"Rags to Riches" | ||||
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Single by Kool & the Gang | ||||
from the album Everything's Kool & the Gang (Greatest Hits & More) | ||||
Released | 1988 | |||
Genre | Funk | |||
Length | 3:53 | |||
Label | Mercury | |||
Songwriter(s) | Imani, Meekaaeel Muhammad | |||
Producer(s) | Gabe Vigorito, Tony Prendatt (exec.), Khalis Bhayan, I.B.M.C | |||
Kool & the Gang singles chronology | ||||
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"Rags to Riches" is a song recorded by R&B/Funk band Kool & the Gang for their 1988 compilation album Everything's Kool & the Gang (Greatest Hits & More).[1] Released as a single, the song reached No. 38 on the US Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 26 on the German Pop Singles chart.[2][3]
Rags to Riches was composed by Imani and Meekaaeel Muhammad. This single was also produced by Khalis Bhayan and I.B.M.C whilst executively produced by both Gabe Vigorito and Tony Prendatt.[1]
Robert K. Oermann of USA Today found Rags to Riches has "the rhythm expertise and potent singing we've come to expect from this durable act."[4] Chris Heim of the Chicago Tribune also called Rags to Riches a "new song in the standard Kool mode."[5]