| Escape-ism (Part 1) | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | James Brown |
| Album: | Hot Pants |
| B-Side: | Escape-ism (Part 2 & 3) |
| Genre: | Funk, proto-rap |
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| Label: | People 2500 |
| Producer: | James Brown |
| Chronology: | James Brown charting |
| Prev Title: | I Cried |
| Prev Year: | 1971 |
| Next Title: | Hot Pants Pt. 1 (She Got to Use What She Got to Get What She Wants) |
| Next Year: | 1971 |
"Escape-ism" is a funk song by American musician James Brown. It was Brown's first release on his own label, People Records. It charted #6 R&B and #35 Pop as a two-part single in 1971.[1] Both parts also appeared on the album Hot Pants in 1971, with the previously unreleased nineteen-minute unedited take of the track appearing on the album's 1992 CD re-release. According to Robert Christgau the song was "supposedly cut to kill time until Bobby Byrd arrived" at the studio.[2]
A live version of "Escape-ism" is included on Brown's live album Revolution of the Mind.