Car Wash: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 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.
| Car Wash | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by | ||||
| Released | September 13, 1976 | |||
| Genre | Funk, soul, disco, R&B | |||
| Length | 73:10 | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
| Producer | Norman Whitfield | |||
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| Michael Schultz film soundtracks chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Car Wash: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
History
editAlthough Rose Royce had already recorded most of a non-soundtrack album prior to Car Wash, their producer Norman Whitfield insisted that they record new material for the film's score.[2] Initially, the film's producers approached Whitfield with a basic plot, and Whitfield set about creating the music for a film that, at that point, 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
editAll tracks are written by Norman Whitfield, except where noted
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 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
editRose Royce
- Kenji Brown – guitar
- Lequeint "Duke" Jobe – bass
- Victor Nix – keyboards
- Henry Garner – drums
- Kenny Copeland – trumpet, lead vocals on "I Wanna Get Next to You"[4][5]
- Freddie Dunn – trumpet
- Michael Moore – saxophone
- Terry Santiel – congas
- Gwen "Rose" Dickey – vocals
Additional Musicians/Personnel
- Mark Davis, Ben Wilber – keyboards
- Melvin "Wah-Wah Watson" Ragin – guitar
- Brian Haner – guitar
- Richard Pryor – dialogue on "Richard Pryor Dialogue"
- The Pointer Sisters – vocals on "You Gotta Believe"
Production
edit- Norman Whitfield – producer, recording engineer
- Baker Bigsby, Cal Harris, Leanard Jackson – recording engineer
- Clay McMurray – recording engineer, album coordinator
- Paul Riser – orchestra direction
Charts
edit| Chart (1976/77) | Position [6][7] |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[8] | 40 |
| U.S. Billboard Top LPs | 14 |
| U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs | 2 |
| UK Albums Chart | 59 |
- Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [6] |
US R&B [6] |
US Dan [6] |
US A/C [6] |
AUS [6] |
UK [7] | ||
| 1976 | "Car Wash" | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | 12 | 9 |
| "You Gotta Believe" | 103 | 14 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1977 | "Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is" | — | — | — | — | — | 44 |
| "I Wanna Get Next to You" | 10 | 3 | — | 9 | 14 | 53 | |
| "I'm Going Down" | 70 | 10 | — | 10 | — | — | |
References
edit- ^ Guarisco, Donald A.. Car Wash review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
- ^ Rose Royce bio
- ^ allmusic Biography
- ^ "Come On Y'all and Sing it for Me" Soul Train Cruise, 19 February 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
- ^ "I Wanna Get Next to You" - Rose Royce (song review) @AllMusic. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f "US Charts > Rose Royce". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-11-23.
- ^ a b "UK Charts > Rose Royce". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2012-11-23.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. pp. 282, 355. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
External links
edit- Car Wash (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) at Discogs (list of releases)