{{For|the album|Get On the Good Foot (album)}} {{Infobox song | name = Get on the Good Foot - Part 1 | cover = GetOnTheGoodFoot.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = [[James Brown]] | album = [[Get on the Good Foot (album)|Get on the Good Foot]] | B-side = Get on the Good Foot - Part 2 | released = {{Start date|1972|07}} | recorded = May 9, 1972, Soundcraft Studios, [[North Augusta, SC]] | studio = | venue = | genre = [[Funk]] | length = {{plainlist}} * {{Duration|m=3|s=36}} <small>(Part 1)</small> * {{Duration|m=2|s=39}} <small>(Part 2)</small> {{endplainlist}} | label = [[Polydor Records|Polydor]]<br><small>14139</small> | writer = {{plainlist}} * James Brown * [[Fred Wesley]] * Joseph Mims {{endplainlist}} | producer = James Brown | chronology = [[James Brown]] charting | prev_title = [[Honky Tonk (composition)|Honky Tonk - Part 1]] | prev_year = 1972 | next_title = [[I Got a Bag of My Own]] | next_year = 1972 | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|KzlxUHUKlrA|"Get On The Good Foot (Pt.1 & 2)"}}|header=Audio video}} }}

"'''Get on the Good Foot'''" is a [[funk]] song performed by American musician [[James Brown]]. It was released in May 1972 by [[Polydor Records]] as a two-part [[Single (music)|single]] that peaked at numbers one and 18 on the US ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot R&B]] and [[Hot 100]] charts.<ref>White, Cliff (1991). "Discography". In ''Star Time'' (pp.&nbsp;54–59) [CD booklet]. New York: PolyGram Records.</ref><ref>{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=85}}</ref> It also appeared on an [[Get on the Good Foot (album)|album of the same name]] released that year. Partly due to the unwillingness of Brown's record labels to [[RIAA certification|certify]] sales of his previous hits, "Get on the Good Foot" was his first [[Music recording sales certification|gold record]].<ref>Wolk, Douglas. (2004). ''Live at the Apollo'', 26. New York: Continuum.</ref> ''Billboard'' ranked it as the No. 99 song for 1972.<ref>[[Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1972]]</ref> In 2022, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' ranked it number 15 in their list of the "200 Greatest Dance Songs of All Time".<ref>{{cite magazine|first1=Jon|last1=Dolan|first2=Julyssa|last2=Lopez|first3=Michaelangelo|last3=Matos|first4=Claire|last4=Shaffer|title=200 Greatest Dance Songs of All Time|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/200-greatest-dance-songs-of-all-time-1372888|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=July 22, 2022|accessdate=April 6, 2025}}</ref>

Performances of "Get on the Good Foot" appear on the albums ''[[Hot on the One]]'', ''[[Live in New York (James Brown album)|Live in New York]]'', ''[[Live at Chastain Park]] and Live at the Apollo 1995''

==Personnel== * James Brown - lead vocal, organ

''with [[The J.B.'s]]:'' * Russell Crimes - trumpet * Ike Oakley - trumpet * [[Fred Wesley]] - trombone * Jimmy Parker - alto saxophone * [[St. Clair Pinckney]] - tenor saxophone * Hearlon "Cheese" Martin - guitar * Bobby Roach - guitar * [[Fred Thomas (bassist)|Fred Thomas]] - bass * [[John "Jabo" Starks]] - drums<ref>Leeds, Alan, and Harry Weinger (1991). "Star Time: Song by Song". In ''Star Time'' (pp.&nbsp;46–53) [CD booklet]. New York: PolyGram Records.</ref>

==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=James Brown|title=Get on the Good Foot|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=1972|certyear=1972|access-date=May 12, 2022}} {{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=yes}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [{{AllMusic|class=song|id=t2641589|pure_url=yes}} Song Review] from [[Allmusic]] * [http://www.the-breaks.com/search.php?term=Get+on+the+Good+Foot&type=4 Songs which sample "Get on the Good Foot"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303192942/http://www.the-breaks.com/search.php?term=Get+on+the+Good+Foot&type=4 |date=2016-03-03 }}

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