20 All-Time Greatest Hits!

20 All-Time Greatest Hits!
Greatest hits album by James Brown
Released	October 22, 1991
Recorded	February 4, 1956 – April 1976
Genre	Funk, R&B, soul
Length	70:26
Label	Polydor
Producer	Various
James Brown chronology
Star Time (1991) 20 All-Time Greatest Hits! (1991) Roots of a Revolution (1995)

Professional ratings

Review scores
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20 All-Time Greatest Hits! is a compilation album by James Brown containing 20 of his most famous recordings. Released by Polydor in 1991 as a single-disc alternative to the Star Time box set, it features songs from the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. 16 of the songs from the album had previously topped the US R&B charts. The album itself peaked at number 99 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart after its release. In 2003, it was ranked number 414 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Got You (I Feel Good)"	James Brown	2:47
2.	"Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine"	James Brown, Bobby Byrd, Ron Lenhoff	5:15
3.	"I Got the Feelin'"	Brown	2:38
4.	"Mother Popcorn, Pt. 1"	Brown, Pee Wee Ellis	3:16
5.	"Give It Up or Turnit a Loose"	Charles Bobbit	3:11
6.	"Make It Funky, Pt. 1"	Brown, Bobbit	3:15
7.	"Papa's Got a Brand New Bag, Pt. 1"	Brown	2:06
8.	"Think"	Lowman Pauling	2:45
9.	"It's a Man's Man's Man's World"	Brown, Betty Jean Newsome	2:47
10.	"Try Me"	Brown	2:30
11.	"Night Train"	Jimmy Forrest, Lewis Simpkins, Oscar Washington	3:31
12.	"Cold Sweat, Pt. 1"	Brown, Ellis, David Lindup	2:51
13.	"Get on the Good Foot"	Brown, Joe Mims, Fred Wesley	3:35
14.	"Papa Don't Take No Mess, Pt. 1"	Brown, Bobbit, Jabo Starks, Wesley	4:23
15.	"The Payback"	Brown, Starks, Wesley	7:38
16.	"Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud, Pt. 1"	Brown, Ellis	2:46
17.	"Super Bad, Pts. 1 & 2"	Brown	5:00
18.	"Hot Pants, Pt. 1"	Brown, Wesley	3:07
19.	"Get Up Offa That Thing"	Brown, Deidre Brown	4:10
20.	"Please, Please, Please"	Brown, Johnny Terry	2:44

Personnel

Credits for 20 All-Time Greatest Hits! adapted from Allmusic.

• John Bobbit – composer
• Deanna Brown – composer
• Deidra Brown – composer
• James Brown – composer, vocals
• James Razor Brown – producer
• Yamma Brown – composer
• Alfred Ellis – composer
• Pee Wee Ellis – composer
• D. Jenkins – composer
• David Lindup – composer
• Mims, Joe – composer
• Lowman Pauling – composer
• Fred Wesley – composer
• Isabelle Wong – design

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1993)	Peak position
US R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)	99

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)	Platinum	1,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.