| Ain't That a Groove Part 1 | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | James Brown |
| Album: | It's a Man's Man's Man's World |
| B-Side: | Ain't That a Groove Part 2 |
| Recorded: | December 13 (track) and 22 (rhythm guitar overdub), 1965 |
| Studio: | Bell Sound (New York City) |
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| Label: | King (6025) |
| Producer: | James Brown |
| Chronology: | James Brown charting |
| Prev Title: | I'll Go Crazy |
| Prev Year: | 1966 |
| Next Title: | It's a Man's Man's Man's World |
| Next Year: | 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.
Cash Box described the single as a "rhythmic, throbbing chorus-backed romancer about a lucky twosome who seem aptly suited to each other."[3]
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.[4]
The single was also featured in Dead Presidents.