Theme from Shaft

Isaac Hayes * Track #1 On Shaft

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Album Shaft

ALBUM

Isaac Hayes

1971

Theme from Shaft by Isaac Hayes

Release Date

Thu Sep 30 1971

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“Theme from Shaft” with its immediately recognizable melody and percussive female background vocals became not just a career defining song for Isaac Hayes, but representative of blaxploitation films like Shaft. The song is often referenced or interpolated whenever 1970’s Black films are parodied as...

Theme from Shaft Lyrics

[Intro]

[Verse 1]
Who's the black private dick that's a sex machine to all the chicks?
(Shaft)
Ya damn right

[Verse 2]
Who is the man that would risk his neck for his brother man?
(Shaft)
Can you dig it?

[Verse 3]
Who's the cat that won't cop out when there's danger all about?
(Shaft)
Right on

[Bridge]
They say this cat Shaft is a bad mother...
(Shut your mouth)
I'm talkin' 'bout Shaft
(Then we can dig it)

[Outro]
He's a complicated man
But no one understands him but his woman
(John Shaft)

Theme from Shaft Q&A

Who wrote Theme from Shaft's ?

Theme from Shaft was written by Isaac Hayes.

Who produced Theme from Shaft's ?

Theme from Shaft was produced by Isaac Hayes.

When did Isaac Hayes release Theme from Shaft?

Isaac Hayes released Theme from Shaft on Thu Sep 30 1971.

What did Isaac Hayes say about "Theme from Shaft"?

Isaac Hayes said in 1972:

I was searching for something with a driving rhythm. I wanted a musical score that would really tie into the character, John Shaft. You see, Shaft is a driving and relentless person, and I wanted a rhythm that was the same – driving and relentless. So we went to a combinat...

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