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I Just Want to Celebrate

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"I Just Want to Celebrate"
Single by Rare Earth
from the album One World
B-side"The Seed"
Released1971
GenreBlue-eyed soul,[1] funk[2]
Length2:52 (single edit)
3:35 (album version)
LabelRare Earth Records
Songwriter(s)Dino Fekaris
Nick Zesses
Producer(s)Rare Earth
Tom Baird
Rare Earth singles chronology
"Born to Wander"
(1970)
"I Just Want to Celebrate"
(1971)
"Hey Big Brother"
(1971)

"I Just Want to Celebrate" is a song recorded by American rock band Rare Earth. It was the lead single on their 1971 album One World and was the band's fifth single overall.

Personnel

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  • Peter Rivera – lead vocals and backing vocals, drums
  • Ray Monette – electric guitar and backing vocals
  • Mark Olson – organ and backing vocals
  • John Persh – bass and backing vocals
  • Gil Bridges – tambourine and backing vocals
  • Ed Guzman – congas

Appearances

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"I Just Want to Celebrate" has been included on numerous 1970s compilation albums.[3]

Reception

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The song was among the most popular hits of the 1970s. Joe Viglione at Allmusic noted that without its inclusion on One World, "the album would've been an instant bargain-bin candidate."[4] It reached #7 on the pop charts and was Rare Earth's final top 10 single, as well as peaking at #30 on the Best Selling Soul Singles chart.[5] It was the opening song on their live album, Rare Earth in Concert, released later that year; and, in later years was included on various live and best-of compilations.[3]

Charts

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Chart (1971/72) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[6] 83
Canada 10
United States (Billboard Hot 100) 7
US Best Selling Soul Singles (Billboard) 30

Cover versions and samples

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References

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  1. ^ Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (October 15, 1996). "Color Blind: Blue-eyed Soul". Precious and Few - Pop Music in the Early '70s. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 42. ISBN 031214704X.
  2. ^ I Just Want To Celebrate. Retrieved 2024-05-05 – via www.youtube.com.
  3. ^ a b Viglione, Joe (1971). "Rare Earth". I Just Want to Celebrate. AllMusic. Retrieved 22 November 2013. 9 years later, the platinum selling "Celebration". RareEarth Records single #5031 went Top 10 in August of 1971, three minutes and thirty-five seconds closing out side one of the One World album. A riff that songwriter Buzzy Linhart says is a funk
  4. ^ Viglione, Joe. One World – Overview at AllMusic. Retrieved July 11, 2010.
  5. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 482.
  6. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 2346. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  7. ^ "Old Christian Music". 9 September 2011.
  8. ^ "Metallica Covers Nazareth, Garbage, Dire Straits at Bridge School Benefit". Archived from the original on 2008-04-21. Retrieved 2010-07-12.