Escape-ism
| "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 | |||
| Format | 7" | |||
| Genre | Funk, Proto-rap | |||
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| Label |
People 2500 |
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| Writer(s) | James Brown | |||
| Producer(s) | James Brown | |||
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"Escape-ism" is a funk song by James Brown. It was Brown's first release on his own label, People Records. It charted #6 R&B and #25 Pop as a two-part single in 1971. 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.
A live version of "Escape-ism" is included on Revolution of the Mind.
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