| "Ain't That a Groove Part 1" | ||||
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| Single by James Brown | ||||
| B-side | "Ain't That a Groove Part 2" | |||
| Released | February 1966 | |||
| Format | 7-inch single | |||
| Recorded | December 13 (track) and 22 (rhythm guitar overdub), 1965 | |||
| Studio | Bell Sound, New York City | |||
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| Label | King (6025) | |||
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| Producer(s) | James Brown | |||
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"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. 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 He also performed the song live with his vocal group The Famous Flames on a 1966 telecast of the Ed Sullivan Show with The Jewels singing background offstage.
The single was also featured in Dead Presidents.