I've Got the Music in Me explained

I've Got the Music in Me
Cover:I've_Got_the_Music_in_Me_-_The_Kiki_Dee_Band.jpg
Type:single
Artist:The Kiki Dee Band
Album:I've Got the Music in Me
B-Side:Simple Melody
Released:26 July 1974
Genre:
Label:The Rocket Record Company
Producer:Gus Dudgeon
Prev Title:Hard Luck Story
Prev Year:1974
Next Title:How Glad I Am
Next Year:1975

"I've Got the Music in Me" is a pop song by the Kiki Dee Band, released in 1974. It was written in 1973 by Bias Boshell, Kiki Dee Band's keyboardist. It is also the title of a Kiki Dee Band album released in 1974 and re-mastered and re-issued with bonus tracks in 2008.

Background

The song is upbeat, describing in various ways how the singer will not be deterred or impeded in their goals, because they possess the quality of 'having the music' in them.This song is noted for its false ending, making the listeners think that the song is over, before the repeated refrains of the song's title bring the song to a fade-out.

Chart performance

The song entered the UK Singles Chart on 7 September 1974, reached number 19 and stayed in the chart for eight weeks.[3] On the Billboard pop chart in the United States, "I've Got the Music in Me" peaked at number 12 on November 30, 1974.[4]

Chart history

Weekly charts

Chart (1974)Peak
position
Australia KMR52
Canada RPM Top Singles[5] 20
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[6] 9
UK (OCC) 19
US Billboard Hot 100[7] 12
US Cash Box Top 100[8] 18

Year-end charts

Chart (1974)Rank
Canada RPM Top Singles[9] 166
US (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual)[10] 119

Personnel

Cover versions

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tom . Breihan . The Number Ones: Elton John & Kiki Dee's "Don't Go Breaking My Heart". . September 10, 2019 . “I’ve Got The Music In Me,” a pretty great soul-rock howler from 1974, crossed over in the US, climbing up to #12.. June 30, 2023.
  2. Book: Precious and Few - Pop Music in the Early '70s. Don. Breithaupt. Jeff. Breithaupt. October 15, 1996. Color Blind: Blue-eyed Soul. 42. St. Martin's Griffin. 031214704X.
  3. Book: Roberts , David . 2006. British Hit Singles & Albums. 19th. Guinness World Records Limited . London. 1-904994-10-5. 146–147.
  4. Web site: Casey Kasem's American Top 40 from November 30th, 1974. Charismmusicgroup.com. 17 January 2024.
  5. Web site: Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . 1974-12-07. 2017-04-04.
  6. Web site: Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . 1974-11-02. 2017-04-04.
  7. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 -
  8. Web site: Cash Box Top 100 Singles, December 7, 1974 . September 17, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170918020831/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/19741207.html . September 18, 2017 . dead .
  9. Web site: Image : RPM Weekly. 17 July 2013. Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 January 2024.
  10. Book: Whitburn, Joel . 1999 . Pop Annual . Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin . Record Research Inc. . 0-89820-142-X.
  11. Web site: The Kiki Dee Band - I've Got The Music In Me. 2020-06-08. Discogs. 1974 . en.