"Rags to Riches" is a song recorded by R&B/Funk band Kool & the Gang for their 1988 compilation album Everything's Kool & the Gang (Greatest Hits & More).

38 on the US Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart and No.

[2][3] Rags to Riches was composed by Imani and Meekaaeel Muhammad.

[1] Robert K. Oermann of USA Today found Rags to Riches has "the rhythm expertise and potent singing we've come to expect from this durable act.

"[4] Chris Heim of the Chicago Tribune also called Rags to Riches a "new song in the standard Kool mode.