Papa Don't Take No Mess
| "Papa Don't Take No Mess" | ||||
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| Single by James Brown | ||||
| from the album Hell | ||||
| A-side | "Papa Don't Take No Mess Part I" | |||
| B-side | "Papa Don't Take No Mess Part II" | |||
| Released | August 1974 | |||
| Recorded | August 23, 1973, International Studios, Augusta, GA | |||
| Genre | Funk | |||
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| Label | Polydor 14255 | |||
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| Producer(s) | James Brown | |||
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| "Papa Don't Take No Mess" on YouTube | ||||
"Papa Don't Take No Mess" is a funk song performed by James Brown. An edited version of the song released as a two-part single in 1974 was Brown's 17th and final number one R&B hit and peaked at number thirty-one on the Hot 100. The full-length version, nearly 14 minutes long, appeared on the double album Hell.
Like "The Payback," "Papa Don't Take No Mess" was originally recorded for a rejected soundtrack to the blaxploitation film Hell Up in Harlem.
Record World said that the song is "carefully fashioned from disco and pure black leather funk."