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{{Short description|1976 single by Rose Royce}}
{| id="toc" style="width:20em; margin:0 0 0.5em 1em; float:right;"
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2023}}
!align="center" bgcolor="yellow" colspan="3"|"Car Wash"
{{Infobox song
| name = Car Wash
| cover = Car Wash by Rose Royce US vinyl single.jpg
| alt =
| caption = A-side label of US 7-inch vinyl single
| type = single
| artist = [[Rose Royce]]
| album = [[Car Wash (soundtrack)|Car Wash: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]
| B-side = Water
| released = September 1976
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre =
* [[Disco]]
* [[funk]]
| length =
* 5:06 (album version)
* 3:18 (single version)
| label = [[MCA Records|MCA]]
| writer = [[Norman Whitfield]]
| producer = Norman Whitfield
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = [[I Wanna Get Next to You]]
| next_year = 1977
}}
"'''Car Wash'''" is a song by the American [[Soul music|soul]] and [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]] band [[Rose Royce]]. Written and arranged by the ex-[[Motown]] producer [[Norman Whitfield]],<ref name=Simpson2021>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/jul/12/how-we-made-car-wash-by-rose-royce |title=How we made: Car Wash by Rose Royce |last=Simpson |first=Dave |date=July 12, 2021 |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=July 13, 2021}}</ref> 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 (film)|Car Wash]]'', was Rose Royce's most successful single and the [[lead single]] from their first studio album, the [[Car Wash: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack|''Car Wash'' soundtrack]]. Reaching number one on the US ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]] and [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|Hot Soul Singles]] charts, "Car Wash" also peaked at number three on the [[Dance Club Songs|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.

==Background==
The former [[Motown Records]] producer Norman Whitfield had been commissioned to record the soundtrack album for ''Car Wash'' by the director [[Michael Schultz]]. Although Whitfield did not want the project, he decided to do so, both for financial incentives as well as the chance to give Rose Royce, a disco/funk backing band that Whitfield signed to his own label in 1975, the exposure they needed to become mainstream. Unable to develop a theme song for the film, inspiration finally struck Whitfield while watching a game of basketball, and he wrote his first draft of "Car Wash" on a paper bag from a fried chicken eatery.<ref name=Simpson2021/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/sep/19/popandrock.normanwhitfield|title=Obituary Norman Whitfield|work=The Guardian|date=September 18, 2008 |accessdate=July 2, 2019 |last1=Laing |first1=Dave }}</ref>

The resulting song set the mood and tone for the [[comedy film]] it was commissioned for Rose Royce's lead singer Rose Norwalt ([[Gwen Dickey]]). It describes a fun and easy-going car washing business, where everything is "always cool/and the boss don't mind sometimes if you act a fool".

The ''Car Wash'' soundtrack, a [[double album]], was Rose Royce's first album, and the title track was their first single. "Car Wash" sold 2&nbsp;million copies and was a number one success on both the ''Billboard'' popular and R&B charts in the United States and a top ten success in the United Kingdom. The song was number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 for one week, from January 23 to 29, 1977, replacing "[[I Wish (Stevie Wonder song)|I Wish]]" by [[Stevie Wonder]] and replaced by "[[Torn Between Two Lovers (song)|Torn Between Two Lovers]]" by [[Mary MacGregor]]. 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 for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media|Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?page=36&artist=yo-yo%20ma&title=&year=All&genre=All |title=The Grammys : Yo-Yo Mama |website=Grammy |accessdate=October 11, 2016}}</ref>

In 1978 the song was featured in the Tamil movie [[Sigappu Rojakkal]].

In 1988, the song was re-released as a [[double A-side]] single with "Is It Love You're After?" in the United Kingdom, peaking at No. 20.

==Track listings==
* '''UK 7" vinyl'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Car-Wash-Water-7-Vinyl/dp/B003YWIZIU|title=Car Wash / Water [7" Vinyl]|publisher=Amazon.co.uk|accessdate=January 11, 2015}}</ref>
#"Car Wash" – 3:18
#"Water" – 3:31

