Escape-ism
Appearance
"Escape-ism (Part 1)" | ||||
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Single by James Brown | ||||
from the album Hot Pants | ||||
B-side | "Escape-ism (Part 2 & 3)" | |||
Released | 1971 | |||
Genre | Funk, proto-rap | |||
Length |
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Label | People 2500 | |||
Songwriter(s) | James Brown | |||
Producer(s) | James Brown | |||
James Brown charting singles chronology | ||||
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Audio video | ||||
"Escape-Ism (Pt. 1)" on YouTube |
"Escape-ism" is a funk song by American musician James Brown. It was Brown's first release on his own label, People Records. It charted #6 R&B and #35 Pop as a two-part single in 1971.[1] Both parts also appeared on the album Hot Pants in 1971, with the previously unreleased nineteen-minute unedited take of the track appearing on the album's 1992 CD re-release. According to Robert Christgau the song was "supposedly cut to kill time until Bobby Byrd arrived" at the studio.[2]
A live version of "Escape-ism" is included on Brown's live album Revolution of the Mind.
References
[edit]- ^ White, Cliff (1991). "Discography". In Star Time (pp. 54–59) [CD booklet]. New York: PolyGram Records.
- ^ "CG: James Brown". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 2016-10-03.