Get on the Good Foot

{{For|the album|Get On the Good Foot (album)}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Get on the Good Foot - Part 1

| cover = GetOnTheGoodFoot.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = James Brown

| album = Get on the Good Foot

| B-side = Get on the Good Foot - Part 2

| released = {{Start date|1972|07}}

| recorded = May 9, 1972, Soundcraft Studios, North Augusta, SC

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Funk

| length = {{plainlist}}

• {{Duration|m=3|s=36}} (Part 1)
• {{Duration|m=2|s=39}} (Part 2)

{{endplainlist}}

| label = Polydor
14139

| writer = {{plainlist}}

• James Brown
• Fred Wesley
• Joseph Mims

{{endplainlist}}

| producer = James Brown

| chronology = James Brown charting

| prev_title = Honky Tonk - Part 1

| prev_year = 1972

| next_title = I Got a Bag of My Own

| next_year = 1972

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|KzlxUHUKlrA|"Get On The Good Foot (Pt.1 & 2)"}}|header=Audio video}}

}}

"Get on the Good Foot" is a funk song performed by American musician James Brown. It was released in May 1972 by Polydor Records as a two-part single that peaked at numbers one and 18 on the US Billboard Hot R&B and Hot 100 charts.White, Cliff (1991). "Discography". In Star Time (pp. 54–59) [CD booklet]. New York: PolyGram Records.{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=85}} It also appeared on an album of the same name released that year. Partly due to the unwillingness of Brown's record labels to certify sales of his previous hits, "Get on the Good Foot" was his first gold record.Wolk, Douglas. (2004). Live at the Apollo, 26. New York: Continuum. Billboard ranked it as the No. 99 song for 1972.Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1972 In 2022, Rolling Stone ranked it number 15 in their list of the "200 Greatest Dance Songs of All Time".{{cite magazine|first1=Jon|last1=Dolan|first2=Julyssa|last2=Lopez|first3=Michaelangelo|last3=Matos|first4=Claire|last4=Shaffer|title=200 Greatest Dance Songs of All Time|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/200-greatest-dance-songs-of-all-time-1372888|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=July 22, 2022|accessdate=April 6, 2025}}

Performances of "Get on the Good Foot" appear on the albums Hot on the One, Live in New York, Live at Chastain Park and Live at the Apollo 1995