Express Yourself (Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band song)

"Express Yourself"
Single by Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
from the album Express Yourself
Released	August 1970
Format	Single
Recorded	1970
Genre	R&B, funk
Length	3:51
Label	Warner Bros. Records

"Express Yourself" is a 1970 single by Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band. It was released in 1970 as the title song of their 1970 album, Express Yourself, and is their signature song. It reached #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was also their biggest hit on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, reaching #3.

Chart positions

Chart (1971)
Billboard Hot 100	12
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	3

Covers and samples

• N.W.A sampled this song in their 1989 song also titled "Express Yourself". A member of N.W.A. was Eazy-E, nephew of Wright.
• The House Jacks recorded a version for Tommy Boy Records that appears on their album Funkwich (1997)
• Francis Rocco Prestia recorded a version that appears on his 1999 album "...everybody on the bus"
• Labrinth covered this song as well in his 2012 album Electronic Earth. His cover also being titled "Express Yourself".
• Slightly Stoopid has covered this song live on their 2012 tour in support of their latest album, Top Of The World.
• Snooks Eaglin covered the song on his 2002 album The Way It Is with Jon Cleary.

In popular culture

• It is featured in a current Circle Furniture commercial.
• It is also featured in an iPad commercial.
• The song was featured during the end credits of Guess Who (film).
• The Mocean Worker Remix of the song appears during the fight scene in Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005 film)
• The song is featured in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas on radio station Master Sounds 98.3.
• The song is also featured in the video game Driver: Parallel Lines where it plays in the 1978 era.