Crooklyn is the title of the soundtrack to the 1994 Spike Lee

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 film of the same name

Crooklyn

Crooklyn is a 1994 semi-autobiographical film co-written and directed by Spike Lee. The film takes place in Brooklyn, New York and the neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant during the summer of 1973. Its primary focus is a young girl, Troy , and her family...

. The soundtrack was released in 1995 on MCA Records

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 in two separate volumes. The soundtrack albums feature music that was popular during the 1970s, two exceptions being "Crooklyn" by The Crooklyn Dodgers

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 and "People Make the World Go Round" by Marc Dorsey, both of which were recorded specifically for the film. The two albums comprise 28 songs from the film, though some tracks, such as "Hey Joe

Hey Joe

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" by The Jimi Hendrix Experience

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 are omitted from both versions.

Track listing

1. "Crooklyn" (Edward K. Archer, Kenyatta Blake, Duvall Clear, John Davis, Ali Shaeed Muhammad) – 4:32
2. "Respect Yourself" (Luther Ingram, Sir Mack Rice) – 4:53
3. "Everyday People" (Sylvester Stewart) – 2:19
4. "Pusherman" (Curtis Mayfield) – 5:02
5. "Thin Line Between Love and Hate
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   " (Jackie Members, Robert Poindexter, Richard Poindexter) – 3:24
6. "El Pito (I'll Never Go Back to Georgia)" (Joe Cuba, Jaime Sabater) – 5:33
7. "ABC" (Berry Gordy Jr., Alphonso Mizell, Freddie Perren, Deke Richards) – 2:57
8. "Oh Girl" (Eugene Record) – 3:47
9. "Mighty Love" (Bruce Hawes, Joseph B. Jefferson, Charles Simmons) – 4:57
10. "Mr. Big Stuff" (Joseph Broussard, Carol Washington, Ralph Williams) – 2:46
11. "O-o-h Child" (Performed: The Stairsteps Writer: Stan Vincent) – 3:17
12. "Pass the Peas" (Charles Bobbit, James Brown, John Starks) – 3:11
13. "Time Has Come Today" (Joseph Chambers, Willie Chambers) – 4:54
14. "People Make the World Go Round" (Thom Bell, Linda Creed) – 5:06

Personnel

• Al Bell – Arranger, Producer
• Thom Bell – Producer
• Louis Biancaniello – Keyboards, Wurlitzer
• James Brown – Producer
• Buckshot – Performer
• The Chambers Brothers – Performer
• The Chi-Lites – Performer
• The Crooklyn Dodgers – Performer
• Joe Cuba – Performer
• Marc Dorsey – Performer
• Myron Dove – Bass (Electric)
• The Five Stairsteps – Performer
• David Frazer – Engineer, Mixing
• Jerry Hey – Flugelhorn, Horn Arrangements, String Arrangements
• The Jackson 5 – Performer
• The J.B.'s – Performer
• Jean Knight – Performer
• David Lee – Photography
• Spike Lee – Executive Producer
• Tony Lindsay – Vocals (bckgr)
• Masta Ace – Performer
• Curtis Mayfield – Performer
• The Persuaders – Performer
• Marc Reyburn – Engineer
• Matt Rohr – Assistant Engineer
• David Rubinson – Producer
• Marc Russo – Saxophone
• Sly & the Family Stone – Performer
• Special Ed – Performer
• The Spinners – Performer
• The Staple Singers – Performer
• Alex Steyermark – Music Supervisor
• Stan Vincent – Producer
• Narada Michael Walden – Percussion, Arranger, Drums, Marimba, Producer