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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Released | September 13, 1976 | |||
Genre | Funk, soul, disco, R&B | |||
Length | 73:10 | |||
Label | MCA | |||
Producer | Norman Whitfield | |||
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Singles from Car Wash: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | ||||
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Allmusic | [1] |
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]
All tracks are written by Norman Whitfield, except where noted
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
Rose Royce
Additional Musicians/Personnel
Chart (1976/77) | Position [4][5] |
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Australia (Kent Music Report)[6] | 40 |
U.S. Billboard Top LPs | 14 |
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs | 2 |
UK Albums Chart | 59 |
Year | Single | Peak chart positions | |||||
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US R&B [4] |
US Dan [4] |
US A/C [4] |
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UK [5] | ||
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 | — | — |