September (song)

"September" (sometimes called "Dancing in September") is a song written by Maurice White, Al McKay and Allee Willis, and recorded as a hit single by Earth, Wind & 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. The song was one of their top three most famous in the UK, next to "Boogie Wonderland" and "Let's Groove". It is among their greatest hits and is remembered as one of their funkiest disco songs.

[edit] Appearances in other media

It is used in the video game Donkey Konga (Europe release).
A cover version of the song also appears during a stage of the Nintendo DS video game Elite Beat Agents. This song is one of the few in the game where the instrumentals do not get solos for the breaks/cutscenes, but instead the vocalist keeps singing.
The song appears in a montage on American Dad episode 18 Finances with Wolves.
A remix is played in the Japanese nightclub in the film Babel with Fatboy Slim's song "The Joker."
EWF sang a special TV-related version of the song with the Black Eyed Peas at the 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards.
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 Netherlands, X-Factor's second finalist Richy sung this in one of the broadcasts.
In the Xbox 360 game Dance Dance Revolution: Universe a remix called "September 1999" is playable.
The song is in GuitarFreaks V4 and DrumMania V4.
In the closing credits of the Kirsten Dunst movie Get Over It, the song is performed by Sisqo and Vitamin C.
Kirk Franklin does a gospel version of the the song on the Earth, Wind and Fire tribute album "Interpretations".
In the movie, The Ringer, this song is used during the dance near the end of the movie.
In the movie, Dan in Real Life, an apparantly remixed version of the song is used during the outdoor scene involving the whole family attempting aerobics. Despite its apparent importance to the development of the characters, it is not included on the soundtrack.
In (1999) the song was remixed by Phat's & Small and became a dance hit.
On December 14th, 2007, the song was covered during Fox Television's reality-competition The Next Great American Band by Nashville big-band group Denver and the Mile High Orchestra.
Samples of the song are found in Philippine singer Regine Velasquez's 1997 dance single High.
The song appears in the video game Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore
In the American Dad episode "Finances With Wolves" the song is played when Klaus enters a human body, changes his appearances and purchases a garbage bag as opposed to condoms.

[edit] Chart positions

Chart (1978)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	8
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	1
UK Singles Chart	3
Chart ("September 1999")	Peak position
UK Singles Chart	25

Preceded by "Got to Be Real" by Cheryl Lynn	Billboard's Hot Soul number one single January 13, 1979	Succeeded by "Aqua Boogie (A Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadoloop)" by Parliament