Cruisin' (Earth, Wind & Fire song)

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"Cruisin'"
Song by Earth, Wind & Fire
from the album Get On The Bus Original Soundtrack - Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture
ReleasedOctober 8, 1996
Length5:42
Songwriter(s)Philip Bailey, Roxanne Seeman, Morris Pleasure, Sonny Emory
Producer(s)Maurice White

"Cruisin" is a song recorded by the band Earth, Wind & Fire.[1]

Overview[]

Cruisin' was produced by Maurice White and composed by Philip Bailey, Roxanne Seeman, Morris Pleasure and Sonny Emory. The song first appeared on Earth, Wind & Fire's 1996 studio LP "Avatar" which was only released in Japan.[1]

Cruisin' later appeared on EWF's 1997 studio album "In The Name Of Love". That album was issued on Rhino Records and then reissued in 2006 on Maurice White's label Kalimba Music.[1]

Earth, Wind & Fire also contributed the song to the soundtrack of the 1996 feature film Get on the Bus.[2] Get on the Bus was a 1996 American drama about a group of African-American men who are taking a cross-country bus trip in order to participate in the Million Man March.[3][4] The movie premiered on the March's one year anniversary.[5]

Critical reception[]

Omoronke Idowu of Vibe called the song "a silky, celestial ballad".[6] Alex Henderson of AllMusic noted that Cruisin' "sounds like it could have been recorded in the 1970s"[7] Steve Jones of USA Today declared that the song has a "mellow groove".[8] Phyl Garland of Stereo Review also described Cruisin' as "hauntingly atmospheric".[9]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Earth, Wind & Fire: Cruisin'". allmusic.com. AllMusic.
  2. ^ "Earth, Wind and Fire". vocalgroup.org. Vocal Group Hall of Fame.
  3. ^ "Get On The Bus". Empire. 2000-01-01. Retrieved 2019-10-20.
  4. ^ "Get on the Bus (1996)", imdb.com, IMDb
  5. ^ Maslin, Janet (October 16, 1996). "An Anniversary Tribute To the Million Man March". nytimes.com. The New York Times.
  6. ^ Idowu, Omoronke (October 1997). "Earth, Wind and Fire: In the Name of Love (Pyramid Records)". Vol. 5 no. 8. Vibe Magazine. p. 162. Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  7. ^ Henderson, Alex. "Earth, Wind & Fire: In the Name of Love". allmusic.com. Allmusic.
  8. ^ Jones, Steve (August 16, 1997). "Earth, Wind & Fire: In The Name of Love". newspapers.com. USA Today. p. 71.
  9. ^ Garland, Phyl (November 1997). "Earth, Wind & Fire: In The Name of Love" (PDF). americanradiohistory.com. Vol. 62. Stereo Review. p. 126.

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