Car Wash (soundtrack)

Car Wash
Soundtrack album by Rose Royce
Released September 13, 1976
Genre Funk, soul, disco, R&B
Length 73:10
Label MCA
Producer Norman Whitfield
Rose Royce chronology
Car Wash
(1976)		 Rose Royce II: In Full Bloom
(1977)Rose Royce II: In Full Bloom1977
Michael Schultz film soundtracks chronology
Car Wash
(1976) Car Wash1976		 Krush Groove
(1985) Krush Groove1985
Singles from Car Wash: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
  1. "Car Wash"
    Released: 1976
  2. "Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is"
    Released: 1977
  3. "I Wanna Get Next to You"
    Released: 1977
  4. "I'm Going Down"
    Released: 1977
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Car Wash is a soundtrack double album released by the Funk band Rose Royce on the MCA label in September 1976. It was produced by Norman Whitfield. It is the soundtrack/film score to the 1976 hit comedy Car Wash that featured Richard Pryor and George Carlin and is also the debut album for Rose Royce.

History

Although Rose Royce had already recorded most of a non-soundtrack album prior to Car Wash, their producer Norman Whitfield insisted that they recorded new material for the film's score.[2] Initially, the film's producer's approached Whitfield with a basic plot, and Whitfield set about creating the music for a film that (at that time) had not even been written yet.

The album was a major success, yielding three Billboard R&B Top Ten singles, "Car Wash", "I Wanna Get Next to You", and "I'm Going Down". The title track was also a number one single on the Billboard pop charts. The album was digitally remastered and reissued on CD in 1996 by MCA Records. The Car Wash soundtrack won a 1977 Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album.[3]

Track listing

All tracks written by Norman Whitfield, except where noted.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Car Wash"5:06
2."6 O'Clock DJ (Let's Rock)"1:09
3."I Wanna Get Next to You"3:57
4."Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is"3:25
5."Zig Zag" (Rose Royce)2:30
Side two
No.TitleLength
6."You're on My Mind" (Lequeint Jobe, Henry Garner)3:27
7."Mid Day DJ Theme"1:43
8."Born to Love You" (Rose Royce)3:06
9."Daddy Rich"3:12
10."Richard Pryor Dialogue"5:21
Side three
No.TitleLength
11."You Gotta Believe" (Vocals by The Pointer Sisters)2:51
12."I'm Going Down"3:37
13."Yo Yo" (Rose Royce)4:16
14."Sunrise"10:48
Side four
No.TitleLength
15."Righteous Rhythm"2:30
16."Water"3:31
17."Crying"2:57
18."Doin' What Comes Naturally"3:09
19."Keep on Keepin' On"6:39

Personnel

Rose Royce

Additional Musicians/Personnel

Production

Charts

Chart (1976) Peak
[4][5]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs 14
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs 2
UK Albums Chart 59
Singles
Year Single Peak chart positions
US
[4]		 US
R&B
[4]		 US
Dan
[4]		 US
A/C
[4]		 UK
[5]
1976 "Car Wash" 1 1 3 — 9
1977 "Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is" — — — — 44
"I Wanna Get Next to You" 10 3 — 9 14
"I'm Going Down" 70 10 — — —

References

  1. ↑ Guarisco, Donald A.. Car Wash review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
  2. ↑ Rose Royce bio
  3. ↑ allmusic Biography
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "US Charts > Rose Royce". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-11-23.
  5. 1 2 "UK Charts > Rose Royce". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2012-11-23.
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