Cut the Cake | |
Type: | single |
Artist: | Average White Band |
Album: | Cut the Cake |
B-Side: | Person to Person |
Genre: | Funk[1] |
Length: | 3:34 (Single Version)
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Label: | Atlantic |
Producer: | Arif Mardin |
Prev Title: | Pick Up the Pieces |
Prev Year: | 1974 |
Next Title: | If I Ever Lose This Heaven |
Next Year: | 1975 |
"Cut the Cake" is a song written and performed by Average White Band. It was featured on their 1975 album Cut the Cake.[2] The song was arranged by Roger Ball and produced by Arif Mardin.[3]
The song nominated for the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals at the 1976 Grammy Awards, but it lost to "Shining Star" by Earth, Wind & Fire.
"Cut the Cake" reached 7 on the U.S. R&B chart, 10 on the U.S. pop chart, 13 on the U.S. dance chart, 16 in Canada,[4] and 31 on the UK Singles Chart in 1975.[5] The song ranked 70 on Billboard magazine's Top 100 singles of 1975[6] and 151 on the Canadian year-end chart.[7]
AWB re-released the song in 1986 where it reached 34 on the U.S. R&B chart and 45 on the UK Singles Chart.