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| "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" | ||||
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| Single by Diana Ross | ||||
| from the album Mahogany and Diana Ross | ||||
| B-side | "No One's Gonna Be a Fool Forever" | |||
| Released | September 24, 1975 | |||
| Recorded | 1975 | |||
| Genre | Soul[1] | |||
| Length | 3:25 | |||
| Label | Motown | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Michael Masser | |||
| Diana Ross singles chronology | ||||
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"Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" is a song written by Michael Masser and Gerry Goffin and produced by Masser. It was initially recorded by American singer Thelma Houston in 1973, and then by Diana Ross as the theme to the 1975 Motown/Paramount film Mahogany that also starred Ross.[2] The song was released on September 24, 1975 by Motown Records as the lead single for both the film's soundtrack and Ross' seventh studio album, Diana Ross. Masser and Goffin received a nomination for Best Original Song at the 48th Academy Awards. Also, the song was nominated for AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs list constructed by the American Film Institute in 2004.
- ^ Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (July 17, 2000). "Movin' On Up: Corporate Soul". Night Moves - Pop Music in the Late 70s. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 101. ISBN 978-0-312-19821-3.
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2003). "Diana Ross". In Bogdanov, Vladimir; Woodstra, Chris; Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (eds.). All Music Guide to Soul. Allmusic. San Francisco: Backbeat Books. p. 587. ISBN 0-87930-744-7. Retrieved 2008-05-17.