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
All Music Guide link
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

1. Sweetback Losing His Cherry
2. Sweetback Getting It Uptight And Preaching It So Hard The Bourgeois Reggin Angels In Heaven Turn Around
3. Come On Feet Do Your Thing
4. Sweetback's Theme
5. Hoppin' John
6. Mojo Woman
7. Sanra Z
8. Reggins Hanging On In There As Best They Can
9. Won't Bleed Me
10. 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)