Clean Up Woman

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"Clean Up Woman"
Betty Wright - Clean Up Woman single cover.jpg
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"
ReleasedNovember 1971
Studio Criteria (Miami) [1]
Genre
Length2:40
Label Alston
Songwriter(s) Clarence Reid, Willie Clarke
Producer(s) Clarence Reid, Willie Clarke
Betty Wright singles chronology
"Pure Love"
(1970)		"Clean Up Woman"
(1971)		"Baby Sitter"
(1972)
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.

Contents

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.

Chart performance

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]

Samples

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 ]

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  1. ↑ McDonnell, Evelyn (22 July 2008). "Miami sound machine". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  2. ↑ Billboard Staff (October 19, 2023). "The 500 Best Pop Songs: Staff List". Billboard . Retrieved February 11, 2024. Betty Wright hit the top 10 a year later with "Clean Up Woman," another impressively slinky funk gem...
  3. ↑ Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (October 15, 1996). "I Am Woman: Feminist Pop". Precious and Few - Pop Music in the Early '70s. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 96. ISBN   031214704X.
  4. ↑ Molanphy, Chris (April 30, 2020). "Still Billy Joel to Me Edition". Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia (Podcast). Slate . Retrieved April 2, 2024.
  5. 1 2 Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nd ed.). London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. p.  306. ISBN   0-214-20512-6.
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  7. ↑ "CASH BOX Top 100 Singles, week ending FEBRUARY 5, 1972". Cashboxmagazine.com. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
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