Bodyheat

{{short description|1976 song by James Brown}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Bodyheat (Part 1)

| cover =

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = James Brown

| album = Bodyheat

| B-side = Bodyheat (Part 2)

| released = {{Start date|1976|12}}

| recorded = September 1976, International Studios, Augusta, GA

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Disco, funk

| length = {{plainlist}}

• {{Duration|m=4|s=05}} (Part 1)
• {{Duration|m=4|s=39}} (Part 2)

{{endplainlist}}

| label = Polydor
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| writer = {{plainlist}}

• Deidra Brown
• Deanna Brown
• Yamma Brown

{{endplainlist}}

| producer = James Brown

| chronology = James Brown charting

| prev_title = I Refuse to Lose

| prev_year = 1976

| next_title = Kiss in 77

| next_year = 1977

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|vGlZYRTjfkI|"Bodyheat"}}|header=Audio video}}

}}

"Bodyheat" (sometimes spelled "Body Heat") is a song recorded by James Brown. It was released in 1976 as a two-part single on Polydor Records and also appeared on an album of the same name.Leeds, Alan, and Harry Weinger (1991). "Star Time: Song by Song". In Star Time (pp. 46–53) [CD booklet]. New York: PolyGram Records. It charted #13 R&B and #88 Pop.White, Cliff (1991). "Discography". In Star Time (pp. 54–59) [CD booklet]. New York: PolyGram Records. It was Brown's last song to appear on the Billboard Hot 100 until "Living in America" in 1985.

Live performances of the song appear on the albums Hot on the One (1980) and Live in New York (1981). An alternate mix of the studio version was included as a bonus track on the 2003 reissue of Motherlode.