This article is about the 1971 single by Betty Wright. For the 2009 play by J. D. Lawrence, see The Clean Up Woman.
"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]
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^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...
^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. ISBN031214704X.
^Molanphy, Chris (April 30, 2020). "Still Billy Joel to Me Edition". Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia (Podcast). Slate. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
^ abMurrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nd ed.). London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. p. 306. ISBN0-214-20512-6.
^Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 638.
^"CASH BOX Top 100 Singles, week ending FEBRUARY 5, 1972". Cashboxmagazine.com. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
^ ab"RPM Top 100 Singles - February 12, 1972" (PDF). Collectionscanada.gc.ca.
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