Ain't That a Groove

"Ain't That a Groove Part 1"
Single by James Brown
B-side	"Ain't That a Groove Part 2"
Released	February 1966
Format	7"
Recorded	December 13 (track) and 22 (rhythm guitar overdub), 1965, Bell Sound Studios, New York, NY
Genre	Rhythm and blues, soul, funk
Length	2:39 (Part 1) 1:47 (Part 2)
Label	King 6025
Writer(s)	James Brown Nat Jones
Producer(s)	James Brown
James Brown charting singles chronology
"I'll Go Crazy" (B-side of "Lost Someone") (1966) "Ain't That a Groove Part 1" (1966) "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" (1966)

"Ain't That a Groove" is a song written by James Brown and Nat Jones. Brown recorded it in 1965 with the female vocal group The Jewels and a studio band arranged and conducted by Sammy Lowe. Released in edited form as a two-part single in 1966, it charted #6 R&B and #42 Pop.^[1][2] The unedited studio recording of the song was included in the 1991 box set Star Time.

Brown performs a live version of "Ain't That a Groove" on his 1967 album Live at the Garden.

The single was also featured in Dead Presidents.

References

1. White, Cliff (1991). "Discography". In Star Time (pp. 54–59) [CD booklet]. New York: PolyGram Records.
2. Leeds, Alan, and Harry Weinger (1991). "Star Time: Song by Song". In Star Time (pp. 46–53) [CD booklet]. New York: PolyGram Records.