| "Clean Up Woman" | ||||
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 Side A of the US single | ||||
| Single byBetty 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 | |||
| Songwriters | Clarence Reid,Willie Clarke | |||
| Producers | Clarence Reid, Willie Clarke | |||
| Betty Wright singles chronology | ||||
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| Official audio | ||||
| "Clean up Woman" onYouTube | ||||
"Clean Up Woman" is a song byBetty Wright from her second studio album,I Love the Way You Love (1972). Written and produced byClarence Reid andWillie Clarke, it was released in November 1971 in the U.S. as a7" single with "I'll Love You Forever" on theB-side. The song's distinctive guitar lick was played by Willie "Little Beaver" Hale.
It has sold over two million copies with theRIAA gold disc awarded on December 30, 1972.[5]Billboard ranked it as theNo. 49 song for 1972. The song also appears as the beginning and end songs in a medley on the 1978 albumBetty 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.Soul Singles chart and remained in that spot for eight weeks, all behind "Let's Stay Together" byAl Green.[6] It peaked at No. 4 on theCash 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]
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The song has been sampled in at least 32 other songs, including the 2013 "Favorite Song" byChance the Rapper and the 1993 remix of "Real Love" byMary J. Blige.[citation needed]
The song was inducted into theGrammy Hall of Fame in 2021, not too long after Wright's death in 2020.[13]
Betty Wright hit the top 10 a year later with "Clean Up Woman," another impressively slinky funk gem...
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