Ain't That a Groove

{{Infobox song

| name = Ain't That a Groove Part 1

| cover =

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = James Brown

| album = It's a Man's Man's Man's World

| B-side = Ain't That a Groove Part 2

| released = {{Start date|1966|02}}

| recorded = December 13 (track) and 22 (rhythm guitar overdub), 1965

| studio = Bell Sound (New York City)

| venue =

| genre = *Soul

| length = * {{Duration|m=2|s=39}} (Part 1)

  • {{Duration|m=1|s=47}} (Part 2)

| label = King (6025)

| writer = * James Brown

  • Nat Jones

| producer = James Brown

| chronology = James Brown charting

| prev_title = I'll Go Crazy

| prev_year = 1966

| next_title = It's a Man's Man's Man's World

| next_year = 1966

}}

"Ain't That a Groove" is a song written by James Brown and Nat Jones. Brown recorded it in 1965 with the female vocal group The Jewels and a studio band arranged and conducted by Sammy Lowe. Released in edited form as a two-part single in 1966, it charted #6 R&B and #42 Pop.White, Cliff (1991). "Discography". In Star Time (pp. 54–59) [CD booklet]. New York: PolyGram Records.Leeds, Alan, and Harry Weinger (1991). "Star Time: Song by Song". In Star Time (pp. 46–53) [CD booklet]. New York: PolyGram Records. The unedited studio recording of the song was included in the 1991 box set Star Time.

Cash Box described the single as a "rhythmic, throbbing chorus-backed romancer about a lucky twosome who seem aptly suited to each other."{{cite magazine |title=CashBox Record Reviews |date=February 19, 1966 |page=20 |access-date=2022-01-12 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1966/CB-1966-02-19.pdf |magazine=Cash Box}}

Brown performs a live version of "Ain't That a Groove" on his 1967 album Live at the Garden He also performed the song live with his vocal group The Famous Flames on a 1966 telecast of the Ed Sullivan Show with The Jewels singing background offstage.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKoH-jisDvg Youtube]

The single was also featured in Dead Presidents.

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