Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (soundtrack)
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Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song | ||
Soundtrack by Earth, Wind & Fire/Melvin Van Peebles | ||
Released | 1971 | |
Recorded | 1971 | |
Genre | Soundtrack | |
Length | 37:28 | |
Label | Stax Records | |
Professional reviews | ||
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Earth, Wind & Fire chronology | ||
The Need of Love (1971) |
''Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (w/Melvin Van Peebles) (1971) |
Last Days & Shine (1972) |
Melvin Van Peebles chronology | ||
Ain't Supposed To Die A Natural Death (1970) |
''Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (w/Earth, Wind & Fire) (1971) |
Don't Play Us Cheap (1973) |
The Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song OST is the is the soundtrack to Melvin Van Peebles' 1971 film Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song. The score was written by Van Peebles himself and performed by the then-unknown group Earth, Wind & Fire.
[edit] Track listing
- Sweetback Losing His Cherry
- Sweetback Getting It Uptight And Preaching It So Hard The Bourgeois Reggin Angels In Heaven Turn Around
- Come On Feet Do Your Thing
- Sweetback's Theme
- Hoppin' John
- Mojo Woman
- Sanra Z
- Reggins Hanging On In There As Best They Can
- Won't Bleed Me
- The Man Tries Running His Usual Game but Sweetback's Jones Is So Strong He Wastes the Hounds (Yeah! Yeah! and Besides That He Will Be Comin' Back Takin' Names and Collecting Dues)