I Can't Stand Myself When You Touch Me

I Can't Stand Myself When You Touch Me
Studio album by James Brown
Released	March 1968 (1968-03)
Recorded	January 25 – October 30, 1967 (1967-01-25 – 1967-10-30)[1][2]
Studio	Beltone Studios (New York City, New York)[2] RCA Studios (New York City, New York)[2] Apollo Theater (New York City, New York)[2] King Studios (Cincinnati, Ohio)[2] Mastersound Studios (Atlanta, Georgia)[1]
Genre	Funk
Length	43:06
Label	King 1030
Producer	James Brown
James Brown chronology
Cold Sweat (1967) I Can't Stand Myself When You Touch Me (1968) I Got the Feelin' (1968)
Singles from I Can't Stand Myself When You Touch Me
"Get It Together" Released: October 1967 (1967-10) "The Soul of J.B. / Funky Soul #1" Released: November 1967 (1967-11) "I Can't Stand Myself (When You Touch Me) / There Was a Time" Released: November 1967 (1967-11) "You've Got to Change Your Mind" Released: February 1968 (1968-02)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[4]

I Can't Stand Myself When You Touch Me is the eighteenth studio album by American musician James Brown. The album was released in March 1968, by King Records.^[5][3]

Chart performance

The album debuted on Billboard magazine's Top LP's chart in the issue dated March 23, 1968, peaking at No. 17 during a fourteen-week run on the chart.^[6]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Can't Stand Myself (When You Touch Me), Pt. 1"	James Brown	3:22
2.	"There Was a Time"	James Brown, Bud Hobgood	3:35
3.	"Get It Together, Pt. 1"	James Brown, Bud Hobgood, Alfred Ellis	3:43
4.	"Baby, Baby, Baby, Baby"	James Brown, Bud Hobgood, James Crawford	4:22
5.	"Time After Time"	Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn	2:57
6.	"The Soul of J.B." (instrumental)	James Brown, Bud Hobgood, Gladys Knochelman	3:01
7.	"I Can't Stand Myself (When You Touch Me), Pt. 2"	James Brown	4:10
8.	"Get It Together, Pt. 2"	James Brown, Bud Hobgood, Alfred Ellis	4:43
9.	"Why Did You Take Your Love Away from Me"	James Brown, Bud Hobgood	3:02
10.	"Need Your Love So Bad"	Little Willie John	3:24
11.	"You've Got to Change Your Mind"	James Brown, Bobby Byrd, Gene Redd, Ron Lenhoff	3:48
12.	"Funky Soul #1" (instrumental)	James Brown, Bud Hobgood, James Crawford	2:09

Personnel

• James Brown – vocals, organ

The James Brown Orchestra

• Waymon Reed, Joe Dupars, Dud Bascomb, Joe Newman – trumpet
• Richard Harris, Jimmy Cleveland, Garnett Brown – trombone
• Levi Rasbury – valve trombone
• Pee Wee Ellis – alto saxophone
• Maceo Parker, Eldee Williams, Pee Wee Ellis – tenor saxophone
• St. Clair Pinckney – baritone saxophone
• Pee Wee Ellis – organ
• Ernie Hayes – piano
• Jimmy Nolen, Alfonzo Kellum, Wallace Richardson, Carl Lynch – guitar
• Bernard Odum, Al Lucas – bass
• Ron Selico – congas
• Jabo Starks, Bernard Purdie – drums

The Dapps ("I Can't Stand Myself (When You Touch Me)", "The Soul of J.B.", "Funky Soul #1")

• probably Ron Geisman – trumpet
• Pee Wee Ellis – alto saxophone
• Les Asch – tenor saxophone
• David Parkinson – baritone saxophone
• Tim Hedding – organ, piano
• Troy Seals, “Fat Eddie” Setser – guitar
• Tim Drummond – bass
• Beau Dollar – drums

Charts

Chart (1963)	Peak position
US Billboard Top LPs[6]	17

References

1. Leeds, Alan (August 2007). The Singles, Volume 4: 1966–1967 (published October 19, 2007). pp. 17 & 23.
2. Leeds, Alan (October 2007). The Singles, Volume 5: 1967–1969 (published February 29, 2008). pp. 3–4 & 19–20.
3. Al Campbell. "I Can't Stand Myself When You Touch Me - James Brown". AllMusic. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
4. Cross, Charles R. (2004). "James Brown". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 109. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
5. "iTunes - Music - I Can't Stand Myself When You Touch Me by James Brown". iTunes. Archived from the original on July 13, 2015. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
6. Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top LPs, 1955–1972. Record Research. p. 22. Retrieved July 10, 2025.