Cruisin' (Earth, Wind & Fire song)
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"Cruisin'" | |
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Song by Earth, Wind & Fire | |
from the album Get On The Bus Original Soundtrack - Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture | |
Released | October 8, 1996 |
Length | 5:42 |
Songwriter(s) | Philip Bailey, Roxanne Seeman, Morris Pleasure, Sonny Emory |
Producer(s) | Maurice White |
"Cruisin" is a song recorded by the band Earth, Wind & Fire.[1]
Overview
Cruisin' was produced by Maurice White and composed by Philip Bailey, Roxanne Seeman, Morris Pleasure and Sonny Emory. The song first appeared on Earth, Wind & Fire's 1996 studio LP "Avatar" which was only released in Japan.[1]
Cruisin' later appeared on EWF's 1997 studio album "In The Name Of Love". That album was issued on Rhino Records and then reissued in 2006 on Maurice White's label Kalimba Music.[1]
Earth, Wind & Fire also contributed the song to the soundtrack of the 1996 feature film Get on the Bus.[2] Get on the Bus was a 1996 American drama about a group of African-American men who are taking a cross-country bus trip in order to participate in the Million Man March.[3][4] The movie premiered on the March's one year anniversary.[5]
Critical reception
Omoronke Idowu of Vibe called the song "a silky, celestial ballad".[6] Alex Henderson of AllMusic noted that Cruisin' "sounds like it could have been recorded in the 1970s"[7] Steve Jones of USA Today declared that the song has a "mellow groove".[8] Phyl Garland of Stereo Review also described Cruisin' as "hauntingly atmospheric".[9]
References
- ^ a b c "Earth, Wind & Fire: Cruisin'". allmusic.com. AllMusic.
- ^ "Earth, Wind and Fire". vocalgroup.org. Vocal Group Hall of Fame.
- ^ "Get On The Bus". Empire. 2000-01-01. Retrieved 2019-10-20.
- ^ "Get on the Bus (1996)", imdb.com, IMDb
- ^ Maslin, Janet (October 16, 1996). "An Anniversary Tribute To the Million Man March". nytimes.com. The New York Times.
- ^ Idowu, Omoronke (October 1997). "Earth, Wind and Fire: In the Name of Love (Pyramid Records)". Vol. 5, no. 8. Vibe Magazine. p. 162.
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(help) - ^ Henderson, Alex. "Earth, Wind & Fire: In the Name of Love". allmusic.com. Allmusic.
- ^ Jones, Steve (August 16, 1997). "Earth, Wind & Fire: In The Name of Love". newspapers.com. USA Today. p. 71.
- ^ Garland, Phyl (November 1997). "Earth, Wind & Fire: In The Name of Love" (PDF). americanradiohistory.com. Vol. 62. Stereo Review. p. 126.