Space Race (Billy Preston song)

"Space Race (Billy Preston song)"
Single by Billy Preston
from the album Everybody Likes Some Kind of Music
B-side	"We're Gonna Make It"
Released	September 1973
Genre	Funk
Label	A&M
Songwriter(s)	Billy Preston
Producer(s)	Billy Preston
Official Audio
"Space Race" on YouTube

"Space Race" is an instrumental track by Billy Preston, released as a single in 1973 on the A&M label. It was taken from Preston's 1973 album Everybody Likes Some Kind of Music , and "Space Race" was awarded a gold record. ^[1]

Chart performance

The single, a sequel to his 1972 hit, "Outa-Space", reached number one on the R&B chart for one week and number four on the Pop Singles chart. ^[2]

Personnel

• Billy Preston – vocals, keyboards, bass guitar, producer
• David T. Walker – guitar
• Hubert Heard, Kenneth Lupper – keyboards
• Paul Riser – string and horn arrangements
• Manuel Kellough – drums
• Tommy Vicari – engineer

Popular culture

• The instrumental proved popular enough that the musical variety show American Bandstand used it as the song for its mid-broadcast break from the mid-1970s until the show completed its run in 1989. ^[3]
• The song can also be heard in a party scene in the 1979 film When a Stranger Calls.^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. "A&M Records records".
2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004. Record Research. p. 468.
3. White, Adam; Bronson, Fred (1993). The Billboard Book of Number One Rhythm & Blues Hits. Billboard Books:Watson-Guptill Publications, New York. p. 125. ISBN   9780823082858. Archived from the original on July 7, 2023.