"Clean Up Woman" | ||||
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![]() Side A of the US single | ||||
Single by Betty Wright | ||||
from the album I Love the Way You Love | ||||
B-side | "I'll Love You Forever" | |||
Released | November 1971 | |||
Studio | Criteria (Miami) [1] | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 2:40 | |||
Label | Alston | |||
Songwriter(s) | Clarence Reid, Willie Clarke | |||
Producer(s) | Clarence Reid, Willie Clarke | |||
Betty Wright singles chronology | ||||
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Official audio | ||||
"Clean up Woman" on YouTube |
"Clean Up Woman" is a song by Betty Wright from her second studio album, I Love the Way You Love (1972). Written and produced by Clarence Reid and Willie Clarke, it was released in November 1971 in the U.S. as a 7" single with "I'll Love You Forever" on the B-side. The song's distinctive guitar lick was played by Willie " Little Beaver" Hale.
It has sold over two million copies with the RIAA gold disc awarded on December 30, 1972. [5] Billboard ranked it as the No. 49 song for 1972. The song also appears as the beginning and end songs in a medley on the 1978 album Betty Wright Live.
The single reached No. 6 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, spending fourteen weeks on the chart. [5] It also reached No. 2 on the U.S. Black Singles chart and remained in that spot for eight weeks, all behind " Let's Stay Together" by Al Green. [6] It peaked at No. 4 on the Cash Box Top 100 singles chart during the weeks ending January 29, 1972 and February 5, 1972. [7] In Canada, the song reached No. 39. [8]
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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The song has been sampled in at least 32 other songs, including the 2013 "Favorite Song" by Chance the Rapper and the 1993 remix of " Real Love" by Mary J. Blige.[ citation needed]
Betty Wright hit the top 10 a year later with "Clean Up Woman," another impressively slinky funk gem...
"Clean Up Woman" | ||||
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![]() Side A of the US single | ||||
Single by Betty Wright | ||||
from the album I Love the Way You Love | ||||
B-side | "I'll Love You Forever" | |||
Released | November 1971 | |||
Studio | Criteria (Miami) [1] | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 2:40 | |||
Label | Alston | |||
Songwriter(s) | Clarence Reid, Willie Clarke | |||
Producer(s) | Clarence Reid, Willie Clarke | |||
Betty Wright singles chronology | ||||
| ||||
Official audio | ||||
"Clean up Woman" on YouTube |
"Clean Up Woman" is a song by Betty Wright from her second studio album, I Love the Way You Love (1972). Written and produced by Clarence Reid and Willie Clarke, it was released in November 1971 in the U.S. as a 7" single with "I'll Love You Forever" on the B-side. The song's distinctive guitar lick was played by Willie " Little Beaver" Hale.
It has sold over two million copies with the RIAA gold disc awarded on December 30, 1972. [5] Billboard ranked it as the No. 49 song for 1972. The song also appears as the beginning and end songs in a medley on the 1978 album Betty Wright Live.
The single reached No. 6 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, spending fourteen weeks on the chart. [5] It also reached No. 2 on the U.S. Black Singles chart and remained in that spot for eight weeks, all behind " Let's Stay Together" by Al Green. [6] It peaked at No. 4 on the Cash Box Top 100 singles chart during the weeks ending January 29, 1972 and February 5, 1972. [7] In Canada, the song reached No. 39. [8]
Weekly charts
|
Year-end charts
|
The song has been sampled in at least 32 other songs, including the 2013 "Favorite Song" by Chance the Rapper and the 1993 remix of " Real Love" by Mary J. Blige.[ citation needed]
Betty Wright hit the top 10 a year later with "Clean Up Woman," another impressively slinky funk gem...