The Payback – James Brown

Appears On

• 70’s Funk Classics(1995)
• Greatest Hits(2001)
• Make It Funky - The Big Payback: 1971-1975(1996)
• Say It Loud: Songs From the A&E Original Documentary(2024)
• Ultimate Funk(2004)
• The Funk Box(2000)
• Old School Soul Party(2005)
• Greatest Breakbeats(2005)
• The Samples(2020)
• 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of James Brown, Volume 2: The ’70s(2002)
• Out of Sight! The Very Best of James Brown(2002)
• Gold(2005)
• Star Time(1991)
• James Brown(2008)
• Ultimate 16 Originals: Ultimate Funk(2005)
• Funk Gold(2005)
• Funky President: Very Best of James Brown, Volume 2(1993)
• 5 Classic Albums(2014)
• 20 All‐Time Greatest Hits!(1991)
• From Hip to Hop: Volume 1: Funk Roots(1995)

Writers & Composers

• James Brown(composer)
• Fred Wesley(composer)

Composition

Recording of The Payback

Other Versions (9)

• The Payback Mixby James Brown
• The Paybackby James Brown
• The Paybackby Prince
• The Payback, Part 1by James Brown
• The Payback (guitar)by James Brown
• The Payback, Pt. 1by James Brown
• Paybackby James Brown
• The Big Paybackby Fred Wesley
• The Payback (bass)by James Brown