Short Eyes (album)

For other uses, see Short Eyes (disambiguation).

Short Eyes

Soundtrack album by Curtis Mayfield

Released

1977

Genre

Funk/Soul

Length

35:34

Label

Curtom

Producer

Curtis Mayfield

Curtis Mayfield chronology

A Piece of the Action (with Mavis Staples)
(1977)

Short Eyes
(1977)

Never Say You Can't Survive
(1977)

Short Eyes is a Curtis Mayfield soundtrack to Robert M. Young's 1977 film, based upon the play of the same name by Miguel Piñero. The album contains one of Mayfield's last funk hits, "Do Do Wap is Strong in Here".

Track listing

“Do Do Wap is Strong in Here”
“Back Against the Wall”
“Need Someone to Love”
“A Heavy Dude”
“Short Eyes/Freak, Freak, Free, Free, Free”
“Break It Down” (H.P. Denenberg, Martin Hirch)
“Another Fool in Love”
“Father Confessor" (Instrumental)

Later Samples

"Short Eyes"
- "American Gangster" by Jay-Z from the album American Gangster

Curtis Mayfield

Albums	Curtis (1970) Roots (1971) Back to the World (1973) Got to Find a Way (1974) Sweet Exorcist (1974) There's No Place Like America Today (1975) Give, Get, Take and Have (1976) Never Say You Can't Survive (1977) Do It All Night (1978) Heartbeat (1979) Something to Believe In (1980) Love Is the Place (1982) Honesty (1983) We Come in Peace with a Message of Love (1985) Take It to the Streets (1990) New World Order (1997)

Live albums	Curtis/Live! (1971) Curtis in Chicago (1973) Live in Europe (1987) Live at Ronnie Scott's (1988)

Soundtracks	Super Fly (1972) Claudine (1974) Let's Do It Again (1975) Sparkle (1976) A Piece of the Action (1977) Short Eyes (1977) The Return of Superfly (1990)

Related articles	The Impressions Curtom Records Discography A Tribute to Curtis Mayfield

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