I’d heard of the group Rose Royce and their song “I Wanna Get Next to You,” in the late ’70s, when the movie “Car Wash” hit. They made a few songs to that movie’s soundtrack, including this classic and the movie’s theme, cleverly entitled “Car Wash.” The theme and the movie have stayed in the public consciousness. But I hadn’t heard “I Wanna Get Next to You” in ages–not until I heard it of Casey Kasem’s “American Top 40” Sunday morning.
It deserves to be played more often.
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