"Express Yourself" was written by Charles Wright and performed by Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band. It became their signature song after its release in 1970 on their album, Express Yourself.^[1] The song was produced by Wright.^[2]

It reached #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was also their biggest hit on the U.S. R&B chart, reaching #3.^[3][4]

The single was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals in 1971, losing to The Delfonics song "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)" and ranked #57 on Billboard's Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1970.^[5]

• Idris Muhammad on his 1971 album, Black Rhythm Revolution!^[8]
• N.W.A sampled it in their 1989 song also titled "Express Yourself". It reached #40 on the U.S. R&B chart and #50 on the UK Singles Chart.^[9] and was featured on their 1988 album, Straight Outta Compton.^[10]
• Kurtis Blow on his 1988 album, Back by Popular Demand.
• Saccharine Trust on their 1989 album, Past Lives.^[11]
• Roger and Fu-Schnickens on the 1993 soundtrack album Addams Family Values: Music from the Motion Picture.
• The House Jacks, for Tommy Boy Records, on their 1997 album, Funkwich.^[12]
• Francis Rocco Prestia on his 1999 album, ...Everybody on the Bus with vocals by Tamara Champlin.^[13]
• Snooks Eaglin on his 2002 album The Way It Is with Jon Cleary.^[14]
• Jason Mraz in Cheaper by the Dozen 2.
• Tinchy Stryder sampled it on his 2009 album, Catch 22 on the song "Express Urself".^[15]
• Labrinth sampled it on the track "Express Yourself" from his 2012 album Electronic Earth.^[16] The song reached #12 on the UK Singles Chart.^[17]

• Fu-Schnickens - over the end credits of the 1993 film Addams Family Values.^[18]
• The 2000 film Remember the Titans.^[19]
• Remix by Mocean Worker - during the end credits of the 2005 film Guess Who.^[20]
• During the fight scene in the 2005 film Mr. & Mrs. Smith.^[21]
• Labrinth, in a 2012 commercial for Windows 8.^[22]
• Teaser trailer for the 2017 film The Emoji Movie.^[23]
• Cheaper By the Dozen (2005)
• The 1999 documentary One Day in September.^[24]