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According to Songfacts, Norman Whitfield, who wrote many Motown classics, was commissioned to write songs for the soundtrack of the movie Car Wash. He was having a meal of Kentucky Fried Chicken (it wasn't called KFC back then) while watching a basketball game, when inspiration struck. He wrote the lyrics on the bag containing the chicken. The song fit very well in the movie, which was about a rather funky car wash. For more info on Car Wash check out http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=5709. Read more on Last.fm.

Rose Royce was a U.S. soul and R&B band formed in 1973 in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. The group is best known for several hit singles including "Car Wash", "I Wanna Get Next to You", "Wishing on a Star", "Love Don't Live Here Anymore", and "I'm Going Down". Their style varied over the years, and included disco and funk. They were very succesful in the mid to late 1970s. Their last release was out in 1998. Group nembers: Jack Ashford, Kenji Brown, Kenny Copeland, Walter Downing, Freddie Dunn, Henry Garner, Lequeint Jobe, Michael Nash, Rose Norwalt, Terral "Terry" Santiel, Wah Wah Watson, and Michael Moore Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.