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== Songs in the film == In order of appearance: * "[[Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get (song)|Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get]]", performed by [[The Dramatics]] * "Oh La De Da", performed by the [[Staple Singers]] * "We the People", performed by [[The Staple Singers]] * "[[The Star-Spangled Banner]]", performed by [[Kim Weston]] * "[[Lift Every Voice and Sing]]", performed by [[Kim Weston]] * "Someone Greater Than I", performed by [[Jimmy Jones (singer)|Jimmy Jones]] * "Lying on the Truth", performed by the [[Rance Allen Group]] * "[[Peace Be Still (James Cleveland album)|Peace Be Still]]", performed by [[The Emotions]] * "[[Old-Time Religion]]", performed by ''The Golden Thirteen'': [[William Bell (singer)|William Bell]], Louise McCord, Deborah Manning, [[Eric Mercury]], [[Freddie Robinson]], Lee Sain, [[Ernie Hines]], [[Little Sonny]], The Newcomers, [[Eddie Floyd]], [[The Temprees]], [[Frederick Knight (singer)|Frederick Knight]] * "[[Respect Yourself]]", performed by [[The Staple Singers]] * "[[Son of Shaft]]/Feel It", performed by [[Bar-Kays|The Bar-Kays]] * "[[I'll Play the Blues for You]]", performed by [[Albert King]] * "Walking the Back Streets and Crying", performed by [[Little Milton]] * "[[Jody's Got Your Girl and Gone]]", performed by [[Johnnie Taylor]] * "I May Not Be What You Want", performed by [[Mel and Tim]] * "Pick Up the Pieces", performed by [[Carla Thomas]] * "The Breakdown", performed by [[Rufus Thomas]] * "[[Do the Funky Chicken]]", performed by [[Rufus Thomas]] * "[[(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right]]", performed by [[Luther Ingram]] * "[[Theme from Shaft|Theme from ''Shaft'']]", performed by Isaac Hayes<ref name="Mixonline2">{{Cite web |url=https://www.mixonline.com/sfp/wattstax-369015 |title=Wattstax |date=2003-06-01 |website=Mixonline |language=en-US |access-date=2020-04-18}}. Save for the version screened at the film's premiere, prints of ''Wattstax'' prior to 2004 omit these numbers in favor of Isaac Hayes performing "Rolling Down a Mountainside," a re-shot number added to prevent legal issues with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer</ref> * "[[Soulsville (Isaac Hayes song)|Soulsville]]", performed by Isaac Hayes<ref name="Mixonline2" />
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