Clean up Woman

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Clean up Woman by Betty Wright

About Clean up Woman

"Clean Up Woman" is a hit song by Betty Wright that became a defining moment in soul music history. Released in November 1971 as a single from her second studio album, I Love the Way You Love (1972), the song showcases Wright's powerful vocals and a memorable guitar riff. The song was written and produced by the legendary Miami-based songwriting duo Clarence Reid and Willie Clarke, with the distinctive guitar lick played by Willie "Little Beaver" Hale. .

Clean up Woman Lyrics

[00:17.58] A clean up woman is a woman who
[00:22.60] Gets all the love we girls leave behind
[00:28.07] The reason I know so much about her
[00:33.03] Is because she picked up a man of mine
[00:39.35] Jumpin' slick was my ruin
[00:44.38] 'Cause I found out all I was doin'
[00:48.85] Was makin' it easy for the clean up woman
[00:53.89] To get my man's love, aww, yeah
[00:59.27] Just makin' it easy for the clean up woman
[01:04.65] To get my baby's love, huh huh
[01:20.40] I took this man's love and put it on a shelf
[01:25.59] And, like a fool, I thought I had him all to myself
[01:31.73] When he needed love, I was out havin' fun
[01:36.32] But I found out that all I had done
[01:41.56] Was made it easy for the clean up woman
[01:46.70] To get my man's love, huh huh
[01:51.45] Yeah, that's what I did
[01:52.04] I made it easy for the clean up woman
[01:57.15] To steal my baby's love, aw, yeah
[02:03.37] The clean up woman will wipe his blues away
[02:07.96] She'll give him plenty lovin', twenty four hours a day
[02:13.56] The clean up woman, she'll sweep him off his feet
[02:18.93] She's the one who'll take him in when you dump him in the street
[02:24.00] So take a tip, you better get hip
[02:29.34] To the clean up woman, 'cause she's tough
[02:33.96] I mean, she really cleans up

From the album: Summer BBQ

Cissy Strut by The Meters ,
Express Yourself by Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band ,
Clean up Woman by Betty Wright ,
Chain of Fools by Aretha Franklin ,
(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay by Otis Redding ,
Move On Up by Curtis Mayfield ,
Cry to Me by Solomon Burke ,
Respect by Aretha Franklin ,
Green Onions by Booker T. & the M.G.'s ,
Mustang Sally by Wilson Pickett ,
Bar-B-Q by Wendy Rene ,
Hold On, I'm Comin' by Sam & Dave ,
The House That Jack Built by Aretha Franklin ,
Mess Around by Ray Charles ,
Sweet Soul Music by Arthur Conley ,
Knock On Wood by Eddie Floyd ,
Shakin' All Over by Johnny Kidd & The Pirates ,
Everybody Needs Somebody to Love by Solomon Burke ,
The Weight by Aretha Franklin ,
Under the Boardwalk by The Drifters ,
Hip Hug-Her by Booker T. & the M.G.'s ,
Wonderful World by Otis Redding ,
I'm Easy by Boz Scaggs ,
Night Time In the Switching Yard by Warren Zevon ,
I Thank You by Sam & Dave ,
I Say a Little Prayer by Aretha Franklin ,
Sweets for My Sweet by The Drifters ,
You Really Got a Hold On Me by Percy Sledge ,
Burnin' Coal by Les McCann ,
Cool Jerk by The Capitols ,
Soul Finger by The Bar-Kays ,
Memphis Soul Stew by King Curtis ,
Jemima Surrender by Howard Tate ,
Aunt Dora's Love Soul Shack by Arthur Conley ,
When a Man Loves a Woman by Percy Sledge ,
In the Midnight Hour by Wilson Pickett ,
Son of a Preacher Man by Aretha Franklin ,
Dance to the Rhythm of Love by Patti LaBelle , The Bluebelles ,
Comin' Home Baby by Mel Tormé ,
Tighten Up by Archie Bell & The Drells ,
Seven Days Too Long by Chuck Wood ,
Land of 1000 Dances by Wilson Pickett ,
Right Place Wrong Time by Dr. John ,
Think by Aretha Franklin ,
Why Can't We Live Together by Timmy Thomas ,
Fire On the Bayou by The Meters ,
Lovey Dovey by Carla Thomas , Otis Redding ,
Slim Jenkins Place (Aka Slim Jenkins' Joint) by Booker T. & the M.G.'s ,
I Only Have Eyes for You by The Flamingos ,
Baby, I Love You by Aretha Franklin ,