DESCRIPTION:
From '' I Slept In An Arcade ''
Label: Dangerhouse -- KY-724
Format: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single
Country: US
Released: 1979

Tracklist
A I Slept In An Arcade (Written-By -- Black Randy, Pat Garrett)
B Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose (Written-By -- Charles Bobbit)

Vocals -- Black Randy
Bass -- Joe Ramirez
Drums -- Joe Nanini
Guitar, Backing Vocals -- Bob Deadwyler
Guitar, Backing Vocals -- Pat Garrett
Organ, Piano, Backing Vocals -- David Brown

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"Give It Up or Turnit a Loose" is a funk song recorded by James Brown.
Released as a single in 1969, it was a #1 R&B hit and also made the top 20 pop singles chart.
The song was written by Brown's personal manager Charles Bobbit.

Personnel

James Brown - lead vocal
with the James Brown Orchestra:
Waymond Reed - trumpet
Richard "Kush" Griffith - trumpet
Fred Wesley - trombone
Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis - alto saxophone
Maceo Parker - tenor saxophone
St. Clair Pinckney - baritone saxophone
Jimmy Nolen - guitar
Alphonso "Country" Kellum - guitar
Charles Sherrell - bass
Nate Jones - drums

Other versions

Brown recorded "Give It Up or Turnit a Loose" again with The J.B.'s for his 1970 double album Sex Machine. Over five minutes long, this later recording used a substantially different instrumental arrangement, with an added organ riff and a florid bassline, as well as different lyrics.

A remix of this recording by Tim Rodgers appears on the 1986 compilation album In the Jungle Groove. The remixed version has been extensively sampled.