Throwback Thursday: Betty Wright - "Clean Up Woman"

From her second studio album, I Love the Way You Love, soul singer Betty Wright scored a Top Ten hit with the guitar-flexing "Clean Up Woman". Written and produced by Clarence Reid and Willie Clarke, "Clean Up Woman" was released in 1971 as a 7" single with "I'll Love You Forever" on the B-side, reaching number six on the U.S. Pop Singles chart—where it stayed for fourteen weeks—and number two on the U.S. Black Singles chart. The heavily sampled "Clean Up Woman" sold over a million copies with the RIAA gold disc awarded on December 30, 1971.