"Space Race" is an instrumental track by Billy Preston, released as a single in 1973 on the A&M label. It was taken from Preston's 1973 album Everybody Likes Some Kind of Music, and "Space Race" was awarded a gold record.
Chart performance
The single, a sequel to his 1972 hit, "Outa-Space", reached number one on the R&B chart for one week and number four on the Pop Singles chart.
Personnel
- Billy Preston â vocals, keyboards, bass guitar, producer
- David T. Walker â guitar
- Hubert Heard, Kenneth Lupper â keyboards
- Paul Riser â string and horn arrangements
- Manuel Kellough â drums
- Tommy Vicari â engineer
Popular culture
- The instrumental proved popular enough that the musical variety show American Bandstand used it as the song for its mid-broadcast break from the mid-1970s until the show completed its run in 1989.
- The song can also be heard in a party scene in the 1979 film When a Stranger Calls.
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