Rags to Riches (Kool and the Gang song)
| "Rags to Riches" | ||||
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| Single by Kool & the Gang | ||||
| from the album Everything's Kool & the Gang (Greatest Hits & More) | ||||
| Released | 1988 | |||
| Genre | Funk | |||
| Length | 3:53 | |||
| Label | Mercury | |||
| Songwriters | Imani, Meekaaeel Muhammad | |||
| Producers | Gabe Vigorito, Tony Prendatt (exec.), Khalis Bhayan, I.B.M.C | |||
| Kool & the Gang singles chronology | ||||
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"Rags to Riches" is a song recorded by R&B/funk band Kool & the Gang for their 1988 compilation album Everything's Kool & the Gang (Greatest Hits & More).[1] Released as a single, the song reached No. 38 on the US Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 26 on the German Pop Singles chart.[2][3]
Background
"Rags to Riches" was composed by Imani and Meekaaeel Muhammad. The recording was produced by Khalis Bhayan and I.B.M.C.[1]
Critical reception
Robert K. Oermann of USA Today found "Rags to Riches" has "the rhythm expertise and potent singing we've come to expect from this durable act."[4] Chris Heim of the Chicago Tribune also called Rags to Riches a "new song in the standard Kool mode."[5]
References
- ^ a b Kool & the Gang - Rags to Riches. Mercury Records. 1988.
- ^ "Kool & the Gang - Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 2023-07-30.
- ^ "KOOL & THE GANG - Rags to Riches". offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 2023-07-30.
- ^ K. Oermann, Robert. "KOOL & THE GANG "Everything's Kool: Greatest Hits & More" (Mercury)". newsbank.com. USA Today.
- ^ Heim, Chris (16 September 1988). "'Dangerous Age' True To Bad Company's Original Style". Chicago Tribune. p. 58. ProQuest 282566893.