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Rags to Riches (Kool and the Gang song)

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"Rags to Riches"
Single by Kool & the Gang
from the album Everything's Kool & the Gang (Greatest Hits & More)
Released1988
GenreFunk
Length3:53
LabelMercury
Songwriter(s)Imani, Meekaaeel Muhammad
Producer(s)Gabe Vigorito, Tony Prendatt (exec.), Khalis Bhayan, I.B.M.C
Kool & the Gang singles chronology
"Peace Maker"
(1987)
"Rags to Riches"
(1988)
"Strong"
(1988)

"Rags to Riches" is a song recorded by R&B/Funk band Kool & the Gang for their 1988 compilation album Everything's Kool & the Gang (Greatest Hits & More).[1] Released as a single, the song reached No. 38 on the US Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 26 on the German Pop Singles chart.[2][3]

Compendium

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Rags to Riches was composed by Imani and Meekaaeel Muhammad. This single was also produced by Khalis Bhayan and I.B.M.C whilst executively produced by both Gabe Vigorito and Tony Prendatt.[1]

Critical reception

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Robert K. Oermann of USA Today found Rags to Riches has "the rhythm expertise and potent singing we've come to expect from this durable act."[4] Chris Heim of the Chicago Tribune also called Rags to Riches a "new song in the standard Kool mode."[5]


References

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  1. ^ a b Kool & the Gang - Rags to Riches. Mercury Records. 1988.
  2. ^ "Kool & the Gang - Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 2023-07-30.
  3. ^ "KOOL & THE GANG - Rags to Riches". offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 2023-07-30.
  4. ^ K. Oermann, Robert. "KOOL & THE GANG "Everything's Kool: Greatest Hits & More" (Mercury)". newsbank.com. USA Today.
  5. ^ Heim, Chris (16 September 1988). "'Dangerous Age' True To Bad Company's Original Style". Chicago Tribune. p. 58. ProQuest 282566893.