Car Wash
Soundtrack album by
Rose Royce
ReleasedSeptember 13, 1976
GenreFunk, soul, disco, R&B
Length73:10
LabelMCA
ProducerNorman Whitfield
Rose Royce chronology
Car Wash
(1976) 		In Full Bloom
(1977)
Michael Schultz film soundtracks chronology
Car Wash
(1976) 		Krush Groove
(1985)
Singles from Car Wash: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
  1. "Car Wash"
    Released: August 30, 1976
  2. "Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is"
    Released: 1977
  3. "I Wanna Get Next to You"
    Released: December 1, 1976
  4. "I'm Going Down"
    Released: 1977
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

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.

History

Although 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

All tracks are written by Norman Whitfield, except where noted

Side one
No.TitleWriter(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 Royce2:30
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."You're on My Mind"Lequeint Jobe, Henry Garner3:27
7."Mid Day DJ Theme" 1:43
8."Born to Love You"Rose Royce3:06
9."Daddy Rich" 3:12
10."Richard Pryor Dialogue" 5:21
Side three
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."You Gotta Believe" (Vocals by the Pointer Sisters) 2:51
12."I'm Going Down" 3:37
13."Yo Yo"Rose Royce4:16
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 (1976/77) Position
[4][5]
Australia (Kent Music Report)[6] 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
[4] 		US
R&B
[4] 		US
Dan
[4] 		US
A/C
[4] 		AUS
[4] 		UK
[5]
1976 "Car Wash" 1 1 3 — 12 9
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

  1. ^ Guarisco, Donald A.. Car Wash review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
  2. ^ Rose Royce bio
  3. ^ allmusic Biography
  4. ^ a b c d e f "US Charts > Rose Royce". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-11-23.
  5. ^ a b "UK Charts > Rose Royce". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2012-11-23.
  6. ^ 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

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Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
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