Artists Covering Songs by James Brown

Artists covering songs by James Brown

	Artist	Song Performances
1	Aerosmith	273


2	Prince	251


3	Deep Banana Blackout	155


4	Lettuce	128


5	Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul	109


6	Santana	83


7	The Residents	74


8	Van Morrison	68


9	Céline Dion	67


10	Dumpstaphunk	62


11	Living Colour	61


12	Maceo Parker	59


13	Steely Dan	49


14	James Brown & The Famous Flames	41


15	Khruangbin	40


16	The Dukes of September	37


17	RAYE	36


18	Rob Zombie	35


19	Gov’t Mule	32


20	Christina Aguilera	29


	Soulive	29


22	The Tubes	27


23	Elvis Costello & The Attractions	25


24	Big Head Todd and the Monsters	24


25	Galactic	23


26	Seal	22


27	Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue	21


28	Bootsy Collins	20


29	Edyta Górniak	19


	Olly Murs	19


	Soul Project NOLA	19


	St. Paul & The Broken Bones	19


	Various Artists	19


34	Warren Haynes Band	18


35	Di‐rect	17


	Dopapod	17


	CeeLo Green	17


	The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion	17


	Victor Wooten	17


	Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings	17


41	The Engineers Band	16


	Janelle Monáe	16


	SHEENA & THE ROKKETS	16


44	James Chance and the Contortions	15


	The Dirty Dozen Brass Band	15


	Grateful Dead	15


	The Greyboy Allstars	15


	Patti Smith Group	15


49	The Flyers	14


	The Roots	14


	Mitch Ryder	14


	TR3	14


53	Sheila E.	13


	Drake White and the Big Fire	13


55	Draw the Line-Aerosmith Tribute	12


	Juliet Simms	12


57	Terence Trent D’Arby	11


	Stevie Wonder	11


59	Dark Star Orchestra	10


	The Hornets	10


	Haruomi Hosono	10


	Jon Spencer	10


63	Laurie Anderson with Sexmob	9


	George Clinton and the P-Funk All Stars	9


	Donkey Jaw	9


	Dupree's Dead Band	9


	Little Odetta	9


	The Spinners	9


69	Enzo Avitabile	8


	Blondie	8


	George Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic	8


	Heart & Soul	8


	Jennifer Hudson	8


	Sharon Jones and the Dap‐Kings	8


	Elliot Levine	8


	Live Dead and Brothers	8


	Mink DeVille	8


	Monster Truck	8


	Tami Neilson	8


80	Addison Groove Project	7


	American Idol Ensemble	7


	Natacha Atlas	7


	Herman Brood & His Wild Romance	7


	Marc Broussard	7


	Jimmy Buffett	7


	Tommy Castro & the Painkillers	7


	Ira!	7


	The Magictones	7


	Marco Mendoza	7


	One of the Boyzz	7


	Pigeons Playing Ping Pong	7


	Polyrhythmics	7


	Pork Tornado	7


	Ratdog	7


	Inga Rumpf	7


96	Ax and the Hatchetmen	6


	Big Something	6


	Tommy Castro	6


	Circus Guy	6


	Extreme	6


	Renée Geyer	6


	Guns N’ Roses	6


	Eric Krasno	6


	Lew Lewis Reformer	6


	DJ Logic	6


	Neighbor	6


	Bob Schneider	6


	Joss Stone	6


	Tower of Power	6


	Umphrey’s McGee	6


	Waylon	6


	The Who	6


113	3JS	5


	Gerald Albright	5


	Anastacia	5


	Laurie Anderson	5


	Jeff “Skunk” Baxter	5


	Bonnaroo Superjam	5


	Booty Vortex	5


	Butthole Surfers	5


	De Grungblavers	5


	Heart	5


	Naturally 7	5


	Navarone	5


	The New Mastersounds	5


	Os Paralamas do Sucesso	5


	Pitbull	5


	Remyz	5


	Jonathan Richman	5


	Todd Snider	5


	Fred Wesley & The New JB's	5


132	Arkells	4


	Louis Bertignac	4


	The Dude of Life	4


