# New JAMES BROWN Track From 1970, “We Got To Change”, To Be Released Feb. 16th

- Link: https://www.nyrdcast.com/new-james-brown-track-from-1970-we-got-to-change-to-be-released-feb-16th/
- Published: 2024-02-13T08:00:00-06:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

### **UNIVERSAL MUSIC ENTERPRISES TO ISSUE PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED JAMES BROWN SONG⏎ “WE GOT TO CHANGE” ON FEB. 16

#### **Three-Track **_**We Got To Change**_** EP**⏎ **Features Storming J.B.’s Lineup Starring Brothers Catfish and Bootsy Collins and “Funky Drummer” Clyde Stubblefield**

#### **Set Will Preface Feb. 19-20 Premiere of Two-Night A&E Documentary Event **_**James Brown: Say It Loud**_** ⏎ from Executive Producers Mick Jagger and Questlove

**FEBRUARY 1, 2024 (Santa Monica, CA) – UMe/Republic Records **will release James
Brown’s _We Got To Change_, a three-track EP featuring the previously unheard title
track, on Feb. 16. “We Got To Change” was recorded August 16, 1970, at Criteria 
Studios in Miami, during a pivotal period in the world of James Brown, as longtime
members of his famed James Brown Orchestra had walked out a few months earlier.

**Pre-order [HERE](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=0a3d36f0b7&e=615f2b8493)**

Brown quickly assembled a new group anchored by guitarist Phelps “Catfish” Collins
and bassist William “Bootsy” Collins, two young brothers from Cincinnati. They brought
a harder edge and a fresh identity to Brown’s music on such singles as “Get Up (
I Feel Like Being) a Sex Machine,” “Super Bad,” and “Soul Power.” Brown called them
The J.B.’s.

[⌊James Brown⌉⌊James Brown⌉[

**JAMES BROWN**

Their Criteria session featured a reunion with one of Brown’s 1960s sidemen: the
great Clyde Stubblefield. “The Funky Drummer,” as he was known, would grace several
of Brown’s subsequent hits, and would become one of the most sampled drummers of
the hip-hop era. Also on the track is James Brown’s longtime no. 2, Bobby Byrd, 
who is heard alongside Brown on the chorus.

“We Got To Change” is another example of James Brown’s social outreach (and outrage),
seen in singles like “Don’t Be a Dropout,” “Say It Loud I’m Black and I’m Proud,”“
Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved” and “King Heroin.” It is also a testament to 
Brown’s diverse musical language, quoting from Little Jimmy Dickens’ 1949 hit “Take
an Old Cold Tater (And Wait)” and the African-American anti-war spiritual, “Down
by the Riverside.”

“The James Brown Revue invented the Funk,” says _Funk_ author Rickey Vincent, “and
the J.B.’s perfected it.” Newly unearthed and hitherto unheard, “We Got to Change”
adds a critical page to the history of that perfection’s evolution.

The release of _We Got to Change_ will precede _**James Brown: Say It Loud**_, a
two-part, four-hour documentary about the life and music of the late “Godfather 
of Soul” that premieres February 19 and 20 at 8 pm ET/PT on A&E.  “James  Brown:
Say It Loud” is directed by Deborah Riley Draper and produced for A&E by Inaudible
Films in association with Polygram Entertainment and GroupM Motion Entertainment,
and in cooperation with the owner/custodian of the James Brown Estate, Primary Wave.

Peter Afterman serves as Executive Producer for Inaudible Films along with Executive
Producer Mari Keiko Gonzales and Producer Sarah Haber. Executive Producers for Jagged
Entertainment are Mick Jagger and Victoria Pearman. Executive Producers for Two 
One Five Entertainment are Ahmir ‘Questlove’ Thompson, Tariq ‘Black Thought’ Trotter,
Shawn Gee, and Zarah Zohlman. David Blackman and Bruce Resnikoff serve as Executive
Producers, with Madeline Post and Robert Komadina as co-executive producers for 
Polygram Entertainment. Richard Foster and Chet Fenster serve as Executive Producers
for GroupM Motion Entertainment. Charlie Cohen serves as Executive Producer for 
Warner Music Group. Elaine Frontain Bryant and Brad Abramson serve as Executive 
Producers for A&E Network. A&E holds worldwide distribution rights to “James Brown:
Say it Loud.”

[⌊James Brown single cover⌉⌊James Brown single cover⌉[

**JAMES BROWN X ROOTS OF FIGHT**
**Roots Of Fight** has created a unique capsule
collection paying tribute to Mr. Dynamite and his new song “We Got To Change.” Roots
Of Fight is a media, lifestyle and apparel brand that celebrates the improbable 
achievements of today’s most legendary athletes, innovators, and cultural icons.

**JAMES BROWN X SONG-WORD ART HOUSE**
**Song-Word Art House** will be paying tribute
to the lyrics and music of James Brown, one of the world’s most dynamic performers
and innovative songwriters, admired for his pioneering influence in funk, soul, 
and hip-hop music.  The collection of original artworks by internationally acclaimed
artists from around the world features a mixture of canvases, sculptures, and mixed
media artworks, representing select lyrics from songs throughout James Brown’s illustrious
career.  More info [here](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=9e1ced746f&e=615f2b8493).

WE GOT TO CHANGE
**EP Tracklisting**

 1. “We Got To Change”
 2. “We Got To Change” (extended version)
 3. “We Got To Change” (Pixal remix)

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