I've Got Money

{{Infobox song

| name = I've Got Money

| cover =

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = James Brown

| album = Tour the U.S.A.

| A-side = Three Hearts in a Tangle

| released = {{Start date|1962|11}}

| recorded = May 21, 1962, King Studios, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Rhythm and blues

| length = {{Duration|m=2|s=30}}

| label = King
5701

| writer = James Brown

| producer = Unknown

| chronology = James Brown charting

| prev_title = Three Hearts in a Tangle

| prev_year = 1962

| next_title = Like a Baby

| next_year = 1963

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|7svRcrmykcY|"I've Got Money"}}|header=Audio video}}

}}

"I've Got Money" is a song written and recorded by James Brown. It was released as the B-side of Brown's 1962 R&B hit "Three Hearts in a Tangle". It charted on its own, reaching #93 on the Billboard Hot 100.White, Cliff (1991). "Discography". In Star Time (pp. 54–59) [CD booklet]. New York: PolyGram Records. Both songs appeared on the album Tour the U.S.A..

Biographer R.J. Smith describes "I've Got Money" as "one of the less-known great records of Brown's career":

It's a song whose time has yet to arrive, and it's barely a song. It's like a blueprint of some uncanny object. It's an assemblage of parts: a scimitar guitar chord coming down on the One, a show band horn chorus quoting Judy Garland's "The Trolley Song," and [Clayton Fillyau's] stampeding drums. The parts are arranged in a line, one beside the next - an incomprehensible rebus.Smith, R.J. (2012). The One: The Life and Music of James Brown, 119. New York: Gotham Books.

Both Smith and Allmusic's Richie Unterberger point to the song as a stylistic precursor to Brown's later funk recordings.{{cite web|author=Richie Unterberger |url=http://www.allmusic.com/song/ive-got-money-mt0011856134 |title=I've Got Money - James Brown | Song Info |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=2016-09-26}}

The Crazy World of Arthur Brown covered "I Got Money" on their 1968 self-titled debut album.

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