It's My Thing, Part 1

~ Recording by Marva Whitney

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1It's My Thing, Part 12:53Marva WhitneyIt's My ThingMarva WhitneyAlbum
Polydor (worldwide imprint, see annotation)PD 1062
1.1It's My Thing, Part 12:53Marva WhitneyIt's My ThingMarva WhitneyAlbum
  • GB2000-11-20
Soul Brother Records (UK soul/disco/funk reissues)CD SBCS 6
1.9It's My Thing (You Can't Tell Me Who to Sock It To)2:52Marva WhitneyGhetto Funk SessionsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2004-06-12
Sessions (sublabel of Union Square Music)SESHDCD220
2.13It's My Thing2:51Marva WhitneyPulp Fusion: Revival Boogie DownVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
HarmlessHURTCD 059, HURTCD059
1.9It's My Thing2:51Marva WhitneySingle GirlVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2005-10-25
Crimson (UK budget reissue label; imprint of Crimson Productions Ltd.)CRIMCD428
Promotion
1.10It’s My Thing (You Can’t Tell Me Who to Sock It to)2:55Marva WhitneyMen & Women of the Revolution, Part 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Bootleg
1.8It's My Thing2:50Marva WhitneyUltimate Breaks & Beats, Volume 8Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Street Beat Records (NYC‐based breaks & beats label)SBR 508
1.7It's My Thing2:50Marva WhitneyUltimate Breaks & Beats, Volume 8Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Street Beat Records (NYC‐based breaks & beats label)SBR 508
2.33It’s My Thing (You Can’t Tell Me Who to Sock It to)2:48Marva WhitneyUltimate Breaks & Beats: The Complete CollectionVarious ArtistsOther + Compilation
Street Beat Records (NYC‐based breaks & beats label)SBR 1740
1.53It’s My Thing2:48Marva WhitneyUltimate Breaks & Beats: The Complete CollectionVarious ArtistsOther + Compilation
Street Beat Records (NYC‐based breaks & beats label)SBR 1740
1.53It’s My Thing2:48Marva WhitneyUltimate Breaks & Beats: The Complete CollectionVarious ArtistsOther + Compilation
  • US2008-12-18
Street Beat Records (NYC‐based breaks & beats label)SBR 1940
1.119It’s My Thing (You Can’t Tell Me Who to Sock It to)2:48Marva WhitneyUltimate Breaks & Beats: The Complete CollectionVarious ArtistsOther + Compilation
  • US2008-12-18
Street Beat Records (NYC‐based breaks & beats label)SBR 1940

Relationships

sampled by:Bring the Noise by Public Enemy (US rap group)
Fuck tha Police by N.W.A (US hip hop group)
recording of:It's My Thing (You Can't Tell Me Who to Sock It To)

It's My Thing (You Can't Tell Me Who to Sock It To)

additional writer:James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
Marva Whitney
writer:O’Kelly Isley
Ronald Isley (a.k.a. Mr. Biggs)
Rudolph Isley
is based on:It’s Your Thing