I've Got the Music in Me
{{For|the album by Thelma Houston|I've Got the Music in Me (album)}}
{{Infobox song
| name = I've Got the Music in Me
| cover = I've_Got_the_Music_in_Me_-_The_Kiki_Dee_Band.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = The Kiki Dee Band
| album = I've Got the Music in Me
| B-side = Simple Melody
| released = 26 July 1974
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre =
- Rock{{cite web|first= Tom |last= Breihan |title= The Number Ones: Elton John & Kiki Dee's "Don't Go Breaking My Heart"|website= Stereogum |date= September 10, 2019 |url= https://www.stereogum.com/2057602/the-number-ones-elton-john-kiki-dees-dont-go-breaking-my-heart/columns/the-number-ones/|quote= “I’ve Got The Music In Me,” a pretty great soul-rock howler from 1974, crossed over in the US, climbing up to #12.|access-date= June 30, 2023}}
- soul
- blue-eyed soul{{cite book|title= Precious and Few - Pop Music in the Early '70s|first1=Don|last1=Breithaupt|first2= Jeff|last2= Breithaupt|date= October 15, 1996|chapter= Color Blind: Blue-eyed Soul|page= 42|publisher=St. Martin's Griffin|isbn=031214704X|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RMPCAwAAQBAJ}}
| length = {{ubl|5:00 (Album/Single Version)|3:55 (DJ Edit Version)}}
| label = The Rocket Record Company
| writer = Bias Boshell
| 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.
"I've Got the Music in Me" is also 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.{{cite book
| first= David
| last= Roberts
| year= 2006
| title= British Hit Singles & Albums
| edition= 19th
| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited
| location= London
| isbn= 1-904994-10-5
| pages= 146–147}}
On the Billboard pop chart in the United States, "I've Got the Music in Me" peaked at number 12 on November 30, 1974.{{Cite web|url=http://charismusicgroup.com/Cue%20Sheets/11-30-74.pdf|title=Casey Kasem's American Top 40 from November 30th, 1974|website=Charismmusicgroup.com|access-date=17 January 2024}}
Chart history
=Weekly charts=
=Year-end charts=
| class="wikitable" |
| Chart (1974)
! style="text-align:center;"|Rank |
|---|
| Canada RPM Top Singles{{Cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.3893b&URLjpg=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f4/nlc008388.3893b.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.3893b|title=Image : RPM Weekly|date=17 July 2013|website=Bac-lac.gc.ca|access-date=17 January 2024}}
| style="text-align:center;"|166 |
| US (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual){{cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |date=1999 |title=Pop Annual |location=Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin |publisher=Record Research Inc. |isbn=0-89820-142-X}}
| style="text-align:center;"|119 |
Personnel
- Kiki Dee – Vocals
- Joshie Armstead, Cissy Houston, Maeretha Stewart, Paul Vigrass – Backing vocals{{Cite web|title=The Kiki Dee Band - I've Got The Music In Me|url=https://www.discogs.com/The-Kiki-Dee-Band-Ive-Got-The-Music-In-Me/release/15276960|access-date=2020-06-08|website=Discogs|year=1974 |language=en}}
- Mike Deacon – Organ
- Roger Pope – percussion, tambourine
- Jo Partridge – Electric guitar
- Bias Boshell – Piano, electric piano
- Phil Curtis – Bass guitar
- Peter Clarke – Drums
- Phil Dunne – Engineer
- Gus Dudgeon – Producer
- Clive Franks – Assistant producer
Cover versions
{{unreferenced section|date=April 2018}}
- Cascade ("Musiikkisielu") (1975)
- Spagna (as Yvonne K.) (1983)
- Lainie Kazan (1975)
- Barbi Benton (1975)
- Ann-Margret (22 January 1975 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson)
- Marcia Hines (1976), (1978), (1999) and (2024 with Sgt Slick)
- Thelma Houston (1976)
- New Seekers (1976)
- [(Mighty Clouds of Joy)] (1976, in a medley with "Superstitious")
- Zdzisława Sośnicka (1976, titled "Moja muzyka to ja" in Polish)
- The Brady Bunch Variety Hour (1976 TV show)
- Heart (1977)
- Tina Turner & Cher (1977, on the TV show "The Sonny & Cher Show")
- Aretha Franklin (1977, as a medley with "Mumbles", from the album Sweet Passion)
- Ronnie Milsap (1978)
- Mackenzie Phillips (1978, on One Day at a Time)
- Sheena Easton (1979)
- Ronnie Milsap (1979)
- Mount Rushmore (1993)
- Jump5 (2004)
- Diana DeGarmo (2004)
- Boogie Pimps (2006)
- Céline Dion (2008)
- Jennifer Lopez (2012)
- Tygers of Pan Tang (2016)
- Jane Levy (2020, on Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist)
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{discogs master|107356|I've Got the Music in Me|type=single}}
- [http://www.kikidee.info/ Kiki Dee Info]
- {{YouTube|_O-Qmp4CskY|"I've Got the Music In Me (Vocal)"}}
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Category:Song recordings produced by Gus Dudgeon