| "I Just Want to Celebrate" | ||||
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| Single by Rare Earth | ||||
| from the album One World | ||||
| B-side | "Seed" | |||
| Released | Summer 1971 | |||
| Format | 7" single | |||
| Genre | funk rock, hard rock | |||
| Length | 2:52 (single edit) 3:35 (album version) |
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| Label | Rare Earth Records | |||
| Writer(s) | Dino Fekaris Nick Zesses |
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| Producer | Rare Earth Tom Baird |
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"I Just Want to Celebrate" is a song recorded by American rock band Rare Earth. It served as the lead single from their 1971 album One World and the band's fifth single overall. "I Just Want to Celebrate" peaked at #7 on the pop charts and would be Rare Earth's final top 10 single. It would be the opening song on their live album, Rare Earth in Concert, released later that year. The song would be included on various live and best-of compilations in the coming years.
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The song has been included on numerous 1970s compilation albums in the many years following its release.
Into the 21st century, "I Just Want to Celebrate" has been used in major national advertising campaigns by Ford Motor Company and AT&T. It appeared in the final episode of the TV show Six Feet Under and has also been prominently featured in the movie Three Kings, A Knight's Tale and Land of the Lost, in the trailer for the movie Tropic Thunder and in the end credits music in episode 24 ("One Day in the Valley") of Entourage.
Nu metal band Grade 8 recorded a cover of "I Just Want to Celebrate," shortened to "Celebrate," as the final track for their 2003 self-titled debut.
On October 27 & 28, 2007, heavy metal band Metallica opened with "I Just Want to Celebrate" during their acoustic performances at Neil Young's Bridge School Benefit show. The song came as a shock to fans and would be the first of numerous uncharacteristic covers in the shows.[1]
Compton, California rappers N.W.A. sampled "I Just Want to Celebrate" in the song " Real Niggaz Don't Die" from their 1991 album Niggaz4Life. In late 2007, three separate hip hop albums sampled the hit 1970s single: a rendition entitled "We Celebrate" from Ghostface Killah's The Big Doe Rehab; the opening track "Sirens" from Little Brother's Getback; UGK's "Trill Niggas Don't Die" from Underground Kingz.
The song has become regarded among the most popular hits of the 1970s. Allmusic's Joe Viglione named "I Just Want to Celebrate" an AMG Track Pick and noted that without its inclusion on One World, "the album would've been an instant bargain-bin candidate."[2]