Shout and Shimmy

About Shout and Shimmy

"Shout and Shimmy" is an R&B song written by James Brown, and recorded by him and The Famous Flames. It rose to #16 on the R&B chart and #61 on the Billboard Hot 100. The critic Douglas Wolk described the song as "a truly shameless ripoff of The Isley Brothers' 1959 hit "Shout"... basically the fast parts of "Shout" with the gospel inflections removed and the word 'shimmy' added." Wolk argues that Brown and The Famous Flames probably performed "Shout and Shimmy" in the October 24, 1962 concerts at which Live at the Apollo was recorded, but that it was left off of the album to prevent sales competition with the studio version of the song. Evidence to support this contention includes the fact that Brown customarily began his concerts with his latest hit (which "Shout and Shimmy" was at the time), and the presence of "Shout and Shimmy"'s a cappella opening ("You know I feel all right...") immediately before the first song on the album, "I'll Go Crazy". James and The Famous Flames sang and performed this song on Dick Clark's American Bandstand,on a telecast dated June 11th, 1962. A performance of "Shout and Shimmy" was the first track on Brown & The Flames' next live album, 1964's Pure Dynamite! Live at the Royal, featuring a comedy skit between Brown and Famous Flame Bobby Bennett. more »

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2013

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You know I feel all right
You know I feel all right, children
I feel all right

You know it make me
Want to shout, shimmy
Shout, shimmy
Shout, shimmy
I wanna shout

I walk up to the back
And I move from side to side
And then I stop, yeah
And then I drop

And then I do a little thing
That I never, never did before

I said I feel all right, children
You know I feel pretty good, children
Do you feel like standing up
And let the world know
You feel all right

Well, one more time
One more time

You know it make me wanna
Shout, shimmy, oh, yeah
Shout, shimmy, oh, yeah
Come on now, yeah

Shout and shimmy
Just shout and shimmy
Just shout and shimmy

You know I walk to the front
And then I do my little walk
I step to the back and then
I work it out

I wanna shout, shimmy
I feel so good
I feel so good
Feel so good now
Feel so good

I holler, oh, I holler, oh
I holler, oh

Ohhh, yeah
Hey, hey, hey, hey

I shout, shimmy
Oh, yeah, shout, shimmy

I'm so tired now
I'm so tired now
I'm so tired now
I'm so tired now

But I'm all right
I'm all right now
I'm all right now

I'm all right now
Yeah, yeah

Come on, children
Come on, children

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James Brown

James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and recording artist. He is the originator of funk music and is a major figure of 20th century popular music and dance. more »

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