Car Wash (song)

"Car Wash"
A-side label of US 7-inch vinyl single
Single by Rose Royce
from the album Car Wash: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
B-side	"Water"
Released	September 1976
Genre	Disco funk
Length	5:06 (album version) 3:18 (single version)
Label	MCA
Songwriter(s)	Norman Whitfield
Producer(s)	Norman Whitfield
Rose Royce singles chronology
"Car Wash" (1976) "I Wanna Get Next to You" (1977)

"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", the theme of the 1976 film Car Wash, was Rose Royce's most successful single and the lead single from their first studio album, the Car Wash soundtrack. Reaching number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 and Hot Soul Singles charts, "Car Wash" also peaked at number three on the National Disco Action Top 30 chart and reached number nine on the UK Singles Chart in February 1977. The song was covered in 2004 by Christina Aguilera and Missy Elliott, who released their version as the single for the Shark Tale soundtrack.