==Charts==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}

===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
|-
!scope="col"| Chart (1976–1977)
|align="center" colspan="3"|[[Image:RoseRoyceCarWash.jpg|none|200px|]]
!scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
|-
!scope="row"|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name=auschart77>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=258}}</ref>
!align="center" bgcolor="yellow" colspan="3"|Single by [[Rose Royce]]
| style="text-align:center;"|12
|-
|-
{{single chart|Austria|16|artist=Rose Royce|song=Car Wash|accessdate=January 11, 2015|rowheader=true}}
!align="center" colspan="3"|From the album ''[[Car Wash]]: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack''
|-
|-
!scope="row"|Belgium ([[Ultratop]] 50)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/song/1c3/Rose-Royce-Car-Wash|title=Rose Royce – Car Wash|publisher=[[Ultratop]]. Hung Medien|language=French|accessdate=January 11, 2015}}</ref>
!align="left" valign="top"|Released
|9
|colspan="2" valign="top"|[[1976]]
|-
|-
!scope="row"| Canada Top Singles ([[RPM (magazine)|''RPM'']])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.5158a.pdf|title=Top Singles|magazine=RPM|date=February 12, 1977|accessdate=April 19, 2020}}</ref>
!align="left" valign="top"|Format
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|colspan="2" valign="top"|7" vinyl
|-
|-
!scope="row"| Finland ([[Official Finnish Charts|Suomen virallinen lista]])<ref>{{cite book|url=https://musiikkiarkisto.fi/oa/_tiedostot/julkaisut/sisaltaa-hitin.pdf#page=219|first=Timo|last=Pennanen|year=2021|title=Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021|section=Rose Royce|page=219|publisher=Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava|location=Helsinki|access-date=July 4, 2022|language=fi}}</ref>
!align="left" valign="top"|[[Musical genre|Genre]]
| style="text-align:center;"|23
|colspan="2" valign="top"|[[Disco]]/[[funk]]
|-
|-
{{single chart|Dutch40|4|artist=Rose Royce|song=Carwash|accessdate=July 4, 2022|rowheader=true}}
!align="left" valign="top"|Length
|colspan="2" valign="top"|3:20 (LP mix is 5:06)
|-
|-
{{single chart|Dutch100|5|artist=Rose Royce|song=Car Wash|accessdate=January 11, 2015|rowheader=true}}
!align="left" valign="top"|[[Record label|Label]]
|colspan="2" valign="top"|[[Whitfield Records|Whitfield]]/[[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]
|-
|-
!scope="row"| Ireland ([[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRMA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement|title=Irish Singles Chart – Search for song |publisher=[[Irish Recorded Music Association]] |accessdate=January 11, 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090602061251/http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |archivedate=June 2, 2009 }} ''Enter the keyword "Car Wash" into the "Song title" parameter''</ref>
!align="left" valign="top"|[[Songwriters|Writer]]
| style="text-align:center;"|20
|colspan="2" valign="top"|[[Norman Whitfield]]
|-
|-
{{single chart|New Zealand|5|artist=Rose Royce|song=Car Wash|accessdate=January 11, 2015|rowheader=true}}
!align="left" valign="top"|[[Record producer|Producer]]
|colspan="2" valign="top"|Norman Whitfield
|-
|-
{{single chart|Sweden|15|artist=Rose Royce|song=Car Wash|accessdate=January 11, 2015|rowheader=true}}
!align="left" valign="top"|[[Top 40|Chart positions]]
|colspan="2" valign="top"|#1 US<br>#1 US R&B<br>#9 UK
|-
|-
{{single chart|Switzerland|6|artist=Rose Royce|song=Car Wash|accessdate=January 11, 2015|rowheader=true}}
!align="center" bgcolor="yellow" colspan="3"|[[Rose Royce]] single chronology
|-align="center"
|-align="center"
|valign="top"|<small>&ndash;</small>
|valign="top"|<small>'''"Car Wash"'''<br />([[1976]])</small>
|valign="top"|<small>"I Wanna Get Next to You"<br />([[1977]])</small>
|-
|-
!scope="row"| [[UK Singles Chart|UK Singles]] ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])<ref name="ukrose">{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/rose%20royce/|title=Rose Royce|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|accessdate=January 11, 2015}}</ref>
|align="center" colspan="3"|[[Image:Christina Aguilera featuring Missy Elliott - Car Wash CD cover.jpg|none|200px|]]
| style="text-align:center;"|9{{#tag:ref|In 1988, a re-released version of "Car Wash" released with the B-side "Is It Love You're After" reached number 20 on the UK Singles Chart. In 1998, a re-released version of "Car Wash" featuring Gwen Dickey peaked at number 18 on the chart.<ref name="ukrose"/>|group="note"}}
|-
|-
!scope="row"| US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/368972/rose-royce/chart|title=Rose Royce – Chart history: Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=January 11, 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022130635/https://www.billboard.com/artist/368972/rose-royce/chart|archive-date=October 22, 2014}}</ref>
!align="center" bgcolor="yellow" colspan="3"|Single by [[Christina Aguilera]] featuring [[Missy Elliott]]
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|-
!scope="row"| US [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|Hot Soul Singles]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=501}}</ref>
!align="center" colspan="3"|From the album ''[[Shark Tale]]: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack''
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|-
!scope="row"| US [[Dance Club Songs|National Disco Action Top 30]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite book |title= Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=222}}</ref>
!align="left" valign="top"|Released
| style="text-align:center;"|3
|colspan="2" valign="top"|[[September 2004]]
|-
|-
{{single chart|West Germany|15|artist=Rose Royce|song=Car Wash|songid=451|accessdate=October 11, 2018|rowheader=true}}
!align="left" valign="top"|Format
|}
|colspan="2" valign="top"|Airplay only
{{col-2}}

===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
|-
!scope="col"| Chart (1977)
!align="left" valign="top"|Genre
!scope="col"| Rank
|colspan="2" valign="top"|[[Pop music|Pop]]
|-
|-
!scope="row"| Australia (Kent Music Report)<ref name=kent77>{{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/dHS3QPH.jpg|title=Kent Music Report No 183 – 26 December 1977 > National Top 100 Singles for 1977|publisher=[[Kent Music Report]]|via=Imgur.com|access-date=June 13, 2021}}</ref>
!align="left" valign="top"|Length
| style="text-align:center;"|48
|colspan="2" valign="top"|&ndash;
|-
|-
!scope="row"| Canada Top Singles (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.5502a&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.5502a.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.5502a |title= Top 200 Singles of '77 – Volume 28, No. 14, December 31 1977 |work= [[RPM (magazine)|RPM]] |date= July 17, 2013 |publisher= [[Library and Archives Canada]] |access-date= January 3, 2018 |last1= Canada |first1= Library Archives }}</ref>
!align="left" valign="top"|[[Record label|Label]]
| style="text-align:center;"|23
|colspan="2" valign="top"|[[RCA]]
|-
|-
!scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1977.htm|title=Top 100 Hits of 1977/Top 100 Songs of 1977 &#124; Music Outfitters|website=Musicoutfitters.com|access-date=March 17, 2022}}</ref>
!align="left" valign="top"|Writers
| style="text-align:center;"|26
|colspan="2" valign="top"|Norman Whitfield, [[Missy Elliott]] (uncredited)
|-
|}
{{col-end}}
!align="left" valign="top"|Producers

