I'm So Excited
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{{Infobox song
| name = I'm So Excited
| cover = I'm So Excited by Pointer Sisters 1982 12-inch US vinyl.png
| alt =
| caption = Picture sleeve for 1982 US 12-inch {{fraction|33|1|3}}-RPM single
| B-side =
- "Nothin' but a Heartache" (1982)
- "Dance Electric" (1984)
- "What a Surprise" (1984)
| type = single
| artist = the Pointer Sisters
| album = So Excited! and Break Out
| released = September 1982
| recorded = 1982
| studio =
| genre = Dance-pop{{cite magazine|last= Billboard Staff|title= The 500 Best Pop Songs: Staff List|magazine= Billboard |url= https://www.billboard.com/lists/best-pop-songs-all-time-hits/|date= October 19, 2023|access-date= February 11, 2024|quote= The Pointers and Perry scored big with another vibrant dance-pop song, “Jump (For My Love),” in 1984.}}
| length = 4:54
3:50 (single edit)
| label =
| writer =
| producer = Richard Perry
| chronology = The Pointer Sisters singles
1982
| prev_title = American Music
| prev_year = 1982
| next_title = If You Wanna Get Back Your Lady
| next_year = 1983
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = The Pointer Sisters singles
1984
| type = single
| prev_title = Jump (For My Love)
| prev_year = 1984
| title = I'm So Excited
| year = 1984
| next_title = Neutron Dance
| next_year = 1984
}}
{{External music video|{{YouTube|8iwBM_YB1sE|"I'm So Excited"}}}}
}}
"I'm So Excited" is a song by American girl group the Pointer Sisters. Jointly written and composed by the sisters in collaboration with Trevor Lawrence, it was originally released in September 1982, reaching number 30 on the US Billboard Hot 100. This was followed by a remixed re-release in July 1984, reaching number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100. Billboard named the song number 23 on their list of "100 Greatest Girl Group Songs Of All Time".{{cite magazine |title=100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time: Critics' Picks |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7857816/100-greatest-girl-group-songs |magazine=Billboard |access-date=July 11, 2017}}
Background
The song was originally recorded for and appeared on the Sisters' 1982 album, So Excited!, and was subsequently released as a single.{{cite web |url=http://www.thepointersisters.com/musicvideos/albums/40-so-excited |title=So Excited |access-date=August 15, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110824031355/http://www.thepointersisters.com/musicvideos/albums/40-so-excited |archive-date=August 24, 2011 |url-status=dead}} Upon its release, the single charted at No. 28 on the Billboard Dance Music/Club Play Singles chart, No. 30 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 46 on the Billboard R&B Singles chart.{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-pointer-sisters-p5161/charts-awards/billboard-singles |title=The Pointer Sisters |website=AllMusic |access-date=August 15, 2011}} Billboard called it "sexy and fun".{{cite magazine|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2023-02-07|title=Top Single Picks|date=October 2, 1982|page=63|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=giQEAAAAMBAJ}}
Two years later, on the group's RIAA certified multi-Platinum album Break Out, a slightly remixed and edited version of the song was included and re-released as a single.{{cite web |url=http://www.thepointersisters.com/musicvideos/albums/39-break-out |title=Break Out |access-date=August 15, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110824035852/http://www.thepointersisters.com/musicvideos/albums/39-break-out |archive-date=August 24, 2011 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?content_selector=gold-platinum-searchable-database |title=RIAA – Recording Industry Association of America |website=Recording Industry Association of America |access-date=August 15, 2011}} This time, it peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 25 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.
In March 2001, the song was included in the RIAA and National Endowment for the Arts project Songs of the Century, a list intended to "promote a better understanding of America's musical and cultural heritage."{{cite web |url=http://tcotrel.tripod.com/365pressrelease.html |title=365 Songs of the Century press release |date=March 7, 2001 |access-date=August 15, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110808105035/http://tcotrel.tripod.com/365pressrelease.html |archive-date=August 8, 2011 |df=mdy-all}} The song was ranked at number 264 out of 365 songs.{{cite web |url=http://tcotrel.tripod.com/365songsbyrank.html |title=Songs of the Century by Ranking |access-date=August 15, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110130045416/http://tcotrel.tripod.com/365songsbyrank.html |archive-date=January 30, 2011 |df=mdy-all}}
Music video
A music video was filmed for the 1984 re-release of the single, directed by choreographer Kenny Ortega.{{citation needed|date=January 2023}} In the clip, the sisters are seen getting ready for a formal party at a high society club. Anita Pointer is shown dressing and applying make up; Ruth Pointer, wearing only a nightgown, is shown rolling around on her bed and throwing her garments around; and June Pointer is taking a bubble bath. Once the sisters arrive at the club, they are photographed, attracting the attention of the other party goers. By the video's end, they have the club on its feet jamming to the song. In the video, Dorian Harewood also appears.
Personnel
- Anita Pointer – lead vocals
- Ruth Pointer – backing vocals
- June Pointer – backing vocals
- John Barnes – acoustic piano
- Michael Boddicker – synthesizer programming
- Greg Phillinganes – synthesizers
- William "Smitty" Smith – organ
- George Doering – guitar
- Lee Ritenour – guitar
- Nathan Watts – bass
- John "J.R." Robinson – drums
- Paulinho da Costa – percussion
= Personnel (1983) =
- Lead vocals: Anita Pointer
- Backing vocals: Ruth Pointer, June Pointer
- Drums: John "J.R." Robinson
- Percussion: Paulinho da Costa
- Keyboards, synthesizers: Michael Boddicker, Greg Phillinganes, William D. "Smitty" Smith
- Guitars: George Doering, Lee Ritenour
- Trumpet: Chuck Findley
- Trombone: Richard Hyde
- Saxophone: Jim Horn
- Programming: Michael Boddicker
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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!scope="col" width=250|Chart (1982–1983) !Peak |
| scope="row"| Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite book |last=Kent |first=David |author-link=David Kent (historian) |title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 |isbn=0-646-11917-6 |year=1993 |publisher=Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W. |page=235}}
| 9 |
|---|
| {{single chart|Sweden|4|artist=Pointer Sisters|song=I'm So Excited|rowheader=true}} |
| scope="row"| US Billboard Hot 100{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-pointer-sisters-mn0000894847/awards |title=The Pointer Sisters awards on AllMusic |work=AllMusic |access-date=June 3, 2013}}
| 30 |
| scope="row"| US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play
| 28 |
| scope="row"| US Billboard Hot R&B Singles
| 46 |
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=Year end charts=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!scope="col"|Chart (1983) !scope="col"|Position |
| scope="row"|Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite web |url=https://i.imgur.com/860ttad.jpg |title=Kent Music Report – National Top 100 Singles for 1983 |publisher=Kent Music Report |via=Imgur.com |access-date=August 5, 2020}}
|89 |
|---|
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!scope="col"|Chart (1984) !scope="col"|Position |
| scope="row"|US Billboard Hot 100[http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1984.htm Musicoutfitters.com]
|76 |
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| scope="row"|US Cash Box[https://web.archive.org/web/20130907182049/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/1984YESP.html Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 29, 1984]
|83 |
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Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|type=single|artist=The Pointer Sisters|title=I'm So Excited|award=Platinum|relyear=1982|certyear=2021|id=10133|access-date=September 26, 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|type=single|artist=The Pointer Sisters|title=I'm So Excited|award=Gold|relyear=1982|certyear=2022|access-date=December 22, 2022}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|type=single|artist=Pointer Sisters|title=I'm So Excited|award=Platinum|certyear=2022|source=radioscope|access-date=19 January 2025}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|type=single|artist=The Pointer Sisters|title=I'm So Excited|award=Platinum|relyear=1982|certyear=2024|id=the-pointers-sisters-im-so-excited-2|access-date=October 13, 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Pointer Sisters|title=I'm So Excited|award=Platinum|relyear=2004|certyear=2023|id=14924-1275-1|access-date=July 28, 2023}}
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Cover versions
In 1998, Croatian singer Nina Badrić released her cover version which peaked at number one in Croatia.{{Cite web|url=http://www.posluh.hr/ezine/008/top10.htm|title=HR TOP 20 Week 5 1998|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070610200408/http://www.posluh.hr/ezine/008/top10.htm|archive-date=10 June 2007}} The solid state dance remix version peaked at number four in Italy.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1999/MM-1999-01-16.pdf|title=Top National Sellers|magazine=Music & Media|volume=16|issue=1-3|page=9|date=January 16, 1999|access-date=April 19, 2025}}
In 2001, Australian Big Brother season one contestant Sara-Marie Fedele teamed up with Australian girl group Sirens to record a cover version of "I'm So Excited", titled "I'm So Excited (The Bum Dance)". This cover was released through BMG Australia on October 15, 2001, as a CD single containing the original version, two remixes, and B-side "Feelin Free".{{cite web |url=http://www.aria.com.au/Issue607.pdf |title=The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 15th October 2001 |publisher=ARIA |page=24 |date=October 15, 2001 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080222222433/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20020221-0000/www.aria.com.au/issue607.pdf |archive-date=February 22, 2008 |access-date=May 6, 2022}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{cite AV media notes |title=I'm So Excited (The Bum Dance) |others=Sara-Marie |year=2001 |type=Australian CD single liner notes |publisher=BMG Australia, Ra Records |id=74321 891762}} The song reached number 12 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart, spending four weeks in the top 50.{{cite web |url=https://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Sara%2DMarie+and+Sirens&titel=I%27m+So+Excited+%28The+Bum+Dance%29&cat=s |title=Sara-Marie and Sirens – I'm So Excited (The Bum Dance) |website=australian-charts.com |access-date=May 6, 2022}}
In 2004, Le Tigre released a cover version on their album This Island
In popular culture
The song is featured in Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993){{Cite AV media |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107144/soundtrack/ |title=Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993) - Soundtracks - IMDb |language=en-US |access-date=2025-03-20 |via=www.imdb.com}} and in The Nutty Professor (1996).
The song was used as the opening theme for the special Fight for the Fallen episode of AEW Dynamite on January 1, 2025,{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/aew-debuts-m-excited-pointer-010804569.html|title=AEW Debuts 'I'm So Excited' By The Pointer Sisters As New AEW Dynamite Theme|work=Yahoo|first=Colin|last=Tessier|date=January 1, 2025|access-date=January 1, 2025}} and was later used during the Anarchy in the Arena match at the promotion's 2025 Double or Nothing event.
References
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