Car Wash
Rose Royce
- Key
- D minor
- Camelot
- 7A
- BPM
- 117.1
Key confidence high · relative F major (7B) · BPM confidence high · half-time 58.6 · measured from the full recording · 2026-09-13
The tempo changes across the track. The BPM above is the strongest single reading.
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As of 2026-10-08, "Car Wash" by Rose Royce has charted in 2 markets across 2 platforms, peaking at #33 (KR) on the Rotation chart. Measured from the full recording, it reads D minor (7A).
- Markets
- 2
- First seen
- 2026-07-20
- Latest chart date
- 2026-10-08
- Peak
- #33 kr
Momentum
This song has not appeared on a Rotation chart, so it has no score and no receipts. The rank history below is the ledger; a score is only published once the momentum run puts it on a chart.
Why it's here
The song served as the theme for the 1976 film Car Wash, setting the mood and tone for the comedy it was commissioned for. [1] It was Rose Royce's first single, released from a soundtrack album that went on to win the 1977 Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album. [2] The track sold 2 million copies and topped both the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B charts in the US, as well as reaching the UK top ten. [3]
In culture
Every place this record has lived. A solid chip states a fact and carries the citation that earns it; a dashed one is a connection somebody drew, and carries their name instead.
- Written by Norman Whitfieldsource
- Covered Princesource
- Covered Christian McBride Triosource
- Covered Countdown Mix Masterssource
- Covered Christina Aguilera featuring Missy Elliottsource
- Covered Jive Bunny & the Mastermixerssource
- Covered Christina Aguilerasource
- Covered VeggieTalessource
- Covered The Countdown Singerssource
- Covered Christina Aguilera & Missy Elliottsource
- Covered Andy Cainesource
- Covered [unknown]source
- Covered Mario Cavallero, son orchestre et ses chanteurssource
- Covered The BB Bandsource
Across markets · earliest pickup first
Every date here is the date the source chart covers, never the date we fetched it. Sources publish on different lags: the Spotify mirror runs about two days behind, TurnTable publishes weekly. One recording, one history: this table also counts the rows sources published under 1 other handle of this record (remasters, official videos).
- MarketFirst seenPeak
- South Koreakr · deezer#33#33—
- United Kingdomgb · shazam · 1 city#46#46—
City pickups
City charts record their parent country as the market, so these do not add to the market count above. One line per country: how many of its rooms picked the song up, and the best of them.
- gb 1 city · best #46 newcastle upon tyne
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Editions
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Identity
- ISRC
- Not known yet
- Slug
- rose-royce__car-wash
- Sources
- deezer, shazam
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