tell me different.... there was no man better than him....he was literally the inventor of this style...music didn't sound like this before HE got in the game...😊

[@paulacross3086]

Dorail Crayton A lot of rap artist got famous for using his music

[@jplew138]

PREACH!!!

[@familystone773]

The "JB" experience....

[@leonparham2105]

AGAIN WITHOUT QUESTION

[@sirqitous]

I think even his organ and piano playing is dope.

[@georgedavis6119]

Straight up Funk! James kept it Funky to the end. Thank you for giving us your gift of funk and soul.

[@curtisjones400]

GODFATHER OF SOUL- JAMES BROWN

[@markrobohm2531]

when the drummer slams the hi-hat at 1:51 it just oozes funk, like for days. i can barely stand it, so good.

[@3kingkool]

Mark Robohm yeah bro!!

[@gregorywilson7568]

Sure you right

[@carloduncan3595]

I've always dug that part, too.

[@sbretstacey]

Clyde Stubblefield on drums

[@rakehellacrimonious3150]

In every song I think he had two drummers on stage

[@TheAudivisioner]

I still have the forty-five pressing. No matter how many times I play it, I can't wear it out. What a recording!

[@johnstallings4049]

I won the record at a carnival for muscular dystrophy bobbing for apples! 👁️💓🎵❄️🌍❄️✌️😎👊

[@waynebyrd-es8iq]

Something strange going on what they mean before them don't understand

[@waynebyrd-es8iq]

I know such thing copycats

[@honeylove7678]

We loved James Brown so much I named my German Shepherd " Good Foot" and a friend named her dog "Pop Corn" JB was on the turntable non stop. 🔥

[@Kitu74]

This reminds me of summer nights..fried chicken..macaroni. candied yams..peach cobbler..and everybody doing the James Brown..back in the day..word up

[@kevinlilly5628]

The funk just won't quit.

[@joanneallen5407]

The 60's 70's and 80's were straight up pure funk us ladies carried the funk.

[@leilamurphy6004]

Nothing but soul down to the very bones.Brown super ,super Bad!!!!!!!!!!

[@DameyunHenry-fr7jl]

THESE YOUNGINS BETTER DO THEIR RESEARCH ON JAMES BROWN THIS MAN WAS AND STILL IS ONE OF THE TRUE PIONEERS OF OLDSCHOOL 1970s and 80s HIPHOP THE GODFATHER HIMSELF JAMES BROWN ALONG WITH THE FUNKY DRUMMER HIMSELF CYLDE STUBBLEFIELD THIS IS REAL MUSIC FOREVER

[@Hungrycyclist81]

Good God those notes are so tight I couldn’t even fit a sheet of paper between them❗️wow❗️❗️❗️

[@harrybullard1402]

I don’t know who is playing bass but DAMN!

[@cbnboy34]

One of the bright spots for black folks even thru segregation and Jim crow...We had our own creativity and soul nobody can take away

[@donfreels]

amen 🙏

[@mariellclement8092]

SAY THAT ONE MORE AGAIN!!!!✊🌶

[@upster1967au]

James Brown transcends race

[@ramsesstafford4640]

​@@upster1967auhe didn't say he didn't and what you said doesn't make what he said any less truer. 🤷🏽‍♂️ ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

[@tphillipgee987]

Everything is so tight with this song!! Funky horns, drums, and James singing on point!!! Doesn't get funkier than this song!! I also remember dancing to this song when I was a kid!! This was a MEGA hit and every kid learned how to do the Popcorn dance!!! THANK YOU JAMES!!

[@bwilliamson3887]

His band were amazing too, never forgotten.

[@janicejames899]

My main favorite song when was little my late mother's album born on May 3, 1939 RIP

[@gregorywilson7568]

James' music is being sampled more than any other . Commercials, athletic arenas, movies, tv promos etc. Truly a GIANT in the industry.

[@thewatchmen4920]

Check out 3 young Netherlands ladies jamming to James Brown. You watch one video you'll see them all.

[@toneyisaiah3556]

Yes it was being sampled But he was not the only artist who has been sampled.

[@Clyde177]

@@toneyisaiah3556 BUT THE MOST

[@anthonysmith8210]

Prince did the song it not good a s James brown the original

[@Mr.Bassman]

Everything so tight here, so funky, love the sound of Jimmy Nolen's guitar most of all I think.

[@ayachisaad691]

The first heat in funky music

[@TheAudivisioner]

I STILL HAVE THIS 45 PRESSING. AFTER ALL THE TIMES I'VE PLAYED IT, I STILL CAN'T WEAR IT OUT.

[@jazzandbeyond7549]

Stone cold funk! The soundtrack of my youth in the South Bronx in 1969!

[@TheShabazzProduction]

We ran this record into the ground when it came out. Every thing about it is badd ass.