|colspan="2" valign="top"|[[Missy Elliott]], [[Christina Aguilera]], [[Ron Fair]], T. Herzberg, C. Styles, Bang Out, Silence
==Certifications==
|-
{{Certification Table Top}}
!align="left" valign="top"|[[Music Video Director|Video director]]
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=single|artist=Rose Royce|title=Car Wash|award=Gold|relyear=1976|certyear=1977|access-date=August 4, 2023}}
|colspan="2" valign="top"|[[Rich Newey]]
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Rose Royce|title=Car Wash|award=Silver|relyear=2006|certyear=2023|id=18854-807-1|access-date=March 31, 2023}}
|-
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|artist=Rose Royce|title=Car Wash|award=Platinum|relyear=1976|certyear=1977|access-date=March 31, 2023}}
!align="left" valign="top"|Chart positions
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|streaming=true}}
|colspan="2" valign="top"|#63 US<br>#4 UK

==Car Wash '98 ==
{{Infobox song
| name = Car Wash '98
| cover =
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = [[Rose Royce]] featuring [[Gwen Dickey]]
| album =
| released = October 30, 1998
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = {{hlist|[[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]|[[Dance music|dance]]}}
| length = 6:45
| label = [[MCA Records|MCA]]
| writer = [[Norman Whitfield]]
| producer = The Monday Night Club
| prev_title = Perfect Lover
| prev_year = 1998
| next_title =
| next_year =
}}

In 1998, "Car Wash" was remixed and interpreted in a duet with [[Gwen Dickey]]. Officially titled "Car Wash '98", the release also carries the alternative title "Car Wash '98 (The Monday Nightclub Mixes)", as the group Monday Nightclub was involved in the mixing.

===Track listing===
* '''CD single'''
#"Car Wash '98" (Mustard Edit) - 3:09
#"Car Wash '98" (Mustard Mix) - 6:45
#"Car Wash '98" (Mustard Dub) - 5:34
#"Car Wash '98" (Levent's & Olli's Cream City Club Mix) - 6:19
#"Car Wash '98" (Levent's Talking About Dub Mix) - 7:56
#"Car Wash" (Original Version) - 3:20

* '''US 12" vinyl'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Rose-Royce-Monday-Night-Universal/dp/B00FAYOV1A|title=Car Wash by Rose Royce|website=Amazon |accessdate=January 13, 2015}}</ref>
#"Car Wash" (Mustard Mix) – 6:45
#"Car Wash" (Mustard Dub) – 5:34

===Charts===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
!align="left"|Chart (1998)
!align="center" bgcolor="yellow" colspan="3"|[[Christina Aguilera]] single chronology
|-align="center"
!align="left"|Peak<br />position
|valign="top"|<small>"[[The Voice Within]]"<br />([[2003]])</small>
|valign="top"|<small>'''"Car Wash"'''<br />([[2004]])</small>
|valign="top"|<small>"[[Tilt Ya Head Back]]"<br />([[2004]])</small>
|-
|-
|align="left"|[[UK Singles Chart|UK Singles]] ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chartsurfer.de/artist/rose-royce-feat-gwen-dickey/car-wash-1998-the-monday-night-club-mixes-song_ugpcp.html|title=Car Wash 1998 (The Monday Night Club Mixes) von Rose Royce feat. Gwen Dickey|website=Chartsurfer|accessdate=March 17, 2022}}</ref>
!align="center" bgcolor="yellow" colspan="3"|[[Missy Elliott]] single chronology
|-align="center"
| style="text-align:center;"|18
|valign="top"|<small>"I'm Really Hot"<br />([[2004]])</small>
|valign="top"|<small>'''"Car Wash"'''<br />([[2004]])</small>
|valign="top"|<small>"Lose Control"<br />([[2004]])</small>
|}
|}


