Car Wash Lyrics

[Verse 1: Missy & (Christina Aguilera)]
Y'all small tuna fish, I'm one big catch
This is a Shark Tale exclusive
Y'all small tuna fish, I'm one big catch (Here we go again)
Y'all small tuna fish, I'm one big catch
2004, phenomenal hit (Say what, say what, yeah)
Y'all small tuna fish, I'm one big catch, whoo

[Chorus 1: Christina Aguilera & (Missy Elliott)]
Ooh, do, do, do, do, do, do, do
Car wash, car wash (Yeah, uh)
Ooh, do, do, do, do, do, do, do
Car wash, car wash (Uh, yeah, let's drop it on 'em like this)
Ooooh, do, do, do, do, do, do, na, na, na, ah, ooh
Ooooh, do, do, do, do, do, do, na, na, na, ah, ooh

[Verse 2: Christina Aguilera & (Missy Elliott)]
You might not ever get rich, ha (Come on)
Let me tell you it's better than digging a ditch (Uh)
There ain't no telling who you might meet
A movie star or maybe a common thief (Yeah)

[Chorus 2: Christina Aguilera]
Working at the car wash, oh, oh, yeah, yeah
At the car wash, yeah, ooh, yeah, yeah
At the car wash, sing it with me now
Working at the car wash yeah, whoo, ooh
[Verse 3: Christina Aguilera & (Missy Elliott)]
Come summer the work gets kind of hard (Come on)
This ain't no place to be if you're planning on being a star, uh, being a star
Let me tell you it's always cool, cool
And the boss don't mind sometimes if you're acting like a fool

[Chorus 2: Christina Aguilera]
Working at the car wash, oh, oh, yeah, yeah
At the car wash, yeah, ooh, ooh, ooh
At the car wash, ow, said, now come on and work it with me now
Working at the car wash yeah, said, said, said, sing
Said, said, said, sing

[Bridge: Christina Aguilera]
Work and work, well those cars never stop coming
Work and work, whoo, keep those rags and machines humming
Work and work my fingers to the bone
Work and work, keep on and can't wait until it's time to go home, uh

[Verse 4: Christina Aguilera]
Hey, get your car washed today
Fill up and you don't have to pay
Hey, get your car washed today
Fill it up, right away

[Verse 5: Missy Elliott & (Christina Aguilera)]
Work at the car wash
Sharks in the water make they jaws lock
When I swim through the grim I'm too hot
Y'all can make your bets, y'all small tuna fish, I'm one big catch
Shark slayer, bow down player
'Cause this right here will be your worst nightmare (Nightmare)
Work that, work that, pop back, hurt that
Turn this up and bang it all up in the surface
Work and work, nine to five I gotta keep that fat stack coming
Work and work, no matter how big this shark is
Alright, keep running
Work and work, washing cars ain't no place to be a superstar man
Work and work, that's why I work, and work
[Chorus 2: Christina Aguilera]
Working at the car wash, ohh, yeah
At the car wash, yeah, come on work, baby work it, say now
At the car wash, ahhhh
Working at the car wash, yeah
So come on, come on, come on, come on, come on

[Bridge: Christina Aguilera]
Ooooh, do, do, do, do, do, do, na, na, na, ah, ooh, uh
Now keep it coming
Ooooh, do, do, do, do, do, do, na, na, na, ah, ooh
You may not ever get rich, but ah

[Outro: Christina Aguilera & (Missy Elliott)]
Hey, get your car washed today, hey
Hey, get your car washed today, hey
Hey, get your car washed today (Phenomenal hit)

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Genius Annotation

“Car Wash” was released as the lead and only single from the 2004 Shark Tale Soundtrack, and features vocals from both Christina Aguilera and Missy Elliott. The remake of the song has a more modern feel to it.

Q&A

Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning

How did this song come to be?
Genius Answer

I’m remaking the old classic, “Car Wash,” which I’m really excited about. The idea was brought to me by Katzenberg and everyone at DreamWorks for the movie. So I was really, really amped about doing this old song, it’s got a really good, classic, soulful feel. And I jumped at the chance of getting to remake it."

Christina Aguilera via 2004 IGN

What did Christina Aguilera say about "Car Wash"?
Genius Answer

I was really into keeping the essence of kind of that old school feel of “Car Wash.” You know, keeping a lot of the elements, that’s why we brought in a lot of live instruments to keep the same [feel]. We actually had to change the key so we were actually going to sample parts of the old song, which we couldn’t do, because we had to change the key to be a little bit higher for my range. So we couldn’t take the exact samples, but we brought in all these live instruments to recreate kind of this old, old classic, soulful feel and sound, you know. I didn’t want to lose that and become too current day and, you know, poppy with it. But we did other things to kind of make a nice blend between old and new."

Christina Aguilera via 2004 IGN

How did the collaboration with Missy Elliott come to be?
Genius Answer

Me and Missy seem to always be a part of something together. Whether it was Moulin Rouge or whether it be for MAC AIDS. Missy and I seem to always be coming together for some kind of collaboration on something. For Moulin Rouge and doing the soundtrack and the song together there, “Voule-vous Coucher,” you know, that whole thing. And coming together for the MAC AIDS Foundation, and now it’s really exciting to be coming together for, you know, remaking “Car Wash” and doing it for this movie, Shark’s Tale, so we seem to always be finding each other."

Christina Aguilera via 2004 IGN

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