[@SamuelGriffin-zt1ze]

This is the best weekend jam of all time

[@narviawilliams2340]

🎶🎷🎸🎺🥁🎹🎤🎶JAMES BROWN👼🏾, BOBBY BYRD👼🏾, AND THE JB's BAND👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🌹💐🥀

[@kordier]

The funkiest groove of ‘em all. 👌

[@notmebutyou8350]

James Brown has so many great songs. But my all-time favorite is Soul Power, but this one is right behind it!! 🙂

[@timdog7536]

Can't wait to see him in paradise

[@mario486waluigi2]

So funky!

[@nadiazayman1820]

4:21 -- coolest moment in pop music: "wait a minute," then crash

[@richardhernandez488]

When the camera gets him from the waist up, you know his legs are moving to his signature ' James Brown '. What an artist !

[@notmebutyou8350]

That bass line is wicked!!! 🎸 🎸 🎶

[@knightd12]

I was a 20 year old serving in the Air Force in Germany. We partied hard to this song in Cologne.

[@thecoatesieshow95]

Man, I'm 18 now... Being at a party with this kind of music playing would be beyond epic

[@solidgoold]

INSTEAD U GET KATY PERRY

[@arvesterbailey3162]

James Brown the man

[@nurkenrustem6044]

The Coatesie Show JB’s tracks is on my drinking party playlist. Gotta tell ya that is nothing more funky than Mr.Brown when you get drunk!

[@larrychamberlain8155]

knightd12 THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@woody95124]

KILLER CLASSIC

[@SekuImani]

the quarter note hi-hats and crazy ghost notes the drummer does and that horn section sets this on fire, what a groove and the lyrics make no sense yet no other lyrics would work! easily the funkiest thing he did, other than sex machine and pappa's got a brand new bag JAMES was nothing nice... a beast he was

[@galebh9715]

funkier than mind power?

[@nadiazayman1820]

Don't forget Funky Drummer and I Can't Stand Myself!

[@jaysonbiggs8979]

I remember buying this single in 1969. Loved it then and now! One side was always part 1 of the song. Part 2 was the flip side.

[@ganymeade5151]

No one on earth could scream like the late, great James Brown. Kudos to backup band the Flames, with Maceo Parker on sax, and the awesome horns section.

[@edsmall1902]

The Flames were the backup singers. The band was separate. It was the James Brown Band.

[@kafenwar]

@@edsmall1902 The Flames broke up a year earlier; this group is the JBs.

[@edsmall1902]

@@kafenwar yes I realize that. But someone had made the comment that the Flames were the band. The Flames were backup singers.

[@Clyde177]

@@edsmall1902 I hate to say it... the poor Flames didn't get much respect under paid. Bobby Byrd, Bobby Bennett and Baby Lloyd stalworth.

[@edsmall1902]

​@@Clyde177I realize that.

[@ethelstevenslove2957]

This used to be a dance back in the day when this song came out.......Great classic!

[@dr.b.7695]

Yes, it was!! I danced to it BACK IN THE DAY!!

[@freddiedavis7076]

Yep! Sho was!

[@edfinite7534]

Also, there was a dance called the Four Corners. Anyone remember that😅

[@keithtomczyk4730]

Ain't a rapper alive or dj born that can rip like Mr.Brown.

[@marjoryrainey7039]

Everything goes together Perfectly!

[@caribman10]

This song establishes why r&b and rock and roll are more than what the lyrics are. James is on fire. The bass line is a continuum. James carries the beat. And "funk"is thusly defined. Problem is, you have to play this song LOUD.

[@marlenejones5409]

THAT BASS!! THAT BASS!!

[@N2LADIES55]

I remember doing the dance the 'Popcorn' to this jam back in the day in St.Louis,Mo!

[@JoeJonesvinyllover]

I've loved this track for sooooooooooo long! It even gets' us white boys grooving! (i'm 50!)

[@charlesbatts3676]

IF THIS DOES'NT MAKE YOU MOVE, YOU DON'T HAVE A PULSE. THE HORNS ARE AS PERCUSSIVE AS THE DRUMS.

[@margosample2769]

TRUTH!! Needed a mood changer and this did it ☺😊🎵🎤🎼

[@russellhartwell5404]

,, ,, " GOTTA, " 👂,👂, HEAR, THIS, !!, " L I V E, " !!, ( NOTHING, !!, ), LIKE, !!, I T, !!,

[@SirSwiftusFunkellwerk]

Do you understand the intensity and power that James puts behind EVERY "GOOD GAWD!!!" and "UHNNGH!!!"??!?!?!?!

[@jamesmontgomery5295]

James Brown's swell even had the intensity of a trumpet! RAW FUNKY!

