"I Know You Got Soul"
Single by Bobby Byrd
from the album James Brown's Funky People Part 2
B-side	"It's I Who Love You (Not Him Anymore)"
Released	May 1971
Genre	Soul, funk
Length	3:00
Label	King 6378
Songwriter(s)	James Brown Charles Bobbitt Bobby Byrd
Producer(s)	James Brown

"I Know You Got Soul" is a song recorded by Bobby Byrd with James Brown's band The J.B.'s. The recording was produced by Brown and released as a single in 1971. It reached #30 on the Billboard R&B chart. It was prominently sampled on the 1987 song of the same name by Eric B. & Rakim. The "you got it" is referenced in Static and in the song's remix.

An extended 4:42 version was issued on the James Brown's Funky People (Part 2) compilation album in 1988, with a notation that the long version was previously unreleased.^[1]

"I Know You Got Soul" appeared on the Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas soundtrack on the Master Sounds 98.3 station.

Sample Used

• Eric B & Rakim - I Know You Got Soul
• James Brown - Static
• Public Enemy - Fight The Power
• DJ DSK & Mystro - I Know You Got Sole

References

External links

• List of songs that sample "I Know You Got Soul"

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