| My Thang | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | James Brown |
| Album: | Hell |
| B-Side: | "People Get Up And Drive Your Funky Soul","I Know It's True","Public Enemy No. 1 - Part I" |
| Recorded: | November 27, 1973, A&R Studios, New York, NY; additional recording March - April 1974, Sound Ideas, New York, NY |
| Genre: | Funk |
| Label: | Polydor 14244 |
| Producer: | James Brown |
| Chronology: | James Brown charting |
| Prev Title: | The Payback - Part I |
| Prev Year: | 1974 |
| Next Title: | Papa Don't Take No Mess |
| Next Year: | 1974 |
"My Thang" is a funk song written and recorded by James Brown. Unlike most of his songs, this song was released not as a two-part single, but instead issued with three different B-sides. It spent two weeks at number one on the R&B singles chart - Brown's second #1 in a row, following "The Payback" - and reached No. 29 on the Billboard Hot 100 in July 1974.[1] [2] The song also appeared on Brown's 1974 double album Hell.[3]
"My Thang" is also sampled on various songs, including: