Theme From Shaft
~ Recording by Isaac Hayes
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track Artist | Release Title | Release Artist | Release Group Type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.1 | Theme From Shaft (vocal) | 4:37 | Isaac Hayes | Shaft | Isaac Hayes | Album + Soundtrack |
| Enterprise Records (US soul & jazz (Isaac Hayes)) | ENS 2-5002, ENS-2-5002 |
| 1.1 | Theme From Shaft | 4:38 | Isaac Hayes | Super Bad | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| K‐tel (International budget record label) | NU 427 |
| 1.1 | Theme From Shaft | 4:35 | Isaac Hayes | Golden Hour Presents Isaac Hayes | Isaac Hayes | Album + Compilation |
| Golden Hour | GH 844 |
| 1.1 | Theme from Shaft | 4:37 | Isaac Hayes | The Golden Dance-Floor Hits Vol. 18 | Isaac Hayes | Single |
| ZYX Records (same label as ZYX Music, but different imprint) | 8-5992 |
| 1.1 | Theme From Shaft (vocal) | 4:42 | Isaac Hayes | Shaft | Isaac Hayes | Album + Soundtrack |
| EastWest | 9031 76790-2 |
| 1.1 | Theme From Shaft | 4:39 | Isaac Hayes | The Best of Isaac Hayes, Volume 1 (club edition) | Isaac Hayes | Album + Compilation |
| Enterprise Records (US soul & jazz (Isaac Hayes)), Stax | FCD 001 |
| 1.1 | Theme From “Shaft” | 4:39 | Isaac Hayes | The Best of Isaac Hayes, Volume 1 | Isaac Hayes | Album + Compilation |
| Enterprise Records (US soul & jazz (Isaac Hayes)), Stax | FCD-60-001 |
| 1.20 | Theme From "Shaft" | 4:36 | Isaac Hayes | Top of the Stax: Twenty Greatest Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Stax | SCD-88005-2 |
| 1.10 | Theme From 'Shaft' | 4:36 | Isaac Hayes | Dance Classics, Volume 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Arcade (record label founded in 1970s by Herman Heinsbroek; use this as its universal imprint) | 01 3151 61 |
| 1.1 | Theme From Shaft (vocal) | 4:39 | Isaac Hayes | Shaft | Isaac Hayes | Album + Soundtrack |
| Stax | SCD-88002 |
| 1.20 | Theme From “Shaft” | 4:36 | Isaac Hayes | Top of the Stax: Twenty Greatest Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Stax | D 29057 |
| 1.1 | Theme From Shaft | 4:36 | Isaac Hayes | Stax Funk / Get Up and Get Down | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | Stax | CDSX 020 | |
| 1.8 | Theme From “Shaft” | 4:38 | Isaac Hayes | Hifi Visionen: Oldie-CD 18 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Hifi Vision | 982 315 2 |
| 1.1 | Theme From Shaft | 4:36 | Isaac Hayes | Rock Times, Volume 9: 1971-1972 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Zounds | 27000299 A |
| 3.11 | Theme From Shaft | 4:37 | Isaac Hayes | The Finest Masterpieces in Pop & Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Music Germany GmbH & Co. KG (do not use this as a release label!) | 652Y-7 95673 2 |
| 1.9 | Theme From Shaft | 4:38 | Isaac Hayes | Tolle Scheibe, Folge 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.6 | Theme From “Shaft” | 4:38 | Isaac Hayes | Club Classics, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Electrola | 1C 2CD 686-7 97659 2 |
| 1.5 | Theme From "Shaft" | 4:37 | Isaac Hayes | Dance Classics, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Arcade (record label founded in 1970s by Herman Heinsbroek; use this as its universal imprint) | 04 3152 61 |
| 1.8 | Theme From Shaft | 4:35 | Isaac Hayes | Rhythm Divine | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Dino Entertainment | DIN CD 22 |
| 2.5 | Theme From “Shaft” | 4:34 | Isaac Hayes | Rhythm’n Blues Le Top | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Carrère (just "CARRERE", not "CARRERE MUSIC") | CA 805 9548-30349-2 |
| 1.13 | Theme From Shaft (vocal) | 4:38 | Isaac Hayes | Rock & Pop Diamonds 1971 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sonocord | 281/46 030-3 |
| 1.5 | Theme from Shaft | 4:37 | Isaac Hayes | Pimps, Players & Private Eyes | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sire Records | 2-26624 |
| 1.22 | Theme From 'Shaft' | 4:37 | Isaac Hayes | Tour of Duty 5: The Strongest Popclassics From the 60's and 70's | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Magnum (Dutch Joint Venture from 1990-1997) | 515 760-2 |
| 1.16 | Theme From Shaft | 4:39 | Isaac Hayes | Ciné Dancing 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Ariola (German label, used worldwide in the past) | 74321171702 |
| 1.7 | Theme From Shaft | 4:35 | Isaac Hayes | Dance Explosion: 50 Disco Hits From the 70’s, 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.20 | Theme From Shaft | 4:35 | Isaac Hayes | Disco Inferno | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EastWest | 9548-31963-2 |
| 1.18 | Theme From Shaft | 4:35 | Isaac Hayes | Disco Inferno | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| wea (has logo with just “wea” on it) | 9548-32745-2, WE 833 |
| 1.1 | Theme From Shaft | 4:37 | Isaac Hayes | The Very Best Of | Isaac Hayes | Album + Compilation |
| Carrère (just "CARRERE", not "CARRERE MUSIC") | 4509-93234-9 |
| 1.15 | Theme From Shaft | 4:36 | Isaac Hayes | Donna's Dansfolie 70-71-72 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), ARS Productions | COL 477 824-2 |
| 1.12 | Theme From Shaft | 4:38 | Isaac Hayes | Funk Your Ass Off! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| K‐tel (International budget record label) | 330082-2 |
| 1.7 | Theme From “Shaft” | 4:33 | Isaac Hayes | L'America del rock 10: La febbre del sabato sera | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| La Repubblica | AdR-10 |
| 1.1 | Theme From Shaft (vocal) | 4:39 | Isaac Hayes | Shaft (Club Edition, Reissue) | Isaac Hayes | Album + Soundtrack |
| BMG Direct (BMG’s direct marketing company/club editions), Stax | D 106101, SCD 88002-2 |
| 1.1 | Theme From Shaft | 4:40 | Isaac Hayes | The Collection | Isaac Hayes | Album + Compilation |
| Connoisseur Collection | vsop cd 210 |
| 1.4 | Theme From Shaft | 4:38 | Isaac Hayes | The Stax Soul Collection (Trax from Stax) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Stax | SCD 001-2 |
| 1.10 | Theme From Shaft | 4:37 | Isaac Hayes | Blaxploitation | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Global Television | RADCD43 |
| 1.20 | Theme from Shaft | 4:34 | Isaac Hayes | Disco Fever | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Crimson Productions (UK budget reissue label; imprint of Crimson Productions Ltd.) | CRIMIDCD16 |
| 1.1 | Theme From Shaft | 4:39 | Isaac Hayes | Super Bad on Celluloid | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Hip‐O Records | HIPD-40107 |
| 1.7 | Theme From Shaft | 4:39 | Isaac Hayes | Ghetto Life | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Camden (launched circa 1973; UK only as of 2004) | 74321 628022 |
| 1.18 | Theme From Shaft | 4:35 | Isaac Hayes | 20th Century Hits for a New Millennium: 40 Hits of 1970–1974 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | DO 852802 |
| 1.1 | Theme from 'Shaft' | 4:38 | Isaac Hayes | Funk on Film | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Chronicles (a label under UMG’s Universal Music Enterprises division) | 314 565 012-2 |
| 1.15 | Theme From Shaft | 4:34 | Isaac Hayes | Pure Funk | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polymedia Music Service | P2 58299 |
| 1.15 | Theme From Shaft | 4:37 | Isaac Hayes | Pure Funk | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyMedia (a division of PolyGram Group Distribution, Inc.) | 558 299-2 |
| 1.2 | Theme From Shaft (original) | 4:37 | Isaac Hayes | Shaft (Sash! mix) | Isaac Hayes | Single |
| ZYX Music | ZYX 8866-8 |
| 1.1 | Theme From Shaft | 4:37 | Isaac Hayes | The Best of Blaxploitation | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Global Television | RADCD109 |
| 1.2 | Theme From ‘Shaft’ | 4:38 | Isaac Hayes | The Best of Shaft | Various Artists | Album + Compilation + Soundtrack |
| Hip‐O Records | HIPD-40152 |
| 1.4 | Theme From 'Shaft' | 4:39 | Isaac Hayes | Millennium Soul From Stax | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| ZYX Music | ZYX 55154-2 |
| 1.15 | Theme From Shaft | 4:36 | Isaac Hayes | Funk Soul Brother | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Global Television | RADCD136 |
| 3.17 | Theme From Shaft | 4:36 | Isaac Hayes | 20th Century Disco | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Insight Music Ltd | 564569 |
| 1.20 | Theme From Shaft | 4:34 | Isaac Hayes | Disco Inferno | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Fonit | 9548 37830-2, 9548-37830-2 |
| 1.5 | Theme From Shaft (original) | 4:37 | Isaac Hayes | Shaft (Gene Douglas remix) | Isaac Hayes | Single |
| ZYX Music | ZYX 9024-8 |
| 1.1 | Theme From Shaft | 4:37 | Isaac Hayes | The Best of Blaxploitation | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Southbound (United Kingdom 70s soul and funk) | CDSEWK 124 |
| 1.15 | Theme From Shaft | 4:38 | Isaac Hayes | This Is Cult Fiction: 17 Cult TV & Movie Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin Records America, Inc. (for copyrights use only; for release labels, please refer to either “Virgin” or “Virgin America”) | 7243 8 47850 2 4 |
| 1.1 | Theme From Shaft | 4:37 | Isaac Hayes | Ultimate Collection | Isaac Hayes | Album + Compilation |
| Hip‐O Records | 314 541 434-2 |
| 1.1 | Theme From Shaft (vocal) | 4:40 | Isaac Hayes | Shaft | Isaac Hayes | Album + Soundtrack |
| Stax | CDSXD 021 |
| 1.1 | Theme From Shaft | 4:39 | Isaac Hayes | Music From and Inspired by Shaft | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| LaFace Records | 73008 26080-2 |
| 1.1 | Theme From Shaft | 4:39 | Isaac Hayes | Music From and Inspired by Shaft | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| LaFace Records | 73008-26080-2 RE-1 |
| 1.1 | Theme From Shaft | 4:39 | Isaac Hayes | Shaft: Music From and Inspired By | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| LaFace Records | 73008-26081-2 |
| 1.10 | Theme From Shaft (original) | 4:37 | Isaac Hayes | 101% Pure Party-Perlen | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | 74321 72635 2 |
| 1.10 | Theme From "Shaft" | 4:35 | Isaac Hayes | Dance Classics, Volume 1 & 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Arcade (record label founded in 1970s by Herman Heinsbroek; use this as its universal imprint) | 110773, 110773-A, 110773-B |
| 1.1 | Theme From 'Shaft' | 4:37 | Isaac Hayes | New York Collection, 1972 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| amc records (Belgian label and publisher) | NYC 1972 |
| 1.13 | Theme From Shaft | 4:34 | Isaac Hayes | Rhythm & Soul N°1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram Collections | 940 060 3 |
| 1.5 | Shaft (Theme From Shaft original version) | 4:37 | Isaac Hayes | Shaft 2000 | Isaac Hayes | Single |
| ZYX Music | ZYX 9295-8 |
| 1.23 | Theme From Shaft | 4:37 | Isaac Hayes | Silver Disc: 25 Years of Ace | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Ace (UK, started in 1978) | ACE 25 |
| 1.1 | Theme From Shaft | 4:37 | Isaac Hayes | Theme From Shaft | Isaac Hayes | Single + Soundtrack |
| LaFace Records | 74321-792581 |
| 1.1 | Theme From Shaft (vocal) | 4:41 | Isaac Hayes | Shaft | Isaac Hayes | Album + Soundtrack |
| ZYX Music | SCD24 8802-2 |
| 1.1 | Theme From Shaft | 4:38 | Isaac Hayes | Solid Gold Soul: Superbad! The Soul of the City | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | R838-30 |
| 2.7 | Theme From Shaft | 4:38 | Isaac Hayes | The Grimleys | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 2.20 | Theme From Shaft | 4:34 | Isaac Hayes | Disco Inferno | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Strategic Marketing Italy | 092748214-2 |
| 1.13 | Theme From Shaft | 4:36 | Isaac Hayes | The 70s, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Special Products | SSP 987961 2 |
| 1.13 | Theme From “Shaft” | 4:36 | Isaac Hayes | Soulsville | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Fantasy (jazz label active since the 1950s), Stax, ZYX Music | FANCD 6083-2 |
| 3.1 | Theme From Shaft | 4:36 | Isaac Hayes | The 70s Box (The Best of Disco, Glam, & Soul) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Catalog (a division of Sony Music Entertainment (Germany) GmbH, as well as its imprint) | SMC 510906 2 |
| 1.1 | Theme From Shaft (vocal) | 4:39 | Isaac Hayes | Shaft | Isaac Hayes | Album + Soundtrack |
| BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions), Stax | D 151939, SXSA-88002-6 |
| 2.1 | Theme From Shaft (vocal) | 4:39 | Isaac Hayes | Shaft | Isaac Hayes | Album + Soundtrack |
| BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions), Stax | D 151939, SXSA-88002-6 |
| 1.2 | Theme From Shaft | 4:36 | Isaac Hayes | Superbad | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Dance | WSMCD165 |
| 2.11 | Theme From Shaft | 4:37 | Isaac Hayes | Sound Track | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Echo (UK 1994-) | ECHCD54 |
| 1.12 | Theme From Shaft | 4:37 | Isaac Hayes | Kings & Queens of Soul | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Media | SMM 519398 2 |
| 1.6 | Theme From Shaft | 4:36 | Isaac Hayes | Funk Club: Sensational Funk Grooves | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Media | SMM 515313 2 |
| 2.10 | Theme From Shaft | 4:37 | Isaac Hayes | Good Morning Vietnam | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | BX 903469 |
| 3.1 | Theme From Shaft | 4:32 | Isaac Hayes | Return of the Pusherman - Hustlin' Soul | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | CB 903278 |
| 2.11 | Theme From Shaft | 4:37 | Isaac Hayes | Sound Track | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Echo (UK 1994-) | ECHCD 54A |
| 1.16 | Theme From Shaft | 4:36 | Isaac Hayes | Süddeutsche Zeitung | Diskothek: 1971: Ein Jahr und seine 20 Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Süddeutsche Zeitung | |
| 2.12 | Theme From Shaft | 4:35 | Isaac Hayes | Die Hit-Giganten: Tanzsongs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 - Oct 1, 2008) | 82876 75603 2 |
| 2.6 | Theme From Shaft | 4:35 | Isaac Hayes | Old School Jams 6 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| SPG Music | SPG 7017 |
| 1.12 | Theme From Shaft | 4:38 | Isaac Hayes | ’70s Soul Gold | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Hip‐O Records | B0007098-02 |
| 4.16 | Theme From Shaft | 4:35 | Isaac Hayes | 101 Jukebox Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin TV | VTDCDX 871 |
| 1.1 | Theme From Shaft (vocal) | 4:42 | Isaac Hayes | Shaft | Isaac Hayes | Album + Soundtrack |
| Stax | |
| 4.10 | Theme From Shaft | 4:36 | Isaac Hayes | 100 Film Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”) | 532.292-7 |
