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"Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" is a song released as a two-part single by James Brown, who is also its author. It was the artist's first song to enter the Billboard Hot 100 Top Ten chart (eighth place), while also topping the list dedicated to the R&B music genre for many weeks. The hit earned Brown his first Grammy Award in the Best R&B Recording cateogory.
"Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" is considered a breakthrough, as it helped funk distinguish itself as a distinct musical style. Both James Brown himself and the musicians who played with him here place great emphasis on the first beat of each bar. The recording of the song gained a faster tempo and higher key when it became the artist's single. The original version can be heard on the album "Star Time." In 2014, the song was ranked 72nd on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Best Songs of All Time. In turn, it is now considered one of the most important in history (121st place) and the eighth best single of 1965.