Pick Up the Pieces
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"Pick Up The Pieces" is a 1974 song by the Average White Band from their eponymous album, AWB. It was the group's most successful song, and features one of the most recognizable grooves in funk music. It is essentially an instrumental, apart from the song's title being shouted at several points in the song.sample
"Pick Up the Pieces" was released in Great Britain on July 1974 but failed to make an impression. When the album was released in America in October 1974, radio stations started to pick up on the song and, on 22 February 1975, it went to the top of the US singles chart. It then charted in the UK and climbed to number six.
In 1993, it was covered by Candy Dulfer.
[edit] Appearances in film and television
- in 1977 The Jacksons danced to it on their CBS TV show along with actor Dom Deluise.
- in the 1980 movie Superman II
- in the 1991 episode "The Way We Was" of The Simpsons's second season
- on the comedy Martin, performed by the character Hustle Man
- in the 1996 movie Swingers
- in the Steve Martin and Eddie Murphy vehicle Bowfinger, released in 1999
- in the 2002 Undercover Brother
- in the BBC TV series Top Gear, used briefly in the 22nd May 2005 episode
- in the 2005 comedy Taxi
- in the 2006 movie Running with Scissors
- used as the "theme" for Wake Up Wakefield, a recurring sketch on SNL starring Maya Rudolph, Rachel Dratch, Jimmy Fallon and Horatio Sanz. The theme was played by the fictional Wakefield Middle School jazz group Jazzx10 (also written Jazz x 10).
- In the 2008 comedy Semi Pro
| Preceded by "You're No Good" by Linda Ronstadt |
Billboard Hot 100 number one single March 1, 1975 |
Succeeded by "Best of My Love" by Eagles |
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