I’m Just a Prisoner

~ Recording by Billy Paul

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.2I’m Just a Prisoner8:06Billy Paul360 Degrees of Billy Paul (Terre Haute Pressing)Billy PaulAlbum
Philadelphia International RecordsKZ 31793
1.2I’m Just a Prisoner8:06Billy Paul360 Degrees of Billy PaulBilly PaulAlbum
Philadelphia International RecordsKZ 31793, ZX 31793
1.2I’m Just a Prisoner8:06Billy Paul360 Degrees of Billy PaulBilly PaulAlbum
Philadelphia International RecordsKZ 31793, S PIR 65930
1.2I’m Just a Prisoner?:??Billy Paul360 Degrees of Billy PaulBilly PaulAlbum
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)ECPL-47, ECPL-47-PH
1.2I’m Just a Prisoner8:06Billy Paul360 Degrees of Billy PaulBilly PaulAlbum
Philadelphia International RecordsPIR 65930
1.2I’m Just a Prisoner8:06Billy Paul360 Degrees of Billy PaulBilly PaulAlbum
Philadelphia International RecordsPIR 65930
1.2I’m Just a Prisoner8:06Billy Paul360 Degrees of Billy PaulBilly PaulAlbum
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EPC 65351, S EPC 65351
1.2I’m Just a Prisoner8:06Billy Paul360 Degrees of Billy PaulBilly PaulAlbum
CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)KZ31793, SSBP234272
1.2I’m Just a Prisoner8:06Billy Paul360 Degrees of Billy Paul (Pitman Pressing)Billy PaulAlbum
Philadelphia International RecordsKZ 31793
1.2I’m Just a Prisoner8:06Billy Paul360 Degrees of Billy PaulBilly PaulAlbum
Philadelphia International RecordsKZ 31793
1.2I’m Just a Prisoner8:06Billy Paul360 Degrees of Billy PaulBilly PaulAlbum
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Philadelphia International RecordsKZ 31793
1.2I’m Just a Prisoner8:05Billy Paul360 Degrees of Billy PaulBilly PaulAlbum
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EPC 65351, EPC S 65351
1.6I’m Just a Prisoner (Part 1)?:??Billy Paul360 Degrees of Billy PaulBilly PaulAlbum
Philadelphia International RecordsZA 31793
1.2I’m Just a Prisoner?:??Billy Paul360 Degrees of Billy PaulBilly PaulAlbum
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)40-65351, EPC 40-65351
1.2I’m Just a Prisoner8:06Billy Paul360 Degrees of Billy PaulBilly PaulAlbum
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EPC 65351
1.2I’m Just a Prisoner?:??Billy Paul360 Degrees of Billy Paul (Quadraphonic)Billy PaulAlbum
Philadelphia International RecordsZAQ 31793
1.2I’m Just a Prisoner8:06Billy Paul360 Degrees of Billy Paul (Quadraphonic)Billy PaulAlbum
Philadelphia International RecordsZQ 31793
1.2I’m Just a Prisoner?:??Billy Paul360 Degrees of Billy PaulBilly PaulAlbum
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)144102
1.2I’m Just a Prisoner8:06Billy Paul360 Degrees of Billy PaulBilly PaulAlbum
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EPC 65351, EPIC 65351
1.2I’m Just a Prisoner8:06Billy Paul360 Grados De Billy Paul - Yo Y La Señora Jones / Brown BabyBilly PaulAlbum
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EPC 65351
1.2Soy Simplemente Un Prisionero = I’m Just a Prisoner8:06Billy Paul360 Grados De Billy Paul = Yo Y La Sra. Jones / Brown BabyBilly PaulAlbum
CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)S 65351
1.2I’m Just a Prisoner8:06Billy Paul360 Degrees of Billy PaulBilly PaulAlbum
Philadelphia International RecordsPIR 65930
1.2I’m Just a Prisoner8:06Billy Paul360 Degrees of Billy PaulBilly PaulAlbum
Philadelphia International RecordsKZ 1944
1.2I’m Just a Prisoner8:06Billy Paul360 Degrees of Billy Paul (reissue)Billy PaulAlbum
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)144.102, 144102
1.2Soy Simplemente Un Prisionero = I’m Just a Prisoner8:06Billy PaulYo Y La Sra. Jones (reissue)Billy PaulAlbum
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Productos Especiales CBSLSP 15404
