"Theme from Shaft"

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"Theme from Shaft" is a 1971 funk and soul song by Isaac Hayes, best known as the iconic, Oscar-winning theme for the film "Shaft."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
academyAwardsEdition 44th Academy Awards ⓘ
albumVersionLength 4:37 ⓘ
artist Isaac Hayes ⓘ
awardYear 1972 ⓘ
chartPeakCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
chartPositionUKSinglesChart 4 ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 1 ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardRB 2 ⓘ
composer Isaac Hayes ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
culturalStatus blaxploitation film theme standard ⓘ
filmReleaseYear 1971 ⓘ
fromFilm Shaft ⓘ
genre funk ⓘ
soul ⓘ
hasAward Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
hasBPM approx. 104 ⓘ
hasBside Cafe Regio's ⓘ
linked to: Cafe Regio’s
hasInstrument bass guitar ⓘ
drums ⓘ
horn section ⓘ
strings ⓘ
wah-wah guitar ⓘ
hasKey B minor ⓘ
hasVocalStyle call-and-response backing vocals ⓘ
spoken-word intro ⓘ
includedInList Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll ⓘ
isThemeFor Shaft (1971 film) ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length 4:37 ⓘ
lyricist Isaac Hayes ⓘ
notableFor being one of the first soul songs to win an Academy Award ⓘ
iconic wah-wah guitar riff ⓘ
orchestrator Johnny Allen ⓘ
partOfAlbum Shaft: Music from the Soundtrack ⓘ
linked to: Shaft (soundtrack)
performer Isaac Hayes ⓘ
producer Isaac Hayes ⓘ
publisher East/Memphis Music ⓘ
recordedInCity Memphis ⓘ
recordedInStudio Stax Recording Studio ⓘ
linked to: Stax Records studio
recordLabel Enterprise ⓘ
Stax Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1971-09-30 ⓘ
releaseYear 1971 ⓘ
singleVersionLength 3:15 ⓘ

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Stax studio → recordedSong → "Theme from Shaft" ⓘ
The Love Unlimited Orchestra → notableWork → Theme from "Shaft" (live performances) ⓘ
linked to: "Theme from Shaft"
Stax Records studio → recordedHitSong → "Theme from Shaft" ⓘ