[@charliepin4501]

No! Much as I have tried (and tried) over the years ... He was, truly, the hardest working man in show business.

[@SirSwiftusFunkellwerk]

@@charliepin4501 word?

[@SirSwiftusFunkellwerk]

@@jamesmontgomery5295 absolutely

[@charliepin4501]

@@SirSwiftusFunkellwerk word

[@LGKids]

JB could make any radio DJ sound like a pro! Peace!

[@jeffjackson448]

Bass player is killing it

[@darrellwimberly8595]

Bootsy on bass

[@perryhughes9429]

Maceo never ever let his boss down...

[@soulburst]

sometimes I'm feeling low I call another brother MACEO

[@ninobrown3490]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 🔥

[@nelsonsaunders7403]

Dude is forever on point.

[@brendabradley8973]

It don’t get any funkier than this funk at its best The Godfather Of Soul Mr. James

[@samuelgriffin4167]

A bottle of Thunderbird and a meal of pork chitlins black eyed peas and rice will get you listening to funky JB

[@Multi1628]

~ I like 'em BOSS, and I like 'em proud ~ thank goodness for the still-fresh James Brown & many superb jams Timeless to 2020 ~ Cheers, DAVEDJ ~

[@lazieduece]

OMG I play this in my truck the bass push out my 12's is soooooo awesomely hitting it's ridiculously addictive

[@markherron1407]

Happy Birthday to James Brown REST IN POWER 🎁🎁🎉🎂🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳 Blessings and Hugs 💖💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕!

[@root-beerbrown8701]

RAW-FUNK!!! 💯 🔥🔥🔥

[@freddiedavis7076]

The FIRST record I ever bought, I was 8 and paid . 23 cents. I played it till the wheels fell off... 1969...

[@erictalkington5674]

Love this jam and James and the JB's. Best music ever made in the history of music.

[@dartenyagranger29]

James Brown - Mother Popcorn (Pt. 1 & 2) "R.I.P. JAMES BROWN "HIS BEST WEEKS SUMMER JAMS IN' 1970's"

[@karmaexperience]

The Boss

[@NeliusSan]

There's a live version of this that's faster and i kinda love it

[@BLUTOV]

Before there was Watermelon....Lemonade....there was POPCORN....

[@TheAudivisioner]

Super soul power.

[@roccom5988]

The master at work !!!! Have a soulful sunday amico. Greetz fro Belgium.

[@fjgomes62]

THE SOUL BROTHER NUMBER ONE!!

[@sauquoit13456]

On this day in 1969 {June 8th} "Mother Popcorn (You Got to Have a Mother for Me)" entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #80; six weeks later on July 20th, 1969 it would peak at #11{for 2 weeks} and it stayed on the chart for 12 weeks... And on July 27th, 1969 it reached #1 {for 2 weeks} on Billboard's R&B Singles... It was directly preceded on the Top 100 by "The Popcorn" {#30 Top 100 & #11 R&B} and then succeeded by "Lowdown Popcorn" {#41 Top 100 and #16 R&B}... And later in 1969 on Nov. 2nd his “Let a Man Come In and Do the Popcorn (Part 1)” would peak at #21 on the Top 100 {#2 on the R&B chart} 'The Godfather of Soul' passed away on Christmas Day of 2006 at the age of 73... May he R.I.P.

[@edsmall2167]

He was actually 78 believe it or not.

[@nathanmccloud3572]

Get on the good foot then do the camel walk, the undisputed champ of funky music

[@margosample2769]

When dancing and songs made you feel good....not embarrassed!

[@warrenmorphis4208]

1.....2.....3....FO !!!! :) :) Go on James !!!!

[@gisellemcallister4008]

LISTEN TO THAT FUNKY BASS, WE DANCED TO THIS IN THE CLUBS IN ATLANTIC BEACH, SOUTH CAROLINA

[@mleroy51]

Thanks Giselle, I've got more J.B. to come and there's already more on my channel, cleaned up and enhanced for better sound quality, as you probably noticed :-)

[@martindavis8116]

Yes that bass.....funky

[@coopersvideo2010]

Raw funk.

[@williamparker6817]

@@mleroy51 Keep dat supernova heavy funk on the ONE coming hot and nastee!

[@olskolsoul62]

@@martindavis8116 Bootsy Collins on bass

[@loveyouall66]

TIGHT!

[@dameyunhenry2815]

THE GODFATHER OF SOUL and OLDSCHOOL HIP-HOP THE ONE and ONLY JAMES BROWN

[@jamesboyd1335]

Undisputed Godfather of Soul...

[@jaycooper2624]

I have more than 100 singles by The Soul Brother #1,Mr Please Please himself,The Hardest Working Man in Showbiz etc.etc.And this is one of the best-Sensational!!!