Across 110th Street
The title song of the Harlem crime film, later picked by Tarantino and Scott.
Bobby Womack, from Across 110th Street (1973)
- Written by
- Bobby Womack, J. J. Johnson
- Released
- 1973
- Album
- Across 110th Street
United Artists issued the single in February 1973, credited to Bobby Womack and Peace, with "Hang On In There" on the B-side. Carol Kaye played electric bass and Emil Richards played percussion. For the week ending 5 May 1973 it stood at 24 on Billboard's soul singles chart, up from 19.
The song reappeared in Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown in 1997 and in Ridley Scott's American Gangster in 2007. Paul Simon, writing in the Guardian, said it lays bare the everyday fight of life in the ghetto. 50 Cent told the NME it was the first song he fell in love with. Calvin Richardson covered it in 2009 and Ania Dabrowska in October 2015.
Covers and versions
- Calvin Richardson (2009) On Facts of Life: The Soul of Bobby Womack.
- Ania Dabrowska (2015) On Ania Movie.
More songs by Bobby Womack
If You Think You're Lonely Now, Lookin' for a Love, It's All Over Now, That's the Way I Feel About Cha
Sources
- Across 110th Street (song), Wikipedia
- Across 110th Street, Wikipedia
- Bobby Womack: six great performances, The Guardian (2014-06-28)