	Bob Dylan	4


	Fantasia	4


	Chris Farlowe	4


	Fifth Avenue	4


	Macy Gray	4


	Hip Pocket	4


	Bruce Hornsby	4


	Patti LaBelle	4


	Stevie Salas	4


	Jon Secada	4


	Scott Sharrard	4


	Souleh & Soulehah	4


	Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes	4


	Steve Stevens	4


	The String Cheese Incident	4


	Austin & The Syd Experience	4


	Toni Tornado	4


	Dylan Triplett	4


	Usher	4


	Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band	4


	Jontavious Willis	4


	The Wooten Brothers	4


157	Airshow	3


	Band Four!	3


	Steven Bernstein’s Millennial Territory Orchestra	3


	David Bowie	3


	Charles Bradley	3


	Wayne Brady	3


	Petula Clark	3


	Echo & the Bunnymen	3


	JD Eicher	3


	Marla Glen	3


	Buddy Guy	3


	Warren Haynes	3


	Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit	3


	The Jam	3


	James Aston and the Uptown Band	3


	JFA	3


	Billy Joel	3


	Jesse Johnson	3


	Jovanotti	3


	Kat Wright & The Indomitable Soul Band	3


	Los Lonely Boys	3


	Lost Frequencies	3


	Louisa	3


	Lucky Chops	3


	MC5	3


	Katharine McPhee	3


	Numidia	3


	Tim O’Brien	3


	Osaka Monaurail	3


	Luciano Pavarotti	3


	Grace Potter & the Nocturnals	3


	The Power Station	3


	Louis Prima, Jr.	3


	Jett Rebel	3


	Zoogz Rift and His Amazing Shitheads	3


	Otis Rush	3


	The Scofflaws	3


	Straight No Chaser	3


	The Strictly Come Dancing Band	3


	The Sugarhill Gang	3


	T.J. Kirk	3


	The Schwag	3


	Tributosaurus	3


	UConn Rock Ensemble	3


	Geno Washington	3


	Wednesday Wine	3


	The Word	3


204	A-Meezing Coverband	2


	Agoney	2


	Alan Evans Trio	2


	Average White Band	2


	Bassnectar	2


	Beggars Belief	2


	Ben l’Oncle Soul	2


	The Breakfast	2


	Dee Dee Bridgewater	2


	Brothers of Blues	2


	Brandi Carlile	2


	Kate Ceberano	2


	James Chance	2


	The Chicago Blues Brothers	2


	Chris Dave / Pino Palladino / Isaiah Sharkey Trio	2


	Chris Dave & Marcus King	2


	Popa Chubby	2


	Citizens' Dead	2


	Avishai Cohen	2


	The Commitments	2


	Common	2


	The Cuban Brothers	2


	Brian Culbertson	2


	D’Angelo	2


	Decades	2


	The Disco Biscuits	2


	Candy Dulfer	2


	Jen Durkin	2


	Emmaline	2


	eX-Girl	2


	Larry Fleet	2


	Ghost-Note	2


	Giorgia	2


	Josh Groban	2


	Buddy Guy & Junior Wells	2


	Jimmy Hall	2


	Nigel Hall	2


	Tony Hall	2


	Handmade Moments	2


	The Heat	2


	Cory Henry & the Funk Apostles	2


	Haruomi Hosono with Friends of Earth	2


	The Isley Brothers	2


	Mick Jagger	2


	Michel Jonasz	2


	Los Juanitos	2


	Karise Eden	2


	KC and the Sunshine Band	2


	Hana Josefina Kobayashi Trujillo	2


	Beata Kozidrak	2


	Leftover Salmon	2


	Los Lobos	2


	't Luchtorkest	2


	Lyrics Born	2


	Mama Moon	2


	Dave Meniketti	2


	Ricky Merino	2


	The New Motif	2


	Matt Murphy	2


	Max Mutzke	2


	THE NEATBEATS	2


	Never the Bride	2


	Danielle Nicole	2


	Oz Noy	2


	One World Tribe	2


	Over the Wall	2


	Jimmy Page & Robert Plant	2


	Papa Mali	2


	The Quickening	2


	The Radiators	2


	The Raunch Hands	2


	Raw Oyster Cult	2


	Red Hot Chili Peppers	2


	Axelle Red	2


	The Rollies	2


	Mark Ronson	2


	David Lee Roth	2


	Poncho Sanchez	2


	Ivete Sangalo	2


	Reggie Saunders	2


