I Can't Help It
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| Single by Bananarama from the album Wow! |
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| B-side | Ecstasy | ||||
| Released | December 1987 | ||||
| Format | 7" single, 12" single | ||||
| Recorded | January 1987 | ||||
| Genre | Pop, Dance | ||||
| Label | London Records | ||||
| Writer(s) | Matt Aitken, Sarah Dallin, Siobhan Fahey, Mike Stock, Pete Waterman, Keren Woodward | ||||
| Producer | Stock Aitken Waterman | ||||
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- For the album by Betty Carter see I Can't Help It (album)
"I Can't Help It" is a song written and recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It is included on their fourth studio album Wow! and was released as its third single except in the U.S., where it was the album's second single (following "I Heard a Rumour") and Australia, where it was the album's fourth single (after "I Want You Back"). The track was co-written and produced by the Stock Aitken Waterman (SAW) trio.
The song is a disco-influenced pop tune similar to many hits produced by SAW during this time period. Its suggestive lyrics and music video further perpetuated Bananarama's sensual visual image that the group began to incorporate with their previous album True Confessions. The "I Can't Help It" video featured muscle men dancing, colorful backdrops, and Sara Dallin and Keren Woodward in a milk bath filled with fruit and naked men. Siobhan Fahey, extremely pregnant at the time, also appears but was only shown on camera from the shoulders up.
The single peaked at number twenty in the UK singles chart, #27 on the Australian ARIA chart (where it was released in August 1988 after I Want You Back), and just missed the top-forty on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. A hit in nightclubs, "I Can't Help It" climbed to number seven on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart.
This is the final Bananarama single to feature Siobhan Fahey, who announced her departure shortly after its release.
The photos on the record sleeve were taken by famous American photographer Herb Ritts. The record sleeves for "I Can't Help It" and "Love in the First Degree" were switched with each other for the UK and North American markets.
[edit] Charts
| Chart (1987) | Peak position |
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| UK Singles Chart | 20 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 47 |
| U.S. Hot Dance Club Play | 7 |
| Australia ARIA singles | 27 |
| Spain singles chart | 22 |
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