Cruisin' (Earth, Wind & Fire song)

"Cruisin" is a song recorded by the band Earth, Wind & Fire.[1]

"Cruisin'"
Song by Earth, Wind & Fire
from the album Get On The Bus Original Soundtrack - Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture
ReleasedOctober 8, 1996
Length5:42
Songwriter(s)Philip Bailey, Roxanne Seeman, Morris Pleasure, Sonny Emory
Producer(s)Maurice White

Overview

Cruisin' was produced by Maurice White and composed by Philip Bailey, Roxanne Seeman, Morris Pleasure and Sonny Emory. The song first appeared on Earth, Wind & Fire's 1996 studio LP "Avatar" which was only released in Japan.[1]

Cruisin' later appeared on EWF's 1997 studio album "In The Name Of Love". That album was issued on Rhino Records and then reissued in 2006 on Maurice White's label Kalimba Music.[1]

Earth, Wind & Fire also contributed the song to the soundtrack of the 1996 feature film Get on the Bus.[2] Get on the Bus was a 1996 American drama about a group of African-American men who are taking a cross-country bus trip in order to participate in the Million Man March.[3][4] The movie premiered on the March's one year anniversary.[5]

Critical reception

Omoronke Idowu of Vibe called the song "a silky, celestial ballad".[6] Alex Henderson of AllMusic noted that Cruisin' "sounds like it could have been recorded in the 1970s"[7] Steve Jones of USA Today declared that the song has a "mellow groove".[8] Phyl Garland of Stereo Review also described Cruisin' as "hauntingly atmospheric".[9]

References
  1. "Earth, Wind & Fire: Cruisin'". allmusic.com. AllMusic.
  2. "Earth, Wind and Fire". vocalgroup.org. Vocal Group Hall of Fame.
  3. "Get On The Bus". Empire. 2000-01-01. Retrieved 2019-10-20.
  4. "Get on the Bus (1996)", imdb.com, IMDb
  5. Maslin, Janet (October 16, 1996). "An Anniversary Tribute To the Million Man March". nytimes.com. The New York Times.
  6. Idowu, Omoronke (October 1997). "Earth, Wind and Fire: In the Name of Love (Pyramid Records)". Vol. 5 no. 8. Vibe Magazine. p. 162. Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  7. Henderson, Alex. "Earth, Wind & Fire: In the Name of Love". allmusic.com. Allmusic.
  8. Jones, Steve (August 16, 1997). "Earth, Wind & Fire: In The Name of Love". newspapers.com. USA Today. p. 71.
  9. Garland, Phyl (November 1997). "Earth, Wind & Fire: In The Name of Love" (PDF). americanradiohistory.com. Vol. 62. Stereo Review. p. 126.
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