	Scott Sharrard and the Brickyard Band	2


	Sean Canan's Voodoo Players	2


	Shokazoba	2


	Ian Siegal	2


	J.D. Simo	2


	Sienna Spiro	2


	Bruce Springsteen	2


	Star Academy 2024	2


	Stone Soul	2


	Allen Stone	2


	Styx	2


	The Temptations	2


	The Somethings	2


	Trey Anastasio Band	2


	The Derek Trucks Band	2


	Unoderne	2


	Raoul Vázquez	2


	American Vinyl	2


	Jimmy Vivino	2


	Voyager	2


	Naomi Wachira	2


	Thea Watson	2


	Fee Waybill	2


	Vince Welnick	2


	Marva Whitney	2


	Who's Bad: The Ultimate Michael Jackson Experience	2


	Widespread Panic	2


	Andy Williams	2


312	007	1


	1910 Fruitgum Co.	1


	6-Zylinder	1


	Bryan Adams	1


	Jeanne Added	1


	All Gods' Children	1


	Karen Lee Andrews	1


	Animal Liberation Orchestra	1


	Aphrodite’s Child	1


	Die Ärzte	1


	Atomic Funk Project	1


	Aurea	1


	Bachelors From Prague	1


	Erykah Badu	1


	Bajm	1


	Julien Baker	1


	Kofi Baker	1


	The Bar‐Kays	1


	Barilari	1


	Jon Batiste	1


	Larissa Baumann	1


	BBC Concert Orchestra	1


	Evan Nicole Bell	1


	Belle and Sebastian	1


	Paris Bennett	1


	Chuck Berry	1


	Big Sam’s Funky Nation	1


	Billy Iuso	1


	Billy Walton Band	1


	Blacknuss	1


	Bluejuice	1


	The Blues Band	1


	The Blues Brothers, Approved	1


	Bon Jovi	1


	Bonerama	1


	Marco Borsato	1


	The Brothers Grimm	1


	Arthur Brown	1


	Gary Brown	1


	Zac Brown Band	1


	Jeff Buckley	1


	Bunbury	1


	Oteil Burbridge	1


	Kevin BF Burt	1


	The BusBoys	1


	Armando Cacciato	1


	Andrés Calamaro	1


	Alessia Cara	1


	Cassidy Deadwater	1


	Chancho en Piedra	1


	Tracy Chapman	1


	Brian Charette	1


	Charly Luske	1


	CHICO and the man	1


	Christian McBride’s New Jawn	1


	Cimafunk	1


	The Cinelli Brothers	1


	Kelly Clarkson	1


	Michael Clem	1


	Stevie Salas Colorcode	1


	Nikka Costa	1


	Bucky Covington	1


	Croupier Funk	1


	Crow Jane	1


	Jamie Cullum	1


	Cut Chemist	1


	Chris Daniels & the Kings	1


	Daphni	1


	Chris Daughtry	1


	John Daversa Big Band	1


	Dawes	1


	Deer Tick	1


	Dejan Cukic & Spori Ritam Band	1


	Zach Deputy	1


	Carolina Deslandes	1


	Elske DeWall	1


	Dikta Wicaksono	1


	Ronnie Dio and the Prophets	1


	Dirty Angels	1


	DJ AM & DJ Jazzy Jeff	1


	DJ Frank White	1


	DJ Soulman	1


	Domestic Problems	1


	Fats Domino	1


	Don Randi & Quest	1


	Rockin’ Dopsie, Jr. & The Zydeco Twisters	1


	Duncan and the Dragonslayers	1


	Stephan Eicher	1


	Eternal Erection	1


	Evan + Zane	1


	Faith Evans	1


	Jacob Ewald	1


	The Exposures	1


	Erica Falls	1


	Familiar Strangers	1


	Fatboy Slim	1


	The Floorwalkers	1


	Flying Lotus	1


	Pierre Flynn	1


	Christopher Forsman	1


	Freekbass	1


	Frumpy	1


	Funktapuss	1


	Fuzzy Jeffries & The Kings of Memphis	1


	Gativideo	1


	Ghazal Mizrahi	1


	Corey Glover	1


	Carlise Guy	1


	Sammy Hagar	1


	Col. Bruce Hampton	1


	Deborah Harry	1


	Hausmarke	1


	heavytones	1


	Corey Henry	1


	Cory Henry	1


	Taylor Hicks	1


	Martha High	1


	Judith Hill	1


	#1 Hits of the 60's	1


	Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers	1


	Hot Stove All Stars	1


	Engelbert Humperdinck	1


	Osmo Ikonen	1


	Ingram Hill	1


	INXS	1


	Gisele Jackson	1