| 2.10 | Theme From Shaft | 4:39 | Isaac Hayes | Good Morning Vietnam | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”) | 984 513-3 |
| 4.20 | Theme From Shaft | 4:36 | Isaac Hayes | Tour of Duty: Top 100 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”) | 530 721-7 |
| 2.1 | Shaft | 4:36 | Isaac Hayes | Can You Dig It? The Music and Politics of Black Action Films 1968-75 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Soul Jazz Records | SJRCD214 |
| 1.1 | Theme From Shaft | 4:39 | Isaac Hayes | Shaft: Music From the Soundtrack (deluxe edition) | Isaac Hayes | Album + Soundtrack |
| Stax | |
| 1.1 | Theme From Shaft | 4:40 | Isaac Hayes | Shaft (deluxe edition) | Isaac Hayes | Album + Soundtrack |
| Stax | 0888072317512 |
| 2.15 | Theme From Shaft | 4:37 | Isaac Hayes | That’s Soul: Think | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”) | 532 814-3 |
| 3.17 | Theme From Shaft | 4:37 | Isaac Hayes | Soul City | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited) | 5335893 |
| 2.1 | Theme From Shaft | 4:37 | Isaac Hayes | Fetenhits: Funk & Soul | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polystar (Germany) | 060075345231 (8) |
| 2.5 | Thème From Shaft | 4:34 | Isaac Hayes | Hit Z Road, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Music France | 0190295927073 |
| 1.1 | Theme From Shaft | 4:39 | Isaac Hayes | Shaft: Music From the Soundtrack (mastered for iTunes) | Isaac Hayes | Album + Soundtrack |
| Enterprise Records (US soul & jazz (Isaac Hayes)) | |
| 1.1 | Theme From Shaft | 4:36 | Isaac Hayes | Shaft | Isaac Hayes | Album + Soundtrack |
| Craft Recordings (US jazz label; reissue division of Concord), Enterprise Records (US soul & jazz (Isaac Hayes)) | CR00214, ENS-2-5002 |
| Promotion | |||||||||
| 1.7 | Theme From Shaft | 4:37 | Isaac Hayes | For the Troops II | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Troop Songs Music | |
| (unknown) | |||||||||
| 1.10 | Theme From "Shaft" | 4:35 | Isaac Hayes | Dance Classics, Volume 1 & 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Arcade (record label founded in 1970s by Herman Heinsbroek; use this as its universal imprint), Universal Music Belgium | 2107125 |
Relationships
| producer: | Isaac Hayes |
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| bass guitar: | James Edward Alexander (bassist, singer and songwriter) |
| bongos and congas: | Gary Jones (percussionist) |
| electric piano: | Lester Snell |
| electric piano, organ, piano and vibraphone and lead vocals: | Isaac Hayes |
| guitar: | Charles Pitts Michael Toles |
| membranophone and tambourine: | Willie "Too Big" Hall |
| has remixes: | Theme From Shaft (Karmadelic Sex Machine mix (Dirty Version)) Theme From Shaft (Karmadelic Sex Machine mix) (radio edit) (in 2000) Theme From Shaft (Razor n' Guido Shaft 2000 mix) (in 2000) |
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| sampled by: | 100 Miles and Runnin’ by N.W.A Dance All Nite by Poison Clan Get Down by L.L. Cool J Know How by Young M.C. Reservoir Dogs (explicit) by Jay‐Z featuring The Lox, Beanie Sigel & Sauce Money |
| mash-ups: | How Does It Feel to Be Rich, Man? by Go Home Productions |
| edits: | Theme From “Shaft” (single edit) |
| recording of: | Theme From Shaft |
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Related works
Theme From Shaft
| lyricist and composer: | Isaac Hayes |
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| publisher: | Irving Music, Inc. |
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| is the basis for: | Two Cool Guys (Theme From Beavis and Butt-Head Do America) |
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