Papa's Got a Brand New Bag



"Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" is a song written and recorded by James Brown. Released as a two-part single in 1965, it was Brown's first song to reach the Billboard Hot 100 Top Ten, peaking at number eight, and was a number-one R&B hit, topping the charts for eight weeks. It won Brown his first Grammy Award, for Best Rhythm & Blues Recording.

Consolidating the rhythmic innovations of earlier James Brown recordings such as "I've Got Money" and "Out of Sight", "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" is considered seminal in the emergence of funk music as a distinct style. As Brown sings the praises of an old man brave enough to get out on the dance floor of a nightclub ("brand new bag" meaning new interest, taste, or way of doing something), his band provides a horn-heavy backdrop with a prominent rhythm and an electric guitar riff for a hook. Both singer and musicians place overwhelming emphasis on the first beat of each measure ("on the One"). The song is Brown's first recording to feature Jimmy Nolen on guitar.

The song is sung by the Rabbids for Rayman Raving Rabbids 2.

Lyrics
Come here sister, Papa's in the swing

He ain't too hip, about that new breed babe

He ain't no drag

Papa's got a brand new bag

Come here mama, and dig this crazy scene

He's not too fancy, but his line is pretty clean

He ain't no drag

Papa's got a brand new bag

It's the Jerk

He's doing the Fly

Don't play him cheap 'cause you know he ain't shy

He's doing the Monkey, the Mashed Potatoes

Jump back Jack, See you later alligator

Come here sister

Papa's in the swing

He ain't too hip now

But I can dig that new breed babe

He ain't no drag

He's got a brand new bag

Oh papa, He's doing the Jerk

Papa, he's doing the Jerk

He's doing the twist, just like this

He's doing the Fly every day and every night

The thing's, like the Boomerang

Hey, come on

Hey hey, come on

He ain't no drag,

Papa's got a Brand New Bag