| Gettin' Down to It | |
| Type: | Studio album |
| Artist: | James Brown |
| Cover: | James Brown Gettin' Down to It.jpg |
| Released: | May 1969 |
| Recorded: | December 1968–March 1969 |
| Genre: | Soul jazz |
| Length: | 48:35 |
| Label: | King |
| Producer: | James Brown |
| Prev Title: | Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud |
| Prev Year: | 1969 |
| Next Title: | The Popcorn |
| Next Year: | 1969 |
Gettin' Down to It is the 24th studio album by American musician James Brown. The album was released in May 1969, by King Records.[1] [2] A pet project of Brown's, the album consists of standards sung in the jazz ballad style of Frank Sinatra, whom Brown greatly admired. In addition, two of Brown's own compositions, "Cold Sweat" and an instrumental version of "There Was a Time", are included, reinterpreted in the same style.
Robert Christgau has called it "a ballad album that could scare the shades off Ray Charles".[3]