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"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.
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, recorded by Rose Royce, 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, written and produced by Norman Whitfield, was a #1 hit and was one of the biggest hit singles of the disco era.
"I Wanna Get Next to You" is a 1976 soul single written, composed and produced by American songwriter and producer Norman Whitfield, and most famously sung by American R&B band Rose Royce. It is the third official single from the Car Wash soundtrack. The song has also become a staple on oldies radio and on adult contemporary stations.
The name also helped place Gwen "Rose" Dickey somewhat front and center. [3] The movie Car Wash and the soundtrack were great successes, bringing the group national fame. [1] Whitfield won the Best Music award at the Cannes Film Festival, and the album received the Grammy for Best Motion Picture Score Album of the Year.
In September 1976, Rose Royce released their first single "Car Wash", with lead vocals performed by Dickey. The single peaked at number one on Billboard ' s Hot 100 chart, [2] and sold over a million copies in United States. [3] Rose Royce's debut album Car Wash was released on September 13, 1976.
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.
Kenny Hill from The San Diego Union-Tribune said that the song "was a lasting impression of Rose Royce's brilliance as a group" and it proved that disco and R&B soul music was not dead." [ 3 ] Frederick Douglas from The Baltimore Sun complimented the song saying that "with their soul ballad 'Love Don't Live Here Anymore', Rose Royce is poised ...