Short Eyes (album)

Short Eyes
Soundtrack album by Curtis Mayfield
Released	1977
Genre	Funk, soul
Length	35:34
Label	Curtom
Producer	Curtis Mayfield
Curtis Mayfield chronology
A Piece of the Action (with Mavis Staples) (1977) Short Eyes (1977) Never Say You Can't Survive (1977)

Short Eyes is a Curtis Mayfield soundtrack to Robert M. Young's 1977 film, based upon the play of the same name by Miguel Piñero.^[1] The album contains one of Mayfield's last funk hits, "Do Do Wap is Strong in Here".

• Curtis Mayfield - Guitar , Acoustic Guitar
• Rich Tufo & Floyd Morris - Keyboards
• Gary Thompson - Guitar
• Donnelle Hagan - Drums
• Henry Gibson - Percussion.

Track listing[]

1. “Do Do Wap is Strong in Here”
2. “Back Against the Wall”
3. “Need Someone to Love”
4. “A Heavy Dude”
5. “Short Eyes/Freak, Freak, Free, Free, Free”
6. “Break It Down” (H.P. Denenberg, Martin Hirch)
7. “Another Fool in Love”
8. “Father Confessor" (Instrumental)

Later Samples[]

• "Short Eyes"
  • "Turn It Up" by Ashanti featuring Ja Rule from the album Concrete Rose (2004).
  • "American Gangster" by Jay-Z from the album American Gangster (2007)

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