Isaac Hayes "Theme From Shaft" #1 1971

[areyoureadytojump]

A fan-made video:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAa5rP64YbQ

[Glove Slap]

An absolute classic. I remember when there was a Burger King ad with Shaq that parodied this song.

[tico]

A bad mutha-(shut your mouth) song!

[irock]

Terrific! I love this.

[mst3k]

Great song.

This held the record for highest Top 40 debut during the "classic" run of AT40 (7/4/70 - 8/6/88).

[shocker]

"Theme from Shaft" could have been considered an early disco song. Many early disco recordings were instrumentals, like this one.

[620 Soul Train]

The Fresh Prince episode where Will tries to marry his long time girlfriend in Vegas is true classic. I just die each time I watch it. By the way Isaac Hayes was more than pretty good, he was awesome!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWrjVRvW608

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Classic. Not even one of my favorites by him though.

[jdanton2]

Sept 2, 2008 4:34:08 GMT -5 shocker said:

"Theme from Shaft" could have been considered an early disco song. Many early disco recordings were instrumentals, like this one.

this was definitely a big influence on what became known as disco three years after this reached #1.

[🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲]

Iconic chorus. Reminds me of that episode on Fresh Prince when Will and Lisa were about to elope in some chapel.

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#303 on Billboard's 500 Greatest Pop Songs

You Know What It Is: The coldest pop song any film character has ever gotten as theme music — as mysterious and sexy as John Barry’s “James Bond Theme,” and as striking and intimidating as Shirley Bassey’s “Goldfinger.”

This Magic Moment: There should be nowhere to go but down from the song’s iconic intro build and magical lone verse (or chorus?) but Isaac Hayes saved one final moment of majesty for his titular protagonist: a rapid-fire, 22-horn-blast salute that somehow takes the song to even greater heights.

The Sun Always Shines on T.V.: There might not have been a finer musical moment in The Wire than Herc’s Season Three insistence on playing “Theme From ‘Shaft'” while hunting down kiddie drug-runners in his patrol car. (Carver: “Seek therapy.”)