to You" and "I'm Going Down" (covered in 1994 by Mary J. Blige). The Car Wash soundtrack won a 1977 Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album. In 1988, the song was re-released as a double A-side single with "Is It Love You're After?" in the United Kingdom, peaking at No. 20. Track listings UK 7" vinyl "Car Wash" – 3:18 "Water" – 3:31 Charts Weekly charts {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- !scope="col"| Charts (1976–77) !scope="col"| Peakposition |- !scope="row"|Australia (Kent Music Report) | style="text-align:center;"|12 |- |- !scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop 50) |9 |- !scope="row"| Canada Top Singles (RPM) | style="text-align:center;"|1 |- !scope="row"| Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) | style="text-align:center;"|23 |- |- |- !scope="row"| Ireland (IRMA)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement|title=Irish Singles Chart – Search for song |publisher=Irish Recorded Music Association |accessdate=January 11, 2015 |format=Enter the keyword "Car Wash" into the "Song title" parameter |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090602061251/http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |archivedate=June 2, 2009 }}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|20 |- |- |- |- !scope="row"| UK Singles (OCC) | style="text-align:center;"|9 |- !scope="row"| US Billboard Hot 100 | style="text-align:center;"|1 |- !scope="row"| US Hot Soul Singles (Billboard) | style="text-align:center;"|1 |- !scope="row"| US National Disco Action Top 30 (Billboard) | style="text-align:center;"|3 |- |- |} Year-end charts Car Wash '98 In 1998, "Car Wash" was remixed and interpreted in a duet with Gwen Dickey. Officially titled "Car Wash '98", the release also carries the alternative title "Car Wash '98 (The Monday Nightclub Mixes)", as the group Monday Nightclub was involved in the mixing. Track listing CD single "Car Wash '98" (Mustard Edit) - 3:09 "Car Wash '98" (Mustard Mix) - 6:45 "Car Wash '98" (Mustard Dub) - 5:34 "Car Wash '98" (Levent's & Olli's Cream City Club Mix) - 6:19 "Car Wash '98" (Levent's Talking About Dub Mix) - 7:56 "Car Wash" (Original Version) - 3:20 US 12" vinyl "Car Wash" (Mustard Mix) – 6:45 "Car Wash" (Mustard Dub) – 5:34 Charts Christina Aguilera and Missy Elliott version In 2004, the American singer Christina Aguilera recorded a cover version of "Car Wash", featuring the rapper-singer Missy Elliott, giving the disco song a more modern feel and adding rapped verses from Elliott. In an interview, Aguilera said, "We had to change the key to be a little bit higher for my range. So we couldn't take the exact samples, but we brought in all these live instruments to recreate kind of this old, old classic, soulful feel and sound...." "Car Wash" was the only single from the soundtrack to DreamWorks'