Theme from Shaft
The wah-wah and hi-hat opening of the Shaft soundtrack, a Hot 100 number one and Academy Award winner.
Isaac Hayes, from Shaft (1971)
- Written by
- Isaac Hayes
- Released
- 1971
- Album
- Shaft
On stage
- 1972, Wattstax, Los Angeles Performed at the Wattstax concert; footage was cut from the 1973 documentary and restored in a 2003 remaster.
Covers and versions
- Eddy and the Soul Band (1985) Reached number 13 on the UK singles chart.
More songs by Isaac Hayes
Walk On By, By the Time I Get to Phoenix, Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic, Do Your Thing, Never Can Say Goodbye
Sources
- Theme from Shaft, Wikipedia
- The Number Ones: Isaac Hayes' "Theme From Shaft", Stereogum (2019-02-12)
- National Recording Registry descriptions and essays, Library of Congress