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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" is a song by the American soul and R&B band Rose Royce. Written and arranged by the ex- Motown producer Norman Whitfield , [ 1 ] the song was the group's first single and one of the most notable successes of the 1970s disco era.
The Rose Royce (original) version received moderate success. It peaked at number seventy on the US Billboard Hot 100 and reached number ten on the R&B singles chart.In the film Car Wash, the song serves as a double entendre, as it complements the screen time of Maureen, a forlorn prostitute who desperately seeks a chance at true love with Joe, even as she turns tricks.
Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications Record label US [1]UK [6]1980 Greatest Hits — 1 BPI: Platinum [8]; Whitfield: 1987 The Best of Rose Royce — — Omni
This is a list of songs written by Norman Whitfield, either as a sole writer or with others ... "Car Wash" Rose Royce: 1 1 9 1988: Rose Royce, #20 UK (reissue)
The song was also successful worldwide, becoming their second top 40 hit in the United Kingdom, peaking at #14 on the UK Singles Chart. [6] Billboard's Hits of the World international listings showed "I Wanna Get Next to You" reaching #8 in New Zealand on July 3, 1977 while Rose Royce's first hit single "Car Wash" was still in the top 10. [7]
Car Wash (song) Cloud Nine (The Temptations song) D. Don't Let the Joneses Get You Down; Don't You Miss Me a Little Bit Baby; E. The End of Our Road; Everybody Needs ...
Car Wash “Car Wash” Rose Royce: Norman Whitfield: 1 9 December 22 A Star Is Born “Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)” Barbra Streisand: Barbra Streisand, Paul Williams: 1 3 Streisand and Williams earned an Academy Award for Best Original Song, the first woman to be honored as a composer. [6]