20 All-Time Greatest Hits!

1991 greatest hits album by James Brown

Greatest hits album by

James Brown

Released

October 22, 1991

Recorded

February 4, 1956 – April 1976

Genre

Funk, R&B, soul

Length

70:26

Label

Polydor

Producer

Various

James Brown chronology

Star Time
(1991)

20 All-Time Greatest Hits!
(1991)

Roots of a Revolution
(1995)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Rolling Stone	^[2]

20 All-Time Greatest Hits! is a compilation album by James Brown containing 20 of his most famous recordings. Released by Polydor in 1991 as a single-disc alternative to the Star Time box set, it features songs from the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. 16 of the songs from the album had previously topped the US R&B charts. The album itself peaked at number 99 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart after its release. In 2003, it was ranked number 414 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Got You (I Feel Good)"	James Brown	2:47
2.	"Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine"	James Brown, Bobby Byrd, Ron Lenhoff	5:15
3.	"I Got the Feelin'"	Brown	2:38
4.	"Mother Popcorn, Pt. 1"	Brown, Pee Wee Ellis	3:16
5.	"Give It Up or Turnit a Loose"	Charles Bobbit	3:11
6.	"Make It Funky, Pt. 1"	Brown, Bobbit	3:15
7.	"Papa's Got a Brand New Bag, Pt. 1"	Brown	2:06
8.	"Think"	Lowman Pauling	2:45
9.	"It's a Man's Man's Man's World"	Brown, Betty Jean Newsome	2:47
10.	"Try Me"	Brown	2:30
11.	"Night Train"	Jimmy Forrest, Lewis Simpkins, Oscar Washington	3:31
12.	"Cold Sweat, Pt. 1"	Brown, Ellis, David Lindup	2:51
13.	"Get on the Good Foot"	Brown, Joe Mims, Fred Wesley	3:35
14.	"Papa Don't Take No Mess, Pt. 1"	Brown, Bobbit, Jabo Starks, Wesley	4:23
15.	"The Payback"	Brown, Starks, Wesley	7:38
16.	"Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud, Pt. 1"	Brown, Ellis	2:46
17.	"Super Bad, Pts. 1 & 2"	Brown	5:00
18.	"Hot Pants, Pt. 1"	Brown, Wesley	3:07
19.	"Get Up Offa That Thing"	Brown, Deidre Brown	4:10
20.	"Please, Please, Please"	Brown, Johnny Terry	2:44

Personnel

Credits for 20 All-Time Greatest Hits! adapted from Allmusic.^[4]

John Bobbit – composer
Deanna Brown – composer
Deidra Brown – composer
James Brown – composer, vocals
James Razor Brown – producer
Yamma Brown – composer
Alfred Ellis – composer
Pee Wee Ellis – composer
D. Jenkins – composer
David Lindup – composer
Mims, Joe – composer
Lowman Pauling – composer
Fred Wesley – composer
Isabelle Wong – design

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1993)	Peak position
US R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[5]	99

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)^[6]	Platinum	1,000,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ Allmusic Review
^ Rolling Stone Review
^ "Greatest Hits – James Brown". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on December 20, 2010. Retrieved September 3, 2011.
^ "20 All-Time Greatest Hits! - James Brown | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
^ 20 All-Time Greatest Hits! – James Brown > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums. Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved September 1, 2011.
^ "American album certifications – James Brown – 20 All-Time Greatest Hits". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved May 12, 2022.