==Christina Aguilera and Missy Elliott version==
"'''Car Wash'''" is a [[1976]] number-one single by [[Rose Royce]] for [[Whitfield Records]], the group's debut single and one of the most notable hits of the [[disco]] era. Written and produced by the band's main producer [[Norman Whitfield]], "Car Wash", the theme of the [[1976]] [[Richard Pryor]] film ''[[Car Wash]]'', was Rose Royce's most successful hit single. The song was later covered in [[2004]] by [[Christina Aguilera]] and [[Missy Elliott]], who released their version as the singe for the ''[[Shark Tale]]'' soundtrack.
{{Infobox song
| name = Car Wash (Shark Tale Mix)
| cover = Christina Aguilera featuring Missy Elliott - Car Wash CD cover.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = [[Christina Aguilera]] featuring [[Missy Elliott]]
| album = [[Shark Tale#Soundtrack|Shark Tale: Motion Picture Soundtrack]]
| B-side = Can't Wait
| released = {{start date|2004|8|30}}
| recorded = 2004
| studio =
| genre = {{flatlist|
*[[Hip hop music|Hip hop]]
*[[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]
}}
| length = {{duration|m=3|s=50}}
| label = [[DreamWorks Records|DreamWorks]]
| writer = {{flatlist|
*Norman Whitfield
*Missy Elliott
}}
| producer = {{flatlist|
*Elliott
*Aguilera
*[[Ron Fair]]
*T. Herzberg
*C. Styles
*Bang Out
*Silence
}}
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title =
| next_year =
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = [[Christina Aguilera]]
| type = singles
| prev_title = [[The Voice Within]]
| prev_year = 2003
| title = Car Wash
| year = 2004
| next_title = [[Tilt Ya Head Back]]
| next_year = 2004
}}
{{Extra chronology
| artist = [[Missy Elliott]]
| type = singles
| prev_title = [[I'm Really Hot]]
| prev_year = 2004
| title = Car Wash
| year = 2004
| next_title = [[Turn da Lights Off]]
| next_year = 2004
}}
}}
In 2004, American singer [[Christina Aguilera]] recorded a cover version of "Car Wash", featuring rapper-singer [[Missy Elliott]], giving the disco song a more modern feel and adding rapped verses from Elliott. In an interview, Aguilera said, "We had to change the key to be a little bit higher for my range. So we couldn't take the exact samples, but we brought in all these live instruments to recreate kind of this old, old classic, soulful feel and sound".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/09/03/christina-aguileras-car-wash|title=Christina Aguilera's Car Wash|website=[[IGN]]|date=September 3, 2004|access-date=October 24, 2024}}</ref> Aguilera was reportedly paid $1&nbsp;million to record the song.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boppermusic.com/blog/what-is-music-licensing/|title=What Is Music Licensing?|work=Bopper Music|date=July 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929090917/https://www.boppermusic.com/blog/what-is-music-licensing/|access-date=September 29, 2020|archive-date=September 29, 2020}}</ref>


"Car Wash" was the only single released from the soundtrack to [[DreamWorks Animation|DreamWorks]]' animated film ''[[Shark Tale]]'' (2004). Aguilera and Elliott's cover of "Car Wash" missed the U.S. ''Billboard'' Top 40, peaking at No. 63; however, it was a top-five and top-ten hit in the United Kingdom (#4), Australia (#2), Belgium (#2), Costa Rica (#6), New Zealand (#2), and several other international markets in which it was released. The song was the 48th best-selling single in the UK for 2004, with sales of over 100,000 copies. In the context of the film and its soundtrack, the "car wash" in question is the location where Oscar (voiced by [[Will Smith]]) is employed, a place like a car wash, albeit where large oceanic animals who behave and function like "cars" for the [[Anthropomorphism|anthropomorphic]] fish are "washed".
==Song information==
Norman Whitfield, a former producer for [[Motown Records]], had been commissioned to record the soundtrack album for ''Car Wash'' by director [[Michael Schultz]]. Although Whitfield did not want to take on the project, he did so because of both the money involved and the chance to give Rose Royce, a [[disco]]/[[funk]] band who left Motown with Whitfield in [[1975]], the exposure they needed ot break into the mainstream. Unable to come up with a theme song for the film, inspiration finally struck Whitfield while playing a game of [[basketball]], and he wrote his first draft of "Car Wash" on a bag of [[fried chicken]] he'd bought.


===Music video===
The resulting song set the mood and tone for the [[blaxploitation]] [[comedy film]] it was commissioned for. Rose Royce lead singer Rose Norwalt, with brief assistance from guitarist Kanji Brown, paints a picture of a fun and easy-going [[car wash]]ing business, where everything is "always cool/and the boss don't mind sometimes if you act a fool."
The music video to Aguilera's version features herself and Elliott as animated sea creatures ([[jellyfish]] and fish, respectively, similar to those in the film), combined with sequences of "human" Aguilera and Elliott singing the song in a recording studio. It includes numerous scenes of the film, ''Shark Tale''. The recording studio scenes were shot by Rich Newey, while the animated scenes of Aguilera and Elliott were edited by Peter Lonsdale and John Venzon, editors on ''Shark Tale''. The singers' fish characters are also featured at the end of the film.


===In popular culture===
''Car Wash's'' soundtrack, a [[double album]], was Rose Royce's debut LP, and the title track was their debut single. "Car Wash" sold two million copies, and was a number one hit on both the Billboard pop and R&B charts in the [[United States]] and a top ten hit in the [[United Kingdom]]. The song held the number-one spot on the [[Billboard Hot 100|Billboard Pop Singles Chart]] for one week, from [[January 22]], [[1977]] to [[January 29]], replacing "[[I Wish (Stevie Wonder song)|I Wish]]" by [[Stevie Wonder]], and replaced by "Torn Between Two Lovers" by [[Mary MacGregor]]. The ''Car Wash'' soundtrack album, entierly recorded by Rose Royce and Whitfield, spwaned two more hit singles, "I Wanna Get Next to You" and "I'm Going Down" (later covered in [[1992]] by [[Mary J. Blige]]).
"Car Wash" by Christina Aguilera and Missy Elliott was ranked No. 5 on [[Broadcast Music, Inc.|BMI]]'s list of the Top 10 songs played at [[Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada|Major League]] sports events for the 2009–2010 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kygl.com/top-10-songs-played-at-sporting-events-last-year/|title=TOP 10 SONGS PLAYED AT SPORTING EVENTS LAST YEAR!|publisher=[[KYGL]]. [[Townsquare Media]]|first=Jeff|last=Easterling|date=February 28, 2011|access-date=October 16, 2020|archive-date=October 16, 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201016093350/https://kygl.com/top-10-songs-played-at-sporting-events-last-year/|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>


