Papa Don't Take No Mess

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single song

"Papa Don't Take No Mess" is a 1974 funk song by James Brown, noted for its extended groove and influential rhythm that has been widely sampled in hip-hop and R&B music.

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Label Occurrences
Papa Don't Take No Mess Part I 2
Papa Don't Take No Mess Part II 2
Papa Don't Take No Mess canonical 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album Hell ⓘ
artist James Brown ⓘ
associatedAct The J.B.'s ⓘ
chartNameUSPop U.S. Billboard Hot 100 ⓘ
surface form: Billboard Hot 100
chartNameUSRB US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ⓘ
surface form: Billboard Hot Soul Singles
chartPositionUSPop 31 ⓘ
chartPositionUSRB 1 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
decade 1970s ⓘ
format 7-inch single ⓘ
genre funk ⓘ
hasInstrumentation bass guitar ⓘ
drums ⓘ
electric guitar ⓘ
horn section ⓘ
hasPart Papa Don't Take No Mess self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Papa Don't Take No Mess Part I

Papa Don't Take No Mess self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Papa Don't Take No Mess Part II
hasRhythmicFeature prominent drum break ⓘ
syncopated funk rhythm ⓘ
includedIn James Brown compilation albums ⓘ
influencedGenre R&B ⓘ
funk ⓘ
hip hop ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length 13:50 ⓘ
notableFor extended groove ⓘ
influential drum break ⓘ
originalMedium vinyl record ⓘ
partOf Hell ⓘ
performer James Brown ⓘ
performerRoleOfJamesBrown bandleader ⓘ
lead vocals ⓘ
producer James Brown ⓘ
recordingArtist James Brown ⓘ
recordLabel Polydor Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1974-08-09 ⓘ
releaseYear 1974 ⓘ
samplingUsage widely sampled in R&B ⓘ
widely sampled in hip hop ⓘ
sideAOfSingle Papa Don't Take No Mess self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Papa Don't Take No Mess Part I
sideBOfSingle Papa Don't Take No Mess self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Papa Don't Take No Mess Part II
tempo medium-slow funk groove ⓘ
theme tribute to a strong father figure ⓘ
vocalStyle spoken-word monologue and funk shouting ⓘ
writer Charles Bobbit ⓘ
Fred Wesley ⓘ
James Brown ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

That's the Way Love Goes → sampledWork → Papa Don't Take No Mess ⓘ
Papa Don't Take No Mess → hasPart → Papa Don't Take No Mess self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Papa Don't Take No Mess Part I
Papa Don't Take No Mess → hasPart → Papa Don't Take No Mess self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Papa Don't Take No Mess Part II
Papa Don't Take No Mess → sideAOfSingle → Papa Don't Take No Mess self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Papa Don't Take No Mess Part I
Papa Don't Take No Mess → sideBOfSingle → Papa Don't Take No Mess self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Papa Don't Take No Mess Part II