	Erwin Raymond Java	1


	Jazzkantine	1


	Jimmy Club	1


	JoBonanno & The Godsons of Soul	1


	John Primer & The Real Deal Blues Band	1


	Ben Jones and the Rifle Volunteers	1


	Michael Jones	1


	Willem Jongeneelen	1


	Jukebox Saloon: Colby Beserra and Dan Lipton	1


	JV’s Boogaloo Squad	1


	Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe	1


	Alicia Keys	1


	Steve Kimock	1


	KJ The Cool Nerd	1


	Jiří Korn	1


	Lenny Kravitz	1


	Krokus	1


	DJ Krush	1


	Kung Fu	1


	Storm Large	1


	Layla Zoe	1


	Jim Lea	1


	Päivi Lepistö	1


	Life in the Woods	1


	Los Lobotomys	1


	G. Love & Special Sauce	1


	Luniz	1


	Aysha Luzia	1


	Wolf Maahn	1


	Marcus Machado	1


	The Main Squeeze	1


	Dave Malone	1


	Mandisa	1


	Angelina Mango	1


	Manfred Mann’s Earth Band	1


	The Michael Marotta Band	1


	Melanie Martinez	1


	Carolyne Mas	1


	Dave Matthews Band	1


	Maverick City Music	1


	Neal McCoy	1


	Pat McGee Band	1


	Nellie McKay	1


	Sarah McLeod	1


	Ivo Meirelles	1


	Rebekah Meldrum	1


	Milk Man & The Big Band	1


	Hazel Miller	1


	Joni Mitchell	1


	Mr. Mixx	1


	The Motet	1


	Mountain	1


	Alannah Myles	1


	Mike Nagoda	1


	Nagueta	1


	Nate Simpson	1


	Meshell Ndegeocello	1


	Negra Li	1


	Ivan Neville	1


	Newspring Worship	1


	Mojo Nixon & the Toadliquors	1


	Noemi	1


	Shannon Noll	1


	Norside	1


	Alan O’Day	1


	John Oates	1


	DJ Obscene	1


	Jimmy Osmond	1


	Overwater	1


	Panic! at the Disco	1


	Jaco Pastorius	1


	Phantom Chemistry	1


	The Philadelphia Experiment	1


	Kellie Pickler	1


	Los Piojos	1


	Portishead	1


	Sarah Potenza	1


	Preservation Hall Jazz Band	1


	Louis Prima, Jr. and the Witnesses featuring Sarah Spiegel	1


	Procol Harum	1


	Promotion Soul Concern	1


	Pseudopod	1


	Psychedelic Breakfast	1


	Finley Quaye	1


	Rael	1


	Vernon Reid	1


	Jamie Reilly	1


	REO Speedwagon	1


	The Revolution	1


	Tim Reynolds	1


	Marc Ribot	1


	Ricky Toledo	1


	Riders on the Storm	1


	River Driven Band	1


	Damien Robitaille	1


	Rockit Academy	1


	Henry Rollins	1


	Graziano Romani	1


	Roxane	1


	Royal Crescent Mob	1


	Rudán Joe	1


	Ruhrpott Robots	1


	Savana Funk	1


	Saxsquatch	1


	Schizophrenic Spacers	1


	Scruffy the Cat	1


	Second Hand Soul Band	1


	Shablo	1


	Shades of Blue	1


	The Sheila Divine	1


	Sheila E. and the E-Train	1


	The Sheltering Sky	1


	Simply Red	1


	Brooke Simpson	1


	Sinbad	1


	Thee Sinseers	1


	Sloppy Groove Connection	1


	Soul Asylum	1


	Soulsystem	1


	Soweto Gospel Choir	1


	Frank Stallone	1


	Charlie Starr	1


	Steve Smith and the Nakeds	1


	Stone Temple Pilots	1


	Doug Stone	1


	John Stone and The Trailer Park Allstars	1


	Stoney Point	1


	Billy Strings	1


	The Struts	1


	Sugar House	1


	Sullivan King	1


	Sven Hammond Soul	1


	T.C. and the Cats	1


	The Teeth	1


	Ari Teitel	1


	Gegé Telesforo	1


	Terrapin Flyer	1


	That Handsome Devil	1


	That Joe Payne	1


	The Academy Blues Project	1


	The Ron Holloway Band	1


	Thelonious Monster	1


	Third Line	1


	Thomas Kahn	1


	Kris Thomas	1


	The Lee Thompson Ska Orchestra	1


	Richard Thompson	1


	Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra	1


	Frank Tontoh	1