===Track listings===
==Covers and other uses==
* '''CD single'''<ref name="amazon"/>
In [[2004]], pop singer [[Christina Aguilera]] and rapper/singer [[Missy Elliott]] recorded a cover version of "Car Wash", giving the disco song a more modern pop feel and adding rapped verses from Elliott. "Car Wash" was the only single from the soundtrack to [[DreamWorks]]' [[computer animated]] film ''[[Shark Tale]]''. Their version was supported with a [[music video]], featuring Aguilera and Elliott as animated [[fish]] similar to those in the film. Aguilera and Elliott's cover of "Car Wash" missed the U.S. Billboard Top 40, peaking at #63, while becoming a top five hit in the United Kingdom.
#"Car Wash" {{small|(Christina Aguilera featuring Missy Elliott)}} – 3:51
#"Can't Wait" {{small|([[Avant (singer)|Avant]])}} – 3:45
#"Digits" {{small|(fan 3)}} – 3:39
#"Car Wash" {{small|(music video)}}


* '''Pocket maxi single'''<ref name="pockit"/>
The original Rose Royce version of "Car Wash" is one of the most sampled songs in history, not for its main instrumentation, but for its introductory section. The song opens with a series of hand claps, which have been sampled many times for both [[hip hop music|hip hop]] and [[R&B]] songs from the [[1980s]] on.
#"Car Wash" – 3:51
#"Can't Wait" – 3:45


* '''Digital download'''<ref name="digital">{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Car-Wash-Version-Various-artists/dp/B001KTAICA|title=Car Wash by Christina Aguilera featuring Missy Elliott|publisher=Amazon.co.uk|access-date=January 11, 2015}}</ref>
==Charts==
#"Car Wash (Shark Tale Mix)" – 3:49
===Rose Royce===
#"Can't Wait" – 3:43
{| {{prettytable}}
#"Digits" – 3:38
!align="left"|Year

!align="left"|Chart
===Release history===
!align="left"|Position
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Region
! Date
! Format
! Label
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2"|United States
| rowspan="2"| August 30, 2004
| [[Contemporary hit radio]]<ref name=Shark>{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/2000s/2004/RR-2004-08-27.pdf|title=Radio & Records|date=August 27, 2004|website=Worldradiohistory.com|access-date=March 17, 2022}}</ref>
| rowspan="7"| [[DreamWorks Records|DreamWorks]]
|-
| [[Rhythmic contemporary]] radio<ref name=Shark />
|-
! scope="row"| New Zealand
| October 6, 2004
| [[Music download|Digital]] [[extended play|EP]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/nz/album/car-wash-ep/id27537034|title=Car Wash – EP|date=January 2004 |publisher=[[iTunes Store]] (NZ)|access-date=January 11, 2015}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="3"| Germany
| rowspan="3"| October 18, 2004
| [[CD single]]<ref name="amazon">{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.de/Christina-Aguilera-feat-Missy-Elliott/dp/B00066K9D6|title=Car Wash: Single|publisher=Amazon.de|language=German|access-date=January 11, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| Pocket [[maxi single]]<ref name="pockit">{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.de/Christina-Aguilera-feat-Missy-Elliott/dp/B00065VTVI|title=Car Wash (Pock It): Single|publisher=Amazon.de|language=German|access-date=January 11, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| [[Music download|Digital download]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.de/Wash-International-Version-Various-artists/dp/B001SVW94U|title=Car Wash (International Version): Single|publisher=Amazon.de|language=German|access-date=January 11, 2015}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2"| United Kingdom
|align="left"|1976
|rowspan="2"| November 1, 2004
|align="left"|Billboard Pop Singles
| CD single<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Christina-Aguilera-featuring-Missy-Elliott/dp/B00066FMX8|title=Car Wash by Christina Aguilera featuring Missy Elliott|publisher=Amazon.co.uk|access-date=January 11, 2015}}</ref>
|align="left"|#1 (1 week)
|-
|-
| Digital download<ref name="digital"/>
|align="left"|1976
| DreamWorks, [[Polydor Records|Polydor]]
|align="left"|Billboard Black Singles
|align="left"|#1 (2 weeks)
|-
|-
! scope="row"| Canada
|align="left"|2004
| November 19, 2004
|align="left"|UK Singles Chart
| CD single<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.ca/Mixes-Tracks-Christina-Various-Aguilera/dp/B00066FMX8|title=Car Wash (2 Mixes) (4 Tracks)|publisher=Amazon.ca|access-date=January 11, 2015}}</ref>
|align="left"|#9
| DreamWorks, [[Universal Music]]
|}
|}


===Charts===
===Christina Aguilera/Missy Elliott===
{| {{prettytable}}
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
!align="left"|Year