1.2I’m Just a Prisoner?:??Billy Paul360 Degrees of Billy PaulBilly PaulAlbum
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)60 31044
1.2I’m Just a Prisoner8:06Billy Paul360 Degrees of Billy Paul (remastered, unknown packaging)Billy PaulAlbum
  • JP1993-09-09
Sony Records (Japanese imprint)SRCS-6327
1.2I’m Just a Prisoner8:06Billy Paul360 Degrees of Billy Paul (reissue)Billy PaulAlbum
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Philadelphia International Records983 378 2, 983378 2
1.2I'm Just A Prisoner8:00Billy PaulYour SongBilly PaulSingle
Versailles (French label)VER 661051 1
1.2I’m Just a Prisoner8:05Billy Paul360 Degrees of Billy Paul (reissue, remastered)Billy PaulAlbum
  • XE2002-06-24
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Philadelphia International Records, Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)508061 2, 5080612000, EPC 508061 2
1.2I’m Just a Prisoner8:05Billy Paul360 Degrees of Billy Paul (reissue, remastered)Billy PaulAlbum
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Philadelphia International RecordsEK 85938
1.2I’m Just a Prisoner8:05Billy Paul360 Degrees of Billy Paul (with a Bonus Track)Billy PaulAlbum
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)CL 03272 5
3.9I’m Just a Prisoner7:56Billy PaulLes Quatre plus grandes légendes de la soulAretha Franklin / Otis Redding / Billy Paul / Bill WithersAlbum + Compilation
Sony BMG Music Entertainment Strategic Marketing Group, Warner Music France, wea music (“wea” logo with “music” below; mainly used in Europe and Brazil)5051442561821
1.2I'm Just a Prisoner8:05Billy Paul360 Degrees of Billy Paul (reissue)Billy PaulAlbum
  • US2008-10-14
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Philadelphia International Records88697 33922 2
1.2I'm Just a Prisoner8:03Billy Paul360 Degrees of Billy Paul (reissue, remastered)Billy PaulAlbum
Big Break RecordsCDBBR 0175, CDBBR0175
3.2I'm Just a Prisoner8:05Billy PaulPhiladelphia International Records: The CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2014-05-05
  • GB2014-05-05
Philadelphia International Records, Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88843055662
1.2I’m Just a Prisoner8:05Billy Paul360 Degrees of Billy Paul (Limited edition, reissue, 180g)Billy PaulAlbum
Philadelphia International Records810543
1.2I'm Just a Prisoner8:05Billy Paul360 Degrees Of Billy Paul / War Of The GodsBilly PaulAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2018-09-21
Vocalion (British label, aka Dutton Vocalion)2CDSML 8551
2.2I’m Just a Prisoner8:06Billy PaulThe Story Of Philadelphia International Records (VMP Story of Philadelphia International)The O’Jays, Billy Paul, MFSB, The Three Degrees, Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, Dexter Wansel, Philadelphia International All Stars & Leon HuffAlbum + Compilation
  • US2022-02-01
Philadelphia International Records, Vinyl Me, Please.VMP-A011
1.2I’m Just a Prisoner8:05Billy Paul360 Degrees of Billy PaulBilly PaulAlbum
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)CL 03272 5

Relationships

producer:Kenneth Gamble (songwriter for Philadelphia International)
Leon Huff (Philly soul producer, of Gamble & Huff)
sampled by:Heavy Artillery (explicit) by Game (US rapper, aka Game) featuring Rick Ross (US rapper) and Beanie Sigel
stream for free:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EBNaSPrrcg [info]
other databases:https://www.whosampled.com/Billy-Paul/I'm-Just-a-Prisoner/ [info]
recording of:I’m Just a Prisoner

Related works

I’m Just a Prisoner

writer:Kenneth Gamble (songwriter for Philadelphia International)
Phil Hurtt
Bunny Sigler
publisher:Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)