	Top 2000 Live	1


	The Triplet Code	1


	Trombone Shorty	1


	Lisa Tucker	1


	Adam Wakefield	1


	Dionne Warwick	1


	Junior Watson	1


	Max Weinberg	1


	Vince Welnick’s Missing Man Formation	1


	The Werks	1


	Fred Wesley	1


	Mike Wheeler	1


	Drake White	1


	Woei	1


	WPG Trio	1


	Bill Wyman	1


	Y&T	1


	Elliott Yamin	1


	Trisha Yearwood	1


	Yogi	1


	Ace Young	1


	Paul Young	1


	Z‐Trip	1


	The Zen Tricksters	1


	Zëro	1

Covered James Brown songs

This table lists all songs by James Brown that got covered by other artists. Multiple performances from the same setlist are also counted towards the total.

	Song	Song Performances
1	It's a Man's Man's Man's World Play Video stats	703


2	I Got You (I Feel Good) Play Video stats	468


3	Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine Play Video stats	459


4	Mother Popcorn Play Video stats	298


5	Talkin' Loud and Sayin' Nothing Play Video stats	218


6	Down and Out in New York City Play Video stats	144


7	Soul Power Play Video stats	101


8	Super Bad Play Video stats	100


9	Make It Funky Play Video stats	90


10	Papa Don't Take No Mess Play Video stats	67


11	Get Up Offa That Thing Play Video stats	60


12	I Got the Feelin' Play Video stats	55


13	Hot Pants Play Video stats	50


14	Funky Drummer Play Video stats	43


15	Ain't It Funky Now Play Video stats	42


16	Blind Man Can See It Play Video stats	41


	Living in America Play Video stats	41


18	The Payback Play Video stats	40


19	Give It Up or Turnit a Loose Play Video stats	37


20	Get on the Good Foot Play Video stats	31


21	It's a New Day Play Video stats	27


22	After You Done It Play Video stats	26


23	Drive Your Funky Soul Play Video stats	25


24	Out of Sight Play Video stats	24


25	I Don't Mind Play Video stats	21


26	I Don't Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open Up the Door, I'll Get It Myself) Play Video stats	20


27	Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine / Papa's Got a Brand New Bag / Get Up Offa That Thing / I Got You (I Feel Good) Play Video stats	19


28	Licking Stick - Licking Stick Play Video stats	17


29	Ain't It Funky Now, Parts 1 & 2 Play Video stats	15


	Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud Play Video stats	15


31	Just You and Me, Darling Play Video stats	14


32	Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved Play Video stats	13


	People Get Up and Drive Your Funky Soul Play Video stats	13


	Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto Play Video stats	13


	Tell Me That You Love Me Play Video stats	13


36	I Feel Alright Play Video stats	10


37	King Heroin Play Video stats	9


38	Gonna Have a Funky Good Time / Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine Play Video stats	8


	It's Too Funky in Here Play Video stats	8


	Tit for Tat Play Video stats	8


	What Do I Have to Do Play Video stats	8


42	Ain't It Funky Play Video stats	7


	Give It to Me Funky and Lay It on Thick Play Video stats	7


	I Got Ants in My Pants (And I Want to Dance) Play Video stats	7


	Talkin' Loud and Sayin' Nothing / Mama Don't Take No Mess / Soul Power / Get Involved / Super Bad Play Video stats	7


