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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.
I'm Goin' Down" is a 1984 song by Bruce Springsteen. I'm Going Down may also refer to: "Going Down", a song by The Jeff Beck Group from the 1972 album Jeff Beck Group "I'm Going Down", a song by the Rolling Stones from the 1975 album Metamorphosis "I'm Going Down" (Rose Royce song), 1976, also covered by Mary J. Blige
The Car Wash soundtrack album, entirely recorded by Rose Royce and Whitfield, spawned two more successful singles, "I Wanna Get Next to You" and "I'm Going Down" (covered in 1994 by Mary J. Blige). The Car Wash soundtrack won a 1977 Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album. [3] In 1978 the song was featured in the Tamil movie Sigappu Rojakkal.
"Going Down", by Don Nix, recorded by Moloch, Freddie King, Jeff Beck, The Alabama State Troupers, and others "Goin' Down" (Greg Guidry song) , 1982 "Going Down", by Ringo Starr from Old Wave , 1983
Nix was born into a musical family in Memphis, Tennessee.His brother Larry became a mastering engineer for Stax Records and for the Ardent Studios in Memphis. [3] Nix began his career playing saxophone for the Memphis-based Mar-Keys, alongside Steve Cropper and Duck Dunn.
The Bee Gees scored the most number-one hits (9 songs) and had the longest cumulative run atop the Billboard Hot 100 chart (27 weeks) during the 1970s. Rod Stewart remained at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 17 weeks during the 1970s. Elton John amassed the second-most number-one hits on the Hot 100 chart during the 1970s (6 songs). #
Notable songs from the group include "Car Wash" and "Wishing on a Star". In 1976, their US Billboard Hot 100 number-one single "Car Wash" brought Dickey and the band acclaim and success. After leaving the band in 1980, Dickey moved to the United Kingdom, where she continued a solo career.
"I'm Down" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney. It was released on a non-album single as the B-side to "Help!" in July 1965. The song originated in McCartney's attempt to write a song in the style of Little Richard, whose song "Long Tall Sally" the band regularly covered.