September (song)

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"September"
Single by Earth, Wind and Fire
from the album "The Best of Earth, Wind & Fire, Vol. 1"
B-side(s)	Can't Hide Love
Released	1978
Genre	Disco
Length	3:37
Label	CBS
Writer(s)	Maurice White, Al McKay, Allee Willis
Producer(s)	Earth, Wind and Fire
Earth, Wind and Fire singles chronology
""Got to Get You into My Life" (1978)	"September" (1978)	"In the Stone" (1979)

"September" is a song written by Maurice White, Al McKay and Allee Willis, and recorded as a hit single by Earth, Wind and Fire in 1978. The single reached #1 on the U.S. R&B chart, #8 on the Billboard Hot 100, and #3 in the UK. It wasn't their greatest hit out of all, but it was one of their top three most famous songs in the UK, next to "Boogie Wonderland" and "Let's Groove". It is among their greatest hits and it is remembered as one of their funkiest disco songs.

[edit] Appearances in other media

• It is used in the video game Donkey Konga (UK release).

• A cover version of the song also appears in Elite Beat Agents.

• The song appears in a montage on American Dad episode 18 Finances with Wolves.

• It is played in the Japanese nightclub in the film Babel.

• It is played at the closing scene in the film "Night at the Museum", when all the museum exhibits are having a party in the museum at night.

• The song served as Al Gore's campaign theme during his 2000 US Presidential campaign.

• In the upcoming Xbox 360 game Dance Dance Revolution: Universe a remix called "September '99" will be playable.

• Kirk Franklin does a gospel version of the the song on the Earth, Wind and Fire tribute album "Interpretations".