I Got You (I Feel Good)

Release: 1965

Release: 1965Source checked

V3.6 reconciles the original release year with the reviewed Artist Essentials entry for this exact retained recording ID. Year precision is used; an album-first release is not silently replaced by a later single, reissue or annual-list year. This is the 1965 hit master. The earlier 1964 Smash prototype and the later album/reissue years are not its first release.

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Owner-supplied release annotations
Reported dates in 1967.html. Not independently established; neighboring dates can reflect album/single or regional differences.

I Got You (I Feel Good) - UMG release history
UMG account places the hit single in late 1965. Used with the official recording chronology to distinguish the 1964 prototype from the selected 1965 hit master; no exact worldwide first day is claimed.

James Brown - official recording chronology
Official chronological account by Harry Weinger and Cliff White. Supports the separate 1965 hit recording of I Got You after its 1964 prototype, the edited/sped-up Papa release, Licking Stick in the 1968 sequence, and distinct later remakes. No disputed motive is attributed to Brown.