THE WHIZ

The soundtrack features both songs from the original 1975 Broadway musical by Charlie Smalls and new compositions by Jones, Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson, and Anthony Jackson. Notably, it marks the first collaboration between Quincy Jones and Michael Jackson, a partnership that would later produce iconic albums like Off the Wall, Thriller, and Bad. 

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Track Listing

Record One

• Main Title (Overture, Part One)

• Overture (Part Two)

• The Feeling That We Have – Theresa Merritt and The Wiz Choir

• Can I Go On? – Diana Ross

• Glinda’s Theme (instrumental)

• He’s the Wizard – Thelma Carpenter and The Wiz Choir

• Soon As I Get Home/Home – Diana Ross

• You Can’t Win – Michael Jackson

• Ease on Down the Road #1 – Diana Ross and Michael Jackson

• What Would I Do If I Could Feel? – Nipsey Russell

• Slide Some Oil to Me – Nipsey Russell

• Ease on Down the Road #2 – Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, and Nipsey Russell

• (I’m a) Mean Ole Lion – Ted Ross

• Ease on Down the Road #3 – Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell, and Ted Ross

• Poppy Girls (instrumental) 

Record Two

• Be a Lion – Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell, and Ted Ross

• End of the Yellow Brick Road (instrumental)

• Emerald City Sequence (instrumental)

• So You Wanted to See the Wizard – Richard Pryor (spoken dialogue)

• Is This What Feeling Gets? (Dorothy’s Theme) – Diana Ross

• Don’t Nobody Bring Me No Bad News – Mabel King and Chorus

• A Brand New Day – Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell, Ted Ross, and The Wiz Choir

• Believe in Yourself (Dorothy) – Diana Ross

• The Good Witch Glinda (instrumental)

• Believe in Yourself (Reprise) – Lena Horne

• Home – Diana Ross