46	Do Just What You Want Play Video stats	6


	I Can't Stand It "76" Play Video stats	6


	Maybe the Last Time Play Video stats	6


	Money Won't Change You Play Video stats	6


	The Boss Play Video stats	6


51	Bodyheat Play Video stats	5


	Bring It Up Play Video stats	5


	I Got the Feelin' / I Got You (I Feel Good) / It's a Man's Man's Man's World Play Video stats	5


	Mind Power Play Video stats	5


55	Funky President (People It's Bad) Play Video stats	4


	I Lost Someone Play Video stats	4


	Papa's Got a Brand New Bag Play Video stats	4


	Payback Play Video stats	4


59	Brother Rapp Play Video stats	3


	Express Yourself Play Video stats	3


	Papa's Got a Brand New Bag / Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine / I Got You (I Feel Good) Play Video stats	3


	The King Play Video stats	3


63	And I Do Just What I Want Play Video stats	2


	Bewildered Play Video stats	2


	Christmas Is for Everyone Play Video stats	2


	Damn Right I'm Somebody Play Video stats	2


	Devil's Den Play Video stats	2


	Fat Bag Play Video stats	2


	Get On Up Play Video stats	2


	Good Foot Play Video stats	2


	Good Good Lovin' Play Video stats	2


	Goodbye My Love Play Video stats	2


	Got to Get a Job Play Video stats	2


	Hell Play Video stats	2


	In the Middle Play Video stats	2


	It's a Man's Man's Man's World / I Got You (I Feel Good) Play Video stats	2


	Let Yourself Go Play Video stats	2


	Pass the Peas Play Video stats	2


	Pay the Cost Play Video stats	2


	Regrets Play Video stats	2


	Soulful Christmas Play Video stats	2


	Talkin' Loud and Saying Nothin' / Mama Don't Take No Mess / Super Bad / Mama Don't Take No Mess / Super Bad Play Video stats	2


	Think Play Video stats	2


	Turn Me Loose, I'm Dr. Feelgood Play Video stats	2


	Your Love Was Good for Me Play Video stats	2


86	Ain't That a Groove Play Video stats	1


	Can I Get Ya Hot Play Video stats	1


	Can You Feel It Play Video stats	1


	Doing the Best I Can Play Video stats	1


	Don't Tell It Play Video stats	1


	Ebbe und Flut Play Video stats	1


	Headache Play Video stats	1


	How Do You Stop Play Video stats	1


	i feel good Play Video stats	1


	I Got a Bag of My Own Play Video stats	1


	If You Leave Me Play Video stats	1


	In the Jungle Play Video stats	1


	Jabo Play Video stats	1


	James Brown House Party Play Video stats	1


	Keep Ya Body Moving / This Little Light Of Mine / Do The Second Line / Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine Play Video stats	1


	Long Weekend / Get Up Offa That Thing Play Video stats	1


	Make It Funky / Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine Play Video stats	1


	Mama Feelgood Play Video stats	1


	Soul Machine Play Video stats	1


	Stomp (Remix) / Revolution / Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine Play Video stats	1


	Super Bad / I Got You (I Feel Good) Play Video stats	1


	Talking Loud & Saying Nothing / Mama Don't Take No Mess / Super Bad Play Video stats	1


	Tell Mama Play Video stats	1


	There It Is Play Video stats	1


	There Was a Time / Super Bad Play Video stats	1


	This is a Man's Man's Man's World Play Video stats	1


	Try Me Play Video stats	1


	Yeah Yeah / Soul Power Play Video stats	1

All Years

Years

Artists covering songs by James Brown

Covered James Brown songs