The song behind this clip is James Brown's It's a Man's Man's Man's World, released in 1966 and long regarded as one of his signature soul ballads. Built around a slow, dramatic vocal performance, it stood apart from his faster funk hits and became a staple of soul and R&B history. Over the decades it has been covered, sampled and reused in films, television and online edits, which has kept its opening emotion instantly recognisable. That familiarity is why short excerpts still work so well in modern video edits.