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downward from F to D ("In order for me to get down, I have to get down in D"). Composers who place key changes in tunes typically have them modulate upwards. Unusually for a James Brown song, the actual words "doing it to death" appear nowhere in the song's lyrics, which feature the
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I Don't Want Nobody To Give Me Nothing (Open Up The Door, I'll Get It Myself)
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Although the song has a lead vocal by Brown (who also wrote the tune and the
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The Night Time Is the Right Time (To Be With the One That You Love)
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This article is about the song. For the album by The J.B.'s, see
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Index

Doing It To Death
Doing It to Death (album)

Single
Fred Wesley
The J.B.'s
Doing It to Death
B-side
Augusta, GA
Genre
Funk
Label
People
Songwriter(s)
James Brown
Producer(s)
Fred Wesley
The J.B.'s
"Doing It To Death (Pts. 1 & 2)"
YouTube
funk
The J.B.'s
James Brown
album of the same name
compilation
Live at Chastain Park
Live at the Apollo 1995
lyrics
Fred Wesley
saxophonist

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