Car Wash (soundtrack)

Car Wash: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by Rose Royce
Released	September 13, 1976
Genre	Funk, soul, disco, R&B
Length	73:10
Label	MCA Records
Producer	Norman Whitfield
Rose Royce chronology
Car Wash: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1976) Rose Royce II: In Full Bloom (1977)
Michael Schultz film soundtracks chronology
Car Wash (1976) Krush Groove (1985)
Singles from Car Wash: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
"Car Wash" Released: 1976 "Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is" Released: 1977 "I Wanna Get Next to You" Released: 1977 "I'm Going Down" Released: 1977

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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.

History

Although Rose Royce had already recorded most of a non-soundtrack album prior to Car Wash, their producer Norman Whitfield insisted that they recorded new material for the film's score. Initially, the film's producer's approached Whitfield with a basic plot, and Whitfield set about creating the music for a film that (at that time) 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.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Norman Whitfield, except where noted

Side one

No.	Title	Length
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

Side two

No.	Title	Length
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

Side three

No.	Title	Length
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

Side four

No.	Title	Length
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

Personnel

Rose Royce

• Kenji Brown – guitar
• Lequeint "Duke" Jobe – bass
• Victor Nix – keyboards
• Henry Garner – drums
• Kenny Copeland, Freddie Dunn – trumpet
• Michael Moore – sax
• Terry Santiel – congas
• Gwen "Rose" Dickey – vocals

Additional Musicians/Personnel

• Mark Davis, Ben Wilber – keyboards
• Melvin "Wah-Wah Watson" Ragin – guitar
• Brian Haner – guitar
• Richard Pryor – dialogue on "Richard Pryor Dialogue"
• The Pointer Sisters – vocals on "You Gotta Believe"

Production

• Norman Whitfield – producer, recording engineer
• Baker Bigsby, Cal Harris, Leanard Jackson – recording engineer
• Clay McMurray – recording engineer, album coordinator
• Paul Riser – orchestra direction

Charts

Chart (1976)	Peak
U.S. Billboard Top LPs	14
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs	2
UK Albums Chart	59

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
		US	US R&B	US Dan	US A/C	UK
1976	"Car Wash"	1	1	3	—	9
1977	"Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is"	—	—	—	—	44
	"I Wanna Get Next to You"	10	3	—	9	14
	"I'm Going Down"	70	10	—	—	—

External links

• Car Wash (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) at Discogs (list of releases)