!align="left"|Chart
====Weekly charts====
!align="left"|Position
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
!Chart (2004–2005)
!Peak<br />position
|-
{{single chart|Australia|2|artist=Christina Aguilera feat. Missy Elliott|song=Car Wash|access-date=January 11, 2015|rowheader=true|refname=aus}}
|-
{{single chart|Austria|11|artist=Christina Aguilera feat. Missy Elliott|song=Car Wash|access-date=January 11, 2015|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{single chart|Belgium (Flanders)|2|artist=Christina Aguilera feat. Missy Elliott|song=Car Wash|access-date=January 11, 2015|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{single chart|Belgium (Wallonia)|18|artist=Christina Aguilera feat. Missy Elliott|song=Car Wash|access-date=January 11, 2015|rowheader=true}}
|-
!scope="row"|Canada CHR/Pop Top 30 (''[[Radio & Records]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/2000s/2004/RR-2004-09-17.pdf|title=R&R Canada CHR/Pop Top 30|magazine=[[Radio & Records]]|issue=1573|page=38|date=September 17, 2004|access-date=October 15, 2020}}</ref>
|align="center"|22
|-
!scope="row"|Costa Rica Airplay ([[Los 40|LOS 40]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.los40.co.cr/lalista.asp|title=Listados: Del 40 al 1 – Los 40. Costa Rica, Diciembre 5 de 2004|publisher=[[Los 40|LOS 40 Costa Rica]]. [[PRISA]]|date=December 5, 2004|language=Spanish|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041205183929/http://www.los40.co.cr/lalista.asp|archive-date=December 5, 2004|access-date=March 3, 2023}}</ref>
|align="center"|6
|-
!scope="row"|Croatia ([[Hrvatska radiotelevizija|HRT]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hrt.hr/hr/top20/strana_lista.html|title=Top Lista Hrvatskog Radija|publisher=[[Croatian Radiotelevision]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041102162823/http://www.hrt.hr/hr/top20/strana_lista.html|archive-date=November 2, 2004|access-date=March 15, 2021}}</ref>
|align="center"|10
|-
{{single chart|Denmark|5|artist=Christina Aguilera feat. Missy Elliott|song=Car Wash|access-date=January 11, 2015|rowheader=true}}
|-
!scope="row"|Europe ([[European Hot 100 Singles|Eurochart Hot 100]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/00s/2004/BB-2004-11-20.pdf|title=Hits of the World – Eurocharts|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|volume=116|issue=47|page=75|date=November 20, 2004|access-date=March 31, 2020}}</ref>
|align="center"|4
|-
{{single chart|Finland|9|artist=Christina Aguilera feat. Missy Elliott|song=Car Wash|access-date=January 11, 2015|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{single chart|Germany|6|artist=Christina Aguilera feat. Missy Elliott|song=Car Wash|songid=6334|rowheader=true}}
|-
!scope="row"|Greece ([[IFPI Greece]])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ifpi.gr/chart03.htm |title= IFPI Greece Singles chart 18-25/12 2004|publisher= [[IFPI Greece]] |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20041229123853/http://www.ifpi.gr/chart03.htm |archive-date= December 29, 2004}}</ref>
|align="center"|21
|-
{{single chart|Hungarytop10|8|week=4|year=2005|artist=Christina Aguilera feat. Missy Elliott|song=Car Wash|access-date=January 11, 2015|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{single chart|Ireland2|5|artist=Christina Aguilera|song=Car Wash|access-date=January 15, 2020|rowheader=true|refname="ire2004"}}
|-
!scope="row"|Luxembourg Airplay ([[RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rtl.lu/radio/programm/hitmaschinn/|title=Hitmaschin – Top 40|publisher=[[RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg]]|date=December 4, 2004|language=Luxembourgish|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041204223044/http://www.rtl.lu/radio/programm/hitmaschinn/|archive-date=December 4, 2004|access-date=March 3, 2023}}</ref>
|align="center"|8
|-
{{single chart|Dutch40|3|year=2004|week=45|access-date=March 18, 2019|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{single chart|Dutch100|3|artist=Christina Aguilera feat. Missy Elliott|song=Car Wash|access-date=January 11, 2015|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{single chart|New Zealand|2|artist=Christina Aguilera feat. Missy Elliott|song=Car Wash|access-date=January 11, 2015|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{single chart|Norway|13|artist=Christina Aguilera feat. Missy Elliott|song=Car Wash|access-date=January 11, 2015|rowheader=true}}
|-
!scope="row"|Romania ([[Romanian Top 100]])<ref name="romania">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050514170519/http://www.rt100.ro/editie-top-100_x10148.html|url=http://www.rt100.ro/editie-top-100_x10148.html|title=Arhiva romanian top 100 – Editia 49, saptamina 6.12 - 12.12, 2004|publisher=Romanian Top 100|archive-date=May 14, 2005|access-date=September 12, 2018|url-status=unfit}}</ref>
|align="center"|58
|-
{{single chart|Scotland|5|artist=Christina Aguilera feat. Missy|song=Car Wash|date=20041113|access-date=January 11, 2015|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{single chart|Sweden|27|artist=Christina Aguilera feat. Missy Elliott|song=Car Wash|access-date=January 11, 2015|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{single chart|Switzerland|5|artist=Christina Aguilera feat. Missy Elliott|song=Car Wash|access-date=January 11, 2015|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{single chart|UK|4|artist=Christina Aguilera feat. Missy|song=Car Wash|date=20041113|access-date=January 11, 2015|rowheader=true}}
|-
!scope="row"|[[UK R&B Singles and Albums Charts|UK Hip Hop/R&B]] ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/8269/christina-aguilera/|title=Christina Aguilera Songs and Albums – Full Official Charts History|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/o3Brf|archive-date=October 28, 2024|access-date=October 28, 2024}}</ref>
|align="center"|5
|-
|-
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|63|artist=Christina Aguilera|song=Car Wash|access-date=January 11, 2015|rowheader=true}}
|align="left"|2004
|align="left"|Billboard Hot 100
|align="left"|#63
|-
|-
{{single chart|Billboardpopsongs|23|artist=Christina Aguilera|song=Car Wash|access-date=January 11, 2015|rowheader=true}}
|align="left"|2004
|align="left"|World Chart Show
|align="left"|#3
|-
|-
!scope="row"|US [[Top 40 Tracks]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/299251/christina-aguilera/chart?f=382 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208010540/http://www.billboard.com/artist/299251/christina-aguilera/chart?f=382 |archive-date=February 8, 2013 |title=Top 40 Tracks|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=May 21, 2022}}</ref>
|align="left"|2004
|align="left"|UK Singles Chart
|align="center"|30
|align="left"|#4
|}
|}
{{col-2}}

