Space Race (Billy Preston song)

"Space Race" is an instrumental track by Billy Preston, released as a single in 1973 on the A&M label, taken from Preston's 1973 album Everybody Likes Some Kind of Music. "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 – vocals, keyboards, bass guitar, producer
 * David T. Walker – guitar
 * Hubert Heard, Kenneth Lupper – keyboards
 * Paul Riser – string & horn arrangements
 * Manuel Kellough – drums
 * Tommy Vicari – 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.