Coldblooded (James Brown song) explained

Coldblooded
Type:	single
Artist:	James Brown
Album:	Hell
A-Side:	Funky President (People It's Bad)
Recorded:	March 24, 1974, International Studios, Augusta, GA; additional recording April 1974, Sound Ideas, New York, NY
Genre:	Funk
Label:	Polydor 14258
Producer:	James Brown
Chronology:	James Brown charting
Prev Title:	Funky President (People It's Bad)
Prev Year:	1974
Next Title:	Reality
Next Year:	1975

"Coldblooded" is a song written and recorded by James Brown. It was released in 1974 as the B-side of "Funky President (People It's Bad)" and charted #99 Pop.^[1] It also appeared on the album Hell. Writing in Rolling Stone, Robert Palmer praised the song as a "sure-fire disco [smash], the kind of no-nonsense party music one expects from Soul Brother Number One."^[2]

Personnel

James Brown - vocals
Isaiah "Ike" Oakley - trumpet
Fred Wesley - trombone
Maceo Parker - alto sax
Jimmy Parker - alto sax
St. Clair Pinckney - tenor sax
Jimmy Nolen - guitar
Hearlon "Cheese" Martin - guitar
Fred Thomas - bass
John "Jabo" Starks - drums
Johnny Griggs - congas
Fred Wesley or Bob Both - percussion^[3]

Notes and References

White, Cliff (1991). "Discography". In Star Time (pp. 54–59) [CD booklet]. New York: PolyGram Records.
Palmer, Robert. "Out of the Brown Bag". Rolling Stone September 12, 1974. Rpt. in The James Brown Reader: Fifty Years of Writing About the Godfather of Soul. Ed. Nelson George and Alan Leeds. New York: Plume, 2008. 101-104.
Leeds, Alan (1995). Hell [CD liner notes]. New York: PolyGram Records.