==== Year-end charts ====
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|-
!Chart (2004)
!Position
|-
!scope="row"| Australia (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-singles-2004.htm |title=ARIA Charts – End of Year Charts – Top 100 Singles 2004 |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association |access-date=January 11, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150502063756/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-singles-2004.htm |archive-date=May 2, 2015 }}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 48
|-
!scope="row"| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2004&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten 2004|publisher=Ultratop|access-date=February 15, 2020}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 36
|-
!scope="row"|Germany (Official German Charts)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-2004 |title=Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts|language=German |publisher=[[GfK Entertainment]] |access-date=May 20, 2018}}</ref>
|align="center"|76
|-
!scope="row"| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/2004|title=Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 2004|publisher=Dutch Top 40|access-date=February 15, 2020}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 43
|-
!scope="row"| Netherlands (Single Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2004&cat=s |title=Dutch charts portal |publisher=dutchcharts.nl. Hung Medien|language=Dutch |access-date=January 11, 2015}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 62
|-
!scope="row"| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hitparade.ch/year.asp?key=2004 |title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2004 |publisher=hitparade.ch. Hung Medien |language=German |access-date=January 11, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080522014633/http://hitparade.ch/year.asp?key=2004 |archive-date=May 22, 2008 }}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 68
|-
!scope="row"| UK Singles (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/ChartsPlusYE2004.pdf|title=UK Charts Plus: Year End 2004|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=January 11, 2015}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 48
|}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
!Chart (2005)
!Position
|-
!scope="row"| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2005&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten 2005|publisher=Ultratop|access-date=February 15, 2020}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 58
|-
!scope="row"| Brazil ([[Crowley Broadcast Analysis|Crowley]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://maistocadas.mus.br/2005/|title=Brazilian Top 100 Year-End 2005|date=April 3, 2018|publisher=[[Crowley Broadcast Analysis]]|access-date=January 30, 2022}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 46
|-
!scope="row"| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hitparade.ch/year.asp?key=2005 |title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2005 |publisher=hitparade.ch. Hung Medien |access-date=January 11, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140709100356/http://hitparade.ch/year.asp?key=2005 |archive-date=July 9, 2014 }}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 73
|}
{{col-end}}

===Certifications===
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=single|award=Gold|artist=Christina Aguilera|title=Car Wash|relyear=2004|certyear=2004|access-date=January 11, 2015}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=2004|id=2005-01-21|source=newchart|access-date=2024-11-20|relmonth=08}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|award=Silver|artist=Christina Aguilera ft Missy|title=Car Wash|relyear=2004|certyear=2023|id=18854-6367-1|access-date=May 26, 2023}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true}}


==See also==
==See also==
* [[Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1977 (USA)]]
* [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1977|List of ''Billboard'' Hot 100 number-one singles of 1977]]
*[[List of number-one R&B singles of 1976 (U.S.)]]
*[[List of number-one R&B singles of 1977 (U.S.)]]


==External links==
==Notes==
{{Reflist|group="note"}}
*[http://www.oldielyrics.com/lyrics/rose_royce/car_wash.html Lyrics to Rose Royce version]
*[http://www.lyricstop.com/c/carwash-christinaaguileramissyelliott.html Lyrics to Christina Aguilera/Missy Elliott version]


==References==
{{Reflist}}


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Latest revision as of 20:04, 20 November 2024

"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"
ReleasedSeptember 1976
Genre
Length
  • 5:06 (album version)
  • 3:18 (single version)
LabelMCA
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.

Background

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The former Motown Records producer Norman Whitfield had been commissioned to record the soundtrack album for Car Wash by the director Michael Schultz. Although Whitfield did not want the project, he decided to do so, both for financial incentives as well as the chance to give Rose Royce, a disco/funk backing band that Whitfield signed to his own label in 1975, the exposure they needed to become mainstream. Unable to develop a theme song for the film, inspiration finally struck Whitfield while watching a game of basketball, and he wrote his first draft of "Car Wash" on a paper bag from a fried chicken eatery.[1][2]

The resulting song set the mood and tone for the comedy film it was commissioned for Rose Royce's lead singer Rose Norwalt (Gwen Dickey). It describes a fun and easy-going car washing business, where everything is "always cool/and the boss don't mind sometimes if you act a fool".

The Car Wash soundtrack, a double album, was Rose Royce's first album, and the title track was their first single. "Car Wash" sold 2 million copies and was a number one success on both the Billboard popular and R&B charts in the United States and a top ten success in the United Kingdom. The song was number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for one week, from January 23 to 29, 1977, replacing "I Wish" by Stevie Wonder and replaced by "Torn Between Two Lovers" by Mary MacGregor. 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.

In 1988, the song was re-released as a double A-side single with "Is It Love You're After?" in the United Kingdom, peaking at No. 20.

Track listings

[edit]
  1. "Car Wash" – 3:18
  2. "Water" – 3:31

Charts

[edit]

Certifications

[edit]
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[24] Gold 75,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[25] Silver 200,000‡
United States (RIAA)[26] Platinum 2,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Car Wash '98

[edit]
"Car Wash '98"
Single by Rose Royce featuring Gwen Dickey
ReleasedOctober 30, 1998
Genre
Length6:45
LabelMCA
Songwriter(s)Norman Whitfield
Producer(s)The Monday Night Club
Rose Royce featuring Gwen Dickey singles chronology
"Perfect Lover"
(1998) 		"Car Wash '98"
(1998)

In 1998, "Car Wash" was remixed and interpreted in a duet with Gwen Dickey. Officially titled "Car Wash '98", the release also carries the alternative title "Car Wash '98 (The Monday Nightclub Mixes)", as the group Monday Nightclub was involved in the mixing.

Track listing

[edit]
  • CD single
  1. "Car Wash '98" (Mustard Edit) - 3:09
  2. "Car Wash '98" (Mustard Mix) - 6:45
  3. "Car Wash '98" (Mustard Dub) - 5:34
  4. "Car Wash '98" (Levent's & Olli's Cream City Club Mix) - 6:19
  5. "Car Wash '98" (Levent's Talking About Dub Mix) - 7:56
  6. "Car Wash" (Original Version) - 3:20
  1. "Car Wash" (Mustard Mix) – 6:45
  2. "Car Wash" (Mustard Dub) – 5:34

Charts

[edit]
Chart (1998) Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC)[28] 18

Christina Aguilera and Missy Elliott version

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"Car Wash (Shark Tale Mix)"
Single by Christina Aguilera featuring Missy Elliott
from the album Shark Tale: Motion Picture Soundtrack
B-side"Can't Wait"
ReleasedAugust 30, 2004 (2004-08-30)
Recorded2004
Genre
Length3:50
LabelDreamWorks
Songwriter(s)
  • Norman Whitfield
  • Missy Elliott
Producer(s)
  • Elliott
  • Aguilera
  • Ron Fair
  • T. Herzberg
  • C. Styles
  • Bang Out
  • Silence
Christina Aguilera singles chronology
"The Voice Within"
(2003) 		"Car Wash"
(2004) 		"Tilt Ya Head Back"
(2004)
Missy Elliott singles chronology
"I'm Really Hot"
(2004) 		"Car Wash"
(2004) 		"Turn da Lights Off"
(2004)

In 2004, American singer Christina Aguilera recorded a cover version of "Car Wash", featuring rapper-singer Missy Elliott, giving the disco song a more modern feel and adding rapped verses from Elliott. In an interview, Aguilera said, "We had to change the key to be a little bit higher for my range. So we couldn't take the exact samples, but we brought in all these live instruments to recreate kind of this old, old classic, soulful feel and sound".[29] Aguilera was reportedly paid $1 million to record the song.[30]

"Car Wash" was the only single released from the soundtrack to DreamWorks' animated film Shark Tale (2004). Aguilera and Elliott's cover of "Car Wash" missed the U.S. Billboard Top 40, peaking at No. 63; however, it was a top-five and top-ten hit in the United Kingdom (#4), Australia (#2), Belgium (#2), Costa Rica (#6), New Zealand (#2), and several other international markets in which it was released. The song was the 48th best-selling single in the UK for 2004, with sales of over 100,000 copies. In the context of the film and its soundtrack, the "car wash" in question is the location where Oscar (voiced by Will Smith) is employed, a place like a car wash, albeit where large oceanic animals who behave and function like "cars" for the anthropomorphic fish are "washed".

Music video

[edit]

The music video to Aguilera's version features herself and Elliott as animated sea creatures (jellyfish and fish, respectively, similar to those in the film), combined with sequences of "human" Aguilera and Elliott singing the song in a recording studio. It includes numerous scenes of the film, Shark Tale. The recording studio scenes were shot by Rich Newey, while the animated scenes of Aguilera and Elliott were edited by Peter Lonsdale and John Venzon, editors on Shark Tale. The singers' fish characters are also featured at the end of the film.

[edit]

"Car Wash" by Christina Aguilera and Missy Elliott was ranked No. 5 on BMI's list of the Top 10 songs played at Major League sports events for the 2009–2010 season.[31]

Track listings

[edit]
  1. "Car Wash" (Christina Aguilera featuring Missy Elliott) – 3:51
  2. "Can't Wait" (Avant) – 3:45
  3. "Digits" (fan 3) – 3:39
  4. "Car Wash" (music video)
  • Pocket maxi single[33]
  1. "Car Wash" – 3:51
  2. "Can't Wait" – 3:45
  • Digital download[34]
  1. "Car Wash (Shark Tale Mix)" – 3:49
  2. "Can't Wait" – 3:43
  3. "Digits" – 3:38

Release history

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Region Date Format Label
United States August 30, 2004 Contemporary hit radio[35] DreamWorks
Rhythmic contemporary radio[35]
New Zealand October 6, 2004 Digital EP[36]
Germany October 18, 2004 CD single[32]
Pocket maxi single[33]
Digital download[37]
United Kingdom November 1, 2004 CD single[38]
Digital download[34] DreamWorks, Polydor
Canada November 19, 2004 CD single[39] DreamWorks, Universal Music

Charts

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Certifications

[edit]
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[78] Gold 35,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[79] Gold 5,000*
United Kingdom (BPI)[80] Silver 200,000‡

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

See also

[edit]

Notes

[edit]
  1. ^ In 1988, a re-released version of "Car Wash" released with the B-side "Is It Love You're After" reached number 20 on the UK Singles Chart. In 1998, a re-released version of "Car Wash" featuring Gwen Dickey peaked at number 18 on the chart.[16]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b Simpson, Dave (July 12, 2021). "How we made: Car Wash by Rose Royce". The Guardian. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
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